The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-04
ALLISON GOES AT 1T.
His Reasons Why the Bill Should
Not Pass

Not Pass.
Washington April 3.-The general
public did not seem to have as much in
terest in the Senate today as yester-
day. and the attendance did not indi-
cate that the second day of the tariff
debate was to excite as much interest
as the first.
A bill was reported from the Senate
finance committee, directing the part
ing and refining of bullion to be car
ried on at the states assay office a.
Helena, Mon, and was placed on the
calendar.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, present.
ed a resolution, which was agreed to,
directing the secretary Of the interior
to transmit to the Senate a. list of all
public lands located in several sections
of the states of Oregon and Washing
ton.
Senator Pettigrew of North Dakota,
introduced a resolution, which was
agreed to, directing the secretary of
agriculture to reply within two days
to the resolution passed by the Senate
about six weeks ago calling for statis-
tics as to the wheat production.
/ The resolution offered a short time
ago by Senator PETER directing the
finance committee to prepare a bill
for repeal of all laws which give
:
I ity to issue Understanding bonds, was
! laid before the Senate.
! Senator Sherman moved that it be
referred to the committee on finance
at it was very important.
| Senator Stewart opposed the refer
ence of the resolution to the finance
committee, and urged immediate adop-
! ton. The resolution went over till
( tomorrow in order to allow the intro
duction of alb i'll to carry out the awards
( of the tribunal on the Behring sea
question. The bill was passed.
! Senator Harris gave notice that af
ter tomorrow, ne would ask immediate
| ly after the transaction of the rOu-
tine morning business that the tariff
bill be considered.
Allison Attacks 1t.
and Senator Allison addressed the
Senate. In his opening remarks he
complained of the methods pursued in
the preparation of the bill, of the in
complete hearing in the committee and
of the difficulty experienced by the
minority of the committee in getting
information as to the bill. He re-
to show the leisurely manner in which
the Democrats had hitherto pushed it,
i The House of Representatives elected
in 1892 favored a change of tariff pol
icy, but the president did not regard
this policy as of sufficient Importance
to call an extra session. He did, how
ever, call Congress together in special
session for the consideration of other
matters. The committee on ways and
means, however, which was primarily
charged with the consideration of
questions of revenue, was appointed at
the extra session on December 10, 1898,
only a few days after the convenine-
&c &C ha !
which, passing through the ordinary
stages of the House, appeared in the
Senate on February 2. 1894, and was
on that day referred to the committee
on finance. 1t was not reported TO the
Senate until seven weeks afterward.
And when l say" exclaimed Senator
Allison, that this bill was never con-
sidered line by line and paragraph By
paragraph, | state what is known to
every senator"
so it is worth our while for us to
consider what sanction is to be given
to the report OF a committee as that
brought into the chamber. being prac-
dcally the conclusions of only three
men. AS regards the feature of the
bill involving. a revenue of $50, 10000. il
came TO the Senate as a minor and not
as majority report. Only FIVE out of
eleven members of the committee gave
their support to that feature.
de lis IlnaI'arrnssed.
4 may say" went on Mr.. Allison
that l am embarrassed in the exami,
nation of this bill by the fact that we
have not yet been supplied with The
necessary statements and proofs of the
bill, to consider it as a great bill ought
to be considered
There is not an industry in the coun.
try which would moi be injured by the
bill, while many of them would be
; strangled to death"
Mr. Allison went on to argue against
the feature of the bill changing the
duty from specific to ad valorem, anc
showed the difficulty of getting a JUS
appraisement of their value He CAV,
notice that at the proper time he would
offer an amendment providing that tht
: values in the bill fixed by its price a
a home market instead of abroad
Senator Call here asked Senator ALI
: son to yield for a motion to so int
executive session.
! This was the signal for a very lively
5 debate which came upon the Senate
with the suddenness of a cyclone, ant
: lin which Senators Harris and Fry,
Iplayed the leading roles. The former
lSaid he hoped Senator Allison wolllf