The sun., 1894-01-27
FREE TIN PLATE DEFEATED.
,yF TARIFF BILL PASSED UPoN
DOyN TO LUEBER.

.v,.L,d Bourhe CoeNrsu-The Duty on
r., plate Fxed nt i-5 Test - Pouud
49, ., Amendment to Pat II on the
Fee. Ii.tH,d Been Defeated Hot Words
R.,vrsn Cannon snd Huntsr OF Ii,Inoi-.
v,surxsroN. Jan. 2l-when the House IN ct
his morning Mr.. Cochran Dem. N.Y. suR-
...,ed the absence OF a quorum. This was 4
Continuance oi his dilatory tactics Of yestPr-
d,v when he tried to prevent the Offering OF
=, amendment attaching the Revenue bill
18th the income tax provision. to tho Tariff
tu lie was successful yesterday. more from
,he fact that the managers OF the bill had not
dscidsd what to DO with II than because OF the
absence ot a quorum. During the call OF the
,olI enough members strolled In TO comp plete n
ouorum. Mr.. Cochran called attention to this
,,ct and W thdrew his point OF order. and tho
roll call was discontinued.
After the transaction OF some routine husi-
moss tho House wen. into Committee Of the
Whole to consider the Tariff I'LL. with Mr.
Richardson Dem. Tenn 10 the chair. There
VA, an amendment pending last evening Of
,sred by Mr.. Wilson. to the schedule relating
"a dolls, dolls heads. toy marbles. &c.. and all
oher TOYS not composed OF rubber. china.
potrelain parian. bisque earthen or stone
ware provding that Il should fake effect Oct.
l. 1894.
Mr. LOCKWOOD Dom. y. y offered an
amend m ent to the paragraph raising the duty
on those articles from - 10 ~ per cent lie
said that he offered this amendment in the in
tsrest oi the women and children who wore
engaged In the manufacture OF toys in this
country \ Republican member tried 20 drive
Nr lockwood into an admission that this
would benefit the manufacturers. Mr. Lock-
wood parred tho questions and refused to be
cornerSd and the only response tho RepIbl!-
can could get was that he expected the work
log women and children to 10 benefited by an
increase Of tariff.
Mr.. johnson Dem. Ohio asked II there
we're not enough grown people In the country
without taxing the children. Mr.. Harter tnen..
Ohio in the name OF the millions OF children
10 the country. spoke in tho same strain.
Mr. Lockwood's amendment was then lost
on viva voce vote. and the amendment pro-
posed bv Mr. Wilson was then agreed to -l3J
tol0.
Mr. Wilson also offered the following amend
ments, which we're agreed to without debate:
ln the pnTagrnph regarding ilsh insert the
words salt wGtcr,' SO as to read 'herringa,
picked. frozen or salted. and salt water fish.
frozen or, packed in ice, three quarters cent
fish, fresh" was amended Ly adding tho
words frozen or packed In Ice"
There was lively debate on SIR. Wilson's
amendment proposing reduction Of duty on
uncut diamonds and all precious stones from
Is per cent. to 10 per cent. ad valorem.
Mr.. Holman Dem, lnd.l oiered an amend
ment to NJ Wilson's amendm ent increasing
the duty on diamonds IRON 10 per cent to 80
Mr Anderson Dem. W. Va offered a suhsti-
tuis to the pending schedule increasing this
duty on cut amonds from ID per cent. to 80
Per cent, and on rough or uncut diamonds to
The. Republican members OF the House
leased Nr. Wilson with tho statement that he
poor might have their diamonds cheaper. An
interesting colloluy followed. In which MIR.
cannon Rep. H. and Mr. Hunter Dem. I'LL
Mr. Cannon good -naturedly called Mr.. Hun
ters attention 60 the position In which he was
Ave years ago. and at every election since. the
Gentleman on the Democratic side of the House
bad begun his speeches at the hustlngs by the
statement that the Republican party had
placed duty o! from forty per cent to sixty
per cent on the necessities OF tha poor. and =
he rich lie thought the action OF Mr.. Wilson
lad spoiled his speech. tGreat laughter and |
sSsty oH shH Hnsts MspqG,eSn side
md charged that Mr. Cannon had lost his seat
n the fifty- second Congress- 10y reason Of his
IMPROPER remarks made In the Fifty-iirst Con-
Mr.. Cannon said that his remarks In the
ilty.nrst Congress had been mlsstated. and |
IL was surprised that the gentlepGn should |
rall MS nostrils III the nth VI tho fifty.i first
OnETesS.
