Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-22
SPEECHES ALL READY
Senators Have Much TO
Say About Bonds,
SUGAR, CUAl AND IRON.
Promise to Be Productive of Lengthy
Debates in the House.

Many Republican senators have given
public assurance that they would not
seek 10 delay the final vote upon the cleo
tions bill beyond a reasonable time for
debate, and the fact that the Republican
caucus took no action looking TO decide
upon a policy concerning this measure
would seem TO indicate that no such
course will be pursued.
On the other hand the continued post
ponement of tn ~ crrupted discussion
of the subject So .g Indicate some de-
sign of brushisJ th. subject aside by
pleading for delay until the tariff bill
reaches the senate and absorb it's entire
time. 1t Is evident that the Democratic
leaders have some apprehension OF
policy of this kind and are determined
that IL such a purpose is entertained ID
shall not succeed.
Senator Lodge has given formal notice
of an intention TO speak on the bill on
Wednesday, and Senators Hoar, Frye,
Chandler, Higgins and Hawley have in.
dicated that they would ask to be heard
upon the subject before II shall be def.
nitely disposed Of Among Democrats
who will probably speak upon the bill are
Senator'S Gray and Hill.
The Bond Question.
IL will be impossible to keep the bond
question entirely out of the senate, and
there Is possibility that il may be made
the subject Of a number Of speeches. IL
not of considerable debate. Senators
PETER and Allen both have resolutions
before the senate taking Secretary Car
Isle to task for his course, and Mr.. Allen
has given notice of speech on Thursday
based upon bis resolution.
Mr. PETERS resolution comes up today,
and IL may be the means of precipitating
this question the first thing in the weeks
proceedings. There are other senators
primed with speeches on the bond issue, so
that it will be very surprising IL there Il
not as much attention given to bonds al
TO any other subject before the senate.
On the Last Lap.
This week will see the conclusion Of the
tariff debate In the house. According to
the special order the voting will begin .
week from today at noon.
During the past week no amendments
of substantial importance have been voted
on with any chance Of adoption except
that fixing the date upon which free wool
would go into effect, which was carried
by the radical Democrats, with the aid Of
some Republicans, over the protest Of the
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee.
This week, however, will witness the
fight over the big amendments to be Of.
fered from the Democratic side. The full
measure Of the Democratic opposition to
the bill will then develop, and consider
able bad blood will be manifested. The
first fight will come on the sugar schedule
Three hours have been set apart for thu
consideration Of the propositions to b
offered by the sugar men. Four amend
ments will be offered to the paragraph
placing sugar on the free list II the present
plan Is adhered to-.
MoRae VIII Start It.
The first viii be that of Mr.. McRae to
abolish the provision relating to the sugar
bounty in the Wilson bill, which cohten-
plates it's gradual reduction Of IA Of q
cent a year for eight years until il is wiped
out. To this Mr. Price Will offer an
amendment to substitute, in place of q
bounty, a duty Of cent pound on sugar.
A substitute for this to retain the Mo
Kinley bounty of 2 cents will be offered
by Mr.. Meyer, and Mr.. Boatner will offer
an amendment TO the substitute to place
l 1-2 cent duty on sugars
This will exhaust the amendments that
can be pending. The votes will be taken
in the reverse order The sugar men will
make a strong fight on the ground that
sugar is a revenue article, and in accord
with the dictates of the Chicago platform
should be made dutiable to supply the
deficit which 1t is estimated the customs
schedules of the Wilson bill will cause.
They will have the support of all the
Democrats who are opposed to the income
tax.
While 1t is generally admitted that they
will probably be able to muster a major
itytof the Democrats, the Republicans who
are pledged to the free sugar feature Of
the Mckinley law will give them no aid.
The chances of the adoption of sugar
duty for the above reasons are slim.
Opposition From the south.
Tuesday has been set apart for the con-
ideration OF the amend ments to the free
coal and free iron ore schedules. TIE
present duty on both these articles is 70
cents a ton. The coal men, especially In
Virginia, West Virginia and Alabama, are
at the back OF this opposition, and have
the support pretty generally Of the Demo
cratic representatives from those states.
The iron interests of the south, Alabama
and Tennessee, and Of the Lake Superior
district. including the vessel interests of
the lakes, are fighting against free iron ore.
Both are willing TO yield portion Of
the duty, and amendments ranging from
b 20 so cents ton will be offered Raw
materials are made the back kbone of the
Wilson bill, and a herculean effort will
be made TO prevent defeat here. The
Republicans, II they join with the. coal
and iron men, as they probably will, may
make the vote close, but the Democrats
of the ways and means committee mani
fest no alarm.
Later in the week the internal revenue
bill, including the income tax, will prob
ably he offered as an amendment TO the
bill, probably by Mr.. Mcmillan, although
this has not been decided upon fully. IL
It is, this fight will be the feature Of the
debate.
Other amendments relating TO the to-
bacco schedule, lead ore, etc, will con-
sumo the rest Of the week. Mr.. Richard
son, chairman of the committee Of the
whole, already has in his possession n
anendm m ents