The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-13
PASSED THE SENAIC,
After a Debate of Three Months g Vote Il
Finally Reached on the Tariff Bill.


After a Debate of Three Months Vote Il
Finally Reached ON the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 5.-In the midst
of intense excitement at 1915 last
night, after having debated for three
months and one day, the tariff bill,
amended to take effect August 1, 1894,
passed the senate by vote of "a to 80,
strict party vote, except Mr.. Hill,
who voted with the republicans against
the measure. The populists divided
their strength, two Messrs. Kyle and
Allen voting in favor of the bill, and
two, Messrs. PETER and Stewart, against
it.
At the very opening of the last day
of the great struggle, Mr.. Harris, the
veteran parliamentarian in charge of
the bill announced that it would pass
that day, July 3, or there would be no
Fourth of July for the senate of the
United States. -
A hard but hopeless fight was made
by the republicans under the leader
ship of Mr.. Sherman to place wool on
the dutiable list. Through the instru-
mentality of Mr.. McLaurin, (dem-) Of
Mississippi, the action of the commit
tee of the whole in exempting the sal
aries of United States judges and the
president of the United States freq the
operation of the income tax was re-
served in the senate. A very important
piece of legislation in the shape of an
antitrust la~ was placed on the bill
as rider, without even so much as a
division. 1t was designed, as Mr.. Voor
hees, chairman of the finance commit
mittee, said, toinsure integrity in the
execution of the law" it being adj
mitted that any tariff system afforded
abundant opportunity for the forma-
tion of trusts and companies.
The amendment to section II. repeal
ing the reciprocity clause of the Me-
Kinley law, declaring the repeal should
not be construed to abrogate reciprocal
arrangements now in existence, was
agreed to. This was the last of the
amendments adopted in committee of
the whole. Mr.. Jones then. on behalf
of the committee, proposed che amend
ment changing the date on which the
bill should go into effect from June 30
Il.
Mr.. Allen offered an amendment to
paragraph 1872, repeating the sugar
bounty, in the shape of proviso con-
tinuing the bounty in force until Janu-
ary 1, 1895, to the extent of paying the
growers of sugar and maple sirup nine
tenths of cent on sugar testing above
so deg. and eight-tenths of 1 cent on
sugar below so deg. This was the
amendment of which notice was given
by Mr.. Jones on behalf of the finance
committee yesterday. 1t was defeated
by a vote of 80 to 12.
A number of other amendments were
acted upon and then the bill was put
upon it's passage, and was passed by
vote of 80 to "a.
The vote, then announced by the
vice president, was received in silence,
after which Mr.. Harris moved that a
conference committee of seven sena-
tors ON the disagreeing votes of the
two houses be appointed, and although
Mr.. Allison protested against this ac-
tion. maintaining that as yet there was
no disagreement, the motion prevailed
and the vice president appointed the fol-
lowing committee: Messrs. Voorhees,,
Harris, Vest, Jones, of Arkansas, Sher
man. Allison and Aldrich.
Following is the vote:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry Blackburn, Blanch-
ard. Gallery. Call, COckrell, Coke. Daniel,
Faulkner, George, Gibson, German, Gray,
Harris, Hunton, Irby. Jarvis Jones Of Arkan-
sas, Kyle. Lindsay McLaurin, Martin. Mills,
Mitchell OF Wisconsin. Morgan. Murphy. Pal
mer. Pasco, Ransom. Roach. Smith. Turpie,
Vest, Villas, Voorhees,. Walsh and White-39.
Nays-Aldrich Allison, Carey, Chandler.
Cullum, Davis, Dixon. Dolph. Dubois. Frye,
Galinger, Hale. Hansbrough, Hawley. Hig-
gins, Hill, Jones of Nevada, Lodge, MCMILLAN.
Henderson. Mitchell of Oregon. Patton, PETER,
Perkins. Platt. Power, Proctor, Quay. Sher-
man. Shoup, Squire, Stewart Teller and
Washburn-
The pairs wers were as follows: The
first named would have voted for the
bill, the others against it: Brice with
Wolcott. Butler with Cameron. Cam
den with Pettigrew, Gordon with Will
son. Pugh with Hoar, and Mcpherson
with Morrill,.