Mr.. Hunter replied that ms Mr. Cannon had
lrned the truth of the statements attributed |
o him. he Mr. Hunter would withdraw what |
'y.r offensive remarks he might have made.
Mr. liolInar, in Offering his amendment to |
he amendment ~ Mr.. Wilson. said that the |
iuty he proposed. namely. 81 per cent. was
Mf winnings m n Dem. mo- NSrsaid NS tfr' mr. Holman lnT
Nas Eis'akcn in asserting that tho Walker
ann ~ impo'cdn duty Of 10 per cent on unset
mat alter the Committee on Ways and Means
aM .rnn,i decided to put duty 81 L. per cent. on
came To Washington from New York
% o, urge reetuction Of the duty to. 10
sSa sST cent. lie real coIies o., letters
ran and Mr. n. j.. g. Hod-nDyl. Chairman
3, 9 "a. a committee OF damond importers in View
ianoIlns 10 the interests OF the importers. rhe
,goIre,ponlence which he had read was from
i nr J,.r' r. LT'Td' paper publish in tho
Sr., When the diamond workers Of New
! otS had come to Washington to ask for
h, iIrien,on Of the duty oi 10 per cent. he
I,ahi Mh2 had promised faithfully to- stand
,s ,; e e:M 10 his Effort to have the duty nut
'em@rTaiIr WAYS and Means Ommittee should
i I've leit IN the bil. tax IN the necessRrles OF
ne ~, WINCH was hlGGe: than the tax OF dia-
lsee-slTlr- Of life with the poor. such
: common vegetables. on which th-rs
snI, yri the WSys aud P Means M g Tonmitffse m fse
'iopoH"d 10 reduce the tarIff on diamondst
W et "eht' IN the discussion OF the Mckin-
tN hll The ha.Tmnn of the Ways and Means
onhttes had intended to offer AN amend-
nrht lmbuSihg duty of 90 per cent. on dia-
nnhls; hut he had hrrn shut out by the sps-
KY nllet limiting debate. lie Mr.. CrImmIngsl
IH not blame Mr. AlckinlAy in this regard
" 'ie believed "a giving hIm the credit which
- hls ul". The l'emOCTatic nosition. said
~ NLWmlngs, had teen TO tax luXuri-s
SS.ne, nan nrcTN-l sites, AMI it was a reversal
y nav I"'iTlns l" lower the tArin on diamonds |
", -! an Proportion 30 the reduction on other
.nenll"s Objection Tad been made ne said |
4 =. ".Eh rate OF duty pn diamonds on the p!ea !
80 - ~ was an m 'entiYc tn smuggling. Hs did |
10Y AXE any stock In that argument. but il il |
- Nai4 as regards diamonds why did NOT !
'v sahH Argument Apply with equal force 10 |
~ II was lust as easy 10 smugRls lacss
n,d cen Iassi
= w Nv blngyry Rep. Me said that the duty IN n
.i-Nilh's hhd been reduced IN former taTin I
,Ia9m 10 Ter cent. 10 = PeC cent. on the
nssSuhu l'ltI the articles were so small that |
49, '"hll easily l." concealed. AMI that a |
-, So laI " on diamonds was an Incentive TO |
~ - Ihg ana that a low taTin led To the
- ll'h ~ Increased revenues But this I
30 "a certainly did not huld good in the mat
n" :" SCI diamonds tor they were NOR. liifl-
=, 70 'olreal, ANA heEcs IA the Tariff law Uf
!, tuli ~ ~ per cent. was imposed on
y, ,tt,Nil"hQs while II was Increased by the
-, :" Y ~" 10 - PR cent lie could not see
M, ~, reason therefore. for not Keeping the
~ OF ~ Ter cent. on diamonds cut and set
'ENeff- TINS would be the proper thing to