The morning call., 1894-07-04
COAL NOT FREE.
Hills Amendment Easily
Defeated.
THE INCOME TAX SECTIONS.
President and Federal Judges
.-.- Not Exempted.
SOME DUTIES ARE INCREASED
August / the Date Upon Which the
Tariff Bill, as Passed, Goes
- Into Effect.
SOME DUTIES ARE INCREASED.

WASHINGTON, July Sin the midst of
intense excitement at 10 As Tonight, after
having been debated for three months and
one day. the tariff bill, amended to take
effect August l. 1894, passed the Senate by
vote of 81 to SO. strict party vote except
Fill, who voted with the Republicans
against the measure.
The Populists divided their strength,
two, Kyle and Allen voting in favor oil the
bill, and two. PETER and Stewart, AGAINST Il:
At the very opening of the last day OF
the great struggle, Harris, the veteran
parliamentsrian in charge Of the Dill, an
nounced that il would pass to-day, the 81
of july, or there would be no Fourth Of
. july for the Senate of the United States.
Until evening there were no sensational
incidents. A hard but hopeless fight was
made by the RepB blicans under the leader
sbip of Sherman to place wool on the
dntiable list. Through The instrumentality
of McLaurin (D.) of Mississippi the action
of the committee of the whole in exempt
Jag the salaries of United States Judges
and the President of the United States
from the operation of the income tax was
reversed in the Senate. A very important
piece of legislation in the shape of an anti
trust law was placed on the bill as a rider
without even so much as division. Il
was designed. as Voorhees, said. to insure
Integrity in the execution of the law" il
being admitted that any tariff system
afforded abundant opportunity for The
formation Of trusts anG combines.
TIE galleries were filed to overf1owing
many prominent ladies and gentlemen
being present TO witness the final disposal
of the bill, and the scene was truly bril-
liant one. Half a hundred members Oi
the House were on the floor.
1t was amid such surroundings that the
climax occurred when Senator Allen, the
Nebraska Populist, smarting under the
sting Of a double defeat, denounced the
Democratic members of the Finance Com.
mittee and charged them with bad faith in
taking advantage of bis ignorance of par
liamentary procedure to induce him to
offer he amendment, thus releasing their
Democratic colleagues under the caucus
agreement from voting for them. He
baraugued the Senate and the galleries
and intimated that be had been tricked.
Vest, on behalf of the committee, hotly
denied the charges, and upbraided Aler
for delivering his philippe while in piquf
over his own defeat. Manderson seemed
to enjoy the plight Of his associate, and
with an irony that burned. and a sarcasm
that Withered. he extended his sympathy
and warned him TO beware before he again
allied himself with the Democrats. he
found too late that he was unhorsed.
Jones of Arkansas also drove the iron
into the Nebraskan's soul. He challenged
the truth of bis statements and scored him
numerically for attempting to place the
committee IN a false light For an hour
alter the excitement caused by this ex-
change of examinations the proceedings
were extremely dull.
Power made final effort to secure a
duty Oh wool.
Pettigrew tried to get through a proVi-
sion for a tariff commission.
MandeTsOn made last attempt to sub
stitute diminishing bounty on the sugar
schedule.
Shoup Of Idaho, in an almost inaudfble
voice, read speech In support of duty
on mineral waters, and Smith explained
Why he should vote for the bill, income
tax and all.
As the hands Of the clock drew toward
the hour of 10, the final speeches began.
Allen, somewhat to the wondermeut of
fhe galleries after his outbreak earlier in
she evening, told the Senate why he had
concluded to vote for the bill.
Harris asked unanimous consent that