The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-08-19
Tho Senate Decides Not 10 Consider
the Tariff Bills at this
Session.
An Error In the Bill Passed that
Must 30 Corrected
Now.
Members Ars Going Home and Now There
Is Scarcely - Oaorum left 10
DO BusineaA

WAgmsoros. Aug. le-Ths senate has
decided that tteTo will DO no further lSgis-
lntion over which there Ia n contest al this
session OF congress, by adopting Murphy's
resolution 10 that eject by good majority.
Indeed. !, is doubtful IL anything would
have been done, even without the adoption
OF this TsOolntlon. as IL was impossible 10
secure a working quorum to-day. or auy
party dlyla!on. and other senators are
about TO leave the city. Tho resolution
appointing White OF California. a member
OF the finance committee met with no oppo-
sition, and was agreed 10 unEnimouEly.
0rsy'S resolution inu,ructing the commit
toe on finance 10 report a froS sugar bill
immediately with sn amendment putting a
~fav' duty upon sugar did not fave 40
we'll, and went over without action on nc
count Of the lack OF quorum.
When Senator Harris resolution for the
appointment Of White. Of California. TO the
vacancy on the nnanc, committee was laid
before the senate to-day. henderson OK
planned the opposition yesterday contained
no reflection oa White. Hill conc1rtcd
with Mandsrson. and expressed tho hope
that tho reso' ution would be passed. IL was
then adopted without revision.
The resolution OF Gay. instructine tho
sugar bill with an amendment 10 strike out
the eighth difsreniial on rohnsd sugar. was
laid before the senate. Nnnderson offsroi
an amendment iastruoling the committee
to report an amendment providing for the
sugar bounty Of the existing law.
Vice-Prssident Stevenson held q vote
should first DO tsksn on Manderson's
amendment 10 instinct the committee 10
report back an amendment 10 the free
sugar b II providing for tho Mckinney
bounty on raw domestic sugars. The
two Louisiana senators and the pogulists
voted in fsvos OF ,bs Mandsrson amend
ment and ID was carried twenty -one to
twspty. the point OF no quorlm being
| raised. The roll was then called. The
call call developed the presence of fftY-
four senators, eleven more than u quorum.
Al the request of German. the Graz Man
do son resolution vas temporarily laid
aside. Murphy then called up his resolu-
sion declaring against farther tariff iegis-
lion this ssssion. Murphy offered m
umenumeut to tuo ttsoiution uocihfiuH ~
10 be the sense OF the senate that no
further tariff legislation should bs con-
sidsrsd at this sssaion, and that it
was advisable to adjourn at
the euliest possible moment. The
vote In detail was as follows; Yeas-Ali
son. Aldrich. Blanchard. Cafsry. Carey.
Chandler, Cullom. Davis. Dolph. Gallinger
Gibson, Go man, Jones (Nevada) Kyle.
MandIrson. hitehsll 20 Oeeonl, hurphy,
Patton. PETER, Pe,tiRrsw. Platt. PuRh,
Quay. Roach. Shoup smith, Stewart. To-
tal "a. Nays-Bate. Berry, Blackburn,
Cookreli. Coke. Faulkner. Gsorge, Harrie.
Hunton, Jarvis, Lindsay. Ransom. Turpie.
Vest, Villas ana White. Total l6
| Much confusion followed the announce
mept Of the vote, in tho midst OF which
Lindsay offered n resolution declaring 10 60
| be tho sense OF the senRts that congress do
not adjourn until a bill has been passed
disseminating anv duty on refined sugar
which would operate for the bensd, OF the
sugar tiuBt. He asked for immediate con-
sid Grafton. Msnderson moved TO amend
the resolution 80 no to inst uct the finance
COMMITTEES TO report back the amount Of
PROFIT TO be derived by the whisky trust
from the tariff bill now in the hands OF tho
president
shsrman reviewed the blundsra OF the
democrats in their general conduct In the
long tAiItf hght. The result he aaid. was
nifty 10 100 i'm mportant errors would be found
in the bill as II would be signed by tho
president. Already several Of groat i'm
pottauce had been discoys'ed. One provld-
Ing for the fee entry OF alcohol used In the
arts, would, IL unco rectod. coat the govern
ment twenty or thirty millions revenue au-
nually. Hoar. The author OF the amend
ment sherman nssertoI, had not expected
IL would be accented.
As no voting quorum could be obtained,
the senate went into executive session with
out considering tho house bill 10 repeal the
provision OF the tatiif law oxempting alco-
hol used Ia the a ts from tar.