The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
This Is Necessary to Garry On
Work on Buildings, River and
Harbor improvements
sHERMAN's MOTION BEATEN.
An Attempt to Repeal an Obnoxious
Section of Wilson's Tariff
Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 25.-The
Senate made very brief work of the sundry
civil appropriation bill, having taken only
two days IN disposing of it. When it
passed the House it carried appropriations
aggregating $50, 000 The Senate Ap-
propriations Committee reported it back
with an addition OF S., 600 900, largely made
up of sums necessary to carry on work on
public buildings, and river and harbor i'm
proyements, and United States Courts for
the whole twelve months instead of six or
nine months, and the Senate itself, beside
carrying out the recommendations of the
committee, added sums amounting to
$2,000,0O0 more, so that the bill as it passed
to-day appropriates. in round figures, $37,-
100000. There was little friction in the
consideration of the bill.
Before it was taken up an effort was
made by Sherman of Ohio to have action
taken on the House bill relative to dis
tillstion of fruit brandy so as to have en-
grated upon it a provision for the repeal
of that section of the tariff bill which
allows draw back of the tax paid on alco-
hol used in the arts and in medicine
That section was put in the Wilson bill
while it was pending in the Senate with
out In conference, but owing to circum-
stances the bill that became law was not
the report of a conference committee, and
so the alcohol provision was embodied in
the present tariff act.
Sherman explained that owing to the
action of the Treasury Department the
drawback was not operative, but that
claims running into the millions were be-
ing piled up, and it was therefore highly
important that the provisions should be
repealed before the adjournment of Con-
gress. He met, however, the combined
opposition of Senators on his own side,
only three OF them voting with him to
take up the BILL and those votes were off
set by the opposing votes of three Popu-
lists. All the Democrats but three voted
for Sherman's motion. The result was:
4 yes %, noes q.
A protest of the American Women's
Citizens League of Massachusetts, against
the acceptance of the Pere Marquette
statue was presented by Galllnger (R.) of
New Hampshire.
: Sherman (R.) of Ohio asked unanimous
consent to take up the House bill concern
ing the distilling of brandy from fruits
with the Finance Committee amendment
repeating the section of the tariff law
which provides a rebate of the tax on alco-
hol used in the arts and medicine. PETER
(Pop.) of Kansas objected. Thereupon
Sherman made the formal motion to take
it up. He said that it was of the highest
importance that action on the matter
should be taken at this session.
Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire said
there was an understanding for some days
that no business calculated to take up
time would be brought before the Senate
until the appropriation bills were disposed
of. Sherman again spoke of the import
ance to the revenues of the repeal of the
alcohol provision, which he reminded the
Senate had got into the tariff act by mad
vertence. He also stated that the rebate
was not allowed by the Treasury, but that
claims were being accumulated, and he
wished to put a stop to those claims by the
repeal of the section which was now mop
erative.
The vote was taken on the motion and
it was defeated-ayes %, noes 27, as fol-
lows: Ayes-Allison, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, Brice, Brown, Caffery, Call, Chiffon.
Cockerill, Gordon, Gray. Martin, Mills.
Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Sherman, Teller,
Vest, Walthall, Wolcott-22. Noes-Allen,
Bacon, Baker, Burrows, Butler, Cannon,
Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis,
Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Hansbrough, Haw-
ley, Lodge, Mantle, Nelson, Peffer, Petit
grew, Platt, Proctor, Tillman, Turpie,
Warren, Wilson-27.
Only three Republicans-Allison, Teller
and Wolcott-voted with Sherman. The
three Populists who voted-AlIen, Butler
and Peffer-voted against the motion. All
the Democrats voted for it, except Bacon.
Tillman and Turpie.
The consideration of the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill was then proceeded with.
An amendment appropriating $3.50, 900 for
a steam revenue cutter on the Pacific
Coast was offered by Perkins (R.) of Cali
fornia, and agreed to.
The following were also adopted: In
creasing the limit of cost for the public
building at Kansas City from 81, 100000 to
81, 600; appropriating $250000 for an
additional building for the National
Museum, Washington; appropriating $780,
900 for the public building at Salt Lake,
Utah; appropriating $50,000 for buildings
at the military post at Bismarck. n. OAK,
ard like sum for the military post of
Fort Riley, Kans.; appropriating $l50,OO0
for revenue cutter for the Gulf of Mexico.
The committee amendment appropria-
ting Sl2.5o0 for the purchase aud distribu-
ton of $500 complete sets of the historical
publications of General James D. Nc
Bride was agreed to.
An amendment offered by Hawley (R.)
of Connecticut directing the. discontinue
ance OF the printing of postage stamps at
the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing was
rejected.
The bill was then passed As it came
from the House it appropriated nearly
$50, 100000, and as passed it appropriates
about $37, 100000.
The Peffer bond resolution was then
taken up and went over till Monday as
unfinished business.
Several private pension bills were passed.
An inquiry was made py Chandler tR.) of
New Hampshire as to the minority report
of the Committee on Privileges and EIec-
tions in relation to election frauds and
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