The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-18


specializing iu what are known as sugar
stocks, curing the consideration Of the taritf
Resolved, further, That said committee be
authorized 10 investigate and report upon
any charge or charges that may he filed be-
fore It, alleging that the action OF any scnu-
tor has been cOrruptly or Improperly intiu-
enced in the consideration Of said bills, or
that any attempt has been made so to intiu-
ence legislation,
HALE NOT SUSPICIOUS.
In the discussion which preceded action
on the resolution Mr. Hale said that he
did not suppose that any senator believed
that either the senator from Virginia or
the senator from South Dakota had been
improperly approached or influenced.
There was nothing in the association with
the senator's, nothing in their public or
private character, which would for a mo-
ment Justify the harboriug of a suspicion
of that kind. He supposed that 1t would
be found on investigation that
shoso hos hHd ePorS been hos9 s9Sgb suspicious a Bs
set ahoat, were something in the
nature Of blackmail and they came from
other matters than those which the com
mittee was to investigate and were only
stirred up for the purpose of calling away
attention.
A sToP-THIEF CRY.
1t was the "stop-thief'' cry. With that
in view, he thought the committee ought
to consider all these other sub
iect matters most thoroughly, and
he hoped that the senator
from Massachusetts would accept any
amendments TO his resolution that would
make IL more penetrating, and would en-
able the committee TO go TO the profound
est depths, so that, at least the country
and the world might have light on what
were really the suspicious and beliefs of
the American people-that certain por-
tions of the tariff bill had been sur
rounded by and subjected to influences
which alarmed the people and would dis
grace the Senate, if the beliefs We're true.
That could not be too thoroughly probed.
There were 6foot among the people of the
country suspicious, great doubts, so great
that it was best that they should be set
at rest by a thorough and complete inves-
tigation,
THE TARIFF BILL TAKEN UP.
The tariff bill was taken up at noon,
ana Mr. Gallinger delivered the second
part of his speech against 1t.
Mr.. Gallinger concluded the reading of
the second part of his speech at i 40, say
ing that he would finish the speech to-
morrow; and then the actual considera-
tion of the tariff bill was resumed item
No. AZ, "Ochre, sienna, umber and their
earths, ground in oil, IA cents per
pound, " being the item on which the Sen
ate was engaged at the adjournment yes
terday.
The usual effort on the republican side
to amend used up considerable time, but
the paragraph finally stood as above.
The Senate then proceeded at a quicker
rate with the next items of the bill, on
which these duties were fixed
On ultra marine blue Qtem 43), o cents
per pound
n "a
valorem and on spirit varnishes Sl.32 ad-
ditional per gallon for the alcohol con-
tanned therein.
On vermilion dtem 45), 25 per cent. ad
valorem.
On whiting and Paris white dry 0tem
| 49,, a cent per pound; and ground In oil
or putty, u cent per pound.
On oxide Of zinc dtem AZ, cent per
pound.
On all other paints dtem 4s), not speci-
ally provided for, 25 per cent ad va
| loren.
On white acetate of lead dtem 49), 231
cents per pound on brown acetate of
lead "a cents per pound, and on litharge,
l cent per pound.
On nitrate of lead Gtem so, cents
per pound.
On orange, mineral and red lead Gtem
81, ~ cents per pound.
On white lead Gtem 52), ~ cents per
pound.
On PHOSPHORUS (tem 53), Is cents per
pound.
On bicromate and chromate of potash
| Gtem a., % per cent. ad valorem
On hydriodate dtem 55), 25 cents per
! pound.
On nitrate of saltpeter, refined dtem
! 56), IS cent per pound
On prussiate of potash, red or yellow,
| Gtem 81, 25 per cent ad yalorem.
| This brought the bill down to medicinal
! preparations Htem 5S), at which point
| the bill went over until tomorrow.
MONEY FOR THE NAVY.
The naval appropriation bill was pre-
| sented and referred TO the committee on
| appropriations.
| The Vice President announced the ap-
pointment of the following select tcom-
/ mittee provided for in the Lodge resolu-
| tion of inquiry: Messrs. Gray, of Della
ware, Lindsay, of Kentucky, Lodge, Of
! Massachusetts, Davis, rep, of Minnesota
and Allen, pop, of Nebraska.
HARRIS SPRINGS SURPRISE.
At the usual hour for adjournment, 6
! O'Clock, the republican side of the Senate
was startled by a motion made by Mr..
/ Harris that, instead of adjourning till IL
| a. m. tomorrow, the Senate take a recess
until that hour-the object of thatmove-
ment being TO keep the tariff bill perpet-
! ually before the Senate-to the exclusion
| Of the morning business and of all other
/ business. The motion was resisted on
/ the republican side aud was met with a
resort to hlibustering, the republicans
/ declining 10 vote and leaving the Senate
/ without a quorum. Then, on motion Of
/ Mr. Harris, the serReant-at-arms was
| ordered TO request the attendance of abb
! sent senator's Meanwhile the mum Der Of
| senators present continued to dwindle.
! AT $40 O'Clock Mr. Aldrich again moved
| to adjourn, but was voted down--l1 TO 30.
QUORUM SECURED.
A quorum was secured at S;45 O'Clock
/ That fact, however, did not relieve the
| situation, for on a motion to dispense with
| further proceedings under the cali there
were only thirty-slx senator's voting-tve
republicans and thirty-one democrats.
| AS this showed the continued absence of
/ a quorum the roll of senator's was again
| called, and forty-three responded. The
| question REQUIRED on Mr.. Aldrich's mo
| ton TO dispense with further proceedings,
| and this time there were no republicans
voting in the affirmative and
/ only thirty-fve democratic votes
/ in the negative. The roll had
/ to be again called, and the same tactics
were resOrted to on the part Of the repub-
/ licans, and the same result reached.
The final result was that the motion to
/ dispense with further proceedings under
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