Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-04
AFTER MANY WEEKS The Much Discussed Tar.ff Bill
 Passes the Senate.
FREE WOOL AND DUTY ON
Coal, With Sugar As Reported From the Committee of
 the Whole.

at 10 q. m. in continuation of yesterdays legislative session by virtue of the recess taken last night. That obviated all the de- lays incident to the formalties of regular opening of new day.
 Ire tariff bill was taken up at once and action on the amendments of the committee of the whole occupied the whole of today's session. First came the motion made by MT Mills Monday evening to place burlaps and grain bags made therefrom on the free list. It was carried by vote of 2S to r.
 Next came the famous "collar and coffs' amendment, fixing the duty on those arti- cles at 30 cents a dozen and 30 per cent ad valorem, and on shirts at 5O per cent, equivalent, according to statement made by MT. Chandler, to an ad valorem rate of from 80 10 125 per cent. That amendment was agreed to after couple of satirical speeches directed against the junior senator from New York (Mr. Murphy) by vote of 43 to 5.
 Then the great wool schedule came up for action, MT. Sherman offering an amendment to place wool on tine dutiable list ct 30 per cent ad valorem. The lon6e t discussion of the day took place on this proposition, appeal being made by repub . lican senators to democratic senators from the wool producing states to supply even two votes for the amendment, which would be enough with the popuiist votes to carry it.
 But these appeals fell on deaf ears. There was not single dissension from the demo- cratic ranks on the question of wool. The two populist senators who usually act with the democrats-Messrs. Allen and Kyle did not vote, and the amendment was de- feated-yeas 32, nays 37. And so wool re- mains on the free list.
 Following is the vote in detail on MT. Sherman 8 notion:
 Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, DixoI, Dolph, Dubois, Frye, Galiinger, Hale, Hans brough, Hawley, Higgins, Hear, Jones of Nevada, Lodge, Mandsrson, Mitchell of Oregon, Patton, Peffer,, Perkins, Platt, Stewart, Teller and Wash hburu-S2.
 Nays-Messrs. Bate, Black burn, Caffrey, Call ,Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George, Gib- son, Gordon, German, Gray, Harris, Hill, Hunton, Irby, Jones ot Arkansas, Lindsay, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morgan, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Ransom, Roach, Smith, Turpie, Vest, Villas, Voorhees,, Walsh and White-37.
 The Hcommittee amendment placing bi- luminous coal on the dutiable list at 40 cents a ton and coal slack at 15 cents was agreed to by vote of 57 to 6. The six were Messrs. Allen, Hill, Irby, Kyle, Mills and Peffer.
 All the committee amendments to the leather schedule were agreed to. Also all the amendments under the title of "mis- cellaneous manufacturers.
 The next reserved amendment was para graph 575-as to putting paintings on the free list. MT. Allen moved to strike out the paragraph and to substitute for it the provisions of the existing law as to duty on paintings. It was contended, however, that the motion was not in order, the rule under which the senate was acting being that all the committee amendments should first be disposed of, after which every line of tie bill would be open to amendment.
 That view was sustained by the chair and the committee amendments were agreed to.
 The committee amendment, which had been originally offered by MT. Hill, ex- empting he salaries of the president of the United States and of the judges of the United States from incometax, was rejected after brief struggle by vote of yeas 34, nay 36-ten democrats having voted for 1t and six republicans and three popuists against if, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. AIdrich, Allison Brice, Ca rey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph Dubois, Gray, Hale. Hansbrough, Hawley, Hig- gins, Hill. Lodge, McMillan, Mitchell of Oregon, Morgan, Palmer, Pasco, Patton, som, Roach, Sherman, Squire, Teller, Villas, Washburn-34.
 Nays--Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black burn, Blanchard, Caffery, Chandler, Cock relf, Coke, Faulkner, frye, Galllnger, George, Gibson, German, Harris, Hunton, Lindsay, McLaurln, Manderson, Martin, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy, Peffer, Pettigrew, Shoup, Smith, Turtle, Vest, Voorhees, Walsh, White-36.
 All the other reserved amendments up to the close of the bill were agreed to without opposition.
 The date when the bill is to go into effect was, on motion of MT. Jones, fixed at August 1, 1894, with the understanding that, if necessary, later date can be fixed hereafter.
 Barbed wire was also 6 subject of some dispute. An amendment has been agreed to in the committee of the whole that barbed wire for fe6eing g, should be admitted free of duty. Thin >amendment was re- jected, and one oflefed by MT. Allen to place i'wire fofiencingp on the free list was also rejecte(t yeSf s32, nays 38. And so wire remh1np on the dutiable list at rates according to fsue9 Mica was taken at 20 per cett ed 4asot6rn upon motion of MT. RansO m. VI :. s
 vote of 40 yeas and 28 nays. Some amuse- ment was had on fine floor by the personal appealof Mr. Ransom to senators to sup -bDdt bDdfrS nj, ii ,t,a 2 n1endmeut.
 His thrssWipute speech in favor of his nronosit;-T, r.s <he only one he has made on inc to f;ff vas srSpn, and after he had cone,ndedt ss. ltMsses M athered about him and promSsed tbs;r Support, After the vote MT. Ransom interN ssid ncomnIet- TOT the purpose of, as l1elich ba ,roceeded ing his ameudment. vic 'r mica ca pos from inc 10 do by moving tostrpo 'n''" 'io' '-'