Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-24
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, July "a.
SENATE.

The close of the long and exciting
struggle was near at hand when the
Senate met at 10 o'clock this morning,
under the unanimous agreement OF last
night that the final vote be taken at 8
o. m. to-day. Only II Senator'S were
on hand when the session opened ana
several of these busted themselves with
clearing out their desks and preparing
for departure. There was no prayer,
as this was recess session from yester-
day. Immediately after the vice-presl-
dent had called the Senate to order
Mr.. Chandler moved an executive SEES
sion. He yielded, however, to Mr..
Bate who desired to have day liked
for eulogies on his late colleague, Mr..
Harris, of Tennessee. January 18th
next was agreed upon and then the
Senate went into executive session.
When the doors were opened Mr.. AL
len resumed his speech in opposition to
the tariff conference report and the bill
in general. By this time the attend
ance of Senators had increased to 80
and the galleries were filling in antici-
patton of the final scene in the tariff
contest. Mr.. Allen criticised the Of
feet of the bill on the farmers. He in
stanced barbed wire, required by them
for fences, on which they were placed BY
the bill at the cold hearted mercy of the
| barbed wire trust. How different IL
| was in the case of the moneyed aristoc
racy. 1t was all right, the Senator said
ironically, for the ''sharks and money
gamblers of Wall street" to make S32,
600, 900 out of the sugar schedule since
the Dingley bill was first reported. 1t
was all right for Pierpont Morgan to
make S27 100000 out of government
bonds illegally issued under the
administration of Grover Cleve land.
Farmers ought to understand, Mr.. AL
len declared, that the legislation OF
Russia is as beneficial to them as the
legislation of the United States Con-
gress. As a sequel to Mr.. Aliens heat
ed personal colloquy with Mr.. Foraker
over alleged frauds in Ohio at the last
election, the Nebraska Senator pre-
sented tables comparing the vote cast
for Mckinley, Bryan. Harrison and
| Cleveland One column showed fraud
ulent excess" that of Ohio being stated
at 94,5OO In closing Mr.. Allen an
nounced his purpose to withhold his
vote on the question of agreeing to the
report.
MIR. Caffrey followed in criticism OF
the sugar schedule. He stated that
ships from all parts OF the world were
hurrying in with cargoes of raw sugar,
to avoid the duties of the bill. Already
eight months supply had been brought
in, thus cutting off government revenu'
to that extent and giving enormous
profits to the trust.
MIR. Gear questioned these figures,
saying only four months supply of raw
sugar had been brought in.
Mr.. Burrows, a member of the finance
committee, then took the floor for one
of the few speeches from the republican
side of the chamber. MIR. Burrows re-
ferred to the personal criticisms OF MIR.
Pettigrew to the effect that MIR. Blodg
EFT, the owner OF pine lands in Mich
gan. was the one "who manipulated the
election of Senators in Michigan" l
do not understand the meaning of this
| remark, or the inference to be drawn
| from it, but if the intimation is that my
election was secured by other than hon
orable means then it is SANDER on
the people of my State and on the leg
islature under which l hold my CON-
mission"
At o'clock there was pleasant d.
version for the spectators in the gal
leries when the Senate on Mr.. Allison's
motion, in order to inaugurate the leg
islative day of Saturday, adjourned until
| LOB D. m. The spectators had a
glimpse of parliamentary fiction. Three
minutes later the Senate reconyened.
Mr.. Turpie said that at this late day he
would not ask the Senate to set aside
time for the delivery of tributes to the
memory of the late Judge Holman, but
be gave notice that early in the next
session he would ask the Senate to do
so.
Mr.. Morgan then took the floor. His
purpose, he said. was to address him
self to grave question of law, practice
and policy involved in the adoption OF
the pending conference report.
twas the contention of the conference
committee that Congress could not tax
one class of bonds and stocks of the
country without taxing all. This doc
trine, he declared, was fraught with
serious danger to the people of the
United States and he desired to enter
his protest against it as destruction
of the power of Congress to tax proper
ty that ought to go into taxation. Mr..
Allison disclaimed any affirmation of
the contention, that MIR. Morgan was
controvertipg. He had not, he said,
examined the constitutional phase of
the question.
Mr. Morgan cited the tax upon the
issues of State banksand the exemption
of the issues of national banks and also
the imposts levied on some articles and
the exemption of others as evidences of
the power of Congress to exempt from
taxation any property it saw fit.
Mr. Morgan stated that the abandon
ment of the stamp tax on bonds and
stocks was in the interests of the New
York trust. Immediately that the con-
ference report became known sugar
stock went up with bound until it was
said $50, 0OO,0 900 had been made.
"And l CHARGE" exclaimed Mr.. Nor
gan vehemently, "that the abandon
ment occurred under the command Of
the sugar trust"
Mr.. Stewart then took the floor. He
said the tariff could not alleviate the
distress of the country and be urged
thst the main Injustice of tariff legisla-