The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-01

Washington. May 31.-The Senate to-
day passed a resolution declaring that
the United States will not interfere with
the affairs of the Hawaiian Islands. and
the United States will regard the inter-
ference by any foreign power as an I'M
friendly act.
Senator Irby introduced a resolution
for the obrogation of the Russian extra
dition treaty. and Senator Hill resolu-
ton for open sessions of the sugar in
vestigation.
Hawaiian Government.
Mr.. Turpie's Hawaiian resolution is as
follows:
Resolved, by the Senate of the United
States that of right it belongs wholly to
the people of Hawaii to establish and
maintain their own form of government
States ought not in any way to interfere
herewith and interference in the poll
teal affairs of these islands by any other
government will be regarded as an act
unfrendly to the United States"
Mr.. Mills explained that the resolution
did not meet his approval Believing this
government has Overthrown the existing
government of Hawaii, he thought that
it was the duty of the United States to
tear down the oligarchy set up in it's
name.
The resolution was passed unanimously
-55 senators voting for it. Mills did
not vote.
L
was appropriately referred. instructing
the judiciary committee to report whether
the government of the United States
could by virtue of an act of Congress
constitutionally take possession. paying
compensation therefor, of all the coal
beds of thee ountry.
The tariff bill was then taken up. Sew
eral amendments offered to the lumber
paragraphs looking to a duty on rough
lumber were voted down by a strict party
vote.
Mr.. Allen moved to strike out para
graph 173 as follows:
Lumber, any sort of pIaned or fin
ished on each side, so cents per 1,GO0 feet.
board measure; if planed on one side
and tongued and grooved. 81 per 1000 feet;
If planed on two sides and tongued and
grooved, S1.50 per 1000. and in estimating
board measure under this schedule no de-
duction TO be made on account OF plan
ing, growing or tonSuing.
Mr.. Vest surprised the Republicans by
announcing that the amendment would
be accepted by the Democratic side.
Lumber is Free.
The amendment was agreed to-35 to "a
"a strict party vote, Peffer ana Alien
voting affirmatively- This VIII nave tne
effect of putting lumber on the free list
The committee amendment increasing
the duty on chair cane from to 10 per
cent ad valorem was agreed to.
When paragraph 1S1 VAS reacned, max
ing house er cabinet furniture OF WOOD;
wholly or in part finished, manufactured
of wood, or of which is component ma
feriaI of chief value. dutiable at 25 per
cent. Mr.. Squire CRepublicaD of Wasning,5
to be consistent after having placed f1u-
ished lumber on the free list, ~ SnouId
now place furniture on the free list
Mr. PETER thereupon moved an amend
ment to the paragrap phi making the article
contained therein exempt from duty.
Mr. PETERS amendment was defeated
This completed the wood schedule.
Against the Income Tux.
Mr.. Sherman then delivered a carefully
prepared speech on the general subject or
tariff and was listened TO with marked
attention. He alluded to the dl1leTenesss
question, and contraSted Mr.. cleveland s
letter of acceptance with the Democratic
instances of Democratic dissension- II
our friends on the ether side, he SAID,
had come to us and said, Some of the
rates in the Mckinley bill are too high
the Republicans might have Joined with
them in an equitable division. II the
doctrine Of protection was TO be accepted,
as it was in the present bill. the eonten-
ton between the two parties in this cham
Der was one OF detail not OF principle.
And, if this was the situation, as he
believed it was there was a better way
than the one now being adopted to ac-
complish the revision of the tariff. 1t
should have been done by a commission.
Mr.. Sherman charged that the sugar
schedule had been drawn by the rehners
! He contradicted the statement of Senator
I German that protection offered the Sugar
! trust had been reduced and asserted the
I statement was a palpable misrepresenta-
ton. He denounced the protection given
! to the Sugar trust and declared that It
was 20 of l per cent, or equal to the en-
| tire cost of refining sugar, including the
wear and tear on machinery. He char
/ acteriZed free wool as the eliminating
/ atrocity of the BILL
| Before closing, Mr. Sherman devoted
! some time to the discussion of the income
! tax An income tax, he said, was in
/ defensible unless it was levied against all
! incomes. alike. To single out class was
was obtained, the foundation of the re-
public would disappear.
| Mr.. Sherman finished at 2:45. after hav-
| ing spoken three hours.
| Mr.. Camden Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia, followed with brief speech.
! TO Compel Witnesses.
| Mr.. Dolph. speaking on the sugar
! schedule took occasion to affirm his be
| lief that the Senate had the power TO
| compel witnesses to testify. He had no
| desire tn see newspaper correspondents
| forced whether it was against a news
paper correspondent, millionaire, or the
| president of the United States.
/ Mr.. Dolph continued the discussion of
| this subject until o'clock, when he yield
| ed to Mr.. Harris for a motion to go into
| executive session.
| After a brief executive session the Sem
ate adjourned.
AINswORTH NOT GUILTY.
Washington. May 31.-Colone1 Fred c.
! Ainsworth, chief of the recorders of the
pension division, indicted for manSlaughter
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