The record-union., 1897-06-09
Remarks That it Was That the
Majority of the Committee
Had Made Important Notifications,
and it Was Important to Know
When They Would be Presented
and the Schedule Taken Up-Alli-
son Answers His Question, and
Asks That the Matter Go Over
Until To-Day.

Until To-Day.
WASHINGTON, June s. - In the
course of his prayer, on the opening OF
the Senate to-day, the Acting Chaplain
Rev. Hugh Johnson, invoked a speedy
return Of contentment and prosperity
and that the condition of the poor and
suffering may be ameliorated by the
great measure before the Senate.
The consideration of the tariff bill
was promptly resumed and Mr.. Allison
of Iowa requested that the sugar
schedule be passed over.
Mr.. Vest remarked that it was ar
open secret that the majority had made
notifications in the sugar schedule and
it was important that some under
standing should be had as to when the
notifications would be presented and
when the schedule would be taken up
This led to a definite statement from
Mr. Allison. There were no open Sc
crets that he knew of. he said, and he
would now announce that the commit
tee proposed to modify the sugar SEIZED
ule by asking the Senate to disagree
to the committee amendments to the
those amendments and insert others
which he named. Mr.. Allison stated
also that the committee was not pre-
pared to present a provision relating to
sugar imported from the Hawaiian
Islands. Under the circumstances he
asked that the sugar schedule be tenn
porarily passed over and taken up to-
morrow.
Mr. Vest said this would be satisfac-
tory. He said he wanted the consider
alton of the sugar schedule to proceed
tomorrow, as it would be the most
troublesome and irritating in the whole
bill, and it ought to be got out OF the
way.
When the agricultural schedule was
taken up Senators Jones of Arkansas
and Vest of Missouri made strong eff
forts to have the duty on cattle bar
ley, wheat and other products reduced
on the ground that the high duties on
them were unnecessary and merely in
tended to hoodwink the farmers, but
they failed each time, and the COM
mittee rates Were adopted. McEnery,
Rawlins and Tillman CD voted against
their party on most of these motions.
Senator Bacon of Georgia offered an
amendment placing a duty of 70 pei
cent. ad valorem on raw cotton and it
was taken up and discussed.
Mr.. Chiffon of Texas opposed the pro-
posed duty, saying it would do nc
good. Egyptian cotton did not com
pare with cotton grown in this coun-
try.
Mr.. McLaurin of South Carolina took
Issue with Mr. Chiffon, and said Egyp-
tan cotton competed with certain cot
ton grown in South Carolina.
Mr.. Vest said the Bacon amendment
would be adopted as the Republicans
would vote for it because it forwarded
the scheme for breaking up the Solid
South.
Mr.. Vest said he would not have
voted for the Chicago platform if it had
meant what Mr.. Bacon claimed for 1t
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas opposed the
amendment, arguing along the same
lines as Mr. Chiffon. He said the man
ufacturers, before the bill passed, would
insist upon an increased compensatory
duty on manufactured cottons, and the
Democrats who supported the Bacon
amendment would have to answer tc
make the request.
amendment placing raw cotton on the
dutiable list at 20 per cent ad valorem
The vote was: Yeas 40. nays Is, most
Of the Republicans voting in the af-
firnative and most Of the Democrats in
the negative.
The paragraph relating to live ami
mails was then agreed to as reported
that on hogs being amended to swine
On barley Mr.. Jones of Arkansas
moved to substitute 40 per cent. ad
valorem for the rate in the bill, 81
cents per bushel.
I'VE now enter upon a series of enor-
NOUS increases in behalf of the farm
ers." said Mr.. Vest ironically, land
without violating the rules of the par
liamentary procedure, will say it is a
fraud. a sham and a pretense."
Mr.. Gear (R-) of Iowa interposed the
statement that the debate was on the
harley parag graph, and on barley the
imports from Canada, where there was
cheap labor and cheaper lands, Were
over II. 100000 bushels the year prior
10 the Mckinley Act, and these fell tt
1000 0OO bushels after that Act. Mr.
Gear said the farmers of his State sup
norted this increased duty on barley
and the Grand Master of the state
Grange was one of its chief advo-
Gates.
Mr.. Vest declared that he would give
ND his seat in the Senate rather thar
vote against free lumber, free salt, OF
free wool. the three great achievements
of the Wilson bill.
Mr. Mantle of Montana answered
briefly that the barley duties Woulc
be highly beneficial to the barley rais'
ers of Montana, Minnesota and Wlseon'
sin.
The vote was then taken on MT
Jones' amendment, and it was as
agreed to-11 to 81. Three Democrats
McEnery, Rawlins and Tillman, ano
three Populists, Allen, Butler and Heit-
field, voted with the Republicans in th5
negative.
Formal amendments to reduce the
rates on barley. malt buckwheat, corn
or maize cornmeal. offered by Vest
were defeated and the original para
graphs adopted.
On each of the votes on these amend
ments some Democrats voted with the