The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-11
WHITE HOUSE LEGISLATION.
Mr. cLETELAND TRYING TO MAKE a
CHANCE IN THE TARIFF MIN

VI. Il Deterriued that = Duiy shall Re
Placed on Raw suanr. hut the ways snd
MEANS Committee r. A Eai--t Hirn, . to g.
| wilson's Conferences with the Executive.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1Q-Tho Committee on
| Ways and Means are still in deadlock. II Is
| generally supposed that they have prepared a
| tariff measure. but this Ia a mistake. A draft
| OF n customs bill was submitted to the Com
| mittee on Ways and Means at the beginning
| OF the Congress by the Democratic members
| OF that com mittee, who had been engaged for
some months in preparing 1t, but that meas
ure was not shown to the Republican mem
bers OF the committee more than ten minutes
before II was given to the public: and now
even that draft has been reconsidered and
another bill. which has not yet been submitted
To the committee. has been sent to the print
ing office By the Democratic members Of that
committee. IL Is presumed that this will also
be presented 70 the committee itself In due
time.
In this new draft there have been many
changes and IL Is said that other changes are
still expected. The truth is that the Commit
tee on Ways and Means has not yet been able
to come to an agreement as to measure that
shall raise revenue. This committee. or rather
tho Democratic members OF the committee
sage and OF the present House. are called the
committee-has been in deadlock for two weeks
on tho questions which lie at fho foundation OF
any revenue hill. The chief difficulty Is asto the
sugar question. For three days at least the
Administration has been using all OF its in
nuence to induce the committee to recommend
n duty OF one cent pound on raw sugar and
TO wholly abolish the bounty. At the last re-
port from the committee the Administration
- l. ttah tea mn
Indeed. one OF the six members OF the majority
OF tho Democratic side Of the committee had
sent word to the Secretary OF the Treasury
that the Administration could not accomplish
its purpose. eXccnt by the use Of coercivc In
fucnces which did not seem to him possible.
THE Sun in It's dispatches from Honolulu
has informed the country that Minister Willis
has announced to the people Of Hawaii that 1t
10 the policy OF tho Administration to impose n
duty OF one cent per pound on raw sugar
Through the medium Of the Presidents mes:
sngc, and by the statement OF the Minister oil
the United states e. Hawaii. II has been pos.
Administrator with respect to tho Ways and
Means Committee nre. The President and the
Secretary Of tho Treasury are determined that
raw sugar. and they are said to bea good deal
surprised that the edict from the White House
has not already been oheYcd.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has been de.
voting this week TO the accomplishment OF
OF tho Wnvs and Means Committee issued a
notice calling upon tho Democratic mem oers
place in the Treasury Department whore the
committee has been framing Its BILL Tho
the sum m ons and waited at the Treasury De;
partment until after II o'clock ut night. and
II was sail afterWard that the reason that he
did not come was that MIR. Wilson was in con-
ttinuouss consultation with the President at ths
OF the hill. AT o'clock on Friday night Chair |
man Wilson; HAVING then been released trIm
gram to the democratic mcmbers OF the COM |
Inittee to be sure t? meet him the next morn.
on WAYS ana Means ct 10 o'clock, The DEM
ocrats were in ;helr places AS usual.
the Chairman oi the COMMITTEES did not keep |
mittee ascertancd that no was again ut the |
night on, the PIrevi2ns night i is stu un-
mittpe that they should do their duty with re.
speCt to this Till by registering The decree OF
tinuay said to tho men beers Of the committee
during the pas; week that 1t is essential that
nue. and that the various measures proposed
will not SO speedily bring revenue as duty
The impression OF those whose iud emit is
best as to the influence OF the Executive upon
way as he did with the silver bill before the
bill shall be enacted. and that the tArin Till
that will be enacted Will hnNe q provision that
raw sugar shall be taxed one cent pound.
At present, however. he has not been able to
break the deadlock OF six to fvs against this
proposed duty which exists among the Demo-
cratic mem bers of the Ways and Means Com
mitt~e.
This duty upon raw sugar is the key to the
situation. II the Democrats OF the NAYS aud
Means Committee shall he forced by the Exec
utive to report in favor Of a duty upon raw
sugar. then thcre will be no tax upon indivld-
ual incomes 70 which the President lie op-
posed. and no Increase Of the tax upon whis-
key, TO which the Secretary OF the Treasury
says that is unalterably opposed. The, prop
taxed has not yr; been abandoned. II IL shall |
he rejected finally by the Ways and Means
Com ittee, IL MAY become very disturbing
element in the House.