The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-05-18
THE IDAHO SENATOR CREATES
A SENSATION.
CALLS FOR ITS PASSAGE OR DEFEAT.
Attitude OF the Far Western Republicans
In the senate-Mr. GalIinger Give. A
an installment OF Americaa Tar
IN Legislation The Opium
Schedule Considered
House Proceedings.

WAsHlNGToN, May I7.-Mr Aliens
resolution calling on the tary of
the treasury for information as to the
number of persons directly affected
by protective duties and by competi-
tion with the foreign laborers in the
United states was discussed in the
senate yesterday until t. o'clock.
when the tariff bill was taken up.
Mr. Jones having moved to increase
the duty on linseed flax seed and
poppy seed oil to twenty cents. Mr..
Gallinger arose with a formidable ap-
pearing array of manuscripts and an.
nounccd that he was about to give a
history of American legislation on the
tatih since the landing of the Pilgrim
fathers. From this he read until ID.
IN, when, saying he had brought the
story down to 1876, he gave way to
Mr.. Dubois, who delivered a carefully
prepared speech.
That portion of Mr.. Dubois speech
demanding immediate action upon the
pending bill, either its passage or its
defeat, as the quickest means of re-
storing, at least temporarily, com
mercial prosperity, created something
of sensation, as indicating the atti-
tude of the far Western Republicans.
1t did not precipitate controversy,
however.
The Jones amendment fixing the
rate of duty on flaxseed oil at 20 cents
was then agreed to.
The rate on olive oil. reduced in the
original senate bill to % per cent, was
restored to 80 cents per gallon, the
house rate, and the house rate on pep
permint oil, % per cent, was also re-
stored.
Mr.. Perkins, Republican of Cali
fornia, thanked Mr.. Jones for re-
storing the duty on olive oil.
Mr.. Frye's amendment, fixing fish
oil duty at $ cents per gallon, was
lost, % to 49,
In the next paragraph, opium ex-
tracts for medicinal use, the house
rate was 25 per cent. The senate
amendment made it 90 per cent The
latter was agreed to. The next Jones
amendment was to place crude
opium, not adulterated. containing o
per cent or over of morphia dutiablc
at 81 per pound in the house bill on
the free list.
Mr.. Palmer, Democrat of Illinois
demanded an explanation lie said
no would like To see this damnablc
drug absolutely excluded.
Mr.. Jones replied this was unmanu.
factured opium, designed for manu-
facture for medicinal purposes. The
duty on smoking opium was placed ut
ST. Mr.. Sherman criticised the reduc-
tion of the duty on opium prepared
for smoking from Sl2 to 50 per pound
He agreed with Mr.. Palmer this drug
should be prohibited, and would vote
for any rate.
that to prevent smuggling this duty
should be either reduced or its inn
portation should be absolutely pro-
hibited.
Mr.. Vest said the duty had been re-
duced at the suggestion of the treas
ury department. The officials along
the Pacific coast all believed IA rcduc-
tion OF the duty reducing the premium
on smuggled goods, would tend to
break no that practice and would
furnish the government larger revc-
nue.. With such a long coast line il
was impossible to prevent smuggling
while the duty was at such Il high
rate.
Mr.. White of California testified to
the truth of the impossibility of col
lecting the duty ON opium as long as
1t remained at Sl2. Smuggling had
become so common that opium was
offered for sale on the streets of San
Francisco for $40 Il pound, when the
duty on IL was Sl2. The amendment
to transfer crude opium to the free
list was agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman then moved to increase
the duty on smoking opium from 50 to
$40 pound. Lost, 20 to 81.
At sos the senate went into execu-
tive session and shortly afterward ad-
iourned,