Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-03
AN UNJUST DISCRIMINATION
Between the North and South .ef 1 ss ss. Pointed Out.
COTTON TIES TO BE TAXED
While Ealing Twiue Comes in free-Tillman 2 Wants South Carolina's Dspensary
 Law Protected by the Senate.


 Washington June 2.1The senate made greater progress on the tariff bill today than in any date since the debate opened. completing more than half the important metal schedules. The speaking was done by the democratic senators. the republi- can senators taking no part in the debate excep. at rare intervals to answer ques- tions which would expedite the advance. of the bill Messrs. Jones, of Arkansas, and Vest . urged numerous amendm ants. embodying z in the main the Wilson rates but these were rejected, with only one exception. This exception related to anvils, of which MT Vest secured reduction of the conn mittee rate from 2c. to 1&c. p5r pound. It was the first change made without he assent of the committee and it was due mainly to the listlsss manner of many senators in voting. Early in She day Mir. \ Tilman, of South Carolina, secured the adoption of the following: "Whereas, The court of the Linked I States declared in the case of Leissy vs. Hardin that no sta.e had the right to prohibit the sale of liquor within I,S bor ders in original packag;s upon the ground that it was an interference with the in- ters ate commerce, and
 Whereas, In order to give relief to the people of Iowa, congress passed what is known as the Wilson law (the Wilson law is then quoted), and,
 Whereas, Under the authority therein granted the g ate of South Carolina in 1892 passed the dispensary law, under which provision is made for the sale of liquor by state officials under strict rules, and,
 Whereas, Under this system experl- ence has shown that the cause of ilam- perance has been advanced and the good order and quiet of the state have been promoted. there being no less than 100 dfsspensaries in place of upwards of 800 barrooms in 1892, and,
 Whereas, A circuit judge of the United States court. by judicial legisla ton in a recent decision has repealed the act of congress above racited as far as South Carolina is concerned, dhus requiring that state to reopen the barrooms or al- low the free and unlimited sale of Mqiior in original packages; therefore bs it
 Resolved, That the judiciary commit- tee of the senate be instructed to con- slider what legisla ton, if any Is needed to restore to South Carolina The right grant ed by the act of August IS, 1890, to con tlOl the sale of alcoholic liuuors within it's own borders in it's own way in common with other states of this union." MT T1llman spoke briefly in support of the resolution, sa ylng that the public im- pression that the dispensary law was
 
 and shat it had accomplished much good In regulating the liquor traffic. at' MT. Faulkner, of West Virginia. felt that the senate should not be committed to the lengthy preamble reciting the cf- fedt of the law, etc
 MT. Tillman modified the preamble so as to leave out the term judicial legis- latton' in charae eterizing the recent de- cision, and substituting Judicial inter- pretaNion.' MT Hoar of Massachusetts obair,,o ,,l of the Judiciary committee, proposed a substitute emitting all the preamble and simply directing the judiciary commit tee to consider and report by bill or otherwise what legislation, if any, is nec- essary to carry out the statute of 1890 relating to commerce between the states
 MT. Tillman accepted the substitute and it was agreed to-.
 MT Stewart, populist, of Nevada, pre- ceded the tariff debate by offering an amendment providing for the mainten- ance of a treasury reserve of $l95, 900, 900 and the retirement of bonds out of the surplus above $125,000,0 900.
 MT. Stewart stated that a previous amendment offered by him might lead to injecting the silver question into the tariff debate so that he preferred to strip the question of everything beyond reg ulation of the treasury reserve.
 The consideration of the tariff bill be- gan with schedule c, relating to metals and manufacture of metals. The first paragraph on iron ore, etc., went over at the request of MT. Quay. The para graph on iron in pigs and on bar iron were the same in house and senate bills. Mir Jones, of Arkansas, took occasion, however to make statement to show the absurdity, he said, of keeping up the taxes on these products when the Amer ican producer had absolute control of the market and shipped large quantities abroad.
 A discussion arose on paragraph 125, relating to hoop band and scroll iron, including the bands used in baling cot ton.
 MT. Vest pointed out that the McKin- ley rate was 1 2O-21, the Wilson bill made cotton ties free and the senate bill now proposed to make the rate 7-10c per pound. Cotton was so depressed that the restoration of duty was not war ranted, MT. Vest said.
 MT Mills, of Texas, also opposed the rate, saying it was equivalent to 10 cents a bale on cotton or $900,000 on a cotton crop of 9,000,000 bales. Why was this distinction made between the north and south? he asked. Why did the north receive free binding twine while the cot ton ties of the south were taxed?
 MT Bacon, of Georgia, called upon the committee to explain the distinction between the wheat growers or the north and the cotton growers of the south.
 There was no response and MT. Vest introduced an amendment to strike cot ton ties from the dutiable list. The amendment was defeated. yeas. 21; nays, oS, and the paragraph was agreed to as reported.
 On the Vest amendment on cotton tics, Messrs. Pritchard of North Carolina, and Deboe of Kentucky, were the only men from the southern section voting in the negative. Messrs. Harris, of Kansas, and Heitfield, of Idaho voted with the democrats in the affirmative and Messrs. Jones' of Nevada, and Stewart with the republicans in, the negative.
 At 5:20 the senate went into executive session and soon afterwards adjourned.
 ALABAMA AMONG THEM.