St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-04

Mr.. Allen proposed an amendment
imposing duty of 10 per cent On all
fencing wire; lost. He then offered
several other amendments of the same
tenor, each with an increasing rate of
duty. all of which were lost.
MIR. Power tRep.. MONTY offered an
amendment providing that the wool
schedule should go into effect next
June; lost.
Mr.. Allison rep, Io.) offered all
amendment reducing the duty on IN
cleaned rice from one cent TO eight
tenthS of cent per pound; agreed to.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Aid
rich was agreed to. putting duty OF
three-quarterS of Il cent per pound on
the lead contained in type material.
/ The duty on files, file blanks and rasps
was raised from 80 cents per dozen to 30
cents.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep.. Neb.) moved to
reconsider the vote by which his amend
ment providing for a diminishing
bounty on sugar was defeated, and Mr..
Harris moved to lay that motion on the
table. This motion prevailed, although
the P0puliSts and the senators from
Louisiana voted with the Republicans
against the motion.
MIR. Hill offered an amendment to the
income tax paragraph, providing that
all state, county, municipal ana town
taxes paid by corporations should be
included in their running expenses;
agreed to-. No further amendments
were offered. and at 10 O'Clock the bill
was read for the third time, after which
Mr.. Smith made speech against the
income tax, but i'll faver of the bill as
whole.
SENATOR HILL FOLLOWED
with brief speeciI. He said that in
his opinion the bill imperiied the pos
sibility of permanent Democratic sue
cess in any Northern state for many
years to come. As between PopuliStic
income tax on the one hand, and
Republican tariff law on the other, he
cheese the latter as the least of two
evils. AS between pernicious class
legislation, fraught with dangerous
consequences to the country OH the one
the other, he preferred to endure the
latter. at least for brlef period.
Continuing, lie said: eliminate the
income tax and there is difficulty in
framing all honest, consistent and genu-
inc tariff bill upon strict revenue lines
with all raw materials free, which can
be passed by tie vote of every Demo-
cratic senator without the aid Of a sin
gle PopulisJ vote, and which the coun-
Try would welcome and approve. This
is not even pretended to be such a
measure. Numerous senators around
the Democratic side of this cham.
Der must feel as though Demo-
cratic principles have been surren-
dered or b rtered away to secure the
triumph of this bOtched compromise
measure which is really acceptable TO
no one. | am sure that if they eX-
pressed their honest sentiments they do
not approve this bill any more than
do. The issue of tariff reform had
better he postponed and preserved
intact. rather than disfgured and
despoiled i'll the manner now proposed.
''ThiS bill does not meet public expec-
tatlons. but at best is an empty aud
beggarly fulfilment of Democratic
pledges. It does those things which it
ought not to do and leaves uhdone
hose things which it ought to do.
Mr.. President, do not fail to appre-
ciate the gravity of the situation, but
the course which duty and consistency
require me to pursue at this hour is as
clear to me as
THE MONDAY SUN.
''Sink Or swim, live or die, survive or
perish" L cannot and will not support
this bill in the present shape.
Calls OF vote, vote, kept coming from
the Democratic Side. and at 1928 the
clerk began to call the roll. On the first
call Mr.. Blanchard (Dem., Lay failed to
| vote. His colleague, Mr.. Gallery. voted
; mo- Ill loud, clear voice. while ex-
/ pressions of dismay were visible on the
/ faces Of many of the Democratic sena-
. tors. Mr.. Hill voted "no' in a clear,
ringing tone. Of the Populists, PETER
/ and Stewart voted me-" while
Kyle and Allen voted Tor the
bill. Mfr. Caffery, of Louisiana,
secured unanimous consent To make a
Driet statement, and said he had voted
mo" as a protest against the "unjustifi-
able act of his own party in going back
ON plan of action which they had de-
liberately adopted" He changed his
vote to aye.
Mr.. Blanchard. of Louisiana, who had
not voted, asked the same privilege, but
MIR. Teller, Of Colorado, objected, and
Mr. Blanchard then voted mo"
The detailed vote on the final passage
of the bill is as follows:
YEAs-39.
Allen German, Morgan,
Bate, Gray. Murphy,
Berry, Harris. Palmer