Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-30
CHANGING THE TARIFF BILL.
The Senate Finance Committee Amend.
ing the Mckinley Act.

The Senate finance committee yesterday be-
gan the consideration of the tariff bill. There
was full attendance, and Mr. Carlisle entered
into the discussion OF the bill with earnestness
proposition by Senator Sherman was agreed
to suggesting that the committee take up the
Dill b. paragraphs and either pass them for
future action or agree to them as they stood in
the bill as it passed the House. The proposition
was agreed to with the understanding that any
paragraph which was agreed to might be re-
called for further action. The consideration of
the bill was then begun
THE CHEMICAL SCHEDULE
is first in the bill. Before entering upon it
Mr.. Aldrich suggested that it would be well to
decide whether or not the committee would
Tor If 1t was the opinion of the committee that
this should be done it would affect the rates on
half the items in the schedule. After some
discussion 1t was voted not to recommend free
alcohol in the arts. The text of the chemical
schedule was then gone over and thirty-eight
items checked off. or these, however. thirteen
OF the most important were passed over with
out action. The committee before adjourning
disposed OF four of the 126 pages of the bill,
and
THE QUESTION OF FUTURE MEETINGS
was then raised. A proposition by Senator
the discussion of the bill was disagreed to. He
then advocated daily sessions of ten hours
duration in order to complete the bill so rs to
report to the Senate at the earliest day possi-
BILE. This suggestion met with opposition from
both sides. Senator Carlisle said he wished to
be perfectly frank on the subject While per-
fectly willing to sit ten hours a day he believed
1t would be waste of time. All the time the
committee had so far spent on the bill he be =
lleyed had been wasted, by reason of the con-
ditions under which it was proceeding.
SENATOR VOORHEES, SAID
that the place for discussion of the bill was in
Mr.. Carlisle. The republican party, he said,
wanted tariff bill constructed on the lines of
protection; the democratic party wanted bill
on the lines of revenue. The way to do was
for the ma ority of the committee to agree
upon their bill and the minority to do the
same, if in their judgment the report of a
minority measure was deemed advisable.
SENATOR H1sCoCK PROPOSED
that a subcommittee on each side be appointed
to prepare such schedules as would be advo-
Gated by its party on thu floor of the Senate
that the republican subcommittee as fast as it
prepared its schedules TO submit them to the
democratic subcommittee and the latter to do
the same with It's schedules for the republican
subcommittee. The proposition was agreed to,
Senators Sherman and Vance voting in the neg
alive.
The question of giving oral hearings was dis
cussed but no conclusion reached. SO the pre-
v!Ous action Of the committee adverse to hear
ings still stands. The changes agreed to
In the chemical schedules were all reductions
proposed by republicans and supported by the
solid democratic vote and the member making
the motion. None of the changes agreed to
were significant or important.