Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-06

When the Senate Will Vote on tn.
Tariff Bill.

When the Senate VIII Vote ON the
Tariff Bill.
Senator Allison in charge of the tariff
bill, announced shortly before the adj
journment of the Senate last night that as
no agreement had been reached for final
vote on the tariff bill he would ask the
Senate to remain in session tonight at
least until the bill was reported from COM
mittee of the whole TO the Senate. This
promises a test of endurance unless the
opposition to the bill give way. Mr.. AL
| lisons statement was made after another
futile effort to have time fixed for the
vote.
In some respects the Senate made good
progress yesterday, disposing of two i'm
portant amendments, one placing stamp
tax being agreed to with little or no OPP
position, without the fornality of a
vote, while the SDooner amendment pro-
posing a tariff investigation was with
drawn after a protracted struggle. The
stamp amendment, as agreed to, fixes the
following rate on bonds, etc:
Bonds, debentCres, or certificates of in
debtednes.; issued after September Is, 1897,
by any association. company, or corpor-
alton, on each hundred dollars of face
value or fraction thereof. five cents; and
on each original issue, whether an organ
ization or reorganization, of certificates
OF stock by any such association COM
pany, or corporation, on each hundred
dollars of face value or fraction thereof.
| i've cents, and on all transfers of shares
| or certificates of stock in any association,
company. or corporation, on each hundred
| dollars of face value or fraction thereof,
two cents"
Exemptions from the stamp tax are
made in the cases of state. county and
municipal bonds, and the stocks and
bonds of cooperative building associa-
tions.
Late in the day several new amendments,
raj tod N
| One by Mr.. Mantle, Montana, reducing the
| Internal revenue tax on distilled spirits to
| 20 cents per gallon, was defeated, 23-41.
An amendment by Mr.. Mills. Texas, pro-
| posing q tax of per cent on manufac-
| tured products, the proceeds to go toward
| reducing the bonded debt. was rejected,
| 1"-Ss. Also an amendment by Mr.. Mills,
granting 20 Ger cent reduction in duties
| to those countries admitting gold and sill
yer to their mints at the rate of 10 to 1;
yeas, 26; nays, 81.
On this vote one republican, Mr. Car
| ter, voted with the democrats. populists
| tive, and two democrats. Caffrey and
Gray, voted with the republicans in the
ne gative.
Confirmed by the Senate.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations.
George b. Bidweil, to be collector of Gus
toms at New York; Wilbur F. Wakeman
| 10 be appraiser of merchandise district OF
New York; ]. c. Higgins of Delaware. to
| be consul at Dundee. Scotland Ossian
| Bedell of New York to be consul at Fort
Erie. Ontario; r. whitman of California
TO be consul at Hong Kong, China; Emery
F. Close of New York, to be United States
attorney, northern district of New York
Z. 5. Russell of Missouri to be receiver of
public moneys at Ironton, Mo-: l.. Patrick
to be agent for the Indians at the Sac and
Fox agency in Oklahoma: W. T.. Cul,in of
Buffalo, Mimi. to be register of land office
at Duluth, MINI.
Postmasters: New York-W j. Cornell
az thautauqua- Massachusetts-H. w.
Souther, a; Cohasset. Pennsylvania-A I
Clancy at Bellevue. Indana-S. Ande rson
at Jasper; A. A. Laird, at Frankfort: l.. c.
Knight, at Montpelier. Michigan-R J.
Bawden, 1r.. at Bessemer. Illinois-i. c.
Gilbert, at Oakland, North Dakota-G O.
frank, at Minot. Indian Terrltory-B. L.
Robertson, at Purcell.