Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-07
IN Tue SENATE.
Tariff Sill ZONES Up Blu. No Qu,rum Prevents
Rsaciag in full.

SW,sarScroy. April G,-Ia the S'nat''
Far some uhimportant business was triL'
| sscted. lIll novel that when the Sens''
sdjourn. today, il should aoJ ,urn UNI
Monday. The motion was defeated Yeas
Is: RAYS, sc al tie Republican senstois
voss. save so Ill the tro New fort
ssnstors, and Irbg of South Carolins. Az
The r s. of the Democ; All, ssnatoys rote'
s.no." bat Brice of Olio. who WAS pairto
with another d. moerst, Palmer of iliI'nls
Populi.t senators, Allen, kp'e and Fsuss
voted $40" and Popu ist senator SteFa''
"a,e."
The resolution offered by Wolcott, last
Monday, II uestins the President TO enter
into n, goii ,ions with Mexico, looking 70
the ccinsgs by the United States at the
minis of standard Mexican dollars, WIN
view to encouraging and ex.enoirg
commercial rslatio with China and other
Isis,ic countries" was lsil before TIE
Senate, and Teller msds an argument N
ia advocacy. He sal last year tie MeN-
can government c ised $4,000 GOO in sill
yer doll .rs and of that sum S25 coo 600 wss
exDort.d. Between Sc 100000 and 81
600 coo had gone to Chiua and Strait settle
u
IS 500 600 bv the way of S@n Francisco
Is was claimed, he said, til It Chila exported
20 other portions of Asia, wi hin the last 10
wears, N. re silver than it had taken r..
rhat lack Of silver coul row, he thought,
be made up. il i: was put in form accept
able to China; and thus tra-.e with that
country could be largely Increased.
Lodge advocated the resolution, with the
.dea of attacking England in the colonial
and esstern trade. In his judgment moth
Ing could help England so much In her
present diff ulties as TO open an American
market under the proposed t4rif bill. II
there was any opportunity to MAKE Eng
land come to any agreement on the sis'
question, either by discriminating dui,s
against her, or ore ing a wider market +, r
silver, il was clearly for the bt uetit of tie
United Ststes 10 put it in operation. Son,
applause in the galleries The resolution
went over.
Tie resolution was agreed to requesting
| The President 10 ioform the Senate as 10
the condition of affairs in : .moa AMI CON-
munica.e copies of the correspondence on
/ the suhiyc CT VITA G.ea! Britain and Ger
many.
The t.iiff blu was taken Up and PETER
addressed the Senate. He spoke of the
army of the commonweai" as body OF
men gstheIirg strength as il moved, coming
s'ovly towards The cal itsl of the nation ana
( hlvlrg that there was trouble brewing.
That trouble came, he said, from urlns,
;sxsion. After P.fT had sp ken two
hours IT Was agreed that he mght continue
! lonorr0w.
Harris suggested tiat the reatiog of the
trif bill in full; be 90 nmenc d motion
20 proceed to the cuusid, raj m of exccu-
tive business vas maze by Morgan but
WIS WITHDRAWN IL WAS r,ne~eL by
Nj:ich and the result was announced +:
Yeas, 10; nays, Is. \ mstioa - ndj Jurn
vas made by AlHrich. Harris remarked
that lie had no, supposed hIibustering would
/ begin SO early. Al!sich replied tina; there
was no iihbustering on the Republican side
and the last vote Gi closed the absence of
a quorum.
\ motiol to adjourn was voted down. 4
vote was again taken on AloIish'. motion to
proceed to the consideration of executi, e
business and the vote Was, yeas, n; nays,
%; M quorum many senate present beng
! pare and net yoii1g. On motion OF nar-
us the Senate atjautnea until tomorrow.