Show I RECIPROCITY I AND RETALIATION I Two Phases of the Tariff Bit in the Senate Yesterday OTHER SUBJECTS ARE EXCLUDE i BOTH CLAUSES A FINALLY i ADOPTED i I Allison Endeavors to Fix a Time for a Final Vote But Teller Would j I i Not Give His Consent and the i i Time for the Final Vote Was Therefore Left Open Wellington on Senatorial Prerogatives r f Washington July 2 Reciprocityjandj retaliation were the two phtises fthe tariff bill to occupy the attentt5n i bf the senate today to the exclusion dfjall I other subjects I Both provisions were agreed to alU though the debate gn the reciprocity clause was protracted to 6 p m1 j Shortly before adjournmenti Allison Al-lison endeavored to secure far agreement agree-ment on the time of a final vote but Mr Teller would not consent to fixing the time until all proposed amendments had been submitted to the senate As Mr Allison was not prepared to I submit these amendments he withdrew his request and the time for the final vote was left open although there is1 i still hope that i willbe reached tomorrow to-morrow I The retaliatory clause provides that whenever any country bestows an export I ex-port bounty on any article there shall be levied in addition to the duties provided pro-vided hy the act an additional duty equal to the amount of the bounty The ea ni hiobf g r j clause was agreed to33 to 19the two Democratic senators from Louisiana Caffery and McEnery voting with the Republicans In the affirmative > The reciprocity clause of the bill empowers em-powers the president with the advice and consent of the senate to make reciprocity treaties giving 20 per cent I reduction in duties on designated ar j tides or placing articles on the free I i 1 i tThe I The amendment brought out much opposition Senators Mills Vest Pet I tus Teller and White saying that U evaded the constitutional right of the I house of representatives to participate I in measures Effecting revenue shIle Senators MorganrGray and Chandler I defended its legality and propriety E < I was agreed to30 to 1tsso Democrats I Dem-ocrats Gray and Morgan voting with I the Republicans in the affirmative Early In the day Mr Wellington I II Rep Md rising to a question oftper sonal privilege vehemently upheld his < senatorial prerogatives on the matter of federal appointments The Proceedings Washington July 2Senator Wellington lington of Maryland rose to a question of personal privilege soon after the opening of the senate today and inn vehement voice referred to publications I concerning a conflict said to have taken place yesterday before the committee on commerce in relation to the appointment appoint-ment ofB H Warner jr as consul to Leipsic The senator declared that the publication was unjust and sought to embroil lim in conflict with the presl dent of the United States Mr Wellington Wel-lington said he understood the committee com-mittee meetings relative to appointments appoint-ments were secret and sacred and he could not believe that any members of the committee gave the information Under the circumstances who he said could have inspired this report but I that creature present in the committee j commit-tee room yesterday I was alleged that he had attacked President McKinley but this too he declared was false He was a free man and he reserved it to himself to criti cise apy appointment He had done so yesterday in a respectful manner and should el occasion arise he would do I so again I the price of patronage is to be servile obedience then I refuse to give it exclaimed Mr Wellington He spoke again of the creature responsible respon-sible for the report and then closed with an emphatic statement as to his prerogatives I these prerogatives were to be interfered with then he proposed to make war I will remain right here exclaimed Mr Wellington striking his desk a resounding re-sounding blow No man ever struck me a blow that I did not return it with interest and they will find me on deck if the struggle is to begin After this incident the tariff bill vas taken up Mr White of California In behalf of j i fg el i the minority of the finance committee asked Mr Allison as to the programme on tea beer the antitrust amendment I and other important questions Mr Allison responded that an amendment I I amend-ment relating to the Increase of the i r IU LV U Ut4 4 tU LIUII lIt IU would be brouslft in later in the day As to other questions a little more time was desired Mr Teller of Colorado Inquired what the committee or caucus contemplated doing on the question of decreasing the tax on distilled spirits in view of the letter written by the secretary of the treasury Mr Allison answered that the whole question of distilled spirits had been I gone over Personally he believed a lower tax would be productive of greater revenue but he thought it unwise II un-wise to go into the complex question in connection with this tariff bill Mr Teller said the letter of the secretary sec-retary of the treasury indicated a desire j for legislation on this subject Then the senator added Before this bill I is disposed of I will discuss what should be done In decreasing the tax on spirIts I will show that the committee com-mittee Is giving away 2000000 a month to the detriment of consumers who bear the tax burdens and to the detriment of honest