Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-06-05

De turned out and the senate purged.
/ Aldrich Made Reply.
Senator Aldrich Immediately took The
! floor as Senator Tillman closed. 1t hat
/. been charged. or inferred. he said, tha
the sugar trust dictated the sugar sched
! ule.
/ Il desire to say to the senate, to Sen
ator Illlman. and to every man in the
United States, that no person con.
cerned with the sugar trust. al
any time or at any place, Influenced the
| framing of the sugar schedule, or re-
/ ceived information as to its character. l
! desire to make the statement as broad
as the English language can make it,
Senator Aldreh said that no living per
son outside of the members of the COM
! mittee had any information on the sub
| ject 36 hours before it was reported. The
/ senator from Nevada had been shown
/! the schedule. No human being beyond
! this had received the slightest informa-
tlon And any man who says so, or
! intimates so,' added Senator Aldrich,
deserves to be denounced in a way
which would not be parliamentary here
Senator Tillman Interrupted to say that
he had not made the charges; he had
merely submitted public statements, with
the authors name signed.
Senator Aldrich, proceeding, said the
|
there was nothing to conceal No infor
nation ever went from that committee
room to any telephone to any one. He
! (Aldrich) had never bought or sold a
share of sugar stock. 1t was easy for
correspondents to make such charges.
but they were absolutely false.
Tariff Bill Resumed.
Without further debate the resolution
was referred to the committee on con-
tingent expenses, and on motion of Sem
ator Aldrich the senate took up the senate
tariff bill.
Senator Vest opposed the proposed in
crease on soda ash from One-quarter to
threefourths Of a cent per pound as un-
fair to soap makers, and said it would
not have been made but for the fact that
Senator Jones state, Nevada, where the
principal deposits of soda ash in the coun-
try are found, is member OF the finance
committee.
There was only a brief discussion Of
the remaining paragraphs in chemical
schedules, Senator Jones stating while
they were not accepted without protest
by the democrats, those in charge of the
democratic interests considering it un
necessary to consume time to no avail.
with the majority SO evidently against
them.
The next schedule, relating to earths.
earthenware and glassware was entered
upon. An amendment admitting fire
brick to be imported at $1.20 per ton to
those weighing less than 10 pounds each
was accepted.
Duty on Portland and other hydraulic
cements in barrels and sacks was in
creased from eight to II cents per 100
pounds, and in bulk from seven to 10
cents per 100 pounds.
After Senator White had criticised the
increase as opposed to the interests of
builders and Senator PettigreW had de-
Tended it, saying it should be greater
in the interest of American manufacture
erS, Senator Vest criticised but to no
avail, the rate proposed on glass bottles,
decanters, etc, as equal to the Mckin-
ley rate, the highest, he said in the coun-
trys history.
Senator Jones of Arkansas objected in
a vigorous speech to the rate fixed on
window glass. II was of universal con-
sumption and was in the hands of trusts,
two associations controlling practically
the business in this country and dividing
territory and fixing rates.
Among all the iniquities of the BILL"
said he, land their name is legion, the
glass schedule is the most nlonstrous.''
Senator Sewall challenged Senator
Jones statement, saying there were indi-
vidual glass makers in his state, outside
of any trust. and struggling for existence
against foreign competition.
Senator Mills of Texas said the glass
rates were enormous and unjustifia ole,
running from lis to 160 per cent. 1t was
far beyond what they imagined when The
country first began to foster infant in
dustry. 1t was not duty. but bounty
to wealth, he declared.
Senator White spoke at length against
the bill, saying the rates We're prohibi-
tory to a large extent, and for this Tea-
son it would fail in its purpose to raise
revenue, as the Mckinley act had failed
to produce sufficient revenue, owing to
the absolute exclusion of revenue produc-
ing articles
Senator Caffery spoke against the greed
of the trusts, who would place a Chinese
wall around the United States in order
to monopolize the trade within ii. Sen
ator Jones amendment TO reduce the rat
on window glass from IA to l cent per
pound was disagreed to-yeas 49, nays rs.
The vote was or party lines. McEnery,
democrat, of louisiana; Stewart, popu-
list, of Nevada. and Jones. populist of
Nevada, voted with the republicans, and
Heitfeld and Pettigrew with the demo-
Gratis. The committee rate of IA cents
! The committee amendments On cylinder
and crown glass were then agreed to.
At 5 o'clock Aldrich yielded to urgent
requests from democratic senators tEat
the bill be laid aside. Senator Vest 1e-
marked in this connection that more ro-
gress had been made in three days than
in three weeks in the Wilson bill. The
senate then went into executive session
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