The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-04

tax, was rejected after a brief struggle
Icy a vote of "a yeas to 36 NAYS, ten demo
Gratis having voted for it and six republi
cans, and three populists against it, as
follows:
Yeas Messrs. Aldrich, Allison. Brlce
Carey. Culom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois
Gray Hale Hansbrough. Hawley. Higgins
Hlll Lodge. Mcmillan, Mitchell OF Oregon
Morgan, Palmer, Pasco, Patton, Perkins,
Platt. Power, Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Roach
sherman, Squire, Teller Villas and Wash
Nays Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black
burn Blanchard Canery, Chandler, Cockrell,
Coke, Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, George
Gibson German Harris. Hunton, IrbY, Jar
Wis, Jones OF Arkansas, Kyle, Lindsay, Nc
Laurin. Manderson Martin Mitchell of wis
consin, Murphy, PETER. Pettgrew, Shoup.
smith, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,, Walsh and
White-36.
All the other reserved amendments up
to the close of the bill were agreed to
without opposition.
TO Go INTO EFFECT AUGUST |.
The date when the bill is to go into
effect was, on motion of Mr. Jones, fixed
at Aug |, 1894, with the understanding
that If necessary a later date can be
fixed hereafter.
Barbed wire was a subject of some dis
pute. An amendment had been agreed to
in committee of the whole that barbed
wire for fencing should be admitted free
Of duty. This amendment was rejected (;
and one offered by Mr.. Allen, pop, OF
Nebraska, to place wire for fencing on
the free list was also rejected yeas
32, nays 3S. And so wire remains on the
dutlable list, at rates according to gauge
Mica was taken Off the free list and put
on the dutiable list at 20 per cent. ad
Val0rem, upon motion of Mr.. Ransom.
Mr.. Ransom's amendment prevailed by
vote Of 10 yeas to Is nays.
RANSOM CAUSES AMUSEMENT.
Some amusement was caused on the
floor by the personal appeal of Mr. Ran
som TO senators to support his amend
meut. His three minute speech in favor
of his proposition was the only one he has
made on tne tariff question and after he
had concluded, senators gathered about
him and promised their support
After the y ote MIR. Ransom interrupted
MIR. Morgan for the purpose of, as he
said, completing his amendment" ," which
he proceeded to do by moving to strike
mica from the free list. whore il had
been placed by the committee This was
agreed 10 amid much laughter, which
was only increased when MIR. Chandler
crossed the aisle, invaded the ranks of
his political enemies, and grasped Mr..
Ransom by the hand and congratulated
him upon his victory for the mica in
shire.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment to
come in as five additional sections at the
end of the bill, aimed at trusts, combna-
tions and cOnspiracies i'll restraint of
trade and commerce, or TO increase the
market price Of imported articles He
made speech in explanation and defense
of the amendment, which would have
the effect, he said, Of repressing, "those
in al tpli "a
ness"
TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT.
The amendment was agreed to without
division. The first section of it is as fol
lows:
Section 75. That every combination. con
spiracy, trust, agreement or contract is here
by declared to be contrary to public policy
Illegal ana void, when the same is made by or
between two or more persons or corporal tions,
either of whom lsBengaged in importing any
article from any foreign country into the
United states and when such comb alton
conspiracy, trust, agreement cOntrac Is
intended to Operate in restraint Of lawful
trade or free competition In lawful trade or
commerce, or to increase the market price in
any part OF the United states Of any article or
articles, imported, or intended to be i'm
ported, into the nited States, or Of
any Manufacture into which such imported
article is intended to enter Every person
who is or shall hereafter be engaged In the
importation OF goods or any commodity from
any foreign country in violation OF this sec
tion OF this act. or who snall com hine or con
sptre with another to violate the same, is
guilty OF u mtsdemeanOr, and on couVi tion
thereof in any court OF tho United States,
such person shall he fined In sum not less
than 800 and not exceeding s. 600 and shall
be further punished by i'm prisonment, in the
discretion of the court, for a term not less
than three months nor exceeding twelve
mouths.
SUGAR SCHEDULE AMENDMENT.
to the sugar schedule, of which MIR. Jones
gave notice Yesterday. The amendment
in full is as follows. provided, however,
that the bounty provided for In said act
shall stand unrepealed to the extent that
there shall be paid to the producer Of
sugar from beets, sorghum or sugar
cane grown in the United
State in the year 1894, or
from maple sap produced in the
United States during the year 1894, under
license for 1894, and sub Get 10 the liInita-
testing not less than aO' by the polari-
scope niue-tonths Of a cent per pound,
ana upon such sugar testing less than 90
by the polariscope and not less than s0o,
eight-tenths Of one cent per pound.
Mr.. Jones asked Mr. Allen to withdraw
the amendment, but he declined.
IL was then laid on the table on motion
VI NlI. IldILio yeas ou nays ~.
AT $40 O'Clock p. m, Il suggestion was
made by Mr.. Dolph, that the Senate
should either dispose Of the bill quickly
or let il 70 over till Thursday. He should
hate to see the national day desecrated
by the passage OF such a bill"
Nothing could be so painful to me,D
Mr.. Harris said satirically as ito give the
slightest shadow of pain TO the senator
from Oregon. But think that tho bill
should be disposed of before the Senate
al iourn and | hope that every senator
will stay here until it is disposed OF"
The following amendments were
agreed to:
Increasing the duty on files paragraph
l4l) from 30 cents per dozen to 80 cents
Making the duty on type metal an
q Of cent per pound on the lead con
tained therein; and 10 per cent. on new
type
Reducing the duty on cleaned rice 093
from cent per pound TO s-l0 OF a cent.
Mr. PettiGrew offered an amendment
provided for a tariff commission. 1t was
rejected-ycas 30, nays 3S.
An amendment was adopted TO one Of
the income tax sections, on motion OF
Mr.. Hin, approved by Mr.. Vest, proyid-
ing that all state, county, municipal and
town taxes paid by corporations shall be
included in their operating and business
expenses.
THE CLOSE OF THE STRUGGLE.
At 10 p. m. there was an immense CON
course of spectators in the galleries, most
Of them ladies, and all waving fans in