Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — PASSED THE SENATE. [ARTICLE]

PASSED THE SENATE.

MEASURE GETS A MAJORITY OF FIVE VOTES. Senator Hill Casts the Only Democratic Vote Against It—President and Federal Judge* Must Pay Tax on Their Salaries— To Take Effect August !• Vote of 39 to 34. In the midst of intense excitement, after having been debated for three months and one day, the tariff bill, amended to take effect Aug. 1, 1894, pasted the Senate by a vote of 34 to 39 '-a strict party vcte, except Mr. Hill, who voted with the Republicans against the measure. The Populist? divided their strength, Kyle and Allen voting in favor of the bill and Peffer and Stewart against it At the very opening of the last day of the great struggle, says a Washington dispatch, Mr. Harris, in charge of the bill, announced that it would pass that day, or there would be no Fourth of July fcr the Senate of the United States. Until evening there were no sensational incidents. A hard, but hopeless fight was made by the Republicans under the leadership of Mr. Sherman to place wool on the dutiable list. Through the instrumentality of Mr. McLaurin ;Dem., Miss.) the action of the committee of the whole in exempting the salaries of United States Judges and the President of the United States from the opeiation of the income tax was re\ersed in the Senaio.

A very important piece of legislation in the shape of an anti-trust law was placed on the 1 ill as a rider without even so much as a division. It was designed, as Mr. Voorhees, Cha rman of the Finance Committee, said, to insure integrity in execution of the law, it being admitted ihat any tariff system afforded abundant opportunity for the formation of trusts and combinar tions. The galleries wers filled to overliowing, many prominent ladies and gentlemen being present to witness the final disposal of the bill, and the scene war truly a brilliant one. • Half a hundred members of the House were on the floor. It was amid such surroundings that the climax occurred, when Senator Allen, of Nebraska, denounced the Democratic members of the Finance Committee and charged them with bad faith in taking advantage of his ignorance of parliamentary procedure to induce him to offer the amendment, thus releasing their Democratic colleagues under the caucus agreement from voting for them. He intimated that he had been tricked. Mr. Vest, on behalf of the committee. hotly denied the charges, and upbraided Mr. Allen. Mr. Manderson, Mr. Allen’s Republican colleague from Nebraska, seemed to enjoy toe plight of bis associate, and warned him to beware before he again allied himself with the Democrats. Mr. Jones of Arkansas also challenged the truth of Allen's statements, and scored him for attempting to place the committee in a false light. For an hour after the excitement caused by this exchange of criminations occurred, the proceedings weie extremely dull 1111 l Denounces Income Tax. As the hands of the clock drew toward the hour of 10 the final speeches began. Mr. Allen, somewhat to the wonderment of the galleries after his outbreak early in the evening, told the Senate why he had concluded to vote for the bill. The most dramatic incident of the n ght occurred when he took his seat and Mr. Hill arose and in ringing and fervid tones entered an eloquent prate-t against the ‘ income tax,” and arraigned his party associates for beihg false to their party pledges and their country. The Republicans drew around him as he spoke, the galleries leaned over as he dealt his sledge-hammer blows. When in conclusion he declared theatrically that he would mot support the bill a wave of applause, quickly checked by the Vice President, swept over the gallery. A final word of pretest followed from Aldrich, Chandler and Manderson. The bill was placed upon its passage and the roll was called. Up n the announcement of the vote. 34 to 39, the galleries cheered, and amid a scene or rejoicing the Senate adjourned over the Fourth of July. Vote on the Final The detailed vote on the final passage of the bill is as follows: YEAS. VLLEN. Gorin in. Morgan, bate. Gray. Murphy. Berry. Harris. Palmer. Blackburn. Hunton. Pasco. Blanchard. Irby. Ransom. Caftery. Jarvis. Roach. Call. Jones (Ark.). Smith. Oockrelli Kyee. Turple. Coke. ! Lindsay. Vest. Daniel. McLaurin. Vilas. Faulkner. MartlD. Yoorhees. Georsre. Mills. Walsh. Gibson. MitchelKWis.). White—39. NAYS. Aldrich. Hansbrough. Pugh. Allison. Hawley. Piatt. Carey. Higgins. Power, Vnandler. nlll. Proctor.' Cullom. Jones (Ncv.). Quay. ,■ Pads. Podge. Gherman. Dixon. McMillan. Shoup. Doljph. Manderson. Squire. Dubois. Mitchell (Ore.). Syewakt. Frue. ' Patton. Teller. GaUinger. L'efff.k. Washburn—3i, Hale. The pairs were a? follows: The first named would have voted for the bill, the others against it: | price with \vlco;t; Butler with Cameron: : Camden with Pettigrew; Gordon with Wilson; Pugh with Hoar; McPherson with Morj rill. Mr. Harris moved that a conference ! committee of seven Senators on the i disagreeing votes of the two houses ! be appointed, and although Mr. Allison | protested against this action, maintainj mg that a i yet there was no disagree- ! ment, the motion prevailed and the Vice President appointed the followi ing committee: Messrs. Voorhees, j Harris, Nest, Jones (Ark.), Sherman, I Allison and Aldrich.