The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06
VEST WANTS
RECORD MADE.
Missouri Senator Insists Put
ting to a Vote
Resolution Providing for Re-
mOvaI of Duty on Anthracite.

Washington, Jan 6.-In the senate to-
day Mr.. TalIaferro (F'la.) secured the
adoption Of a resolution calling upon the
commissioner OF fish and fisheries for
all information regarding the sponge
fisheries OF foreign countries, with the
view of encouraging the industry in the
state of Florida
The Vest resolution instructing the
committee on finance to prepare and re-
port q bill removing the duty on an
thracite then was considered.
Mr.. Vest said there is nothing in the
resolution that the finance committee
can furnish and he could not see the
necessity of Mr.. Aldriehs resolution,
made yesterday, to refer the resolution
to the finance committee.
This is no longer a partisan ques-
ton, said he, but a question of abso-
lutte humanity
We are not on the verge of a crisis in
regard to coal. he said, but we are act
ually in It. Women and children have
been frozen to death and his only solicit
tude was TO find a remedy for this dis
graceful and outrageous condition of
affairs"
Senators stood silent and dumb, hs
said either afraid or unwilling to take
any action answering the appeals Of the
poor, freezing women and children with
a party cry Stand pat.
Nothing IS TO be done. he continued,
with the sacred elephant of the Dingley
AdIlH law he senator from N1dSSd-
chusetts (NTr. Lodge he declared. had
endeavored to administer a homeopathic
tic dose in the shape of a suspension of
the duty for 80 days, but if medicine
is needed at all, it is allopathic doses
By referring the resolution to the com
mittee, he said. it would have no chance
to pass.
Don't we know" he continued. that
when we send the resolution to the fin
ance committee we send it to its execu-
tion?" He then said that all he want
ed was for every senator to put himself
on record. He criticised the Dingley tar
if law and said there was no more
chance today, in his judgment, to reduce
for him to carry off the capitol building
on his shoulders. If it was a question
of raising money for the next campaign
for president that was the end of the
discussion.
Mr. Aldrich Or. y said he desired to
make full answer to Mr.. Vest, but as
Mr.. Hoar had given notice that he would
speak on his trust bill, he asked that the
resolution go over until tomorrow. He
took occasion to deny certain state
ments made by Mr.. Vest, attributed to
Mr.. Dingley. that the rates of the bill
were made unnecessarily high in order
that reciprocity treaties might be
aS~s3ted
Mr.. Nelson asked where the provision
relating to coal was inserted, and Mr..
Aldrich said in the senate Mr. Vest then
that Mr.. Allison offered the provision.
that it was debated a length and voted
upon. the Republicans voting for it and
the Democrats against it. He declared
that the republican leaders had sat IN
der the declaration of the secretary OF
the navy that the duty on coal had
been sneaked or Struggled into the
The resolution went over, and Nj
i Hoar addressed the senate upon his
antitrust bill
ARMY BILL PASSES HOUSE.
4 Washington, Jan. 6.-The vote in the
house yesterday having shown that the
bill to create a general staff in the
army did not command the support of
+ the necessary tWO-thirdS to pass it
under suspension of the rules, a Spe-
4 committee on rules at the opening of
/ the session of the house today, which
/ provided for its consideration. The
rule allowed an hour for general de-
bate. 1t was not antagonized and upon
/ it's adoption the house proceeded to the
| discussion Of the bill.
The bill was passed. 153 to 50.
SENATOR CLAWS BILL.
Washington, Jan. 6.-Senator Clay
/ (Ga) today introduced a bill to provide
for the free importation of commodities
controlled by trusts The bill confers
upon the president authority to issue a
! proclamation suspending the collection
of all customs duties on such articles
brought from foreign countries This
provision is according to the terms of
the bill to be exercised whenever the
president shall become satisfied that
there is a combination intended to ere
ate a monopoly by preventing full and
free competition in the importation,
/ manufacture, transportation or sale of
any commodity or any article of nler-
/ chandise or which IS intended to en-
nance the price of such articles made.
The suspension proposed is to continue
as long as the abnormal conditions pre-
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