The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-13

Washington. May 12.-The snail pace in
the Serate continues, and the ERA of bust
ness is stin a broken promise.
On Thursday, after two days debate,
the duty on acetic acid was agreed to;
yesterday, after seven hours Of work, the
fate of boracic acid. chronic, and citric
acids were decided and today after five
hours of work, the rates on fannie, tar
taric acids and alcohol perfumery were
fixed.
The Republicans made a stand on every
item, indulging, under the leadership of
Messrs. Aldrich. Chandler and Hale, in
the pastime of nagging and harrassins
their political adversaries.
The morning hour was beginning to tell
on the senators. At $50 o'clock Mr.. Har-
ris, finding things blocked by the absence
of a quorum, yielded to the motion for an
On roll cali in the Senate at IL o'clock,
twenty-eiSht senator's responded nfteen
less than a quorum. twenty-five minutes
passed before enough absentees were
found to make up a quorum.
Dolph moved to adjourn but withdrew
his motion upon the suggestion ofHChan-
der that the motion violated the agree
ment entered into Just before the adjourn
mept last night to take up th5 tariff bill
at y o'clock each day.
A bill was passed to place Major General
George S. Green on the retired list of the
army as first lieutenant.
AT u o'clock the tariff bill was taken
up, the pending question being the amend
ment To increase the duty on tannic acid
or tannin from So to IS cents a. pound
Jones offered substitute OF so for 10.
The debate was continued in desultory
manner, Mr.. Chandler, as on yesterday,
INDUCING in some fine sarcasm at the eX-
pense of his political adversaries.
Mr.. Hale concluded an ironical charac-
teriZation of the Democratic side with a
rather sensational announce nent. 1t was
time for few plain words, he said. IN
tlmatlons had been received On the Repub-
lican side of the chamber, not only from
the other side, but from the high priests
Of tariff reform in other quarters, that
the programme involved in the preSenta-
ton of the last series of amendments from
the finance committee making the bin an
entirely new one, was for the purpose of
greasing its way through the Senate.
Then. after it had gone out Of the super
vision OF the Senate, 1t IS 10 be thrown
into conference committee committee
ostensibly representing both houses of
Congress. but in reality a committee haV-
ing autocratic powers. There, the intima-
tons tell US it is their scheme to give
way with all the Senate amendments and
the Wilson bill, with all its incongruities.
! is to be returned for the approval of the
Senate. If this last bill of the finance
committee was to be given up in confer
ence II the country had been encouraged
! by false evidence of repentance, then he
notified the Democrats on the other side
! GMr. Hale said this with impressive en-
! phasls) the bill would never go through
| the Senate. The spirit now exhibited on
| the Republican side would change he said,
and the minority would find some means
| to defeat the bill.
The Jones amendment, fixing the duty
on tannic acid at 60 cents was then agreed
to-S3 to H.
On the next Jones amendment. increas-
ing the duty on tartaric acid from 10 to
20 per cent, the vote failed TO show a
quorum by one vote but the Jones
amendment was agreed to without d.
! vision, but on the next vote to change
! the duty from 20 per cent to a specific
| duty OF cents the quorum again failed.
! quorum was with difficulty secured
I on this amendment, and it was defeated
| If to 2S.
The next paragraph was alcoholic per-
fumery including cologne water and
( other toilet waters, on which the duty
was placed at 81 per gallon and Is per
| cent. ad valorem in the House bill. The
Jones amendment increased the ad va
! loren duty to 80 per cent. 1t was agreed
| to without division.
Mr.. Jones presented an entirely new
amendment TO the next paragraph to
change the duty on alumina in its va
rious chemical forms from 30 per cent
al valorem to a specific duty of four
| tenths of a cent per pound.
| Mr.. Aldrich moved an amendment to
make it siX-tenths.
The quorum again failed on Mr. Aid
rich's motion and Mr.. Harris decided to
make no further effort to secure one to.
day, so at 1855, upon his motion, the Sen
ate adjourned.