The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-21
NEARING 4HH Finish,
The Great Tariff Debate viii
End To-day in the Senate,
THE BILL WILL BE PASSED
Aud Sent to tho House for Concur
renee "A Probable Democratic
Vote for Robustness Waiting
to be Disposed or

WASHINGTON, D, O., Jan, 2O.-The
present week will witness the close NJ an
almost continuous debate oinine months
In Congress on the tariff question. By
agreement the Senate is to proceed to a
vote upon the substitute for the Mills
bill at l o'clock Tuesday afternoon, but
II that limit is not extended some i'm.
porttpt provisions Of tho bill will have
to be voted on with little or no consider.
alton in the Senate,
The schedules yet uudlsposed Of are
those which concern rice, gold,leai, lum.
ber, cotton manufactures, wool and
woolens, gloves, leather and molasscs.
Over wool and lumber the principal con.
fllct has been raging before the sub. Com.
mittee on Finance in charge Of tile bill,
and membess OF the committee say, in
consequence Of the continued pressure
from interested parties, no agreement
would be reached respecting these sub.
jeCts until tho very last moment, AS TO
wool, the probabilities favor no change
from the schedule Us originally re-
ported In tho substitute, though
there Is possibility that the
rate OF duty on common wool would he
reduced from II to 10 cents q pound.
Sawed white pine lumber would be ad.
mitted under duty OF 81 80 a thousand
feet, instead Of s., rs at present, A pro.
vision would probably be inserted that
in case Of lumber imported from coun.
tries that lay an export duty on lumber
(meaning Canada) the reduction should
not take effect. Michigan and Wiscon-
sin lumbermen wantsuCh lumber TO pay,
in addition to the 81 90 duty the amount
OF the export duty, which, In tho case OF
lumber from Canada, would be SO a
thousand. This might have ten.
denCy, It Is said, to cause Canada to
repeal her export duty, but In case she
did not, such q provision would Yir-
tually make prohibitory duty here,
and that tho committee want to avoid,
There has been some talk about the
probability OF certain Republican Sena.
tors not voting for the bill, but well in.
formed fhcnds OF the measure say there
Is no danger to he feared from that
source. Besides the full strength OF the
Republican side of the Chamber 1t Is
believed that Senator Brown, OF Georgia,
will voto for tho bill. Although the
voting would begin at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, 1t will be late that night, Il
not Wednesday before the final vote on
the adoption Of the substitute can be
reached.
When the tariff bill Is disposed OF the
Senate will tlnd itself confronted by an
accumulation Of business demanding
prompt attention. First 10 Importance
are tile appropriation bills, which have
come over from the House. The other
bills will come up rapidly, and II the
committee can control the matter, they
will keep the Senate busy this week.
Several Senators, however, have other
legislation they desire accomplished.
THE HOUSE PROGRAMME.
The proceedings in the House promise
to be interesting from the beginning
this week. Monday brings with it that
dread OF orderly legislators-suspension
-butit so happens that under the rule
the day will not be open to indiscrimi.
nate motions, rs was the case on the last
suspension day, In as much as the mo.
tions to be made must come from com.
mittees, and not from individual mem.
bers. The Oklahoma bill Is the unfln.
ished business, and tho members who
have been pushing the measure hope
for better result than attended their
efforts when the bill was lastunder con.
sideration.
Crisp expects to call up tho pending
contested election cases Tuesday and
Wednesday, but just what order the
business OF the week will assume, II Is
not possible 10 state, as the Committee
on Rivers and Harbcrs have selected the
same days for the consideration Of their
appropriation bill, while Mr. Randall In.
tends TO move 10 proceed with ythe sun.
dry civil appropriation bill already be.
fore tho House, These measures are
sufficient TO iill In all Of the working
time Of the House during the week,
while In addition conference report on
the Nicaragua Canal bill, which may
prove 10 bs q bone Of contention, Is like.
" to be added.