The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-27
Each Came in for Consideration
In the Senate.
TO TAX BEER AND CHEESE
Republican Schemes for Rails
ing Revenue.
suTLER'S BOND BILL TAKEN UP
Senator Pritchard Resumed His Speech
In opposition to the Issue of
Bonds in Time of
Peace.

Washington, May 26.-Taritf and
finance each came in for share Of CON
sideration in the Senate to-day.
Early in the day Mr.. Sherman sue
ceeded in having the filled cheese bill
taken up, whereupon Mr.. Dubois (Rep.,
Idaho) offered an amendment adding
IS cents per barrel to the tax on beer.
The Senator said his amendment was
intended to test the sincerity of Sena-
tors who expressed the patriotic de-
sire to aid the Treasury by raising
more revenue. MIR. Sherman opposed
the amendment, characterizing 1t as
a skillful means to defeat the cheese
bill Mr.. Sherman's motion to table
the Dubois amendment was defeated
yeas, 25; nays, 80.
On the question of adopting the
amendment the dbate became general,
Senators Hill and Gray supporting,
and Nelson, Aldrich and Villas opposing
it. The bill and pending beer amend
ment were displaced at o'clock by
the bond bill.
Mr.. Pritchard (Rep., North Carolina)
spoke for and Mr.. Lindsay (Dem.,
kentucky against the bond bill.
Supporting his amendment Mr.. Du-
bois said it offered an opportunity to
Mr.. Sherman to execute the patriotic
purposes he had recently expressed,
without resorting to the Dingley tariff
bill, an unjust, unsatisfactory, sec
tional bill, which cannot pass the Sen
ate;" that bill was a trap, transpar-
ent and unfair This beer amend
merit would, he said, yield S25,0o0,0o0
additional revenue. Mr.. Dubois said
Senators could accept this or else quit
posing before the country as the only
patriots.
Mr.. Sherman replied briefly urging
| that this was a move to cripple the
cheese bill, which was in no sense a
general revenue bill. On the general
question of increasing the beer tex,
Mr.. Sherman said that thirty millions
| of revenue already was raised from
'sthat very useful and comfortable
drink" and he thought the consumers
| of beer paid about enough. He moved
| to table the beer amendment, which
motion was defeated-yeas, %; nays
| 30, as follows:
| 9eas-Republicans Aldrich, Ali
son, Baker, Burrows, Davis, Gallinger
Hawley, Mitchell (Oregon), Morrill,
Nelson, Perkins, Platt, Quay, Sewell
Sherman, Shoup and Wilson'S. Dem
ocrats: Cockrell, Hill, Mitchell, Pal
mer, Pasco, Turpie and Vilas-7
Total, 25.
Nays-Republicans Brown, Cannon
Carter, Dubois, Hansbrough, Petit
| grew and Teller. Democrats:
Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chiffon
Daniel, Faulkner, Gray, Harris, Jones
| (Arkansas). Lindsey, Mills, Morgan
Pugh, Roach, Vest, Walthall and
| Whites. Populists: Allen, Butler
| Kyle, peffer and Stewart. Total, 30
| The refusal to table created some
thing of stir through the Senate and
| there was buzz of Comment as the
| vote, on the adoption of the amend
| ment, was about to be taken. Mr.
| Villas opposed the amendment, saying
| the tax on beer was on the consumer
wage-earning, hard-working class.
| Mr. Dubois said this opposition
created a most ludicrous situation
| Senators declaimed for more revenue
and yet opposed a move to raise reve-
nue.. lii was the strangest spectacle
he had ever witnessed in the Senate
| Mr.. Dubois denied that this would
place great burden on the consumers
| of beer.
| Mr.. Mills Dem, Texas supported
the beer amendment and pointed out
that the opposition came from Sena-
tors who supported a greater tax on
cheese, an article of food used by the
poor.
Mr.. Gray (Dem., Delaware) said the
cheese bill was confessedly not to raise
revenue; that the beer amendment was
most opportune to make the bill what
it purpose purported ITO be, revenue
At 2 o'clock the cheese bill, with beer
amendment pending, was laid aside
Mr.. Sherman announcing that he
| would call it up as soon as the bond
bill was disposed of.
Consideration of the bond bill was
then resumed, and Mr.. Pritchard (Rep.
North Carolina) spoke in opposition to
the issue of bonds in time of peace.