The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-24
Second InStallmenG of Senator
Aliens Speech.
ON BUTLER'S RESOLUTION
He Spoke for Over Two and
a Half Hours.
PoPULlsT PLATFORM RIolCULED
The "FiIed Cheese" Bill Discussed
and Amendments Offered on
Ground that it Was Rev.
enue Measure.

enue Measure.
Washington, May 23.-To-day in the
Senate was consumed by the filled
cheese" bill, and the second INSTALL
ment of the speech by Mr.. Allen, (Pop.,
Neb) J, on the Butler bill to prohibit the
issue of bonds without the authority
of Congress.
On the ground that the filled
cheese" bill was a revenue measure,
several amendments to raise revenue
were offered but all failed. One by
Mr.. Mills, (Dem., TeX.), to impose q
five per cent internal revenue tax on
all products, in excess of $4,000 per
annum, from ablishments manu-
featuring from iron, steel, copper, nick
el, brass, lead, zinc, cotton, wool, hemp,
silk or flax, was laid on the table by
a vote of 40 to Is. Amendments by
Mr.. Allen, Pop, Neb.), for an addi-
tional internal revenue tax of one dol
lar barrel on beer, ale and porter,
and by Mr.. Gray, (Dem., Del.), for
an import duty of ten cents a pound
on tea were lost by similar votes, and
the filled cheese" bill was then oblig-
ed to give way to the bond bill.
Mr.. Allen, devoted himself to the sill
YER question and the platform of the
Populist party. He was much harass-
ed by Messrs. Gray, Dem, Del.), Hill,
Dem, N. ", Chandler, (Rep., N. H.
Baker, (Rep., Kan.), and other Sena-
tors who sought to make sport of the
Populist tenets, so that the speech
became decidedly informal dialogue.
The Senate passed 40 private pen
sion bills, in as many minutes without
objection thus clearing the calendar
and authorized the publication as a
public document of Governor Altgeld's
reply to Secretary Carlisle's recent
Chicago financial speech. because the
latter had been printed.
Upon Mr.. Sherman's motion to take
up the ''filled cheese" bill, Mr.. Vest,
(Dem., No., asked the yeas and nays
and the call resulted, yeas 80, nays Is.
Mr.. Sherman explained that the bill
was similar to the oleomargarine act
This is a revenue measure" inter
rupted Nr. Hill, with the revenue
feature taken from 1t"
THAT is difficult to tell" replied Mr..
Sherman. ''It was estimated that the
oleomargarine bill would produce .
million but it yields two or three miA
lionS.n
There was general discussion upon
the resolution as to whether the filled
cheese business is fraud or whether
it can stand a high tax, and Mr.. Hill
gaye notice that he would move to
substitute the House rates, the Senate
amendments having just been adopted.
Mr.. Teller (Rep., Colorado) said in
a sarcastic tone, 81 would like To in
ouire OF the Senator from Ohio, who
has ON several occasions lectured us
because we have not taken steps to
increase the revenue, why he did not
add amendments to this bill for rails
ing more revenue The Senator from
Ohio on several occasions has been
very urgent, but always on q bill con-
tanning principles distasteful to ma
jority of Senator'S"
Mr.. Mills (Dem., Texas announced
that he desired to aid in the mon
partisan, patriotic effort to raise reve-
nue. and offered an amendment to the
filled cheese bill to impose an internal
revenue tax of five per cent on all arti-
cles in excess of $4,000 per annum
manufactured by any person, company
or corporation in the United States
from iron, steel, copper, nickel, brass,
lead, zinc, cotton, wool, hemp, silk, or
fax, the receipts to be applied to the
purchase and extinguishment OF the
interest-bearing debt OF the United
States.
Mr.. Sherman moved to lay the
amendment ON the table and the mo-
tion was carried--42 to Is.
A second amendment was offered by
Mr.. Allen (Pop., Nebraska) to impose
national tax OF one dollar a barrel
on beer, ale or porter, manufactured
in the United States. This amend
ment was also tabled on Mr.. Sherman's
motion-35 TO %.
Mr.. Gray (Dem.. Delaware) offered
an amednment for an import duty of
10 cents a pound on tea and 2 cents =
pound on coffee, but withdrew the
coffee clause. The amendment was
tabled on Mr.. Sherman's motion-37
to 10.
At this poiIst the announcement was
made hy the presiding officer that the
hour of O'clock had arrived, and Mr..
Allen was recognized to continue his
speech on the resolution. the filled
cheese bill being d;spiaced.
Mr.. Allen drifted into a dialoyue
with Mr.. Cray on the silver question
and then Mr.. Hill. (Dem, ". ", MAS
drawn into the discussion. When Mr.,
Hill quoted Mr.. rillnlan az an author
ity to the effect that the PopuIlsts
demanded an indefinite issue of IN per
money, Mr.. AlleR replied. "1he SEN
ator from South Carolina in q delegate
to the Chicago convention and part
of the Democratic party"
'I don't know how lonp he viii re-
main such," remarked Mr., Hill.
Incidentally Mr.. Hill declared that
President ClcNnlanl had narcx dome