The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-10
VEST READY TO QUIT
HE REALIZES THERE Is NO HOPE OF
DEFEATING THE TARIFF BILL.
MissOuris Free-Trader Disguised
with the Action of SOutherners in
voting for Protection.
DEMOCRATS BADLY DIVIDED
AND MAY NOT FURTHER DELAY
PASSAGE OF THE MEASURE.
Yesterdays Proceedings of the Sem
ate Devoted Mostly to Political
Speeches-The Hawaiian Treaty.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The Senate has
worked into shape for swinging action and
great progress on the tariff bill will be
made from now on. Senator Mills trem-
bled for the fate of the country for about
two hours to-day and only one or two
other free-trade speeches will be made. 1t
is understood Senators Jones and Vest who
were leading the opposition, confessed this
afternoon that they are greatly discour
aged, and that they have about made up
| their minds to put up only perfunctory
fight over the remainder of the bill. The
Democratic minority is hopelessly split on
the tariff issue and there is small pros
pect that it will ever get together again
in solid opposition to protection. McEnery,
Of Louisiana, has voted with the Repub-
licans on almost every paragraph. Bacon
and Clay, of Georgia, Tillman, of South
Carolina, and Rawlins, of Utah, have come
out for the protection of local interests and
declare a strong leaning towards the Re-
publican view on that issue. These deser-
tions are significant and point like the fin
ger of fate to the disruption of the Demo-
cratic organization over a principle its
great leaders have fought for through gen.
erations of ups and downs, and one that
party After one of the votes to-day Sen
ator Vest sat down by the side of Re-
publican colleague on one of the lounges
| in the back part of the chamber and re-
marked disgustedIy: II have a mind to
throw up my hands and let you fellows
pass any kind of a bill you please. lot
of our fellows are turning out to be quit
| ters and 1 am getting mighty tired of that
sort of thing.
The Senate will make a heroic effort to
pass tariff bill in tiue for it to become
a law by the beginning of the next fiscal
year, July. 1t is earnestly desired that the
new law take effect on that date as it will
greatly convenience the administrative ma
| chinery and will besides be inestimable
boon to statisticians and accountants by
giving a clear, clean start so that COM
parison of results can be readily and cas-
lily made, a consideration of considerable
weight with Congress. Two new tariff laws
have been placed on the statute books in
six years and it has been a difficult and
confusing matter to arrive at an intelligent
idea OF actual results under them on ac-
count of the ragged beginning and ending.
The Senate committee on finance has not
yet been able to agree upon the form of
a provision in regard to the Hawaiian
treaty and member of the committee to-
day expressed the opinion that it might be
necessary to hold another caucus to de-
eide upon a course of action. There are
| several propositions under consideration by
| the committee but there is difficulty in
agreeing on any of them. They include the
| Endorsement of the Davis amendment for
continuing the present treaty in force with
out reservation, a suggestion to the Presi-
hat n f7aI ha no ia tod
modifying the terms of the existing agree
, ment so as to render them less partial to
Hawaii, and also proposition looking to
the giving of a years notice to Hawaii of
the abrogation of the present treaty. This
latter proposition is understood to origin
ate with Senator Aldrich and is antagon-
ized by the especial champions of Hawaii.
The opinion is freely expressed by senators
that the question of annexation will be
taken up by the administration soon as
the tariff is passed.
AN IMPORTANT RECESSION
The Republican members of the finance
committee will withdraw the amendments
for an additional tax on beer and for the
duty of 10 cents pound tea In expla-
nation of this a member Of the finance COM
mittee said the pressure for withdrawal Of
these amendments had been very great and
that many Republican senators have made
decided stands against them. The formal
action of the committee on the subject has
not been TAKEN but the determination has
been reached The members of the commit
tee are still in DOUBT as to what shall be
done with the increase on tobacco in the
internal revenue part of the bin, but
there has been great pressure to have these
taxes reduced. The question of revenue is
| giving the committee considerable concern
and il there should be withdrawal of the
| increases on tobacco as We'll as those on beer
| and tea, the bill would not meet the needs
| of the government as a revenue producer
| For this reason 1t has been practically de-
| termined to make bank check stamp
| tax and the question of additional revenue
! by means of q system of stamp taxes on
| beer has been under consideration. The
| committee is considering these questions
| and endeavoring to meet them as they pro-
ceed.
The committee has agreed on a number
| of additional amendments to the agricul-
| tural schedule the most important OF them
| relating to fish, as follows new para
| graph on canned fish is TO be recommended
follows:
| sardines, sprats, brislings, sardels or sar
! dellen, packed in oil or otherwise, in bot
| ties, jars, tin boxes or cans, shall be dut-
| liable as follows: Containing seven and one
| half cubic inches or less III cents per bot
| tie jar, box or can; containing more than
| seven and one-half and not more than
| twenty-One cubic inches, 21a cents per bot
tie, jar, box or can, containing more than
| twenty-one and not more than thirty
box or can; containing more than
thirty-three and not more than seventy
cubic inches, 10 cents per bottle. jar box or
can; If in other packages 40 per centUm
ad Valorem. All other fish except shell fish
in tin packages, 80 per centum ad vaIorem
fish in packages containing less than one
half barrel and not specially provided for
in this act, 80 per cent. ad valorem.
The rate on picked or salted herring is
increased from p to "a of ! cent per pound
and on fresh herring from 4 to y cent
The following substitute is made for Para
Fish. fresh, smoked. dried salted
picked frozen, packed on ice or otherwise
prepared for preservation not specially pro-
vided for in this act, p cent per pound; !;
fish SKINNED or boned, IL cents per
pound: mackerel, halibut or salmon, picked
or salted, / cent per pound
A new paragraph on chocolate was also
agreed TO as follows:
Chocolate and cocoa, prepared or manu-
factured. not specially provided for, valued
at not over Is cents per pound 22 cents
per pound; valued above - cents and not
above a cents. 212 cents per pound and 10
not above 50 cents per pound, cents per
above 80 cents, so per cent ad Valorem: the
weight and value of all covering other
than plain wooden shall be included in the
dutiable weight and value OF the foregoing
merchandise. Powdered cocoa, unsweet-
ened, cents per pound.
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