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Show Wasiii.uto.v. Auj. ST. In the Senate tbe resolution heretofore offered of-fered by Plumb, instruclliig tbe committee on rules to lwue orders to prevent tlio sale of liquor In the Senate wing of Uie Capital, was taken up. Butler'd amendment, directing tbe se-geant-at-arms to make a daily inspection of committee rooms and other apartments, was rejected. The next queetlon was on the amendmeut offered by Blair, to add tbe words '-and their ue as a beverage." bever-age." Blair aU tbe real evil was the consumption of liquor by na. tors In committee rooms. Tbla charge was combated by Teller, Sherman and others, who contended contend-ed that the Senate was a temperate Tuo resolution and amendment were referred to the comntltee on "iTie tarlffbill ra tbtn taken up, ttieqawtlonUdngontlie substitute offered by McFfiersm yesterday for Iho tsheJuIe oa 'nrood M the msJrUiwurwriwwii" ' ii gM Davis addrtaiwd the Senate. He said the laritrblll was, in Its general "Ict, wisely devised measure, aDd heahouldcritlclee It not In its entirety, but in the bopeof modifications modifica-tions of some of its Items. Un thought It should l amended in tliedireWiono'lo0iproclty,soas U sepur. .j A -i.-lcan farmer . with foreign nations, iu. with the Araericas, CenliH Am ca, Mexico and the West Iiji i btudf; but tliere was odo I :e o 1.11, bill or extraordinary impo. i U -fl.i.. nesota. That was binding twice. In uis opinion that should $ccii tl free Ibt and should be subftvt L ti duty or tax whatever. Tb- itntlei aflected the fanners of cvny j-tate in the Union. The entire I ui-:e-e-Including Uie source fron ic mat commouity was supplied, was OOV13IMJ IIVA CUM1U.SATIO.N- of all, or substantially all, Uie manufacturers man-ufacturers of cordage and binding twine. That combination controlled con-trolled absolutely tbe raw material, (sisal, Jute, etc). In plana where it was grown, and also limited Uie product of the manufactured article and fixed Its price. They were in no ueed,uf protection. They were amenable to Uie law against truns, and certainly tbe Senate should uot legislate In favor of men under tbe ban of oullaurev. Parsllig froni tho special tulject, Davis addressed hlnuelf to thede-slrabllity thede-slrabllity of unrestricted commercial relations with our si-ter reisjtillo iu the South. He would, he Kiltl, ri tiiu Uie duty on augar as an iustru-mint iustru-mint of coercive pereuasiun to the etiUrgemtnl of Uie American foreign trade, by remitting that duty as a consideration therefor. As tu wool, he would give to t'le American farmer Uielulest protection protec-tion on Uie kinds of wool tnat lie raised, but if It was found that Amtricuii farmers ciuld nut, or would u,L iinrluee tbe coarse wools of the A i g mine rej ubllc, hewtutd retain ttio Uut on coarse woob-from woob-from South Auk rim as a basis fur uegotiatiuu fbf reciprocity that would create a market ill that cvuu U for (he proOurU of the farms an-fictoner an-fictoner of tlie United St&te. Hi would adutt th same ladle as U-hiao, U-hiao, ruUnr. oa-oj, ctUnet woods and maiiy other articles. He woulu also adjpt lt:rAI.IATOK MKAst'ltIS agalit Krau e, Germany and Kng laud fur UiilrtXilurUmoi Amirlian m-at products. That wuull t true pruleitiuii to Amerleau fanners. Mct'tiirmii's MiUjlitutu for the wood schedule all I some a uend incuts dieted hy I'lumb to some of ILs paragrali went over without action, l-ariiig Uie wholes, he. uie Mill open. Hie rUjffr schedule w a a!s3 usseil over In.ormiHy, and the toletccu t-chetlule ("K") taken Up. After a i-ojple ol amemlmeuls hiU belli ollinsl and rejected, schedule "(J,"airiiultural products and pro-vL-ious, wus ruaebed. l'aragrapb 711 in that schedule was on luutluu of AIJrKh nude to read: Sheep one t car old or more, Jl-VJpirheau; lea Uiau a lejr old, 73 cents ir hiad " The i.-irAgrapli relating to barlei having liceu reached. Aldrlch withdrew with-drew the amendment of the tins. nee eommitten to reduce the duty from M low per cent er builnl, leaving it at the Huu-e rate, 3D cent-. The duty on barley malt was left at 40 cents. Thence aragrapli was reached and then the senate wiut Into executive re-ion and soon ad-jourued. |
