The sun., 1897-06-18
TWO SCHEDULES FINISHED.
RAPID PROGRESS ON THE TARIFF
DILL IN THE RENATE

ur It ls Kept Up tho Bin VIII Ne In Conference
In . wook-Tns spir,ts aud wluca and the
CettoB Schedules Completed YestordaJ-
Senator Teller votos with the Republicans.
WARRINGTON, June 17.-H the Same rate Of
progress made by tho Senate in the last two
days 10 Kept up for another weok the Tarin bill
will at the end Of that time be In the hands OF n
conference committee. In those two days no
less than thirty -four paRes Of tho bill, oompris-
ing eighty-four separate paragraphs, were dis
posed Of And now the Senate has Eono
over about one.hnlt OF 1t and reached
schedule ], which has to do with the duties
on fax, hemp. jute, and their manufactures.
Two full schedules were gono through to-day
schedule H. spirits and wines and schedule I,
cotton manufactures. The usual attacks were
made on almost every paragraph by Senators
Jones OF Arkansns and Vest OF Missouri but in
not single instance was there sign Of waver-
ing on the Republican side; and all the yea and
nay votes taken, down TO the last one, showed o
Republican majority Of from seven to ten. On
tho last vote, however, tho majority was cut
down to four. Senators Teller Of Colorado and
McEnery Of Louisiana, who had been support
ing tho majority all the day, veered around and
voted with the Democrats.
In tho course Of the day Mr.. Vest delivered
one of his embittered deolamations in opposi-
tion to paragraph imposing duty on natural
mineral water. He spoke OF the necessity Of
those waters to many poor patients, and imag-
ined their being told to drink our waters or
die." and that 1t was better for them TO die than
for the great protective system to be sacrificed.
Mr.. Tillman OF South Carolina participated In
70 n sSs S as
Mr.. Allison managed the discussion on the Re
1t was IL .O5 when schedule II (brnndy and
distilled spirits was taken up. The duty on on
sna or H.s at sg' o
Instead of 81. so as In the House bill The clause
s MhsR Phe
Committee had recommended to be struck out
was retained, Mr.. Allison having Withdrawn the The
The committee substitute for paragraph 1885,
still still vines. including ginger Wine and Vermoath
when in casks. and containing "a per cent. or
whom containing more than "A per cent alcohol
| so cents, and when bottled 81. go per case of a
s SSs Of IS cents
| dozen bottles of not more than three.fourths Of
pint on ginger ale, soda water. and other simi.
Rejected, 23 to SO. Mr.. Teller voted in the neg
Paragraph 500. putting duties on mineral
waters, natural and artificial having been
reached Mr.. Vest moved to strike It out, 30 as
to leave mineral waters on the free list, where
| they now are The motion was rejected and
IA cents; from 40 cents dozen quart bottles to "a
cents. and In larger vessels from 80 cents q gal
! Ion to 20 cents; and 1t requires the designa-
tion Of tho contents to be blown into tho bottles
after Feb next
''SiioJJ Mr. Jones Ark1 and NJ. Mills tfer. argued
ns TO- ar ed To he eric
| manufacturers. who could then defy all compe-
MI Ves % In the tbo oo bill
orally as being framed on sectional lines and
Sacrhcng the In Interests @ est S Of the South to tho
The paragraph as amended by tho Finance
| Committee WAS agreed to.
The succeeding paragraphs, 303 to 30s. were
agreed to. Two new paragraphs reported by the
| Finance COMMITTEES, one defining cotton cloth
aae 90 d M
| striped sleeve Innings, were also agreed to.
s 2o on Sc 5Sa Ssr
the rates on piushes l3i2,. Both motions were
from 3l3 to 3l9were agreed to. Paragraph 3l7
srs s' and % braces 40 per- cent instead OF IS per
cent and by making the duty on cotton labels
90 ssn5s o pound and and 80 per cent ad vaore
new paragraph was added. on motion of Mr..
the duty on Snd
number ten. 10 per cent, ad valorem. In addition
graphs. Sir. Vest referred to this new para
graph a compensatory tax. and he asked Mr.
Allison whether he would have offered that
amendment II a tax had not been put raw
! cotton. Mr. Allison replied that he certainly
would not. Mr.. Gray asked Mr.. Vest whether
he had ever discovered where ything COM
| pensatory to the consumer came in.
" Oh" Mr. Vest replied, that 10 in tho clouds
| or somewhere else The consumer is merely
compensated in general philanthropio ,declara-
tions as to how much our friends on the other
| side think of him."
Mr. Jones (Ark) denounced tho proposed COM
pensatory paragraph an abomnable fraud
that ought to excite the indignation Of every
Senator.
The paragraph. however, was agreed to-3o to
| 90 On this vote Senators McEnery and Teller
| who had bocn voting to-day with the Repub-
licans, voted with the Democrats.
This closed the cotton schedule and brought
| matters down to schedule J-fiax, hemp, jute,