The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-07-30
TARIFF WORK ENDED
SENATE ADOPTS THE CONFER
ENCE REPORT.
Final Vote Taken at the Hour Agreed
Upon-Somc Warm Closing Speeches
Senator Allen of Nebraska
Attacks the Bill and Answers
Senator Foraker.
Tariff Question In the Senate.

| Senate met at 10 o'clock this morning
under the unanimous agreement of
last night that vote be taken at 3
o'clock to-day, only eleven senators
were on hand and several of these
busted themselves with clearing out
their desks and preparing for depart
ure. There was no prayer, as this
| was recess session.
| Immediately after the vice president
had called the Senate to order, Mr..
| Chandler moved an executive session.
He yielded, however, to Mr.. Bate of
Tennessee, who desired to have a day
set for eulogies on his late colleague.
| Mr.. Harris January 13 next was
agreed upon, and at 1905 o'clock the
! Senate went into executive session,
during which the following con firma-
tions were made: Postmasters in Mis-
souri,, P. C. Van Matre at Warrens-
burg, E. S. Jones at Sarcoxie, Fl. II.
/ Mitchell at Clinton, j. M Cox at Ad-
rian and ]. M. Wright at Richmond;
postmaster in Kansas, S. 6. Wells at
Erie
| When the doors were opened Mr..
! Allen of Nebraska resumed his speech
in opposition to the tariff conference
report and the bill in general. He
criticised the effects of the bill on the
| farmers and instanced barbed wire,
required by them for fences, on which
| they were placed by the bill at the
| mercy of the barbed wire trust. How
| different it was in the case of the
moneyed aristocracy. 1t was all right,
the senator said ironically, for the
''sharks and money gamblers of Wall
street" to make $a2. ZOO, 900 out of the
| sugar schedule since the Dingley bill
was first reported. It was all right
for Pierpont Morgan to make S27, ,oOO.
| 600 out of the government bonds ille-
| gally issued under the administration
| of President Cleveland. Farmers
ought to understand that the lcgisla-
| tion of Russia was as beneficial to
| them as the legislation of Congress.
AS sequel to Mr.. Aliens heated
personal colloquy with Mr. Foraker
over the alleged fraud since the last
| election, the Nebraska senator pre-
sented tables comparing the vote cast
| for Mckinley, Bryan, Harrison and
Cleveland One column showed
fraudulent excess" that of Ohio be-
ing stated at 94,5O0. In closing, Mr..
Allen announced his purpose to with
ing to the report.
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana followed in
criticism of the sugar schedule. He
stated that ships from all parts of the
world were hurrving in with cargoes
of raw sugar to avoid the duties Of the
bill. Already eight months supply
! had been brought in, thus cutting off
government revenue to that extent
| and giving enormous profits to the
! trust.
Mr.. Gear questioned these figures,
/ saying only four months supply Of
raw sugar had been brought in
Mr.. Burrows of Michigan, a member
| of the finance committee, then took
| the floor for one of the few speeches
| from the opposition side. He said he
| was induced to enter the debate be-
cause of assaults made upon the lum-
! bcr schedule. an industry in twenty
| two states, with an aggregate cap
| ital OF $50, 600, 900, employing GOO, 600
j people, and paying Sl3O Goa, 900 in
wages annually. The rates on lumber
| were the lowest of any in the bill,
| being about Is to Is per cent ad val
orem, and only per cent on white
| pine. He referred to his visits to the
| Michigan lumber sections, where he
said mills were idle and men out of
work, when the Canadian mills and
| workmen were thriving.
Sharp at o'clock the final roll call
| on the passage of the bill as reported
| by the conference committee began
| while the floor and galleries were
| crowded.
The voting did not consume much
| time Great applause followed the an
nouncemcnt by the Vice President
| that the report had been adopted by
| the vote Of 40 to 80.
FINAL VOTE IN DETAIL.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Aldricl, Allison. Baker. Bur-
| rows, Carter, Clark. Davis. Deboe. Ell
kins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye. Cal
| linger, Gear, Hale, HanSbrough. law
| ley. Hoar. Jones Of Nevada, Lodge,
Mcbride, McEnery. Mcmillan, Mason,
| Morrill,, Nelson. Pcnrose. Perkins,
| Platt Of Connecticut. Platt of New
York Prtchard. Proctor. Quay. Sew
ell, Shoup. Spooncr, Stewart. Thurs
| ton, Warren. Wetmore--40
Nays-Bacon. Bate, Berry, caffery.
| Chiffon. Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Faullz-
| ner, German, Harris. Jones (Arkan-
sas). Lindsay. Mallory. Martin, Mills,
Mitchell. Morgan, Murphy. Pasco,
Pettus, Roach, Smith, Tillman. Tur-
ley. Turner, Turpie, Vest, Walthall,
White-30.
The following pairs were announced,
the first for and the last against the
bill. Chandler with Cannon, Cullom
with Gray. Wolcott with George,
Hanna with Rawlins, Wellington with
McLaurin, Mantle with Kenny, Wilson
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