Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-03
NOW BEFORE TIE SENATE Is the Tariff Bill. and the Work
 of Pushing
IT THROUGH GOES FORWARD.
Sugar Occupies Leading Place in the Discussion.
 Short House Session.

sion the tariff bill entered upon the four teenth week of it's consideration in the senate, and at the same time struck new phase of parliamentary procedure. Up to this time the bill has been pending ia com first rough dressing, but now it is before the senate proper. There is little. if any difference in the forms, except that, as a general thing, the amendments of least importance as adopted by the committee of the whole are agreed to in bulk by the senate, the more important ones being re- served for special action and being also open 10 debate and to the presentation of other amendments.
 Two resolutions bearing on the present extensive railroad strike were presented in thesenate during the morning hour and were laid on the table for the present, to be called up tomorrow.
 The first was offered by MT. Call of Flor ida, for the appointment of a select com- mittee of five senators to inquire and re- port the cause of the existing strike of the railroads and the Pullman Car company employees and the justice of the demands of the workingmen and whether reasonable and fair to their employers, and secure the transportation of the mails, freight and
 
 The second was offered by MT. Kyle, popnlist, of South Dakota. It is in the form of Joint resolution and is as follows
 Be it resolved, etc., That no warrant or other process, civil or criminal, shall be issued by any United States commissioner, or any of the district courts of the United States, against any person or persons for the. alleged obstruction of any railroad train or trains unless it shall appear that suchipersons have obstructed or hindered such train or trains in such manner as to interfere with the safe and convenient movement on the part of such train or trains as is essential in the safe and con- venient transportation of the mails of the United States, and the detachment of Pull man or other parlor or sleeping coaches from any railroad train or trains shall not constitute any offense against the laws of the United States.
 At 1o:30 Q. m. the tariff bill was taken up, and various propositions were made and discussed in an informal way AS to the mode of procedure. Ultimately it was agreed that the amendments to which there was no special objection should be voted on in bulk. ss
 fPl.en senators indicated amendments on which. they desired special votes. MT. Shernnan asked that the entire wool and wooden schedule be reserved, and MT. Me- Laurin demanded separate vote on the amendment excluding the salaries of the president and United States judges from the income tax. Separate votes were de- manded by MT. Hale on the lumber sched- ule, by MT. Kyle on the sugar schedule, by Mir. Gallinger as to hay, by MT. Chan dler as to the date when the bill is to go into eff.ct; aleo as to borax, lead, iron ore, barbed wire, lead ore, rice, brandy and come tax and reciprocity. When he had finished giving these notices MT. Frye suggested humorously whether it was not easier to reserve the whole bill. P For some time there was so much con- fusion in the senate chamber that the vice. president made no attempt at transacting business until order was restored.
 The provision as to paper was reserved by MT. Platt. MT. Jones of the finance committee reserved the several dates men, tioned for the bill to go into effect; also as to glassware, plate glass, nuts, faces, waste wool, ready made clothing, ingrain carpets.. etc.
 When the residue of the unreserved amendments adopted in committee of the whole were concurred in in bulk and the amendments as reserved by MT. Jones were all agreed to seriatim, except those as to dates, which are still open, the considera- tion of the amendments reserved by other senators were entered upon and the action of the committee of the whole was con firmed until sugar was reached.
 Then Mir. Manderson moved to strike out paragraph 1S2, which repeals the sugar bounty and to substitute for it para graph to continue until July l, 1895, the bounty on sugar from beet, sorghum, sugar cane and maple syrup, as provided for in the Mckinley act.
 Mir. Hill moved to amend the paragraph by striking out the words "January 1, 1895, ,' and inserting the words ''to take effect on the passage of this act," so that the repeal of the sugar bounty shall go infn effect immediately upon the bill be- coming operative.
 The vote was taken first on Mir. Hills amendment, and it was agreed to-yeas 35, nays 32-as follows:
 Yeas Messrs. @Aldrich, Allison, Chan dler, Coke, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois Erye asliqgsr gsI George 5ens: ot Hss Ms vada, Lodge, McMilian, Manderson, Mitch- ell of Oregon, Patton, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Pugh, Quay, Sherman, shoup, Squire, Teller and Wash
 Nays Messrs: Allen, Bate. Blackburn, Blanchard, Cafferys Camden. CookTell, ris, Hunton, Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas; Kyle, Lindsay. McLaurin, Martin, Mills, Morgan, Pasco. Ransom, Roach, Smith, Turpie, Vest, Villas. Voorhees,, Walsh and Wbite-32.
 Mir. Manderson's substitute was then re- jected-yeas 31, nays 35.
 : Mir. Kyle moved to strike out the one- eighth differential given the sugar refiners and the one-tenth discriminating duty on sugars imported from countries where an export bounty is paid on refined sugars. This resolution was divided and both prop ositions in it were rejected, the first by 34 to 35, and the second 32 to 35.
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