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ment, saying he desired to avoid a party
contest and expected to secure Repub-
1ican votes.
white moved to extend the amend
ment to burlaps and grain bags made q
burlap.
The debate was protracted and in the
main technical. Mantle of Montana and
White supporting the amendment and
Perkins Of California opposing it.
AS finally amended the paragraph Is
as follows: "Bagging for cotton. gunny
cloth and similar fabrics. suitable fol
covering cotton, composed of single
yarns. made of jute, jute butts or hemp
plain woven fabrics, bags and sacks OF
single hemp yarn by whatever name
known, and burlaps and bags for grain
made of burlap."
Bacon's amendment placing cotton ties
on the free list was then considered, and
after brief explanation by Bacon was
agreed to-2S to 23.
Charcoal, farina and feldspar were
struck from the free list, and coal tar
went over, at the request of Quay.
The house paragraph placing on the
free list hides and skins not specially
provided for was restored. The COM
Inittee paragraph 60S, relating to oils
on the free list, was agreed to as re-
ported.
On crude petroleum. the proviso stands
as originally reported making the re-
taliatory duty equal to the export duty
Cocoanut oil was taken from the free
list and placed on the dutiable list at
S1k cents pound.
Paragraph 6221a, placing on the free
list regalia and gems for use by socie-
ties was agreed to with slight modifica-
tions.
Sheep dip was restored to and sodium
struck fro mthe free list.
Crude sulphur and birthstone in bulk
was taken from the free list and made
dutiable in bulk at so cents ton.
The paragraph relating to the person
al effects of persons arriving In the
United States was modified. so that the
effects taken abroad may be brought
back without limit, while effects ac-
Quired abroad and admissible free are
TO be limited to $780,
A new paragraph was inserted in the
free list covering works of art, the pro-
duction Of American artists temporar-
lily living abroad, and other works OF
art imported for presentation purposes.
The iron paragraph was further
changed, making the refenence to man
ganese ore as follows:
manganese ore containing less than
40 metallic units in dry state, 81 per ton. u
Teller moved an amendment including
in the free list trough lumber manufac-
tured out of white pine"
The senator criticized the course of
the committee in placing white pine on
the dutiable list, thus encouraging the
destruction of pine when it was known
the supply would not last eight years
Teller said he was for protection, but
he would not carry it to extremes, COM
pelling every man building a home oil
using stick of pine to pay tribute to the
few owners of pine. This was not Re-
publican doctrine, which was opposed
to the advance of prices on necessaries
of life. Teller declared that the duty
ON pine was one of the many absolutely
indefensible features of the bill.
Senators Gray and Mantle supported
Tellers motion. Spooner opposed it or
the ground that the duty was fail
measure of protection to an extensive
industry of three border states. Thi:
was not proposition to place all kinds
of lumber, those of Maine and the south
and west on the free list, but merely te
discriminate against the white pine o.
three states.
The vote proved very close, the amend.
ment being defeated, yeas 80, nays 33
1t caused a surprising break in party
lines on both sides of the chamber
Four Republicans, Baker, Carter, Hans.
brough and Quay, and Messrs. Mantle
Stewart, Teller and Kyle voted with the
Democrats in the Affirmative.
Three Democrats, Bacon, McEnery
and Martin, and Heitfeld, Populist
voted with the Republicans in the mega.
tive. Mantle moved to reduce the
duty on white pine from 81 to 81 per 100a
feet. He read from the statement of 6
lumberman that 81 rate would be pro.
hibitory, and he appealed to Democratic
senators to vote unitedly, and thus over.
come this high rate.
The amendment was carried by the
close vote of 80 to 81, after another
break in party lines on both sides of the
chamber. On this vote Quay returned
to his party associates and Hansbrougf
did not vote. Two Republicans, Baker
and Carter, and Allen, Heitfeld, Kyle
Mantle, Stewart and Teller voted will
the Democrats in the affirmative. Three
Democrats, Bacon, McEnery and Mar
tin, voted with the Republicans agains
the amendment.
At 5:35 the bill was laid aside and aftel
an executive session the senate ad
journed.
NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Presi
dent today sent the following nomina.
tions to the Senate: Treasury-Georgy
BidweI to be Collector of Customs of the
district of New York; Wilbur F. Wake.
man to be Appraiser of Merchandise II
the district of New York.
Justice-Emory P. Close to be United
States Attorney for the northern dis
trict of Virginia.
State-John f. MONEY! of Washington
to be Consul-Generatat at Yokohama Geo
N. West of the District of Columbia te
-be Consul at Sydney, Nova Scotia
Consuls-Ossian Bedwell of New York
at Fort Erie, Ontario; John c. Higgins
Of Delaware, at Dundee, Scotland.
Interior-Lee Patrick of Oklahoma
agent for the Indians at the Sac and Fox
agency, Oklahoma.
The senate today confirmed the fol
lowing nominations: J. F. Convey o.
washington to be consul general a
Yokohama; George N. West of the Dis
trict of Columbia, consul to Sydney n
nie,+, ;of re Ca1