The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-21
FAST WORK ON The TARIFF.
SiZty-SeVen Pages Of the Bill Dis
posed Of in a Day.


ing the Transportation From One
State to Another by Express of OBJ
sence Matter.
Washington, June 2O.-The progress
made by the Senate to-day in the way of
getting through the tariff bill might al
most be called phenomenal. Beginning
at 1890 o'clock on the 18th page of the
bill. it had reached, in five hours, the
l35th page. Then, at one jump, with
hardly an impediment or objection, 45
more pages were wiped out and all the
administrative sections of the bill were
eliminated.
Another half hours work brought the
Senate up to the income tax sections of
the bill, and then a halt was called. The
heat of the chamber and the fatigue to
which senators had been already sub
jected led to acquiescence in a proposition
of Mr. Hoar's that the consideration of
the income tax feature of the bill be post
poned till tomorrow morning, when Mr..
Hill is to open the fight in opposition to
the tax.
In the morning half hour the Senate
bill to prevent the carrying of obscene
literature and articles designed for in
decent and immoral use from one state or
territory into another state or territory
by express was taken from the calendar
and passed. II extends to express compa-
MES the provisions of the existing law
upon this subject relating TO carriage by
mail.
THE TARIFF TAKEN Up.
The tariff bill was taken up at the para
graph placing salt on the free list. Mr..
PETER moved to strike it out and put a
duty of cents per hundred pounds on
salt. He was supported by Messrs. Quay,
Platt, Hawley and Allison, but the mo
tion was voted down by "a to 80. Mr..
Allen and the two other populists voted
against Mr.. PETER.
Paragraph 615 was amended so as to
read; ''Shrimps and other shell fish,
canned or otherwise"
Paragraph GAL, ''All sugars" having
been reached, and the amendment of the
finance committee being to strike it out,
Mr.Aldrich demanded the yeas and nays,
saying that he wanted to know who were
In favor OF free sugar and who were not
The paragraph was struck out-yeas 80,
nays o. Two populist senator's, Messrs.
Allen and Kyle, and one republican, Mr.
Quay, voted with the democrats to strike
out the paragraph.
Mr.. Kyle stated that the vote which he
had just given was not to be taken as an
way when all the schedules of the bill
were made up and when the bill was re-
ported to the Senate.
ALLEN MAKES SIMILAR STATEMENT.
Mr.. Allen made a statement to the like
effect and almost in the same language
with the addition that he had thus far
voted with the finance committee on the
subject of sugar and on many other sub
1ects for the purpose of getting speedy &C
tion on the bill.
In the next paragraph (642) the word
''refned" was struck out after the word
sulphur"
In the next paragraph (643) ''sulphuric
acid proviso was adopted that upon
sulphuric acid imported from any country
which imposes a duty upon sulphuric
acid exported from the United States, the
present rate of duty shall be levied.
MIR. Allen moved to insert as a new
paragraph, Lumber of any sort, planed
or finished" After some colloquy, he
withdrew it, and moved to add to para
graph 676, Sawed boards, plank, deals,
and other lumber" the words Rough or
dressed"
Mr.. Chandler, in one of his extremely
bitter speeches, recalled Mr.. Aliens
statement of half hour ago, that he had
not yet made up his mind what his final
vate on the bill would be. The senator
from Nebraska now wanted free lum Der,
and of course he would get it, because
that was che understanding
CHANDLER KEEPS IT Up.
Mr.. Chandler did not expect to prevent
this transaction that was now going on
but he did have a curiosity to know
whether the bargain was yet completed :;
whether the transaction might be con
sidered as closed and whether the sena-
tor from Nebraska had finally concluded
how he would vote finally on the bill Or
had he notified the other side of
the chamber that he had not vet CON
Guided what his final vote would be. and
that he would move to put something else.
not produced in Nebraska, on the free
list, ana would have to get that as a con-
sideration for the vote he was to give2
He lChandler was anxious to know when
the senator from Nebraska would be en-
tirely foreclosed by the other side of the
chamber.
Mr.. Allen desired to say in as polite
language as he could use to the senator
from New Hampshire, that his statement
or insinuation that there was any bargain
between himself and any senator in
charge of the bill was entirely untrue !;
and he was inclined to think that the
senator from New Hampshire knew
II to be untrue at the time
he made it. He AllenJ had
made no bargain and proposed to
make no udEBdlu. ne proposed 10 vote as
he saw fit. If the bill when finished
should be, in his judgment, a better meas
ure than the present tariff law, he would
vote for it. If not, he would vote against
1t. In that respect he was free lance. -
1t was none of the senator's business how
he proposed TO vote He was not here to
represent that senator's views.
Mr.. Chandler insisted that it was his
business to care about how. the senator
from Nebraska voted, and he proposed to
make it so.
THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED,
After some further personalities be-
tween Messrs Allen and Chandler. Mr..
Aliens amendment was adopted-yeas rs.
nays 81. 1t makes paragraph 67S of the
free list read: Sawed boards, plank.
deals and other lumber, rougn or
dressed"
The vote in detail was:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry. Black.
burn, Ca1ery Call, Cockrell Daniel, Faux
ner. Gray. Harris, Hunton, Irby Jarvis.
Jones of Arkansas. Kyle, Lindsay, Nc
Laurin, Murphy. Palmer Pasco. PETER,
Pugh. Roach, Vest, Voorhees,. Walsh and
Whites.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison. Chandler, Cullom.
Dubois, Frye, Hale Hawley, Hoar. Mitchell
Of Oregon, Morrill,, Perkins, Plat, Power
Proctor, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire.
Teller and Wasnburn-2l.
Mr.. Allison moved to add to the para
graph as amended, the words except