The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-11
PASSED THE SENATE.
The TARIFF BILL NOW GOES BACK TO
THE HOUSE.

ment8 OF Les Import sIce Senator !sby
Votes Right at Last.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The Senate
met at 10 a. No., in continuation Of yes
terday's legislative session by virtue OF
a recess taken last night. That obVia
ted all delays incident to the formali-
ties Of the regular opening Of new
DAY. The tariff bill was taken up al
once and action on amendments OF the
committee Of the whole occupied the
entire days session.
First came the motion made by Mills
on Monday evening to place burlaps
and grain bags made therefrom on the
free list. It was carried by vote of
IS to !. Next came the famous collars
and cuffs amendment, fixing the duty
on these articles at 80 cents per dozen
and 80 per cent. advalorem, and on
shirts at so per cent, equivalent, ac-
cording TO statement made by Chand-
Ter, TO an advalorem rate Of from ~ to
120 per cent. That amendment was
agreed to (after a couple of satirical
speeches directed against the junior
Senator from New York, Murphy by
a vote Of 43 to ),
Then the great wool schedule came
up for action, Sherman offering an
amendment to place wool on the dutia-
bic list at 80 per cent. adValorem. The
longest discussion Of the day took
place on this proposition-appeals be-
ing made by Republican Senators to
Democratic Senators from wool pro-
ducing States to supply even two votes
for the amendment which would be
enough, with the Populists' votes to
carry it. But these appeals fell on
deaf ears. There was not single de-
sertion from the Democratic ranks on
the question of wool. The two Popu-
list Senators who usually act with the
Democrats, Allen and Kyle, did not
vote: and the amendment was defeated
yeas 32, nays 81. Wool therefore re-
mains on the free list. The committee
amendmet, placing bituminous coal
on the dutiable list at 40 cents ton
and coal slack at Is cents was agreed
to by vote of 81 to 6. The six were
Allen, Hill, lrby, Kyle, Mills and PETER.
The committee amendment which
had been originally offered By Hill, ex.
empting the salaries of the President
of the United States and of the Judges
of the United States from the income
tax, was rejected after brief struggle,
by a vote of yeas 81, nays 36-ten De-
mocrats having voted for it and six
Republicans and three Populists
against it. The date when the bill Is
to go into effect, was, on motion OF
Jones, fixed at August 1st, lS94-Wlth
the understanding if necessary a later
day can be fixed hereafter.
Barbed wire was subject OF some
dispute. An amendment had been
agreed to in the committee OF the
whole that barbed wire for fencing,
should be admitted free of duty. This
amendment was rejected; and one Of
ferred by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska to
place wire for fencing on the free list
was also rejected-yeas 81; nays 50.
And so wire remains on the dutlaOle
list, at rates according to gauge. Mica
was taken off of the free list and put
on the dutiable list at 20 per cent. ad-
yalorem upon motion Of Ransom.
Ransom's amendment prevailed by a
vote of 40 yeas and % nays. Some
amusement was had on the floor by the
personal appeal of Ransom to Senators
20 support his amendment. His three
minute speech in favor of his PROPOSE
ton was the only one he has mGde on
the tariff question and after he had
concluded the Senators gathered about
him and promised support. After the
vote, Ransom interrupted Morgan tor
the purpose of, he said, completing
his amendment" which be proceeded
to do by moving to strike mica from
the free list, where it had been placed
by the committee. This was agreed to
amid much laughter, which vas only
increased when Chandler crossed the
aisle, invaded the ranks of political
enemies and grasped Ransom by the
hand and congratulated him upon his
victory for the mica industry. Of North
Carolina and New Hampshire.
Morgan offered an amendment TO
come in as five additional sections at
the end of the bill, aimed at trusts and
conspiracIes in restraint OF trade an q
commerce or to increase the market
price of imported articles. He made a
speech in explanation and defense OF
the amendment, which would have the
affect, he said, of repressing those
trusts in all their multiplied hldeous.
ness" The amendment was agreed
to without division. The first section
of it IS as follows:
section IS. That every combination
conspiracy, truss, agreement or con-
tract is hereby declared to be contrary
to public policy, illegal and void, when
the same is made by or between TWO
or more persons or corporations, either
of whom is engaged in importing any
article from any foreign country into
the United States and when such COM
bination, conspiracy, trust, agreement
or contract is intended to operate IN
restraint of lawful trade or free COM
petition in lawful trade or commerce or
to increase the market price IN any
port of the United States Of any article
or articles imported or intended to be
imported into the United States, or Of
anY manufacture, into which such i'm
ported article enters or is intended to
enter. Any person who is or shall
hereafter be engaged in the importa-
ton OF goods or any commodity from
any foreign country in violation Of this
section of this act, or who shall COM
bine or conspire with another to violate
the same is guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof in any court
Of the United States such persons shall
be fined IN a sum not less than 500 and
not exceeding $1,000 and shall be fur
ther punished by imprisonment in the
discretion Of the court for term not
less than three months nor exceeding
twelve months.
Allen then offered the amendment to
the sugar schedule of which Jones gave
notice yesterday, but which he did not
at any time today offer in the Senate.
Jones asked Allen to withdraw it, but
he declined. It was chen laid on the
table on motion of Harris-yess 80;
nays %.
At 8:45 p. "a, suggestion was made
by Dolph that the Senate should either
dispose of the bill quickly or let it 60
over till Thursday. He should hate to
see the national day desecrated by the
passage of such q bill. Nothing
could be so painful to me" Harris re-
marked satirically, "as to give the