The morning news., 1894-06-13
PEFFER'S STAND ON WOOL.
The POpuliSt Senator Wants II Taken
From the Free List.


ending Rarangue-Little Progress
Made During the Day.
Washington, June EFF any progress
was made in the Senate to-day in the
| direction of final vote on the tariff bill
1t must have been in private consulta-
! tions, such as those which yesterday re-
moved all distractions from the path Of
the cotton schedule. Inc the public open
session there was not step of progress
! made During the greater part of the
| day the seats of the senator's were va
! cant, the chamber presented q deserted
| appearance; there were only few listless
| spectators in the galleries, the atmosphere
/ was oppressively hot and sitting and no
| one made pretense even of taking the
| least interest in any of the half dozen of
| the speeches read to the Senate. IL was,
on the whole, the most tediously weari-
| some day that has passed since the tariff
! bill was taken up in the Senate ten weeks
| ago. Before the wool schedule was en-
! tered on MIR. Hoar reverted to the action
taken several weeks ago on the paragraph
/ putting duty of 40 per cent on specta-
! cles, eye glasses and opera glasses, and
read speech in commendation of the
men engaged in that industry in Massa-
| chusetts and other states. His motion to
! increase the rate of duty to 60 per cent.
was defeated-yeas q, nays 80.
PEFFEE's STAND ON WOOL.
| The proceedings In the first half hour
! were of no general interest. Then the
| tariff bill was taken up. The wool and
! wOolens schedules had been reached at
! yesterdays adjournment. The first para
! graph was read, and MIR. PETER, pop, of
! Kansas, sent to the clerks desk and had
| read the amendment which he proposed
! to offer TO the paragraph as to wool, 1t
/ is to insert the provisions of the existing
| law as 10 raw wool, except that the duties
| are reduced 40 per cent. Mr.. PETERS
\ amendment was read in full, and then
! Mr.. Hoar had an inning on spectacles.
! Schedule K-"Wool, and manufa ctures
of WOOL" was taken up. The first
! paragraph in the House bill, 27S, was in
! these words: "Wool of the sheep, hair
| of the camel, goat alpaca and other like
! animals in the form of stubbing waste,
! rowing waste, ring waste, mungo, shOd
| dies. garnetted or carded waste, carbon
! lied noils or other waste product, any of
| which is composed wholly or in part of
wool; the hair of the camel, goat alpaca,
! and other like animals, which
! has besn improved SEP adNauced beyond
| it original condition as waste by The use
| Of machinery or the application of labor
| or both, and carbonized wool, shall be
| subject TO duty of Is per cent. ad
| valorem." The paragraph was reported
| by the Senate finance committee without
! amendment. But subsequently, MIR
| Jones, on behalf of the committee, re-
| ported an amendment striking out the
! paragraph, so as TO have those classes of
| wool included in the free list paragraph
| as to all wool. 1t Is that amendment
! which is pending.
| Mr.. Mcmillan, rep, of Michigan, ar
| gued in favor of duties on wool, and gave
his assent to MIR. PETERS amendment to
re-enact the existing rates, with a
! deduction of 40 per cent
| MIR. Sherman gave notice that he would
| address the Senate tomorrow morning
| on the wool schedule.
QUAY RESUMES HIS SPEECH.
Mr.. Quay then took the floor and de-
! livered the seventh portion of the tariff
| speech which ne began on April IA last
| He mad provided himself with a volume
| of I57 printed pages for delivery, but he
! yielded the floor readily TO anybody who
! chose to interrupt him. After MIR Quay
| had occupied the floor about an hour and
| q half, he yieAded to Mr.. Hoar, and re-
marking that Mr. Mills appeared to be
now in charge of the bill, asked nani-
I nous consent to 90 back to the coal par
! agraph and have coal placed on the free
! list.
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, objected.
II do not think" said Mr.. Mills. that
| coal has been touched yet, and besides
/ that, have nothing to do with the man
/ agement Of the bill, and of course | am
not in charge of it,"
QUAY MOVES TO TABLE.
II ask unanimous consent" said Mr..
! Quay, Ito have the bill laid On the table. s"
Mr.. Mills object.
| MIR. Ouay-Ihen / will proceed with my
remarks.
MIR. Mills-Thats all that it amounts to.
Mr. Mitchell move that the bill be
! indefinitely postponed and / call for the
/ yeas and nays.
The vote was taken aud the motion was
! defeated-yeas ~, nays 49, Tho vote was
! a strictly party vote, the three populist
/ senators-Messrs. Allen, Kyle and PETER
voting with the democrats in the mega
/ tive.
Mr.. Quay yielded tho floor to Mr.. Pet
| tigrew, of South Dakota, who addressed
| the Senate, giving his hearers straight
protection for an hour. When he had con
! cluded, MIR Quay proceeded with his
reading.
| Mr.. Quay was reading his speech in
] low, monotonous voice, when at 3:15
| O'clock Mr.. Hoar remarked, with a touch
/ OF grim humor, that he thought it very
| important that there should be a quorum
/ Of senator present TO listen 20 it, There
| was not do. en- senator's in the chamber
/ The roll was called and 45 senators an
swered to their names. Then Mr. Quay
! Yielded tho door, courteously, to Mr..
/ Power. rep, of Montana, who read an
argument in favor Of protective duties on
wool.
PETER SPEAKS AGAIN
In the course of a speech in favor of
protection to tho wool grower, AIR PETER
suggested that q compromise should be
made between the wool grower and the
wool manufacturer and said that then
there would DC no diihcuty about the
tariff bill. The farmers did not want he
! said TO be unreasonable or threatening
but they insisted that they were Just as
much entitled 10 protection as the manu-
factGrt RS were He was assured by the
two New Hamshire senator's that the
wool manufacture Of their state favored
a duty on wool. A similar q assurance in
regard 10 the wool manufacturers Of Mas
sachusctts was given by Mr. Hoar-the
only exceptions being in the case OF men
who had gone over To the Democratic
party The wool manufacturers of
Massachusetts. he asserted. were absO-
luLely true and loyal to the wool growers
At the close OF lis remarks Mr PETER
held uD TO view a sample OF fine wool and
appealed 10 the southern senator's to de-
fend the industry which produced such
wool "let the manufacturers, +" he said
"have 80 per cent. protection: give Us 20
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