Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-24

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business Ia the House. Mr.. Wise, OF Wiz,
glnia, moved that the New York ana
New Jersey bridge bill, together with the
veto message. be referred TO the Com-
mlttee on Interstate and Foreign COM
merce which was done.
A motion was then made that tne
House should go into Committee OF the
Whole. but before the question was the de
tangle in which IL was placed by ad-
journing yesterday without completing
the consideration Of the sugar schedule:
a special order having been adopted last
SATURDAY setting aside to-day Cruesdayl
for the consideration of the coal and
iron-ore schedules, the House was un,
decided as TO whether that order should
go into effect at once or whether the
sugar schedule should first be completed.
Mr.. Richardson said he hoped the ques-
tion would be settled by the House be-
fore Il went into Committee OF the Wnoie,
for, II not, he (as presiding omcer Oh VI.
committeeJ would feel impelled to rule that
a special order of the House would take
precedence over an order OF the COM
mittee, and therefore he WOULD RUE tnat
the sugar clause would have 70 go over
until the coal and iron schedules were
disposed OF. After quarter OF an hosn
had been spent In the discussion the
Speaker ruled that the sugar clause snoulu
be given the right OF way. Inc house
then, at II :25 A. NJ, went lnto Coni-
mIttee OF the Whole, and Mr. Richardson
took the chair. but the committee was
bese, Win shoals and quicksands, as the
House was and more than an hour was
spent in getting its bearings. s
Late yesterday afternoon an amenu-
rnent had been offered by Mr.. Robertson
DemocraD. OF louisiana providing I9g 9r
a duty OF l cent per pound ana upwarnSS ~
on raw sugar To this Mr.. warner %
New York. had offered a substitute, tne
effect of which was to place al sugars,
raw and refined, on the free list, WINE
the bounty was abolished. The House had
adjourned without acting upon Ropsrts,
sons amendment, although II had adopteu
Warmers substitute The question was
as 10 the status OF Robertson's amend
ment. Ii took an hour and three quarters
10 come to the conclusion that tne SUI
stitute had displaced the lou. moVei .so,. ,,'os
then agreed to. and the end was tnL.
all sugar was made free ana the pouh's
a"oiisi''u' COAL.
Az five minutes after 1 o'clock the coal
scbed,,Ie was taken up, and Mr.. Oates. oil
AIabama. offered an amendment strihIng
coal from the free list and putting duty
of 40 cents a ton upon coal ana ~ cents
ton on slack. s ~, ,,,ord
ment 10 this amendment, placing the duty
M IN cents per ton. Mr.. Mckaig Demo
craD. OF Maryland, submitted suDs.l.
tute proyiding for the retention OF uls
present law-75 cents per ton Oh eo"i '''
30 cents per ton on Slack ,,,, ~,
Mr. Hit Republican). or limos .
fercd the following amendment 10 tne
substitute: Insert at the end OF paIIi
graph 439, Provided that II any ,rs,.,, arn,sy
which imposes a duty on said arucle from
Tho United States, then there snail De
levied and collected and paid upon said
imported article the rate OF duty eAis'iils
prior to the passage OF TINS act
Mr. Wilson made the point or ordeI
against Mr.. Hits amendment tnat IL
was not germaHe TO the supJect uhueI
discussion, and also tnat II was ,as ~ s,,s- re
nature of retaliation. The point was sua s,
tained and MIR. Hits amendment was
Mr. Rayner DemocraO, OF MARYLAND.
made an eloquent plea for free c9ai; re te
said ne held position antagoills.uc, ~
his State, which wanted paoi9euoe nerno.
crat i'm everything else and RepunnCan
on coal and he would not see a uu,g
nut on coal and not on otner ariSieS III
which he was not interested. ..,,ara
Said he: II have followed the merhp@els @
Of tbe WAYS and Means Committee lar
bevond the outposts, and | shall never ue-
eeyt them when the poisoned arrows are
fving from the very citadel OF protec-
ton" democratic applause.l +, ,ovor
Mr. Wise OF Virginia, spoke III IaNys
NJ his amendment putting a tax OF ~
cents ner ton on coal. The secretary oI
the Treasury was compelled 10 lssuc puhIe hiie
for tAe support Of the GovernnitSnt, VIZ ',as
the Committee on Ways ana Means wa. wa,
nuttiug coal on the free list. rms was
10 he compensated for by internal,reVehue
taxation, TO which he was oppossn ,,,a,
We had paid $4,000 into the a' Cgnastan an sent
tbere vet IL was proposed by this Dill
to allow Canadian coal TO come III liee,
Mr. clark DemocraO, of Alabama, was
in favor of free coal.
