Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-24
MUCH MOOTED TARIFF BILL
Will Bs Voted On at O'Clock and Soon There
after Become Law. =
SENATOR MORGAN NAMES TH : HOUR
Foraker and Allen Indulge in r War of
Words-Ohio's Ell sction the : igation
with Charges of Fraud tn rinci-
pal BasiS-HOuSe PrOof ,sTnes.

Washing on, July 23-Ihe final VIte on
The tariff conference report will be taken
in the senate at p. m. tomorrow The
unanimous agreement to this effect was
reached in the senate iute this afternoon
after an exciting and long debate. The
agreement for the fnal voi-e came most
unexpectedly from the democratic side,
the senior senator from Alabama, Mr..
Morgan, presenting it. II was gr- eted
with shouts of Good, good" by seEa-
tors on the republican side. Mr.. Nor
gan,s proposition was coupled with one
that the Slnrate meet at 10 a. m. tomJr
in order that the speeckfs may be heard
before the vote is i.aken. This was ac-
cepted as a whole, ara the agreement
was formally announced uElll Mr.. Nor
gan expressed profound reluc dnee in
submitting the proposition, but said he
recognized the right of the majority in
registering dheir will. The agreement
was preceded by the most HI ated per-
sonal colloquy thai has occurred In he
consideration of the bill, Senator's Fora
ker, of Ohio, and Allen, of Nebraska,
joining issue over Mr.. Aliens charge OF
fraud in the Ohio Elections of last year.
The house bill was passed authorizing
the presidenS to suspend discriminating
duties imposed on foreign vessels and
commerce.
Mr. Allison then moved to proceed with
slhe tariff conference report, but Mr.. Till
man contested this with a motion to take
up his resolution adversely reported yes
terd3y for an invsS tigation of alleged
senatorial speculation in sugar stock.
MIR. Tillman was about TO begin a
speech when Mr.. Allison made-the poiLN
of order that debate was not in Order
and the presiding officer sustained ,he
point.
Mr. Tillman thereupon asked for a yea
and nay vote, by which his motion was
lost-yeas Is, nays 35. Those who voted
for the motion were Messrs. Allen, Bacon,
Bats, Berry, Cannon Chiffon, Clay, Har-
ris, Kenney, Mills, Roach, Tillman, Tur-
ley, Turner, Walhall
The considera tom of the tariff confer
ence report was then resumed, and Mr..
Teller, of Colorado, took the floor for a
general speech ffIe said he did not favor
the pending bill and did not believe 1t
would accomplish the purposes of its
friends. Il IS passage, however, would dis
pose of the question and enable congress
to devole it's att ntion ITO other subjects.
He regarded the money question as the
paramount one. The conference report
was not, in his judgment, an endorsements
of she gold standard.
MIR. Ttller's speech was severe ar
raignment of the methods of the last elec-
tion4 The galleries broke into applause
as lhe Colorado senator took his seat
SO pronounced was the demonstration
What Mr.. Faulkner, who was In the chair,
was Obliged to rap vigorously for order
and ito warn, the occupants of tha galler-
les that If the demonstration was repeat
, ed the galleries would be cleared
Senator White followed, speaking for
about an hour He questio the rev
enue qualities of THE bill.
When Mr.. White closed, Mr.. Mantle,
silver republican, cf Montana, briefly ex-
pressed his rsgret that the sena torial
conference had not been abe to retain
in the bill cotton ties and cotton bag
4n.4 Ia
which the senate by yea and nay vote
had transferred to the free list. 1t was
in his opinion stupendous mistake on
the part of the republicans, looking at
1t from a political standpoint. They had
missed an opportunity to popularlze this
measure.
Mr. Pettus, of Alabama, followed, an
| tagonizing the action of the conference
| on cotton ties, cotton bagging, etc. In
asking that they be placed on the free
| list, he said, The was pleading for the
| American FARMER.
| The profession that this bill was t. be
| enacted in the interest of American Ia
| Dor he denounced as "damnabie pre-
tense
| Mr.. Pettus spoke leisurey and at
| length against the bill. He referred to
| the addition of the vote of democratic
| senator, McEnery, to the bill, and said
| that net more than 100 men owned sugar
| lands in Louisiana.
/ Mr.. McEnery challenged this state
| ment, saying that over one-haf of the
| people of Louisiana We're interested, d-
| rectly or indirectly, in sugar production.
| Mr. Pettus closed with an arraignm- mt
| of trusts and as he sat down he received
| several scattering handclaps.
Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, reviewed what
| he called the remarkable things of this
| extraordna session. He referred to
| the inaction of the house of represents
tives, its meetings only twice week,
due he declared, to the course of the
speaker in managing its affairs as suck
ers'' were strung on a string. Not only
had this strong man of the house Coz re d
his own branch of congress, but that CO.
ercion had extended to the senate.
The stirring Incident of the day occur
red al this stage when Mr.. Foraker ard
Mr. Allen indulged in colloquy, which
was fast. furious and at times personal.
Mr. Foraker came forward with census
figures for the purpose of disproving
Mr. Aliens charge as to the vote in
Ohio. He said Mr.. Allen must have
spoken in ignorance of the facts
"It is not THE first time have been ac-
cused of ignorance" commented Mr.
Allen.
II do not accuse the senator of xyno-
rance, but of being ignorant of specific
facts"
Hurrisdly readirg from his statistics,
Mr. Foraker said that the vote of Ohio
in 1896 was 1.002.726, while the population
was about 100000, or about one vote for
every four persons. That ratio was about
the average on a fun vote.
ibid not Mr.. Bryan have a larger vote
in 1896 than Mr.. Harrison had in 1922"
asked Mr.. Allen.
ayes" answered Mr.. Foraker, ''because
neither of the candidates in 1892 was call
culated to bring out the full party
strength, and, In my Judgment, there was
not a full vo.e for either MIR. Harrison nor
MIR. Cleveland. On the other hand fi1e
campaign of 1896 was unusually energetic
and an exceptionally full cite was polled.
Not since 1885 has QUESTION of fraud