The herald., 1897-06-08

passdge, We would discover every INDUS
trS In the respective states had been
amply Protected daughter.) Morally,
there Is a great deal of human nature In
the Democrats
The merrimemt was 60 great that the
chair was called upon to suppress 1t.
Bacon, sought to turn the argument,
when Hoar Improved the opportunity by
asking his position as to duty on hides,
but the Massachusetts senator, after
expressing his ideas on this subject, mar
rowly avoided committing himself by
asserting that in such bin as the pres
ent he would yield his individual com
victions IL he could not persuade his col
leagues that he was right.
Jones of Arkansas characterized as
absurd the claim that this country was
being flooded by foreign manufactures
of lumber in the face of the fact that but
81, 500 900 worth of lumber was imported
last year, against $540000, 900 consumed.
He spoke of the innocent" lumber ba-
rons of the northwest. who wanted
the people of the country to pay for the
alleged stunlpage paid by them. the
great risks they ran on, account of fires,
etc. as set forth in the petition to the
ways and means committee.
Spooner of Wisconsin protested against
the arraignment Of lumbermen as a
whole. because of the unscrupulous
methods Of few, and paid high tribute
to the integrity and high public spirit of
the better class. Mr.. Spooner called at
tention to the remarkable nature CT
Vests amendment, which proposed to
exclude white pine from the general
duty of 81 on timber. Why should the
lumber interests of Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Michigan be dealt this blow?
Vest disclaimed any intention of dis
eliminating, and said he would be will
ing to withdraw his amendment and
take the yeas and nays on Aliens
amendment to put all lumber on the
free list. All he wanted, he saids was
test vote on free lumber. Spooner ex-
pressed his willingness to agree to this,
whereupon Vest declined to withdraw
his amendment.
To put white pine on the free list,
Spooner said, would give an undue ad-
vantage to Canada, and would amount
to the conversion of property of men who
had invested their money on this side of
the border
From the standpoint of the senator
from Missouri, he said, he could see some
logic in the motion to put all lumber on
the free list but none in the proposition
to single out white pine and leave the
timber of New England, the south and
west protected from Canadian conpeti-
ton by duty of So.
Gray of Delaware spoke in opposition
TO a tax on lumber. If private owner
ship of land he said, is to be defended,
ii cannot be defended with the idea that
the owners have the right to tax the
great body of the people before they
can enjoy the bounties the land possess
es. Upon the statement by Hale that
Gray's remarks resembled those of a
free trader, the latter said he had no
objection to the word free" or free
DOM"
why do you draw the line at the
free coinage of silver?" asked Tillman.
whereupon the senate and galleries
raored.
1.-The protection senator from South
Carolina takes up the sword of the
senator from Nevada (Stewart) during
his absence remarked Gray. Free
silver, like the flowers that bloom in the
spring, has nothing to do with the case. ="
Rawlins of Utah, Democrat, spoke of
the unfortunate fact that the Democrats
who were now standing shoulder to
shoulder in opposition to this tariff bill
should have been divided in the last
campaign.
"If some of them'' he said, had stood
with us then, we would not now have
been fighting this bill"
"If the senator and others like him."
Interrupted Gray, had paid more atten-
ton to free trade and less to free silver,
that would be true"
Vests amendment to except white
pine lumber from the 81 rate was lost.
20 to 3S. The negative vote included
eight Democrats, viz. Bacon and Clay
Of Georgia, McEnery of Louisiana, Nc
Laurin and Tillman of South Carolina,
Martin of Virginia, Rawlins of Utah,
and White of California. Heitfeld, Pop
ulist, of Idaho, who has been voting
with the Democrats, voted no. Carter
of Montana. Republican, voted yes, and
Quay of Pennsylvania, Republican was
paired for the amendment. Allen of
Nebraska, Harris of Kansas and Kyle
Of South Dakota, Populistls, voted yes,
as did Cannon of Utah and Mantle of
Montana, Silver Republicans.
Allison offered a new paragraph
which was agreed to, placing duty on
boxes fof fruit at so per cent ad'valorem.
and when such boxes are exported they
may be reimported at one-half the rate.
The house rate on manufactures of
osier or willow of so per cent was re-
stored.
The lumber para graph, as a whole,
was then agreed to- also the paragraph
on clapboards, shingles and chair cane,
heretofore passed over.
Allen then moved to substitute the
provisions of the Wilson bill for the en-
tire lumber schedule. Rejected, 81 to
81. This disposed of the wood schedule
and brought the senate up to the sugar
schedule. White asked Allison as to the
plans of the committee on going on with
that schedule.
Allison responded that it was possible
that some amendments might be made
to the sugar schedule, so that he thought
It would be inexpedient to go on with /.
tomorrow. 1t was the purpose of the
committee, however. to have that sched-
ule considered as early as possible If
any changes We're to be made they
would be proposed in open senate, ana
after that sufficient time would be given
gentlemen on the other side to consider
them. If sugar went over tomorrow
then the tobacco schedule would be close.
and if that went over, then the agri-
cultural schedule would be taken up