Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
 THE VOTE NOT YET IN SIGHT When the Final Debate Is Begun
 It Will Be INST hCTIVE TO ALL
 V Effort / .S1ld Night Sessions Falls Through / oSn Comes Forward with Another z Item to Block Legislation.
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C S@ uNei uhell MoHday and all effort
 to fix ihe time for lhe final vote in the
 s-nate has proved futile When the sem
 ate met today there was some hope that
 ihe final vote would be reached tonight, i but this was speedily dispelled by the | s.orm oecasioned when Mir Allison re- 1 port-d a new amendment from the | finance committee, giving a bouaty of 1 one-quarter cent a pound on beet sugar
 made from bee'ts grown in the United | States. MT. Jones, of Arkansas, speaking 1 for the minority, soon took occasion to- l say Jlha. no vote could be reached on the 1 bill in the near future, in view of this l bounty amendment. He intimated also | that the debate would be very protracted l from this time forward. MT Teller, of l Colorado, suppl mented this view, saying 1 thal. the appearance of such an amend | ment a | the last moment looked as 1 though the republicans were trying to | delay the passage of their own bill. As | 1t had become apparent that ith- bounty l provision had caused serious delay, MT. | ThuTSton, of Nebraska, one of he prime 1 movers, arose and in impressive tones | withdrew the amendment saying his ac- | tion was fnspir, u by patriotic motives and 1 for the purpose of removing all obstacles | to the passage of the bill His colleague ] MT Allen, renewed the bounty proposi- | ton, So that .he complica tion was the | same as before.
 Later in the dny Mir. Allison sought to i have time fixed for the vote, but the | bounty amendment stood in the way and | all appeals to MT. Jones were in vain. | MT. Allison finally gave notice tha. he would expect to pass The bill Monday or Tu sday. During the day the bill was brought to a state of practical comple- tion, the only remaining items being the new proposals submitted by the commi.- tee and individuals.
 Besides the bounty amendment, MT. Allison proposed later in the day an amendment for stamping bonds, deben- | lures, shares of stock, etc., which went | over until Monday. Among the features l disposed of today were he antitrust | sections, the provisions of the Wilson act l on that subject being re-enacted. | MT Mills. of Texas, brought forward a l new amendment for tax of 20 cents a | pack on playing cards, which was agreed 1 to by unanimous vote amid much amuse- | ment and surprise, as MT. Mills had not
 expected this result Of the administra- 1 tive sections of the bill and that repeal l ing the Wilson act were disposed of dur ] ing the day and the paragraph proposing
 tax on beer was withdrawn by the committee.
 The senate adjourned to Monday, no ef- | fort being made to observe the national | holiday
 l Soon after the senate met, resolution | was agreed to calling on the secretary l of the interior fer the names and political | affiliation of pension examiners in the 1 field recently dismissed. Mr. Gallinger, l of New Hampshire, secured an amend l ment extending the inquiry to those dis | missed from March 4, 1S93 to July l. 1893. l The tariff bill was then taken up and l Mr Allison presented three new amend- | ments, not for immediate action, he said, l but in order that they might be speedily l printed. The first amendment provided | a bounty of one-quarter of a cent per 1 pound on beet sugar made from beets l grown in the United States from July, | 1898, to July, 1903. The amendment 1 then went over. MT. Allison also pro | posed two amendments embodying sec
 tions ' and II of the administrative para 1 graphs of the law of 1890. He also gave 1 notice that the amendment heretofore l offered by MT Spooner, of Wisconsin, | providing for comprehe nsive tariff inc | quiry, by three members of the board l of appraisers would be inserted on page l 213.
 Another committee amendment pro l vides for the withdrawal of goods in | bond by American vessels engaged in the foreign trade, or trade between Att | lantic and Pacific ports also for the re-
 enactment of section 73 to IT. inclusive,
 of the tariff act of 1894. Section of the l bill relating to the duty on articles not | elsewhere enumerated, was agreed to as l in the house bill. A substitute was in- l sertsd for section 5, which MT. Allison ex- 1 plained, was substantially the same as 1 in the act of 1894
 l
 relating to the internal revenue tax on | tobacco and snuff, was struck out and l section 7, re,ating to the tax on cigars l and cigarettes Was agreed to as reported.
 1 The sections relating to protecting trade
 l marks also were agreed to. Section 8, as l to ship repairing materials, was struck l out The committee sections proposing
 taxes on bear, ale. porter, etc, were
 struck out.
 l Provision 15. also, was restored, provid- I ing that no goods shall be imported un- 1 less in cases provided for by the treaty l except in vessels of the United States or 1 such In foreign vessels as belong to citi- 1 zens of the country producing such l goods. The house section was restored l providing a discriminating duty of 10 1 per cent. ad valorem, in addition to the l duties of the act on goods imported in 1 vessels not of the United States. | The following section, making the re- 1 etrfctions of section IT apply only to coun- | tries manta ming similar restrictions | against American vessels. was restored. Section 26 (renumbsred 1D, repeating | those portions of the law of 1897 in con- | stinet with the bill was agreed to, with | provlso offered by Mir Allison continuing | in force, sectiors 73 to 76 inclusive of the law of 1894. known as the antitrust sec tions
 The house clause, section 27, was struck out
 This brought the senate to the end of the bill ard its first reading throughout had been actually accomplished. This brought on the unexpected com plication referred to- MT. Jones anrounc- ing that in view of the new amendme nts the senate would be in session a good lorg time" on insisting that on account of the heat the early meetings be d's- continued. After long discussion MT. Thurston withdrew his bounty ans nd- | ment and MT. Allen renewed it. An effort for night session was unsiic- cessful, and Mir. Allison said: 'I give notice that will endeavor to secure a | final vote Monday or Tuesday," The bill l was then laid aside and at 4:35 D. m. the senate vert into executive session and | then adjourned until Monday.