The evening world., 1894-05-26
Congratulates MI. German on
Leading Both Sides Of
the Chamber.
MILLS AND IRBY WITH HIM.
New York Senator Again Urges
New Rules and Prompt
Action.
thy Associated Prsx,,)

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WASHINGTON. May &r--rwenty.
three minutes were, spent waiting for n
quorum In the Senate this mornIng.
Tor the first time since Mr.. Harris was
placed In charge OF the Tariff bill he
was not in his seat. The delay In no
curing a quorum hut out the considers
ton of the Hawaiian resolution,
At 1880 the tariff debate was resumed.
The paragraphs passed over yesterday
were taken VI. The first was lsA. reiat-
Ing to the duty on wheels OF iron or
steel, car and locomotive wheels. &C.
The original Jones amendment, Ia
creased the rate in the House bill from
30 to 10 per cent. ad valofern. To-day
Mr.. Vest moved to substitute q specific
rate of ia cents per pound. The Nc
kinlsy rate iG 21-2 cents per pound.
Mr.. Quay supported the Vest amend
ment as preferable to an ad valorem
duty II was agreed to.
The lead paragraph was then taken
up. E
The House bill made lead ore and lead
dross dutlable at Is per cent. I'D valorem
upon the lead contained therein. and
classified silver lead ores as silver ores.
where the silver contents exceeded In
value the lead contents. and admitted
them free of duty.
The Finance COMMITTEES amendment
made lead ore dutiable at three-quarteTs
or one Cent per pound, and made silver
the lead contents. according to sample
and assay at the port of entry.
Mr, Dubois offered an amendment.
as the method Of sample ana assay that
commercially adopted In he United
States.
Mr., shoup Nep.. Idaho) made quite an
argentiferous lead ore. going largely into
the extent Of the silver lead ore Industry
In Idaho and other mining States and
Territories OF the West.
He contended that the mines of the
West could not compete with the peon
labor OF Mexico, and said that II silver
lead ore were admitted free Of duty from
United States would be closed.
Mr.; shoup concluded at l2.is, after
speaking over an hour and q half. =
Mr., Hill dem, N. " arose, al. 1t was
orous attaeE on the lead seISeduls. he
s ssen,l fy %sI ieaa, 20 ore Place os the l:as re. 81 il: ssa
tn Chamber, Mr.. Aidrich suggested the
S S1nted a Fl fi!l z seS HaSII tn witness ms t sssd New Ss
York Senator's ~arraignment Of his party
associates. TIE electric bells brought
hfty-h Hn Senators saGs rs. into the Gh a.
even-tempered manner. although at
times he threw both energy and FEELING
into his words He would not dstain the
keenly as any other Senator, the neces-
s!ty for early action on this bill. The
country WAS anxious and eager. While
had not be n satisfa Glory to him since
1t was reported, he was now and always
Rad been in favor Of its prompt dispoai-
ton.
in order to facilitate action because he
believed that the best way to facilitate
action was 70 give the majority the
vote Instead OF depending upon the ca
price and whlms OF the minority. :
None OF the responsibility for delay
few Senators on his side. very few. he
was glad to say, were opposed to adopt
ing the direct method. But he was not
according to their ideas of PUBLIC duty.
He acted according to his. He thought
1t was idle for his party associates to
criticise their friends on the other side
privileges, under the liberal rules OF the
Senate, when they refused to apply the
remedy that was open to them. They
same course the Democrats pursued In
1890 in the fight against the Force bill.
The remedy for this condition OF Affairs
lay ia proceeding in n prompt. plain,
manly fashion to .rearrange the rules.
AS he had said before, the bill q
not satisfactory 10 him, II was not sat
isfactory to other Democrats In the
chamber, and II the Senator from Mary.
land (Mr. Gorman). the other day, tn
tended 10 have II inferred that there
was Democratic unity on this bill. he
had exceeded his authority, The bill
would not be satisfactory to him Al long
as 1t contained one remnant OF the Pop .
ulistic income tax. Stni. We thought y
the duty OF the Democrats not to defoAt
It, but to modify and perfect Il.
had voted against Mr.. Teiier's notf5l
to table the bill because he aid not
desire to kill the measure before II wac
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