The herald., 1897-05-27

the duties were from 30 to rs per cent
Nom Is to 100 per cent, and over 100 pc
cUntssw In teply to questions by Mr
8 white, Mr.. Aldrich, in charge OF thu
( bin, setated that he was unable to stats
tlle average ad valorem rate OF thu
entire bill or the total number OF amend
naents proposed The formal reading
Of the bill then began, and the senate
wadfthuse brought to the point of con-
eiderInk the matter by paragraphs. The
nfst amendments were formal and were
agreed to without question. AS soon as
the second page was reached contest
arose over the amendment proposed by
the finance committee raising the duty
on boracic acid from to cents per
pound.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri moved to sub
Stitute 3 cents. He characterized the
: determination Of the committee as re-
markable and said the proposed duty
CT cents was enormous.
Mr.'Aldrich replied that the proposed
rate was regarded as q proper protec-
tion to the producers OF the article in
Nevada and California, and the persons
engaged in the production held that
this rate was essential
-
prospectus Of an English company, set
ting forth that It was about to pur-
chase and consolidate the borax lands
and plants in Nevada, California and
Oregon. '
The prospectus also stated that large
profits wersrmade by the American cap
italists. Mr.. Jones said he read this to
answer Mr.. Aldrich's statement that
VanIf{roH
Mr.. White Of California, a Democrat
ic member of the finance committee.
said facetiously that in the distribution
of favors by this bill he desired to have
his state receive share. He had been
assured by those interested that there
was not q word of truth in the state
ment that American fields were con-
trolled by an English company He had
some personal Information in borax pro-
duction in California, he said. The ne
gotiations for a sale had failed.
Mr.. White gave it as his opinion that
II the policy OF the bill was to be main
tained then the rate could not be low
cred and afford adequate protection to
the American companies. He said that
he would vote for the committee rate
Mr.. Jones answered Mr.. White. de-
VelODlnS SOIuS QtNclS SCnSC VI views NC
tween these two minority members of
the finance committee.
Stewart, Populist, Of Nevada, whose
position toward the bill has been SUBJ
feet of interest, stated that if there was
to be a tariff bill the products of Ne
vada, including borax, should receive
adequate. protection.
Caffery, Democrat, Of Louisiana, re-
marked that his associate, Mr.. White,
appeared to favor the policy Of Gen.
Hancock, that the tariff is local mat
ter, and if there are to be any benefits,
he (White) wants his share.
A vote was then taken on Vests
amendment. 1t was the first vote OF
the bill and was followed with close at
tention. The amendment was defeat
ed, 20 to "a, as follows:
Yeas-Berry. Caffery, Chiffon, Clay,
Cockrell. German, Gray, Jones, Kenny.
Lindsay, Morgan, Murphy, Pascoe.
Rawlins.., Roach, Smith, Turpie, Vest
walthaH, Democrats; Heitfeld, Popu-
list. Total, 20.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Baker Bur-
rows, Carter. Chandler Cullom, Davis,
,Ell0ins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hanna. Hansbrough, Haw-
ley, Lodge, Mcmillan, Nelson, Penrose.
Perkins, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of
New York, Quay, Shoup, Spooner, War
ren and Wilson, Republicans; McEnery
and White, Democrats; Cannon and Sill
yer, Republicans; Jones and Stewart,
,Populists. Total, "a.
The following were the pairs. The
FIRST named would have voted for the
amendment and last against 1t: Daniel
and Pritchard, Turner and Hoar, Pet
-tus and Mcbride, Mallory and Proctor
Martin and Mantle, Mitchell and Sewall,
TilLman and Thurston, Harris of Kan
sas and Clark; Bate and Deboe, Harris
OF Tennessee and Morrill, George and
Wolcott, Bacon and Wetmore, Mills and
Mason, Butler and Wellington.
All the Republicans voted or were
paired on the Vest amendment, so that
they presented solid front. Two Dem
ocrats, McEnery of Louisiana and
White of California voted with the Re-
publicans. All other Democrats voted
or were paired against the Vest amend
ment. Heitfeld, Populist, voted with
the Dem ocrats; Butler and Turner were
paired with Republicans. Stewart
Populi.t, voted with the Republicans,
as did Jones of Nevada, as did Cannon,
Silver Republican. Pettigrew, Silver
Republican, was absent and not paired
Kyle, Independent Populist, was alb
sent and impaired. Hale, Republican,
and Faulkner, Democrat, were absent
and no pair was announced for them.
sThe committee provision fixing rate OH
boracic acid at cents per pound was
then agreed to. When the next item
alcoholic perfumery, cologne, etc, was
reached, Vest moved to restore the old
rates of 81 per gallon and so per cent ad
valorem. He said the rate in the bill
tof 60 cents per pound and 40 per cent ad
valorem was protection run mad" as
1t was equivalent to about s. per gall
Ion on goods worth about $140. The
amendment was defeated without divi-
sion.
Grady, Democrat, of Delaware. resist
ed the committee amendment on bleach
ing powder or chloride of lime at one
quarter of 1 cent per pound. He said
the article was an essential raw ma
terial in pulp and paper making, and the
industry would be injured if it could
not get the article free of duty. After
some discussion, the paragraph went
over
At 5 o'clock the tariff bill was laid
aside, paragraph eight, page three hav-
ing been reached