The morning call., 1894-07-04

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the amendment on the table. Agreed to,
80 to %, the parties dividing.
Allison offered an amendment reducing
the duty on uncleaned rice from cent to
! $40 of cent per pound. Agreed to.
An amendment offered by Aldrich was
agreed to putting a duty OF q of cent
per pound on the lead contained in type
material.
The duty on files. file blanks and rasps
was raised from 80 cents per dozen to So
cents.
Manderson moved to reconsider the vote
by which his amendment providing for a
diminishing bounty on sugar was defeated
and Harris moved to lay that motion on
the table. This motion prevailed although
the POpulists and the Senators from
Louisiana voted with the Republicans
against the motion.
Hill offered an amendment to the in
cOme-tax paragraph providing all State,
! county, municipal and town taxes paid by
| corporations should be included in their
running expenses Agreed to. No further
| amendments were offered, and at exactly
! 10 o'clock the bill was read third time.
after which Smith made a speech against
| the income tax but in favor of the bill as
whole.
Senator Hill followed with a brief
speech. He said that in his opinion the
bill i'm mperled the possibility of permanent
! Democratic success in any Northern State
for many years to come. AS between
Populistic income tax on the one hand and
a Republican tariff on the other, he chose
the latter as the least OF two evils. AS be-
| lot franuht
with dangerous consequences TO the coun-
try on the one hand and simply high tariff
taxation on the other, he preferred to en-
dure the latter, at least for brief period.
Continuing, be said: Eliminate the In
come tax and there is no difficulty n franz
ing an honest, consistent and genuine tariff
bill upon strict revenue lines with all raw
materials free, which can be passed by
the vote of every Democratic Senator with
out the aid of a single Populist vote, and
which the country would welcome and
approve. This is not even pretended TO
be such a measure. Numerous Senators
argue that the Democratic side Of this
! chamber must fall, as though Democratic
principles have been surrendered or bar
tered away TO secure the triumph Of this
botched compromise measure, which is
really acceptable to no one. | am sure il
| they expressed their honest sentiments
they do not approve of this bill any more
than | do. The issue of tariff reform had
better be postponed and preserved in the
act rather than emasculated, disigured
and despoiled in the manner now pro-
posed.
1.-THE bill does not meet public,expecta-
tions, but at best is an empty and Deggarly
fulfilment of Democratic pledges. 1t does
those things which 1t ought not to do, and
leaves undone those things which it ought
| to do. Mr.. President, do not fail to ap-
preciate the gravity of the situation, but
the course which duty and consistency re-
quire me to pursue at this hour is as clear
to me as the MONDAY sun. E Sink or swim,
live or die, servive or perish, l cannot and
will not support this bill in its present
| shape"
When in conclusion he declared he
would not support the bill wave Of ap-
lause, quickly checked by the Vice
President, swept over the gallery. A
final word of protest followed from AID
rich, Chandler and Henderson and the
supreme moment was at hand, and the
bill was placed upon its passage and the
roll was called.
When Blanchard declined to vote on the
first rollcall and Mr.. Caffery, the other
Louisiana Senator, voted against it, a
snudder ran through the Democratic side
of the chamber. The fate of the bill might
depend upon the vote Of Irbv; when
his name was reached the Democrats
heaved a sigh Of relief as he voted "aye."
After the completion OF the rollcall al
though it was apparent the bill would
carry without either the vote of Caffery or
Blanchard. Caffery changed his vote to
AYE" explaining that he had voted no as a
protest against the bad faith of the Finance
Committee In abandoning the sugar bounty
provision, and Blanchard joined his COL
league.
The detailed vote on the final passage OF
the bill is as follows:
Ayes-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Banch-
ard, Caffery. Call, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel,
| Faulkner, gorge, Gibson. German. Gray,
Harris, Hunton Irby, Jarvis. Jones Of Arkan-
sas, Kyle, Lindsay, McLaurn, Martin, Mills,
! Mitchell Of Wisconsin. Morgan, Murphy,
Palmer. Pasco, Ransom. Roach. Smith, Turpe.
Vest, Villas, Voorhees, Walsh, White-3S.
Noes-AldrIcb, Allison. Carey, Chandler,
| Cullum, Davis. Dixon, Dolph, Dubois. Frye,
Gallinger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley. Hig-
gins, Hill, Jones of Nevada, Lodge, M cMillan,
Manderson, Mitchell Of Oregon. Patton,
PETER. Perkins, Platt, Power, Proctor. Quay,
Shrrman, Shoup, Squire, Stewart, Teller,
| Washburn-34.
The pairs were as follows-the fret
named would have voted for the DILL, the
others against it: Brice with Wolcott,
Butler with Cameron, Camden with Petit
grew. Gordon with Wilson, Pugh with
boar, Mcpherson with Morrill,.
The vote was then announced by the
Vice-President, and was received in ST.
lence.
Harris moved that conference commit
tee of seven Senators on the disagreeing
votes of the two houses be appoin ted, and
although Allison protested, maintaining
that as yet there was no disagreement, the
motion prevailed and the Vlce-President
appointed the following: Voorhees,. Har-
ris, Vest, Jones Of Arkansas, Sherman,
Allison and Aldrich.
Harris then moved that the Senate ad-
journ until Friday at II o'clock, which
was agreed to at 10 43 o'clock.
The ann nouncement Of the close OF the
long struggle was the signal for scene of
uproar rarely witnessed in the grave and
dignified Senate chamber.
Upon the announcement of the vote, "a
to 80, the galleries cheersd. and amid
scene OF jubilation the Senate adjourned.
The lights in the dome were extinguished