The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-09
SHEKELS OF THE SENATOR.
The Senate Not to MeddIe With the
Claim Against Stanford.

Il
The Rice Paragraph in the Bill
Passed-The Charge That the Bill is
Drawn on Sectional Lines Repeated.
Washington, June S.-The resolution
offered yesterday by Mr.. Hoar in refer
enco to relinquishing the claim of the
United States against the estate of
Leland Stanford, of California, was LAID
before the Senate this morning, and Mr..
Hoar modified it so as to simply instruct
the judiciary committee to inquire and
report, as soou as may he, whether it is
expedient that the claim be forth with
relinquished and put at rest.
In the course of the debate which fol-
lowed Mir, Berry said that the resolution,
to a certain extent, committed the Sen
ate to tho idea that it thought the claim
of the government against the Stanford
estate ought to be relinquished, and he
did not wish to commit himself to any
such proposition
MIR. Hoar said that he did not under
stand that the resolution committed the
Senate to anything. 1t was purely a
resolution OF inquiry.
Mr.. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, moved to
lay the resolution on the table, and that
motion was agreed to-yeas q, nays 19.-
as follows:
Yeas -Messrs. Allen, Berry, Blackburn,
Coekrell, Coke, Daniel, Faulkner, George,
Harris, Hunton, Jarvis, Jones OF Arkan >aS,
Kyle McLaarin, Martin. Mills, Mitchell Of
Wisconsin, Murphy. Pas.o, PETER, smith,
Turpe Vest anu Whitc-24.
NayS-Messrs. Allison. Carey, Chandler,
CGllom, Davis, Dixon. DOlph, DUBOIS, Frye,
Hawley, Higgins. boar Mcmillan. Perkins,
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THE TARIFF TAKEN Up.
The tariff bill was then taEen up, and
MIR. Cullom, rep, of Illinois, delivered a
prepared speech against the bill as a
whole. MIR. Cullom closed his speech at
noon, and then for some time desultory
political debate ran along, which was
ended by Mr. Washburn. with the re-
mark that there was a great loss of time
in making speeches on the general prin-
ciples of protection and that he would
like to see, it brought to u reasonable
termination He therefore asked that
the further debate on the agricultural
schedule shall be under the five minute
rule. There was no objection and il was
so ordered
MIR. Harris gave notice that he would,
at a cOvenient time, ask TO have the same
rule applied TO the succeeding three sec
ule.
The Senate then came to the practical
question of voting on the bill by para
graphs. the first question being on para
graph 100 as follows: "Buckwheat, corn
or maize, cornmeal, oats, rye, rye -four,
wheat and wheat flour, twenty per cent,
ad valorem, and oatmeal IS per cent. ad
valorem, but each of the above products
shall be admitted free Of duty from any
fs,l, n ~
on the like product when exported from
the United States. " Agreed to-33 to 25-
after several amendments had been re-
lected by the same vote.
THE DUTY on BARLEY.
The next paragraph was No. 191, Ear
ley and barley pearled, patent or hulled,
- per cent. ad valorem; barley malt, So
per cent ad valorem." The amendment
Of the finance committee was TO increase
those rates to 80 and 40 per cent.
After remarks by Messrs. Higgins,
Washburn and Chandler an amendment,
offered by Mr. Washburn, TO restore the
rates on barley to those under the exist
ing law was rejected yeas q, nays 21-
and the committee amendment was
agreed to-
The next paragraph was 192-"maca
roni vermicelli and all similar prepara-
tions, 25 per cent. ad yalorem" The COM
mittee amendment was 10 make it 20 per
cent.
Mr. Chandler moved to make it 2 cents
a pound-the present rate.
This was reiectcd-ycas "a, nays 81
and the committee amendment was
agreed TO.
THE RICE SCHEDULE.
The next paragraph was No. 1893, as to
rice The bill, as 1t passed the House
ri ~ ftn fin a
committee, made the duty on cleaned rice
~ cents pound, on un leaned rice |
cent and on rice -four and rice meal one
fourth of cent pound, and on paddy
three lourths Of cent a pound. MIR. Jones,
who had, on behalf of the finance com
mittee, offered an amendment reducing
the rate of uncleaued rice thrce-four5hs
of a cent per pound, and on paddy to one
half cent Il pound, withdrew that amend
meat, which was thcreupon renewed by
Mr. Allison, rep, of Iowa, who explained
and advo ated it, and was followed in the
same line by MIR Perkins. rep, of Cali
fornia. Arguments in favor of the
amendment were also made by the two
New Hampshire senators, Messrs.
Gallinger and Chandler.
The amendment was rejected without
division.
Mr.. Allison made an argument against
mltted that they were lower than the
rates in the Mckinley act, but still, as
compared with the other articles in the
agricultural schedule, the rates were
nearly double.
CHARGE OF sECTIoNALIsm.
Asuggestive question put by MIR Hale
brought from Mr.. Allison the statement
that the high duties on rice in the Nc
Kinley act had been put in at the request
of southern senators, And yet" he
added. ''the senator's from Louisiana have
steadfastly voted against any amendment
to the agricultural schedule that would
give increased protection to the produc-
tions of northern farms. But when the
two products of sugar and rice are
reached-products OF southern states
we fnd exhorbitant duties sus-
tanned by Ethem and by all the sena-
tors on the otner side" MIR. Hale also
made some bitter comments upon the
"mendicants" from Louisiana and other
southern states, who had voted to
put lum ber on the free list while sugar
had TO be highly protected-a product
that was surrounded by an atmosphere
of contamination and corruption"
Mr. Manderson pointed out the sugges-
tive comparison, although comparisons,
he said, were not only Odious but odorifer-
GUS. of the 80 per cent duty on rice, 30
per cent. on barley and nothing on wheat
HALE's REMARKS RESENTED.
Mr. Blanchard resented Mr.. Hale's re-
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