The herald., 1897-07-07
TAKERS
ON TARIFF
Must Make Their Speeches
Short
AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED
FOR THE TAKING OF THE FINAL
VOTE
AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED
Before the Senate Adjourns Today the
Tale of the Tariff Bill
Will Be Told
Associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON July 6.-The hnal
vote on the tariff bill will be taken be-
fore adjournment tomorrow. The agree
ment is as follows: THAT the debate
on the tariff bill shall proceed under the
five minute rule after p. m. tomorrow.
and that the final vote on the bill shall
be taken before adjournment tomor-
row."
Allison did not ask that the hour for
the vote be set. being content with the
positive agreement that 1t should
be some time tomorrow. The limitation
of speeches after p. m. to five minutes
will bring the debate within narrow
limits.
The announcement by, the vice presi-
dent that the agreement had been per-
Ifected led to general exchange of con-
graduation among the senators.
During the day the antitrust ques-
tion was debated at length and Mr.. Pet
tus' amendment on the subject was
defeated, 33 to &c.
Allen Of Nebraska again offered the
amendment for a quarter-cent bounty
on beet sugar. 1t led to lively and some-
what personal speeches from the two
Nebraska senators, after which the AL
len amendment was tabled--55 to 9-the
Populists and Silver Republicans being
the only ones recorded against the mo-
tion to table.
Without any preliminary business the
senate proceeded to the consideration
of the tariff bill. After Senator Bacon
had made a personal explanation of his
vote yesterday for Mills amendment.
Senator Bates of Tennessee took the
floor and delivered a set speech against
the bill.
He made a general argument against
the measure, from the standpoint, as he
announced, of an advocate of fair trade
and free silver"
The speaker analysed the bill in its
bearings on the agricultural industry,
saying it was designed to fool the farm
er by giving him fictitious protection on
his products, while real protection was
given to all the articles consumed by
/ him. He criticised the steady extension
of the protective policy, saying that this
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tariff for revenue" 1t arrayed us
against the world, making the United
] States an Ishmael among nations.
| Pettus of Alabama then offered his
amendment declaring unlawful the i'm
portation of sugar by any trust or COM
bination operating in restraint, of trade
or for the purpose of advancing the
price of sugar. The amendment also
for fnrfe Of n
imported, and directed the attorney gem
eral to enforce the forfeiture and to
prosecute trusts, combinations e tc The
senator spoke at length i'll favor of the
amendment, referring 70 the gradual
absorption of wealth IN the hands CT
vast concerns.
Chiffon of Texas followed with an ar
raignment of trusts, arguing that they
were fostered by the tariff. He explain
ed the operation of his antitrust amend
ment at length and argued that it fur
nished feasible method of reaching the
great trusts engaged in interstate COM
merce.
| Morgan spoke against trusts, saying
he favored the amendment of his COL
league (Pettus) but would attach to it
another far-reaching proposition. He
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provided for by Pettus' amendment
might, as in the case of the sugar trust,
enable the trust to put up the price of
sugar pending action in the courts, and
/ he suggested modification which
would provide for the immediate sale Of
articles seized.
Caffery did not believe that the Pettus
amendment would affect the sugar
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porting sugar, then sugar would be inn
ported on other accounts and be bought
by the trust in the New York market.
The vote was then taken.
Teller and Heitfeld voted with the
Democrats in favor of the amendment,
and McEnery and Stewart against it.
! The Chiffon amendment was also lost.
2S to 81.
Caffery then offered an amendment to
strike out all the differential on refined
sugar, which was lost, 2s to 34 Heitfeld
and Teller voted aye and McEnery and
Stewart no.
After the vote had been announced.
White of California raised a laugh by
reading from the record of the debate on
the sugar differential the statement Of
the secretary of state, Mr.. Sherman, to
! thC cilcSt tiiol lH0 sugar Il uSt-utSQtu HO
protection. Il had rather cut off my
right hand" said the senator from Ohio,
"than vote single cent of bounty to the
corporation"
Chiffon moved an amendment limiting
| the drawback on refined sugar to the
amount shown by the polariscope on
raw sugar when first imported Lost.
Allen now brought forth the amend
ment for bounty on beet sugar. He
branched into chapter of private pro-
cedure which occasioned considerable
stir in the chamber He said that DUR
ing the debate Republican senators had
let it be understood that they would
like to be scared when this beet sugar
amendment was proposed. and intima-
tion had been conveyed that if some one
| would get on his feet and threaten that
! congress would be held In session IL the