The sun., 1897-06-19
ALL TALK IN THE SENATE.
vor A PAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL
DISPOSED OF rEsTERDAT.

. ,...,. which developed tho AntaHonistio
v,.v. or Democratic senntors-Tiiinian De-
c,,res that ir High Protection IL to Pre-
,,u ,ue south should Get Its share.
v,suSaroN, Juno ls-Tho debate In tho SEN
At. to.day on tho Tariff bill was not, as has gem
rally been tho case confined to attacks on 1t by
earators Jones OF Arkansas and Vest OF Mis-.
,ouri and to brief responses by Senator Allison
,IIowa, Several other Senators on both sides
~ the Chamber took part in 1t to-day, and tho
so,ult was that not a page OF tho bill was dis
,o,ed Of Tho schedule under consideration was
hat referring to fax. hemp, jute, and their
,,,nufoctures Ono OF the first matters to attract
.usntion was tho appearance OF Senator Petit
u,.U NJ south Dakota, who has been hitherto vot-
Inc with tho Democrats and who now assumed
ono role OF an advocate OF high protection. Gu
d,.yorlng TO have the duties on fax made twice
,.bieh as those proposed IN the bill. Another
mint o, in crest was tho development OF antago
r,,tic views between leading Senators on the
Democratic side.
Mi. Bacon of Georgia, on whose motion some
a.ys ago raw cotton was put on tho dutiable
,,t at 90 per cent. ad valorem, manifested some
disappointment at that apparent gain to South
srn planters being rendered nugatory through
the adoption Of paragraph putting q compen-
,story duty on the manufactures into which
noting than curtailine its importation. While
deteniing his own course and making 1t square
With Democratic principles. he got into rather
scriminous discussion with Senators Jones and
vest which the latter Senator referred to a.
washing OF Democratic dirty linen for tho do
llrht OF their Republican opponents. Senator
Tiluan OF South Carolina expressed himself as
rather pleased at the operation. and only
dspleased because he could not get the Senate
10 take part In the washing. This had reference
20 his resolution for the Investigation Of charges
n IN connection with the sugar schedule. Sena-
tar, Hawley, Burrows. and Chandler got into
tho discussion on the Republican side, and the
d,y's session was closed with long speech by
sonator Morgan of Alabama in support Of q
proposition of his own to transfer nearly all the
articles from the free list to the dutiable list at
the rate OF 10 per cent. The articles which he
would still leave on the free list, some three
dozen in number. are those which are neces-
saries Of life. The others are such as enter into
manufactures. and he would have those made
dutisble as sort OF compensatory tax. Event
u,lly he withdrew the amendment, with the in
tenton OF offering 1t in another part Of the bill.
II was twenty minutes past IL when the
consideration Of the Tariff bill was resumed,
beginning with schedule FLAX, hemp. jute,
and their manufactures
Mr. Vest Dem.. MOI moved to strike out the
hrst Of the paragraphs. =" fax straw. IS per
tcn," that article being now on the free list.
he pointed out the fact that in 1898, when fax
straw was subject to IS q ton the importation
was only 153 tons, producing revenue of
g765, and that the importation in 1896. when
Es. free was only SO tons SO thst the duty
The motion to strike out the paragraph was
defeated. ls to %. and the paragraph was
In the next paragraph fax. not hackled. -
the House rate OF one cent per pound was re-
stored stored The committee amendment Of three three,
also withdrew the committee amendment OF 2ia
cents pound on "haeklsd fax" leaving The
moved to make the rate lia cents.
IL ihs ss Mr. Vest cast
bill is passed" That had been announced not
only oficiaily, but ecciesiastically. the worthy
few minutes ago that prosperity was already be-
fore the country. Great was his faith. Mr.;
ssSaie So sSnd remove d
Pottigrew tsl, s. Dak.l who argued in favor Of
Bacon Dem. Gal. who defended his amendment
phcing duty on raw cotton. but complained OF
ID manufactures, into which Egyptian cotton
eters. and By Mr.. Tillman Dem, 8. c., and
NJ. ,Tflman. in a violent speech. charged IN
plain language that President Cleveland Bought
with patronage enough Democratic Representa-
blu in the Senate" As Tillman shrieked ou
TIL, charge with uplifted hands there was
ber, but all Senators remained silent IL
their seats. Mr.. Tillman denounced thu
SIIe the iniamy was being perpetratee
b. intended to yet what little benefit he eopl,
ha
D naprotection measure. and insisted that DO
nI cause H Of u the Democratic party was "kickee
ne next campaign he would attempt TO onvinc'
the people that the Democratic and Republican
partiss had both betrayed them on the tariff
NJ Berry Dem. Ark denied for the people
4 q the South. who had for so many years helc
sRart Of - the grab or steal or robbery" in thu
ai!; ne believed that they did not wish to hav'
Nr, Jones's amendment to make the duty OF
!, ,aaekled hax 1l2 cents per pound. instead o
ssto;. WR; kys thsI elected Yens p!
The paragraph was then agreed to.
NJ Allison withdrew the committee amend
and n n9 m9ves % per TN
Paragraph s24 was made to read: Hemp an,
to read sinse Is yarns 1P made % Of iate no
e, cent ad valorem; finer than dvo lea 81
Psragraph 328 was made to read: Gables ant
%,uage uoN composed OF sisal grass. &C., cent pc
oens" W
MT Morgan Dem.. Ala.) offered an amend
mtnt placing duty Of 10 per cent on all tn
stucles 1S which the bill places on the free list
SS'a some three dozen exceptions, embracing
u sLa, me necessaries OF life. Tho reasoi
~ Shaicn IN the course of long speech he gave 70
ae proposition was that advantages wer
sTH.,,. ssn manufacturers by this FREQ list, IL
cadiu9n to their advantages from dutie
% "a, their products, of having all thei
Nv ,Ss. materials free Of duty. He would, there
Urs' nave duty OF 10 per cent placed on then
sot OF compensatory duty.
,k' ,ka' the conclusion OF his speech he wlthdre,
We Wsn, amendment temporarily, and the Senat