The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-02
Good Progress Made.
A Busy Day Put in OF the
Pending Tariff Bill.
Up to Metal Schedule, Which
Is One of the Most I'm
pOrtant of the Act.

ihdOe SOOu progress on the tariff
bill today, advancing to the important
metal schedule. During the day, the
paragraphs covering marble and stone,
china, glass, brick and tiles were COM
pleted with a few minor exceptions.
Messrs. Vest and Jones (Ark), in be-
half of the minority Of the finance COM
mittee, proposed numerous amend
ments which were defeated by ma
jorities of from 8 to IA The votes
were on party lines in the main, al
though Messrs. Rawlins and White,
Democrats voted with the Republicans
to increase the rate on onyx and Mr.
McEnery, Democrat, voted with the
Republicans against Mr.. Jones' propo-
sition for a reduction of the rates on
china.
AS sequel to the recent sensation
al speech Of Mr.. Tillman, Mr.. Smith
IN. j. rose to a question of personal
privilege while the tariff debate was
proceeding and made brief, but point
ed denial of all speculation in stock
either recently or any time when sugar
was the subject of legislation. Mr.
Tillman was among those who heard
the denial, but he made no comment on
1t. Senator McLaurin Is. c. was swurn
in early in the day, raising the mem
bership Of the senate to So
The tariff bill was taken UP i'm
mediately after the disposal of the
routine business. Mr.. Aldrich with
drew the proposed committee. amend
ments to paragraph 80, china, etc.
leaving the rates as reported by the
| house, viz, decorated 60 per cent ad
| valorem; undecorated 55 per cent. Mr..
! Jones (Ark moved to reduce these
rates to 80 and 35 Without debate a,
vote was taken and the proposed
amendments We're defeated yeas %;
I nays 81.
The committee amendments were
withdrawn, also, on the paragraphs
| covering :" all other china not specific
ally provided for" leaving the house
rates at 60 for decorated and 55 for
undecorated. Mr.. Jones again offered
an amendment similar to his former
ore. The Jones amendment was dis
! agreed to. yeas u, nays 80. Mr. Heit-
| field voted in the affirmative with the
| Democrats and Messrs Cannon and
McEnery in the negative with the Re-
publicans.
Paragraph 80, covering articles com,
posed of earth and mineral substances,
was taken up and Mr. Caffery, of
Louisiana, offered an amendment re-
| ducing the rate from 35 to 20 per cent
on undecorated ware The Caffery
amendment was defeated 1926, Mr..
Heitfeld voting with the Democrats
in the affirmative and Mr.. Jones CSev.)
with the Republicans in the negative.
! The committee amendments to the
paragraph We're then agreed to. The
paragraph covering gas retorts, lava
| tips, etc, heretofore passed over was
agreed to as reported.
| On paragraph Ga, covering plain,
green flint or lime bottles Mr.. Vest
proposed an amendment reducing the
rate on bottles holding more than one
pint from 7s of a cent per pound to
/ q of a cent. Mr. Vests amendment
! was disagreed to, yeas 81; nays 20.
The paragraph was then agreed to as
reported
AT this point Senator Smith On, -
arose to a question of personal privi-
lege and made the following statement.
reading from manuscript:
During the absence from the senate the
other day, l ascertain from the record that
! in very remarkable delverance by the sen,
! ator from South Carolina Odr. Tillman) he
/ became sponsor for newspaper clipp ng in
| which my name mentioned in connection
with the schedule in the pending tariff bill
1t IS only necessary for me 10 say that the
statement in the newspaper clipping in uues-
ton Is absolutely and unQualfedly untrue
| have not during this session OF congress
! bought or sold directly or indirectly a Single
share of Sugar stock nor at any tine prior
| to this when any legislation affecting the
value of sugar or Sugar shocks was nan5
| ing.
When the marble and stone schedule
was taken up, Mr.. Vest made a con-
test on the paragraph relating to man
ufacturers of agate, etc. moving a re-
duct1on of the rate from so to 20 per
cent. The amendment was defeated,
yeas IL, nays 90.
The. committee proposed a change in
the amendment relating to marble and
! onyx, leaving the marble rate as re-
ported and placing onyx in block at
$3.50 per cubic foot. After remarks by
| Senators Perkins, Jones (Arkl and
| Caffery da.), the amendment placing
onyx at $1.50 per cubic foot was agreed
to. yeas 81. nays IL. Messrs. White
and Rawlins voted with the Repub-
| hcanS in the affirmative. The COM
mittee amendment as a whole relating
to marble and onyx was agreed to-
Another contest was made on free
stone and other classes of undressed
stone, Mr.. Vest moving a reduction
from fourteen to seven cents per cubic
foot. Mr. Vests amendment was dis
agreed to, yeas IS; nays, q. On dressed
freestone Mr. Vest moved a reduction
from so to 80 per cent. Mr.. Vests
/ amendment was then disagreed to.
! yeas 10, nays 2S. The other paragraphs
relating to stone and slate were agreed
to as reported
This brought the senate up to
schedule C, relating to metals and
manufactures Of metals. Mr.. White
suggested that as the senate was
drawing near to the sugar schedule,
any new schedule. even in an embryotic
form, ought to. be presented at an early
day, as senators desired to make call
culations on 1t.
THE senator will receive ample
notice." responded Mr.. Aldrich, smil-
ingly 1--WE will try to accommodate
him" At o'clock the senate held all
executive session and soon after ad-
iOurned