The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-06
TRYING TO GET A VOTE
Allison VIII Request Senate to Hold
Extra Night Sessions.
Demands Of Sugar Men Delay
the Tariff bill.
Measure Is Complete SO Far as Schedules Arc
Concerned.

Washington. July 6~-While the house
spent nine minutes In taking a recess on
Independence day until Wednesday. so
az TO be ready to receive the tariff bill IL
II should pass today, the senate spent
the whole day disposlng OF amendments.
and, I'm spite OF a good deal OF speech
making, got through with all that the
finance committee managers had to Of
fer, and, II IL had not been for the de-
mands OF the beet sugar men, who are In
sisting on bounty In addition TO their
duty, the bill, so far as the finance COM
mittee was concerned, might have been
passed last evening. The tariff sched-
ules are completed.
Senator Allison, In charge OF the tariff
bill, announced just before adjourn
plent last night that as no agreement
had been reached for a final vote on the
tariff bill he would ask the senate to
remain In session to night at least until
the bill was reported from the COM
mittee OF the whole to the senate. This
promises test Of endurance, unless the
opposition to the bill gives way. Mr..
Allison's statement was made after an
other futile effort to have a time fixed
for final vote.
In some respects the senate made
good progress yesterday, disposing of
two important amendments, that plac-
Ing a stamp tax on bond transactions
being agreed to with little or no opposi-
tion and without the formallity of a vote,
while the Spooner amendment, propos-
Ing tariff investigation, was withdrawn
after protracted struggle. The stamp
amendment as agreed to gives the fol-
lowing rate on bonds. etc.:
Bonds, debentures or certificates Of
indebtedness issued after Sept. Is, 1897.
issued by any association, company or
corporation on each hundred dollars of
face value or fraction thereof. cents;
and on each original issue, whether on
oragaization or reorganization, Of GER
tifcates OF stock by any such associa-
tion, company or corporation, on each
hundred dollars Of face value or fraction
thereof, cents; and on all transfers
OF shares or certificates Of stock in any
association. company or corporation,
on each hundred dollars Of face value or
fraction thereof. 2 cents.
Exemptions from the tax are made in
the case of state, state and county, and
municipal bonds. and the stocks and
bonds Of cooperative building associa-
tons.
Late In the day several new amend
ments from individual senators were
voted on. One by Mr.. Mantle Of Mon
tana reducing the internal revenue tax
on distilled spirits to 20 cents per gallon
was defeated 23-H. An amendment by
Mr.. Mills Of Texas, proposing a tax OF
per cent OH manufactured products.
the proceeds to go toward reducing the
bonded debt was rejected, 1888.
Also an amendment by Mr.. Mills
granting 20 per cent reduction in duties
to those countries admitting gold and
silver to their hints at the ratio Of 16
TO /, yeas, 28; nays. 81. On this vote,
one Republican, Mr.. Carter, voted with
the Democrats, Populists and Silver Re-
rublicans in the affirmative, and two
Democrats, Caffery and Gray, voted with
the Republicans in the negative.