The record-union., 1897-06-08

industry in their respective States had
been amply protected. Uaughter)
Morally, there is a great deal of human
nature in the Democrats"
The merriment was so great that the
chair was called to suppress it.
Bacon sought to turn the argument,
upon Hoar by asking his position as to
duty on hides, but the Massachusetts
Senator, after expressing his ideas on
this subject, narrowly avoided commit
ting himself by asserting that in such a
bill as the present he would yield his
| individual convictions if he could not
pursuade his colleagues that he was
right.
Jones of Arkansas characterized as
| absurd the claim that this country was
| being flooded by foreign manufacturers
| of lumber, in face of the fact that but
| $7,500,000 worth of lumber was i'm
| ported last year, against $40, 00O 900
consumed. He spoke of the innocent"
lumber barons of the Northwest, who
wanted the people of the country to
pay for the alleged stumpage paid by
| them, the great risks they ran on ac-
count of fires, etc, as set forth in the
| principle to the WAYS and Means Com
| mittee.
| Spooner of Wisconsin protested
against the arraignment of lumbermen
as a whole because of the INSCRIPTIONS
methods of a few, and paid a high tri-
butte to the integrity and public spirit of
| the better class. Spooner called atten-
ton to the remarkable nature of Vests
amendment, which proposed to exclude
/ IL =
on timber Why should the lumber in
terests of Minnesota. Wisconsin 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 Allen s
amendment to put all lumber on the
free list. All he wanted, he said, was a
test vote on free lumber.
| Spooner expressed his willingness to
agree to this, whereupon Vest decided
to withdraw his amendment
Mr.. Gray of Delaware spoke in OPP
position to a tax ON lumber. If pri-
waite ownership of land, he said is to
be defended it cannot be defended with
the idea that the ownerships have the
! right to tax the great body of the
| people before they can enjoy the
bounties the land possesses. Upon the
statement by Mr.. Hale that Mr.. Gray 5
remarks resembled those of a free
| trader, the latter said he had no OBJ
| lection to the word free or free
DOM
why do you draw the line at the
free coinage of silver?" asked Mr.. Till
man, whereupon the Senate and CALLER
les reared.
The protection Senator from South
Carolina takes up the sword of the
Senator from Nevada, Mr. Stewart,
during his absence" replied Mr.. Gray.
Free silver like the flowers that bloom
in the spring, have nothing to do with
the case
Mr. Rawlins Cd of Utah spoke of the
unfortunate fact that the Democrats
who were now standing shoulder to
shoulder in their opposition to this tar
if bin should have been divided in the
last campaign. If some more of them
had stood with US then we would not
now be fighting this BILL
''If the Senator and others like him. -
interrupted Mr.. Gray, had paid more
attention to free trade and a little less
to free silver that would be true"
Mr.. Vests amendment to except
white pine lumber from the 81 rate was
lost-20 to So. The negative vote in
| cluded eight Democrats, viz: Bacon
| and Clay of Georgia, McEnery of Lou
isgiana, McLaurin and Tillman of South
Carolina, Martin of West Virginia,
Rawlins of Utah, and White of Califor-
! mia. Heitfeld (Pop.) of Idaho, who has
been voting with the Democrats, voted
no. Mr.. Carter (R) of Montana voted
yes, and Quay (R) of Pennsylvania
was paired for the amendment. Allen
of Nebraska, Harris of Kansas and
Kyle of South Dakota Populists) voted
yes, as did Cannon of Utah and Mantle
of Montana (Silver Republicans.
Mr. Allison offered a new paragraph,
which was agreed to, placing a duty
on boxes for fruit at 80 per cent. ad
valorem. When such boxes are ex-
ported they may be reimported at one
half their rate.
The House rate on manufactures of
restored.
The lumber paragraph as a whole
was then agreed to; ALSO the para
SIdpllS Oh cIdpDUdIuS, shingles ana
chair cane, heretofore passed over.
Mr.. Allen then moved to substitute
the provisions of the Wilson bill for
the entire lumber schedule. Rejected
81 to 81.
This disposed Of the wool schedule,
and again brought the Senate up to
the sugar schedule.
Mr.. White asked Mr. Allison as to the
plans of the committee on going on
with that schedule.
Mr. Allison responded that it was
possible that some amendments might
be made to this sugar schedule so that
he thought ii would be expedient to go
on with it tomorrow. 1t was the pur-
pose of the COMMITTEES however, to
have that schedule considered as early
as possible. If changes We're made
they would be proposed in open Senate,
and after that sufficient time would be
given to consider them.
Mr.. Allison said the committee was
ready to proceed tomorrow on any
schedule the other side might desire
to take up.
At this point Mr. Jones of Arkansas
said the minority desired to know posi-
lively whether the sugar schedule
would or would not be taken up to-
morrow.
THE Senator should remember" an
swered Mr.. Allison, that the sugar
schedule is in order now, and suffi-
Gent unto the day is the evil-or the
good thereof
II submit that the minority has a
right to know what will be done" per-
sisted Mr. Jones.
Then 1 give notice." concluded Mr..