Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-02

sidersd After a brief explanation by MT. , Bacon, ths vote was taken and amend-
 ment agreed to. The vote in detail was | substantially -he same as the previous vote. Charcoal was struck out of the free list
 An amendment placing floor mating, l ineluding Chinese mating, OH the free 1 list was agreed to without division, these mattings' having been taken from the du tiable list by close vote some weeks | ago.
 The house para graph placing on the free | list hides and skins not specifically pro- l vided for was restored. The committee | paragraph relating to oils on the free list | was agreed to as reported. | Cocoanut oil was taken from the free | list and placed od the dutiable list at 31s | cents pound.
 Paragraph 622k, placing on the free listiregala and gems for use by societies, | was agreed to with slight notifications. | The paragraph relating to the personal l effects of persons arriving in the United l States was modified so that effects taken | abroad may be brought back without | limit while effects acquired abroad and l admissible free are to be limited to $lO0. | The iron paragraph was further
 changed making the reference to man. 1 ganese ore as follows: Manganese ore | containing less than forty metallic units | in dry state, $1 per tom
 Mir Teller moved an amendment in | cluding on the free list rough lumber | inanufactured of white pine"
 The senator criticized the course of the | committee in placing white pine on te. 1 dut.able list, thus encouraging the de- l struction of pine when 1t was known the | supply would not last eight years. MT. Teller said he was for protection, 1 but he wouldn't carry it to extremes com | pelMng every man building home or | using a stick of pine to pay tribute to the I few owners of pine. This was not re- 1 publican doctrine, which was opposed to 1 the advance of prices on the necessities 1 of life. MT Teller declared that the duty | on pine was one of the many absolutely 1 indefensible features of the bill. | This reopened the discussion on the du- | ty on white pine which was vigorously l contested in the early stages of the bill, l resulting at that time in retaining pine l on the dutiable list at $2 per thousand feet. Senators Gray and Mantle sup | ported MT. Teller's motion. MT. Sp6oner | opposed the motion on the ground that
 the duty was fair measure of protection | to an extensive industry of three border | states. This was not proposition to | place all kinds of lumber, those If Maine l and the west on the free list. but merely | to discriminate against the white pine of | those three states. The amendmnt was
 defea ted
 MT. Mantle moved to reduce the duty on | white pine from $2 to $1 per thousand i fest. He read from the statement of | lumber man that $2 rate would be pro-
 k.bitory and he appealed to the senators I to vote unitedly and thus overc9me this | high rate.
 The amendment was carried by the 1 close vote of 32 to 31, after another break | in party lines on both sides of the cham | Der, At5;35 p. m. the bill was laid aside | and after an executive session the sem 1 ate adjourned.
 l HOUSE. n,.4t,o of ntIplxV after | the Journal had be-n read in the house today raised a question as to the truth l of the journal of last Mondays proceed 1 ings by offering an amendmend to cor rect the journal so as to make It reao: .sThe speaker, in pursuance of the rule | heretofore adopted, decarAd the house | adjourned until Thursday 1 He averred that he offered thz amend l fnent in nonet clinical spirit, but the l journal might more nearly relate the | truth. He contended that dercocrats ana | republicans might vote for it.. | "You can vote for it." he said, address | ing the republican side, without refer | ence to your political affiliations, any con- | di,ion of servitude, voluntary or involun- | tary, previous or now existing. + MT Settle, declared that his side had II opposed this rule.
 | MT. Simpson, populist of Kansas, ob- | served that one gentleman on his side. | Mr. Bailey. of Texas, had not opposed | it.
 | q sugg.st that the gentleman from | Kansas go and inform himself of the facts" ejaculated Mir. Bailey, with some l temper.
 Speaker Reed rapped the house to order | and remarked, biandly With lWlnhle 1 in his ey4:
 "Gentleman must not interrupt each other nor make unreasonable requests CT l each other"
 l MT Settle, rndtr the erules, had an hour hi ,tan 1 cursed the power of the house to adjourn without quorum for more than one day 1 in what he declared was a direct viola | tion Of the letter of the constitution. He 1 driftsd into an arragnment Of the re- l publicans for not taking action on the | bankruptcy bill and the Cuban question. | You have acted in utter defiance of plolic sentiment" he cried. You ask for | and predict great things. Calhoun went | to Cuba Calhoun returned from Cuba. Calhoun went home. Nothing was done. l Calhoun has been forgotten, so has Cuba. 1 There is indifference as to whether a civil government or state of war exists | in Cuba"
 l made that MT. Settles remarks were ir- relevant to the amendment, points which were sustained by the speaker | Wh'n MT. Settle referred to the munic- ipal elections at Chicago, Cincinnati, Co., lumbus and Canton as an indication of
  and forerunner of that November day, | in 1900 which would prove the Armagedon and che Waterloo of the republican party the speaker again rapped him to order, | and Mir. Dingley and MT. Bailey crossed | swords over the question as to whether | the remarks were in order. Mir Dingley contended that the Ken tuckiAn's remarks were wide of the mo- ton. and MT. Bailey that it was always proper to speak of public opinion. I've have 1yva v had resnect for pnb1ic onip- iop;'' said the latter. land we think it proper to lay it before you for your in- struction and guidance" (Applause.) But wha is the connection of Armag d. on and a motion to amend the journal" asked Speaker Reed. whsreat the repub- licans laughed.
 Tn corclnding MT. Settle reused demo- cratic enthusiasm by asserting that his side proposed to hold up the hands of
 "the lion hearted democrat of Nebraska until his banner was planted on the top- most heights of victory" The minority demanded the yeas and