The herald., 1896-05-24
Revenue Amendments TO the
Filled Cheese Bill
ALL PROMPTLY VOTED DOWN
Allen Continues His Speech 10 Oppo-
siti0n to Bonds
The heuss Accepts the Conference Report on
San Pedro Hsrbor and the Bill 10
Passed
Associated Press Special Wire.

ASSOCldteo FreSS 6peClal WlIcs
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The day in
the senate was consumed by the filled
cheese" bill and the second installment
OF the speech by Mr.. Allen, POpulist, of
Nebraska, on the Butler bill to prohibit
the issue of bonds without the authority
OF congress. On the ground that the
filled cheese" bill was revenue meas
ure several amendments to raise rev.
anue were offered, but all failed.
One by Mr.. Mills. Democrat, of Texas,
to impose a per cent internal revenue
tax on all products in excess of $4,000
per annum from establishments manu-
featuring from iron, steel, copper. nickel.
brass, lead, zinc. cotton, wool, hemp,
silk or flax, was laid on the table by a
vote of AZ to Is. Amendments by Mr..
Allen, Populist, OF Nebraska, for an ad
dltional internal revenue tax of 81 bar
rel on beer, ale and porter. and by Mr..
Gray, Democrat, of Delaware, for an
import duty of 10 cents per pound on
tea, were lost by similar votes, and the
filled cheese bill was then obliged
to give way to the bond bill. Mr..
Allen devoted himself to the silver ques-
ton and the platform Of the Populist
party. He was SO much harrassed by
Messrs. Gray, Hill, Chandler and Baker
and other senators who sought to make
sport of the Populist tenets, that the
speech became decidedly informal dia-
logue. The senate passed forty private
pension bills In as many minutes without
objection, thus clearing the calendar,
and authorized the publication as pub
lie document OF Gov. Altgeld's reply to
Secretary Carlisle's recent Chicago
financial speech. because the latter had
been printed.
The bond bill being taken up at 2
o'clock, Mr.. Allen drifted into dialogue
with Mr.. Gray on the silver question.
and then Mr.. Hill was drawn into the
discussion. When Mr.. Hill quoted Mr..
rrIvY ~ ftx rn of
that the Populists demanded the inde-
finite issue of paper money. Mr.. Allen re-
rlied: 1.-THE senator from South Caro-
Ina is delegate to the Chicago conven-
ton and part of the Democratic party"
II don't know how long he will re-
main SUCH" remarked Mr.. Hill.
incidentally, Mr.. Hill declared that
President Cleveland had never done
better thing than to call special ses-
sion of congress to repeal the sherman
silver purchasing law. whereupon Mr..
Allen remarked: He has not done many
intelligent things in the past three
years"
one always able and conscientious cham
pion Of the president. and said that the
the president which characterized David
Mr.. Allen talked for about two and a
half hours.
The bill to incorporate the natlonai
university was then passed.
Bills to authorize the reorganization OF
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad COM
pany under its present charter; to refer
the claim of the owners of the brig
Tallyho, sunk by the United States
steamship Pinta in 1894. to the court of
claims, were passed.
Responding to the resolution adopted
by the senate on the 18th inst. in regard
to the treatment of American citizens
in Cuba. and requesting copies of the
correspondence of the state depart
ment on this subject, the president to-
day sent to the senate message de-
clining to furnish the correspondence,
and saying that he considered 1t incom-
patible with the public service to do so
at the present time. He forwarded lit
eral copies Of the original text of the
protocol Of the conference and declara-
tions concerning judicial procedure of
1877 signed by Caleb Gushing on behalf
of the United States and Senor Collantes
as the representative of the Spanish
government, which was requested by
the same resolution.
At $50 p. m. the senate adjourned.