The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-02
VOTE Near
AT HAND.
Tariff Bill May Pass the Senate
Tomorrow.
MUCH PROGRESS MADE YEsTER-
DAY-THE HAWAIIAN TREATY
ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN FULL
FORCE AND EFFECT-THE DUTY
ON COAL FINALLY sETTLED-No
OTHER LEGISLATION TO BE UN-
DERTAKEN AT THIS SESSION.

11ON III lJN-
DERTAKEN AT THIS SESSION.
Washington, July l.-There Is now
good reason to anticipate that the final
vote on the tariff bill in the Senate will
be taken next Saturday afternoon No
definite agreement has been entered into
to this effect, but the Republicans say
they will have the bill ready for vote at
that time, and 1T is not likely tina. the
Democrats will interpose any objection.
provided all the paragraphs eau be dis
posed of without undue haste. Two of
the most important provisions-those re.
latlnG to the Hawaiian treaty and to the
duty on coal-were perfected Yesterday.
while another source of much conflict.
the reciprocity section, was matured by
the finance committees and presented to
the Senate. Aside from these larger
items many minor matters which have
caused more or less conflict were dis
posed OF.
The prospects are that there will be no
other legislation of Importance Mt this
session of Congress except the tariff bill.
1t has been stated before that neit her the
Hawaiian annexation nor any currency
legislation will come up in the Senate. IL
is also known that quorum cannot be
maintained In the Senate once the tariff
is out of the way. AS soon as the tariff
bill is sent to the House, the Senate will
take up the general deficiency bill, and
1t is expected that considerable time will
be occupied with it. The Senate will also
consider number of nominations over
which there is some contention, the Prob.
ability being that the nomination of NJ.
IL. McCord for governor of Arizona, will
occupy the most time of any that have
hnu l,ant a..
the Alaskan boundary treaty may be
called up, but as it will provoke consid-
cradle discussion it will be allowed tn 90
over until next session.
The Hawaiian treaty was allowed to
stand, Senator Allison moving the rein.
sertion of the House provision, stricken
ont by the Senate committee, exemptipg
Hawaiian sugars from the payment of
duty The motion was adopted without
debate and without opposition. No notice
was given of any intent to abroYate the
treaty. The House provision retained
reads as follows:
Provided, that nothing herein CON
tanned shall be so construed as to abro.
gate or in any manner impair or affect
the provisions of the treaty of CONNER
cal reciprocity concluded between the
United States and the king of the Ha-
waiian Islands, January so, 1875, or the
provisions of any act of Congress hereto
fore passed for the execution of the
same.h
During the dav Senator Turpie made n
speech in support of an amendment pro-
posed by the minority of the finance com
mittce, for tax of 2 per cent. on inheri-
tances over $4,000, the tax to be in OF er.
alton for the next five years, with exemp-
tions to charitable, religious ana like in
heritances.
Mr.. Turpie attacked the tariff bill in
vigorous fashion, saying that it would
not proJide sufficient revenue and that
no measure had ever been presented max
Ing $50 large and unr revoked spoliation
OF the worlds commerce. There was
compound larceny in nearly every
schedule. One third of the bill was n de-
claration of war against France. Ger
many, AMI the continent of Europe We
had hopefully looked toward the trade of
south America. but this hill made it
almost penal offense to carry on trade
with the people of the Southern repub-
lies. He characterized the rates Of the
bill as akin to bribery and rapine, die
tated by q "banditti of syndicates. -
And yet" he declared, ''out of this I'M
clean mass of brides and gifts it is ex-
pected to distill the pure water of pros
perity. You might as we'll expect to en-
Joy paradise by entering the domain of the
damned"
The Senator said the amendment for
an inheritance tax was urged by the
minority in good faith as means of rails
ing revenue. 1t proposed hut small
contribution for the support ..of the Gov
eminent under which the present benefi-
Gent rules of descent prevailed 1t
afforded means of reaching the vast &c.
cumulations of wealth, in the hands of
trusts and individuals, which in time
must be touched by death and distributed
through the channels of inheritance. Tho
proposed tax of 2 per cent. was small
even insignificant compared with the
tarid tax of 115 per cent. on ordinary
window glass
Changes in the coal schedule were
agreed to making the duties on bitumin-
Gus coal and all containing less than ~
per cent. of fixed carbon and shale, 81
cents per ton of % bushels, 80 pounds to
the bushel; coal slack or culm, such 40
VIII pass through a half inch screen, Is
cents per ton; coke 20 per ..cent. al valo-
rem. Inc Senate proviso was emitted
relating to certain reciprocal trade on
coal. AS originally reported it was as
follows:
provided, however, that the duty ON
coal and shale shall be 60 cents per ton,
and on coal slack or culm, 10 cents per
ton, when Imported from any country,
colony, or dependency that does not I'M
pose upon coal or coal slack or culm
higher rates of duty than those named in
this proviso."
TYLER AND ELLYSON.
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