The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-08


directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to send annual reports to Congress as
to the extent TO which the trusts and
combinations produce or control arti-
Giles receiving the benefits of the tariff.
Lost-25 to 81.
Mr.. Gray offered an amendment re-
citing that no duty shall exceed % per
cent. ad valorem on any article except
spirits, wines and other beverages.
Lost-no vote.
Mr.. Allen offered an amendment re-
lating to the re-entry and rebond of dis
titled spirits. Lost.
The monotony of amendments and
rol-calls was frightened by Teller, who
took the floor to state his attitude on
the BILL He intended he said, to adj
dress the Senate at some length against
the bill, but had concluded that it was
best to allow the measure to go into
conference and discuss it during the
conference. He renewed his loyalty to
the doctrine of protection, and declared
that had the bill been shaped on pro-
tective or Republican lines he would
have voted for it, although he did not
believe it could bring prosperity. But
a careful consideration of the measure
convinced him that the bill should not
pass.
In my judgment, it is the worst tar
iff bill ever passed. exclaimed Mr..
Teller. The rates are exceedingly
high 1t takes care of all the trusts
in the country and 1 say it without Of
Tense, the trusts and combinations and
syndicates have had too much to do
with this bill"
Mr. Teller said Republican Senators
could not escape from responsibility by
saying they lacked a Republican major
ity in the Senate. There were fifty
men on the floor believing in protection.
and at least forty-eight votes could
have been secured at any time for a
decent bill. But this was a bad bill, he
said. 1t was a caucus bill framed with
out consideration of those Senators who,
like himself, were not within the Re
publican caucus. The Republican lead
ers, by consulting those Senator could
have pasesd any decent, respectable
bill He and his associates have been
told to enter Republican caucuses, but
they declined to yield their judgment by
such course.
when l walked out of the ST. Louis
conv ention,'' proceeded Mr.. Teller, re-
calling a dramatic event, Il intended to
walk out of the Republican party, but
I stated that I was a protectionist still.
Notwithstanding this, the Senator said,
his associates We're treated as though
they We're active opponents of the pro-
tective policy.
Mr. Cannon of Utah said he had al
ways said the best interests of this
country demanded the maintenance oil
the protective system, and he had never.
as a member Of the Senate, voted
against bill bearing the name OF pro-
lection. but under the circumstances
and in view of the character of the bill,
he should deem himself recreant to his
duty if he voted for the pending meas
ure.
Mr.. Allen Of Nebraska announced that
the Populistic party did not believe the
tariff was the issue and did not desire
part or parcel in it's determination. He
therefore should not vote at all.
Mantle (Silver Republican, of Mon
tana. after reviewing the causes which
had led him to break with the Repub-
lican party at st. Louis, declared that he
had never abandoned his belief in the
doctrine of protection, and would vote
for the bill.
Stewart secured a yea and nay vote
on an amendment changing the rate on
cyanide of potassium to 1212 per cent.
ad yalorem, and to the surprise of the
Senators the amendment prevailed-34
to 81
The final vote was then taken and the
following pairs announced. The first
named would have voted for the bill and
the last named against it: Aldrich and
Murphy, Chandler and McLaurin, Frye
and German, Gear and Smith, Hans
hrough and Daniel, Hoar and Harris of
Tennessee, Thurston and McMillin,
Wolcott and George.
The vote in detail follows:
Yeas-Allison, Baker. Burrows, Car
ter Clark, Cullom, Davis, Deboe. Elkins,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Gallinger, Hale,
Hanna, Hawley, Jones Of Nevada,
Lodge, Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan,
Mantle, Mason, Morrill,. Nelson, Pen
rose, Perkins, Platt of Connecticut, Platt
of New York, Pritchard, Proctor, Quay,
Sewan, Shoup, Spooner, Warren, We'll
lington, Wetmore and Wilson-3S.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery,
Cannon, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Faux
ner Gray. Harris of Kansas, Jones of
Arkansas, Kenney, Lindsay, Mallory,
Martin Mills, Mitchell Morgan, Pasco,
Tettus, Rawlins, Roach, Turner, Turpie,
Vest, Walthall and Whites
An analysis of the final vote shows
that the affirmative was cast by thirty
five Republicans, two Silver Republic
ans, Jones of Nevada and Mantle, and one
democrat, McEnery. Total 80. The
negative vote was cast by twenty-five
Democrats, two Populists, Harris of
Kansas and Turner, and one Silver Re-
publican Cannon. Total, % Eight
Republicans We're paired for the bill and
eight Democrats against it. The SEN
ators present and not voting We're: Pop
ulists. five viz: Allen, Butler, Heit-
field Kyle and Stewart: Silver Repub-
lcans, two, viz: Teller and Pettigrew.
Following the passage of the bill a
resolution was agreed TO asking the
House for a conference, and Senators
Allison Aldrich. Plat of Connecticut,
Burrows. Jones of Nevada. Vest, Jones
Of Arkansas and White We're named as
conferrees on the part of the Senate.
The tariff debate began May 18th, on
which day, Aldrich on behalf of the
Finance Committee. made the opening
statement on the bill The actual con-
sideration of the bill began the next day,
May Goth, when schedule A. relating to
chemicals, was taken up. The debate
has been continuous since then, taking
six weeks and one day. 1t has been no
table in some respects, although it has
lacked many of the dramatic and ora