The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-04
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The First Amendment to the Tariff
Bill Goes Over.

Dill UUCS UfCl,
1t Was One Fixing the Date When the
New Rates of Duty Should Become
operative-The Second Amendment
Then Taken Up Mr.. Chandler
Raises a Laugh by Referring to
Mr.. Quay's Occasional Fits of Sick
ness.
Washington, May 3-There was not
the usual call of the Senate this morning
for the purpose of obtaining a quorum,
the attendance of senator's being rather
larger than ordinarily. MIR. Morgan,
dem, of Alabama, was present and re-
ceived condolences from many of his as
! sociates on his recent sorrow
| A request from MIR. Berry for unanl-
nous consent to take up bill on the cal
endar was objected to by Mr. Morgan,
who moved that the Senate proceed TO
the consideration of executive business,
in conformity with tho order of the SEN
ate made ten days ago. The motion was
! agreed to, and the Senate at II :35 o'clock
| proceeded to executive business. The
doors were reopened at u o'clock noon,
and Immediately afterward the consid-
| GRAFTON of the tariff bill was proceeded
/ with.
Mr.. Allison appealed to MIR, Harris, in
! charge of the bill, to let the first amend
ment, fixing the time for the bill to 90
into effect, pass over for the present.
Mr.. Vest said that so far as he was con-
cerned, he had no objection.
Mr.. Harris said the matter was wholly
immateriaL OF course the time at which
the bill would go into effect would be
fixed later, and in order TO make more
amendment be passed over for future
| action.
Mr. Hoar congratulated Mr. Harms,
sarcastically, on consenting to make
progress.
And the senator from Tennessee" =" Mr..
| Harris retorted, "hopes that the sena-
| tor from Massachusetts will Join in max
ing progress
THE SECOND AMENDMENT TAKEN TIP.
So the first amendment was passed
| over without action and the second
amendment was taken up, being for the
insertion in the first paragraph of the
words, 'or withdrawn for consumption. "
Mr. Quay. who has been entitled to the
floor every day since April IA, alternating
with Mr.. Dolph, yielded 1t to Mr.. Chand-
Ter, who said that he had been desiring for
some time TO reply TO some remarks by Mr.
| Palmer, but had had no opportunity until
now-the senator from Oregon not being
very well and the senator from Pennsyl-
vania having occasional fits Of sickness.
Laughter.
He argued in favor of the pOstponement
for at least several months after its pass
age of the time for the bill to 60 into effect
in order that the people might get ready
for "A bill which was as different from the
platform of the Democratic party as black
from white, as light from darkness.
After Mr.. Chandler, Mr.. Quay took the
floor with another number of his serial
speech which he began April ii.
A large part of Mr.. Quay's speech con-
sisted of statistical tables from the cen
sus and other sources, and OF statements
as to the various manufacturing indus
tries of the country; and some of these
papers he had read either at the clerk s
desk or by Senator Gallinger. While the
clerk was reading one of them, objection
was made by MIR. Harris, dem, of Ten
nessee who insisted that if the papers
were to be read the reading must be done
by the senator himself; and the point Of
order was sustained by the presiding Of
fcer, Mr.. Martin, dem, of Kansas.
MITCHELL RAISES LAUGH.
AS Mr.. Quay was starting to read the
paper himself, Mr. Mitchell, rep. of Ore
gon, called attention to the absence of a
]
such an interesting document should be
heard by full Senate. The roll was
thereupon called, and 46 senators ans
wered to their names some 40 of them hav-
ing fiocked in from the coat rooms as the
call was going on.
Then Mr.. Quay moved to proceed to the
consideration Of executive business That
motion was rejected-yeas 10; nays 30.
Then Mr.. Hoar came to Mr.. Quay's re-
lief by a question TO Mr.. Voorhees,, chair
man of the finance committee, as to the
estimate made by him of the increased
impOrtations that would result from the
passage of the tariff bill.
MIR. Voorhees, replied that no more dit
ficult time than the present could be i'm
agined for making any such estimate, i'll
asmuch as the business of all countries in
the world was disturbed and depressed.
He had preferred not to depend upon
con lectures in making the government
safe in its revenues and had not spent
much time in guessing what the Increase
of importations would be. He wanted to
have the necessary revenue made a sure
thing; and that was one of the reasons
why he stood by the income tax and why
he was somewhat-nOt entirely
reconcilCd TO a duty on sugar. WHAT would
, terrify him more than anything else
would be the idea that his name should
be associated with bill entitled "a bill
70 raise revenue for the support Of the
government" and which would not do it.
He added that, for his own part, he be-
lie7ed that lberaliling commercial rela-
tions with foreign countries would natur-
ally stimulate commerce and increase i'm
portatons . but it was impossible to reach
any definite estimate.
The Senate then. at 4 o'clock adjourned
until tomorrow morning at IL O'Clock.
Mr. Hoar crossed over TO the democratic
side of the chamber after the adjourn
mcnt and complimented Mr.. Voorhees, on
the adroit way in which he had enyaded
a direct answer 10 his inquiry.
INDIANS AS SOLDIERS.
All but Two or Three Of the Redskin