The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-11


Street Rules the Roost.
Washington, June 1O.-The long-de-
ferred debate on the sugar schedule of
the tariff bill came on abruptly at 1
o'clock today after the senate had dis
posed of the cereals in the agricultural
schedule.
MI Jones (Ark.) opened the debate,
to some extent answering Mr..
Aldrich's statement on the sugar
schedule.
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the sugar
trust and argued that the rates were
a further tribute to it's vSst resources.
Mr. Caffery of Louisiana also OPP
posed the schedule as whole.
No final action was taken on any
feature of the schedule further than
the withdrawal of the original senate
committee amendments.
This leaves the house provisions of
the bill with an amendment increasing
the house differential from S75-l0O0 to
95-100 cents per pound.
The provisions relating TO the
Hawaiian islands went over by mutual
consent.
Early in the day Mr.. Tillman Is. c.
made a lively speech in favor of the
amendment. giving an export duty on
agricultural products.
The bounty amendment was defeated
10 to So
THE PROCEEDING IN DETAIL.
Washington, June 10.-The senate be-
gan work at IL a. m. today and the
orif Ia a yan N q : a
routine business was out of the way
Mr. Tillman Is. CO took the floor on
the pending amendment of Mr.. Cannon
(Utah) providing an export duty on
agricultural products. He said he de-
sired the attention of his associates and
as the attendance was meager he noted
the absence of a quorum. The call dis
closed "a senators present. nine more
than quorum, and Mr.. Tillman pro-
ceeded.
A NEBULOUS CONDITION.
He said the tariff debate had dis
closed a nebulous condition in the
minds of senator's. The Republican
senators sat quietly. apparently con-
trolled by the caucus, refusing to dis
cuss the iniquities of the bill and unan-
imously voting for the exactions in be-
half of trusts and monopolies.
ON the other hand" proceeded Mr.
Tillman, "the Democrats are in a per-
riod of transition. They do not know
where they are at. The older and more
experienced proclaim their allegiance to
the old time honored doctrines. We
had an impassioned speech yesterday
(by Mr.. Mills) on behalf of the Walker
tariff principles. brought forward at
this late day as Democratic doctrine.
Secession, notification and other issues
which have passed out of the minds of
men might as well be brought here.
The tariff is merely question of poll
icy as to how the government will
raise it's revenue. l say without heSi-
tation it is to the best interest of the
American people that the articles con-
sumed by our people should be pro-
duced by our people. If that is Re
publican doctrine, we'll and good. If
that is not Democratic doctrine, it
ought TO be-"
Mr. Tillman went on to show that
diversified industries gave diversified
means of labor. AS to the farmers.
the need was not for more farmers,
but for a tariff which no longer would
rob the farmers we have. The farmer
stood, his skinny. bony hand out
stretched. asking this export bounty TO
overcome the robbery of the present |
system. and vet senators sat in stony
calm, expecting this idolic farmer with |
the mortgage gnawing on his home. |
not to know that they refuse to give
him relief.
PLOWMEN WILL SETTLE.
Mr.. Tillman vehemently pledged his |
word to his colleagues that they would |
not deceive the farmers and that the
s. 0e0, 900 followers of the piow will !
settle with you at the ballot box
Mr. Tillman's speech was in his |
usual vein, though not quite so sem
or explanatory and more ar /
He declared that the (.
south had been treated as an Ishmael- I
tie since the war. and with the farmers !
generally had been bled to benefit New /
England.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska briefly spoke /
in favor of an EXPORT bounty.
Mr.. Perkins of California announced !
his readiness to support the export /
bounty if modified so as TO confine the /
bounty to goods exported in vessels /
flying the flag of the United States and .
documented in customs houses of the /
United States. He proposed an amend /
ment TO this effect.
There was some opposition to this /
from Mr.. Tiliman and Mr.. Allen, but
Mr.. Cannon, the author of the original I
amendment. said he was disposed. as ,
a means of securing the support of |
Mr.. Perkins and others of the Repub- /
this new proposition if rs per cent of (
the bounty should go 10 the agricui- :
tural exporter. and % per cent to the 4
American vessel.
PERKINS DECLINES.
Mr. Perkins declined to accept this
suggestion. saying he was no. seeking
a subsidy for the vessel men, but
merely to limit the bounty to goods {
carried in American ships.
The Utah senator could. Mr.. Perkins
said, either accept or reject the amend
ment as whole. Mr.. Cannon de-
clined to accept the amendment, and !
Mr. Perkins thereupoh withdrew it.
After some running debate a vote
was taken on the Cannon amendment,
an export bounty for agr:-
cultural products. and it was defeated
yeas, 10: nays, 80.
The affirmative vote was given by
Messrs. Allen, Butler, Stewart, Harris
If Kansas. Heitfeid, Populists: Can
non. Mantle. Pettigrew. Silver Repub-
leans; Roach and Tillman, Democrats
This closed the consideration of the
cereal paragraph of the agricultural
and the sugar schedule was
aiken up.
Senator Jones of Arkansas opened
he debate on the sugar schedule. He
said there should be a single rate on
-aw and refined sugar. giving one