The herald., 1897-07-03
COMPLETED
TARIFF BILL
Ready for Report to the
Senate
TWO IMPORTANT PROVISIONS
ADDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
FOREIGNERS
TWO IMPORTANT PROVISIONS
Retaliation and Reciprocity Clauses
Make the Measure Weapon
of Offense and Defense
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Reciprocits
and retaliation were the two phases OF
the tariff bill to occupy the attention OF
the senate today to the exclusion Of al
other subjects. Both provisions were
agreed to, although the debate on the
reciprocity clause was protracted to
o'clock. Shortly before adjournment
Allison endeavored to secure an agree
ment on the time for a final vote, bu.
Teller would not consent to fixing the
time when all proposed amendments had
been submitted to the senate. AS ALI
son was not prepared to submit these
amendments he withdrew his reuues
and the time fer the final vote was lef,
open, although there Is still hope that i.
will be reported tomorrow
The retaliatory clause provides tha'
whenever any country bestows an ey
port bounty on any article there shall
lie leveied in addition to the duties pro-
vided by the act an additional duty. equa
to the amount of the bounty. The claus,
was agreed to- SO to 10, the two Demo
cratic senators from louisiana, Caffery
and McEnery. voting with the Republi.
cans in the affirmative. The reciprocity
clause empowers the president. with the
advice and cosept of the senate tc
make reciprocity treaties giving 20 pei
cent reduction in duties on designated
articles or placing articles on the free
list. The amendment brought out much
rpposltion, Pettus, Tillman and White
saying that it evaded the constitutional
right of the house of representatives t.
participate in measures affecting the
revenue, While Senators Morgan, Ora,
and Chandler defended it's legality an6
propriety. 1t was agreed to, 80 to IS, tw.
Democrats, Gray and Morgan, voting
with the Republicans in the affirm tive
Early In the day Wellington CT Mary.
land. Republican, rising to question Of
personal privilege. vehemently upheld
his senatorial prerogatives on the mat
ter of federal appointments.
White of California argued that If Ger
many had the right to give an export
duty which in effect operated agains;
the United States the United States
could adopt measure to offset this, and
he would not call it retaliatory.
Chandler said he would vote for the
retaliatory clause with extreme reluct
ance. He had been told that Germany
would begin course of commercial
warfare against the United States and
he would make sacrifices, to prevent fric-
ton between the empire of Germany ana
the United States But the senator said
he did not see how this retaliatory
clause could be avoided if the protective
character Of the bill was to be preserved
The retaliatory clause was agreed to, 80
to 49, Two Democrats, Caffery and Nc
Emery of Louisiana and Allen and Kyle
voted with the Republicans. in the af-
firmative, and Mantle and Teller with
the Democrats in the negative
The reciprocity section was next con-
sidered, Allison offering the new provi-
sion, the purport of which has been here
tofore given. 1t was changed slightly
by providing that the reciprocity treaty
"be made by and with the consent of the
senate"
In brief the section authorizes the
president to negotiate commercial
treaties to extend more than five years
and granting "a reduction of the duties
imposed by this act, to the extent of not
more than 20 per cent thereof" or for
the transfer during that period of desig-
mated articles from the dutiable to the
free list, being the natural products OF
such foreign countries and not the
United States
Mills of Texas stated in a few words
that the proposed amendment sought to
deprive the house of Representatives OF
it's constitutional right to originate and
participate in all revenue measures
Vest took the same view, while Allison
and Hoar contended that the participa
ton of the house in the passage of this
bill was an authorization of the treaties
Vest spoke of the assaults of this bill
on Germany. Japan, Argentina and
other countries and declared that not
one Of these countries could want a
reciprocity treaty with US after being
thus assailed
Lindsay of Kentucky referred to the
recent trip Of South American officials
to cities of the United States with "A
view to encouraging trade and said II
would be futile wien the American pep-
pie, by this bill, turned their backs on
the rest of the world and made COM
merce a crime.
Morgan said the United States SUI
preme court had passed upon the recip.
rocity clauses of the Mckinley law,
and he held that it in no way disregard
ed the rights of the house Of representa-
tives.
The reciprocity provision, he said, re-
duced the severity of the bill and he
would support it.
:, Gray supported the reciprocity amend
ment, saying the treaties contemplated
were clearly within the treaty making
power.
Teller argued that grave question was
involved in taking from the house of rep
lesentatives the power to cooperate in
making reciprocity treaties. 1t was too
grave a question to be brought into the
senate during the closing hours of the
tarin debate. The senator said he
wanted to vote for some reciprocity
clause, but not for one in violation Of the
sls
The reciprocity clause was agreed to,