dealers in distilled dis-tilled spirits The consideration of the bill then proceeded The paragraph relating to nickel was changed making the rates on nickel ore 3 cents per pound on thg nickel contained therein nickel matter 4 cents per pound nickel and nickel j oxide alloy etc S cents per pound This brought the senate to the retaliatory I re-taliatory clause socalled providing that whenever any country pays a bounty on any article then the importation im-portation of that article into the United States there shall be levied in addition to the duties otherwise imposed im-posed by this act an additional duty equal to the net amount of such bounty or grant however the same be paid or bestowed Mr Gray of Delaware spoke against the amendment saying he regarded it as opening the way to a disregard of our > 1 I treaty obligations with at least two European countries Germany and I AustriaHungary He read the protest of Baron Von Thielmann the German I ambassador and Baron Von Wengel mulled the Austrian minister against the proposed discriminatory duty Mr Caffery of Louisiana differed with Mr Gray arguing that no breach of International obligations was involved and that retaliation of this character was hi the nature of selfpreservation to tvhich any country could resort when Its industries were threatened by the payment of foreign export bounties Mr White of California argued that if Germany had the right to give an export duty which in effect operated against the United States the United States should adopt measures to offset this and he would not even call it retaliatory taliatory Mr Chandler of New Hamshire said he would vote for the retaliatory clause with extreme reluctance He I had been told that Germany would begin be-gin a course of commercial warfare against the United States and he t i would make sacrifices to prevent fric tion between the empire of Germany and the United States But the senator sen-ator said he did not see how this retaliatory taliatory clause could be avoided if the protective character of the bill was to be preserved The retaliatory clause was agreed to 3310 Two Democrats Caffery and McEnery of Louisina and Messrs Allen and Kyle voted with the Republicans iruthe i affirmative and Messrs Mantle and Teller with the 51 Democrats In tqe negative The reciprocity section was next considered con-sidered Mr Allison offering the Alson ofering new provision the purport of which has been heretofore rrlven I was rhnnirerl i j slightly by providing that the reel I procity treaty be tu by and with the consent of the senate I In brief the section authorizes the I i president to negotiate commercial I I i treaties to extend more than five years and granting a reduction of the duties j Imposed by this act to the extent of i j I not more than 20 nor cent thereof or j I for the transfer during that period of j designated articles from the dutiable I I to the free list being the natural products prod-ucts of such foreign countries and not the United States I Mr Mills of Texas stated in a few words that the proposed amendment I sought to deprive the house of representatives repre-sentatives of its constitutional right to originate and participate in all revenue I mop suros Mr Vest took the same view while I Mr Allison and Mr Hoar contended that the participation of the house In the passage of this bill was an authorization I author-ization of the treaties Mr Vest spoke of the assaults of this bill on Ger I I tsA abl many Japan Argentina and other countries and declared that not one of these countries could want a rpeSnroc ity treaty with us after being thus assaulted I Mr Lindsay of Kentucky referred to I the recent trip of South American officials I offi-cials to cities of the United States with j I a view to encouraging trade and said I I I it would be futile when the American people by this bill turned their backs on the rest of the world and made commerce com-merce a crime I Mr Morgan said the Unitedf States supreme court had passed upon the I reciprocity clauses of the McKinley law and I had held that itrin no way disregarded disre-garded the rights of the house of rep entatlves The provision he said Te reciprocity r iduced the severity of the bill and he would support Mr Gray supporteoT the reciprocity amendment saying the treaties contemplated I con-templated were clearly within i the treaty making Dower Mr Teller argued that a grave question ques-tion was involved in taking from the I house of representatives the power to cooperate in making reciprocity treaties treat-ies I was too grave a question to be brought into the senate during the closing hours of the tariff debate The I senator said he wanted to vote for some reciprocity clauses but not for one In I violation of the constitution The reciprocity clause was agreed to 30 to 15two Democrats Gray and Morgan and Messrs Harris of Kansas I and Heitfeld Populists voting wIth the Republicans in the affirmative and Messrs Teller and Stewart with the I Democrats in the negative Just before be-fore adjourning Mr Allison tried to secure se-cure an agreement on a time for a final vote but Mr Teller l said it was useless I to try to fix a time for a vote until senators sen-ators knew what amendments were to I be proposed At 6 oclock the senate adjourned I |