TUCKER FOR VIRGINIA.
Mr.. Tucker DemocraD. OF Nirginiia,
said he had no personal interest," ~ ~.
coaI-mines of Virginia, but as repIe-
sentative of the State he adVocateu IN, thc
amendment substituting the coai scIieuui srN.i
of the Mckinley law for the c0rresp1InIu, IL
ing provision OF the Wilson biii anu m ~
asserted that putting coal on tne iiec
LIST would not cheaper the product 10
those neople who lived west or the Aiie-
ehanies and east OF the Rockies: -,
Messrs oates. Wheeler ana Iutpih VI
Alabama wanted tariI uuty Oh N1 1ar
In tho further course OF the debate MI
Turnin offered an amendment TO the sup-
stitiite providing that TAX OF 20 eei' q
ner ION should be decreased II IL cents a
Year ana cease altogether ai''' '''
year. - ,ot,o, on tho amend
uent offered by Mr.. Wise raising tne tar-
IN 10 80 cents, and II was deiea'ed pS
viva voce vote. , -, ,,o ornend %
ment offered by Mr.: Turpih' anu II ""'
iost-ayes, 2; nays, l72. - ,,.,,to
The substitute offered by Mr. Mekals
IN insert the provisions OF the Mchinley
law i'm place of the clause IN the hso"
bill was defeated-yeas, " SS haSa ,,,I,b tho
The following Democrats voted Win WIZ w
Renubiicans Oh this proposition: MessrS'
Aiderson West Virginia.. Reilly, Pennsyl-
vanla: PendetOn, West Nirslnia, s.'loy'
pennsylvania; Wise. virginia; MchleeI'
pennsylyania: McKaig Maryland; Meyer;
MHfyiHfl, anu
Hines, Pennsylvania. ...,.,,
The amendment Of Mr.. Oates. putting
on a tax OF ~ cents Ton, was 'ii't W
feated by q vote of 81 TO l3l ~ the mega
Al a:5O p. NJ. the House took up the con-
sidoration Of the ore schedule, ana MT
oates was recognized 10 ofter an ailcnu
ment to take iron-ore unciudihg man
ganiferOus-ore, also tho uross vi
dunn from burned pyrites ana sulphur
ore and Dyrites-ore the sulphuret OF
iron I'm its natural state) of the free Ist
and put a tariff tax OF ~ cents a ION OF
II. In advocating his amendinent ne ssiu Az.
the high-priced miners or this coun M
would be brought into competition wlth
cheap foreign labor with free ore ell"
thet the former could not possibly com
nete with any success He pleaded ror
these men, and that their hvelihoods De
not taken away from them.
Several gentlemen spoke upon the Cates
amendment and upon the general sup!ect
of the tariff. ard when the hour OF o:51
arrived the House took recess untll o
o'clock. leaving the iron-ore subject peha-
ing. e,,cc,o>-
"Standing-room, only" was the oruer
in the galleries at the night session OF
In. lIouse. /Even standng-room was
in demand. and there were crowds pc
sieging every door and trying In vain 10
get inside. There was also a much better
sttendance OF members on the floor than
on any evening except one since the
tariff debate began. The speakers were
Nessrs late. of Georgia: Wilson tRe-
pubIican). OF Ohio; Patterson, of Tennes- mes
ps,tbniaj Republican), OF Missouri: Tay-
ior memocrai). OF Indiana; Baker Re-
pnblican). OF New Hampshire, and Beltz-
hoover. OF Pennsylvania. The House ad-
journed at 1880.