The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-05-30
FOR A TAX ON BEER
SENATOR DUBOIS AMENDMENT TO
THE FILLED CHEESE BILL.
Motion to Lay IL on the Table De-
feated, Much to Sherman's
Surprise.

Washington, May 26.-The tariff and
finance each came III Tor a share of the
consideration in the senate today. Early
in the day Senator Sherman succeeded in
having the filled cheese bill taken up
whereupon Senator Dubois offered an
amendment adding 70 cents per barrel to
the tax on beer. The senator said his
amendment was intended to test the sin
cerity of the senators who expressed
patriotic desire to aid the treasury by
raising more revenne.
Senator Sherman opposed the amend
ment as skillful means to defeat the
cheese bill. His motion to table the Du-
bois amendment was defeated, yeas 70,
noes 30.
On the question of adopting the amend
ment the debate became general, Senator'S
Mills and Gray supporting and Senators
Nelson, Aldrich and Villas opposing IT,
The bill and the pending beer amend
ment were displaced at o'clock by the
bond bill, which was advocated by Sena-
tor Pritchard and opposed by Senator
Lindsay.
bill was passed to pension at $50 per
month the widow of General George
Spencer, at one time United States sena-
tor from Alabama.
Senator Thurston, in view of his de-
parture, owing to sickness in his family,
defined his position on number of i'm
portant pending measures, viz: Favora-
BILE to the election of senators by the
people to the bill amending the law
for the punishment of contempt of court,
to the filled cheese bill, and opposed to
the bill preventing issue of bonds. AS a
last measure he explained that his oppo-
sition was not due to the principle OF the
bill, which he might approve at another
time but he felt that it was too late
in the session to withhold means OF
avoiding a monetary crisis.
AS the filled cheese bill was taken up,
Senator Dubois offered an amendment
to the cheese bill, placing an additional
tax of rs cents per barrel on beer, porter
and ale.
In supporting the amendment Senator
Dubois said 1t offered an opportunity to
Senator Sherman 20 execute patriotic
T. purposes he had recently expressed VITA
out resorting to the Dingley bill, to an
unjust, unsatisfactory bill which can not
pass the senate This plan was trap,
transparent and unfair. This beer
amendment would yield S25, 100000 addi-
tional revenue, Senator Dubois said. The
senators could accept this or else quit
posing before the country as the only
patriots"
Senator Sherman replied briefly, urging
that this was a move to cripple The
cheese bill, which was in no sense a gen
eral revenue bill Thirty millions of rev
enue already was raised from that very
useful and comfortable drink" and he
(Sherman) thought the consumers of beel
the beer amendment, which motion was
defeated, yeas %, noes 30. as follows:
Yeas-Repubhcans: Aldrich. Allison
Baker, Burrows, Cullom, Davis, Calm
ger Hawley, Mitchell of Oregon, Morrill,
Nelson, Perkins, Platt Quay, Sewel
Sherman, Shoup, Wilson'S. Democrats
Cockrel, Hill, Mitchell, Palmer Pasco
Turpie, Villas. Total, %.
NOes-Republicans: Brown, Cannon
Carter, Dubois, Hansbrough, Pettigrew
ry, Caffery, Chiffon, Daniel, Faulkner
Grey, Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Lind
say, Mills, Morgan, Pugh Roach, Vest
Walthall, White, IS. Populists Allen
Butler Kyle, PETER, Stewart s. Total
30
The refusal to table created something
of a a stir through the senate
Senator Villas opposed the amendment
saying the tax on beer fell on the con
sumner, a wage-earning, Woodworking
class.
Senator Dubois said the senators de
claimed for more revenue, and yet op
posed the move to raise the revenues
He said that this would not place
great burden on the consumer of beer
Beer was cheap, two glasses for fiv
cents, and the price would not raise.
Senator Mills supported the bee
amendment.
Senator Aldrich expressed qualification
that the democratic party had, by tn
vote Just given, placed itself on record II
favor of a high beer tax.
Senator Nelson deprecated the move
ment to inject silver questions into thi
meritorious bill against the fraudulen
cheese.
Senator Gray said the cheese bill wa
confessedly not to raise revenue; tina
beer amendment was most emporium
to make the bill what it purported to b
"a revenue matter.
At 2 o'clock the cheese bill. with tn
beer amendment pending, was laid aside
Senator Sherman announcing he woul
call il up as soon as the bond bill wa
disposed Of
Senator Pritchard spoke in oppositio
to the issue of bonds in time of peace.
Senator Lindsay opposed the bond bill
He believed it would lead to the susper
sion of specie payment within 90 day
from the time it was adopted.
The bond bill was then laid aside
Senator Stewart asked that the finar
cial report of Secretary Carlisle in Isl
be printed as a document but Messr'
Lindsay, Aldrich and Platt objected
it as Anticipated.
The final conference report on the sur
dry civil bill was agreed to, the remain
ing items, including public buildings, b'
ing sent back to the conference.
At 610 the senate held brief excel
tive session and adjourned
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