The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-03

fy reserves.
Senate Proceedings.
Washington, May 27.-The attendance
in the galleries is gradually falling off,
owing to the long prelude of routine bus
mess preceding the tariff debate and the
avoidance of tariff speeches. Only the
front rows were occupied when the ses-
sion opened today.
The final conference report on the sun
dry civil bill was taken, an agreement
having been made to vote at 2 p. m.
The main questions involved in the con-
ference report related to the suspension
until March 1 next of President Cleve-
lands proclamation reserving large areas
as forest reserves, making Immediately
available $2,993, 1888 for contract work on
the Mississippi river and appropriating
$4,000 for the Improvement of Pearl
harbor, Hawaii.
The question of forest reserve was dis
cussed at length.
The senators from states affected by
the forest order urged the rejection of
the entire conference report and an alb
solute suspension of the presidents order
Mr. Cannon of Utah referred to the or
der as barbarouS and inhuman and Mr.
Stewart of Nevada characterized it as Il
disgrace to American civilization and
the worst outrage of the last half cen
tury."
Mr.. Pettigrew asserted that the order
was the result of the ignorance of Grover
Cleveland. He said that in South Da-
kota the area included as part of the
forest reserve contained 176 pOstoffices,
100000 people and fifty miles of railroad
He urged, also, that the academy of
science, which recommended. the act,
should be rebuked, and he favored the
dafoot IF tho cundry civil hill thor thnn
have the order stand
Mr.. Allison said this was the best ar
rangement that could be made with the
house.
Mr.. Tillman of South Carolina ejacu-
lated: "Oh, they have no house over
there. anyway. They have one man run
ming it."
Mr.. Berry of Arkansas said the Mis-
sissippi river item and other important
features of the bill would be jeOpardized
by rejection of the report.
The vote was then taken, and the final
conference report was adopted, yeas 36,
nays %, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bate, Caffery,
Chandler, Cullom, Deboe, Fairbanks,
Faulkner, Gear, Gray, Hanna, Hans
|. brough, Hawley, Kenney, Lindsay, Nc
Emery, Morgan, Pascoe, Perkins, Pettus,
Platt of Connecticut, Plat of New York,
Pritchard, Proctor, Quay Spooner, Tur-
pie, Vest, Walthall, Wellington, Wetmore
Nays-Bacon, Butler Cannon, Carter,
Clark, Clay, Davis, Foraker, Frye, Har-
ris of Kansas, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkan-
sas, Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Mcmillan,
Mallory Mantle, Pettigrew, Rawlins,
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Tillman, White,
Wilson-25.
The tariff bill was then taken up at
o'clock and the formal consideration of
the measure by paragraphs proceeded.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri moved an amend
ment to paragraph 10 so as to fix the rate
of crude boraX at 1 ~ cents and on the
refined boraX at 2 cents per pound. After
brief debate the amendment was disa-
greed to without division. The commit
tee substitute was then agreed to- fixing
borax at 5 cents per pound, borates of
lime or soda ut cents and cents, ac-
cording to strength
The committee amendments on refined
camphor, ground chalk, manufactured
chalk and chlorofOrm were agreed to.
Mr.. Vest remarked that the chalk item
showed another raise above Mckinley
rates.
When paragraph 10, relating to banks,
beans and like drugs was reached, Mr..
Aldrich moved an amendment of Ia per
cent per pound in addition to 10 per cent
ad valOrem provided by the bill. Mr..
Aldrich said the foreigners were securing
the trade on these poor classes of drugs
under the present arrangement.
Mr.. Vest contradicted this, saying the
Americans controlled the market and ex-
ported 100000 last year.
The Aldrich amendment was agreed to-,
35 TO p.
The committee amendments were
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nesia, alizarine assistant, cottonseed oil.
pOppyseed oil, fusel oil and peppermint
oil. Mr.. Aldrich withdrew the commit
tee amendment on opium prepared for
smoking, leaving it at SO per pound.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas resisted the
other features of the opium paragraph,
saying great increases had been made on
drug of universal use. He moved to
amend the rate on morphia from 81 to 80
cents per ounce. and said he would later
move to place crude and manufactured
opium on the free list.
Mr.. Jones' amendment was agreed to.
When varnishes were reached Mr..
Vest protested against the increase on
duty, but said it was useless to take a
vote against it. Mr.. Vest again made a
protest on the white lead paragraph, say
ing the increased duties would accrue to
the profits of the lead trust. He moved
to reduce the rate from z "a to 1 IL
cents per pound. Rejected, q to 30.
The paint paragraph led to some de-
bate. Mr. Aldrich stated that the in
crease was justified as measure of pro-
lection to the American paint makers.
Mr.. Vest answered that the export of
SSSO,000 worth of paint refuted the
claim that the producers needed more
protection.
The paragraph was agreed to- how
ever, without vote.
On lead litharge Mr.. Vest moved an
amendment to reduce the duty from
2 IL cents TO l IL cents, which was
disagreed 70 without division.
Mr.. Aldrich offered committee
amendment to increase chlorate of potash
from to 2 IL cents. This was resisted
by Mr.. Vest, who said the article was
required in the manufacturing of cotton
goods. He made a general plea against
taxing raw materials.