The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

MI. Morgan was ABOUT 10 OlIer his anu
| trust amendment. Mr.. Ransom caused
| him TO pause a moment. II only want
| to perfect the amendment" said he, and
strike mica from the free list"
The howl Of laughter that greeted this
request rather disconnected the North
Carolina senator, and his embarrassment
was added to by Mr. Chandler, who
rushed over into the middle aisle and
profusely congratulated him.
Mica was then stricken from the free
list without objection and Mr.. Morgan
offered his antitrust amendment, which
has already been printed. 1t consisted Of
five sections. four of which were identi-
cal with the Sherman antitrust law of
1890. The other section, Nj. Morgan
said. had been framed and examined
with the greatest possible care. In or
der not TO detain the senate in the con-
sideration of this matter he had 1t re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary,
and it had received the approval of that
committee. In arguing for the support
Of the amendment Mr.. Morgan dwelt
upon the opportunity afforded for the
formation of trusts under any system Of
tariff taxation.
Mr. Morgan's amendment was agreed
to without division.
Mr. Lodge moved to increase the duty
on cocoa mating from 20 to 40 per cent
Lost-29 TO &C.
Mr.. Gallinger moved to increase the
duty on hay from 81 to 50. Lost-2O to
%.
The Sugar Question Again.
Mr.. Allen then offered an amendment
to paragraph 1S2, repeating the sugar
bounty in the shape Of a proviso con-
tinuing the bounty in force until Jan. 1,
1895, to the extent of paying the growers
of sugar and maple strip nine-tenths Of
a cent on sugar testing above 80 degrees
and eight-tenths on sugar below so de-
grees. This was the amendment of
which notice was given by Mr.. Jones on
behalf of the finance committee yester-
day.
Its presentation caused a breeze Mr..
Hill was on the floor dema nding recOgni-
ton. Mr.. Harris asked him TO yield 20
allow him TO move to lay the motion on
the table.
IF that represents the action IF 5he
committee l will Weld" said Mr.. Hill
but If not ] want 10 address the senate
at length. After the action of the seTate
yesterday 1 cannot submit to this pro-
viso now"
Il am a member of the finance commit
tee" said Mr.. Harris. land on my own
responsibility 1 desire to make the mo-
ton"
Mr.. Hill then yielded to Mr.. Harris,
who at Mr.. Mandersons request. with
held the motion to table until he could
be heard.
MI. Aid0QeTSO0 SAID mat great MUS
tice would be done TO growers OF sugar
beets in the sudden abrogation Of the
bounty proposed by the pending bill. 1t
would not be only unjust. but dishonest
Mr.. Caffrey favored the amendment,
but thought equity and good faith de-
manded that the amendment should pre-
vail.
Mr. Harris then renewed his motion to
lay the amendment on the table. This
was agreed to-50 to 22-the parties di-
viding.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Bate. Berry, Blackburn. Brice
Chandler. COckerell, Coke Cullom, Daniel.
Dixon Dolph. Dubois, Faulkner, Frye,
Gallinger, George, Gibson. German. Gray
Hale, HansbrOuSh, Harris, Hill, HuntOn
Irby, Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas, Lindsay,
Lodge. McLaurin. Martin. Mills. Mitchell
Of Oregon. Mitchell of Wisconsin. Nor
gan, Murphy, Palmer. PascO, Power
Ransom. Roach. Smith, Teller, Turpie
Vest. Villas, Voorhees,, Walsh, Washburn,
White-5O
Nays-Aldrich. Allen, Allison. Blanch-
ard, Caffery. Call, Carey, Davis Haw-
ley. Higgins. Jones of Nevada. Kyle. Nc
MILAN, Henderson, Patton. PETER, Per-
kins, Platt, Proctor, Quay, Sherman,
Squire-22.
Mr.. Allen proposed an amendment i'm
posing a duty Of 10 per cent. on all fenc-
ing wire. Lost.
He then offered several other amend
ments of the same tenor. each with an
increasing rate Of duty, all of which
failed.
Mr.. Power offered an amendment pro-
viding that the wool schedule should 20
into effect next June. Lost.
Mr.. Allison offered an amendment re- |
ducing the duty on uncleaned rice from
cent to eight-tenths Of a cent per pound. |
Agreed to.
An amendment offered by Mr. AIdrlch |
was agreed to putting duty Of three |
quarters of cent per pound on the lead |
contained in type metal. The duty On |
files, file blanks and rasps was raised |
from 80 cents per dozen to 80 cents.
Mr.. Henderson moved to reconsider the |
vote by which his amendment providing /
for a diminishing bounty on sugar was /
defeated, and Mr.. Harris moved to Law 4
that motion on the table. This motion |
prevailed although the populists and the |
senators from Louisiana voted with the |
republicans against the motion.
Mr.. Hill offered an amendment to the |
income tax paragraph providing that all /
state, county, municipal and town taxes |
paid by corporations should be included /
in their running expenses. Agreed to.
No further amendments were offered |
and at exactly 10 o'clock the bill was |
read a third time, after which Mr.. Smith |
made a speech against the income tax, |
but in favor of the bill as whole.
HiI's Closing Speech.
Senator Hill followed with a brief |
speech. He said that in his opinion the !
bill imperiled the possibility of permanent |
democratic success in any northern state ]
for many years to come. AS between a |
populistic income tax on the one hand |
and a republican tariff law on the other /
he choose the latter as the least of two |
evils. AS between pernicious class legis-
lation fraught with dangerous conse-
quences to the country on the one hand |
other he preferred to endure the latter
at least for brief period.
Continuing, he said: eliminate the in !
ing an honest, consistent and genuine
tariff bill upon a strict revenue line with
all raw materials free, which can be |
passed by the vote of every democratic
senator without the aid Of single pOpu-
list vote, and which the country would |
welcome and approve. This is not even
pretended to be such a measure. Nu-
merous senators around the democratic
side of this chamber must feel as though |
principles have been surren-
dered or bartered away 10 secure the
triumph of this blotched compromise,
which is really acceptable to no one. L
am sure that if they expressed their hon
est sentiments they do not approve this
bill any more than I do. The issue of
tariff reform had better be postponed
and preserved intact rather than emas-
culated, disfgured and despoiled In the
manner now prODOSad This hill does !