Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-08-23
THE HOUSE READY TO STOP.
No Further Legislation OF Any Kind
at This Session.

There could be final adjournment
by Wednesday if the President
should act on the bill tomorrow.
The only Legislative matter pending
on which action is hoped for is the
alcohol bill now before the Senate,
but this appears to be affected by
the Murphy resolution postponing
all tariff legislation, and in any event
the House will not be likely to defer
adjournment of the legislation.
Members of the ways and means
committee say that they do not
think that the President will let the
tariff bill become a law until the
last moment in order that the Gus
toms officers may have all the in
formation possible before putting
the act into effect. This would be
until midnight of Monday next, so
adjournment could not come until
Tuesday.
Representative Tarsney of Mis-
souri, reported his free silver-lead-ore
bill to-day, reciting the passage of
the bill in the last Congress and as
a part OF the Wilson bill. AS it was
evident no quorum was in the House
to do business, he let the bill go
over until next session.
Chairman Wilson is at Long
Branch as the guest of Representa-.
tive Isidore Strauss.
REPORTED But NOT FOR ACTION.
The Senate finance committee
held a brief session to-day and or
dered favorable reports on the four
separate tariff bills passed by the
House Il week ago. In accordance
with this order, when the Senate
met, Mr.. Harrison reported the
bills. Inquiries were made as to
what had become of the amend.
ments offered to the sugar bill but
Mr.. Harrison said it was not usual
to report back amendments rejected
in committee.
Mr.. Allison of Iowa said that the
action Of the Senate Saturday on
MIR. Manderson's amendment when
the vote was 81 to 20 and only
failed for lack of a quorum, should
be regarded as an instruction to the
committee to report the amend
ment favorably.
Mr.. Chandler wanted to know
what became of his amendment re-
pealing and cancelling the late tariff
act. Mr.. Harris gave as his reply
that he had been instructed to re-
port the bill back with an amend.
ment providing for a duty of 40 per
cent.
Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon gave no
tice that if the sugar bill was called
up at this session he would offer an
amendment re'enacting the wool
schedule of 1890.
The bills placing wool, coal and
iron on the free list were ordered
placed on the calendar and the
Senate went into executive session,
but owing to the lack of a quorum,
adjourned till Wednesday.
:. No LONGER FREE LIST Hills.
The sugar bill as agreed upon was
amended so as to provide for a duty
of 40 per cent straight on sugar
without any differential on refined
sugar or any extra duty on sugar
imported from countries paying {
8 bounty. 1t is the Jones amend
ment except that his amendment
provided for only 30 per cent. The
Idea Of the Democratic members o
the committee is that this rate
would furnish sufficient revenue
without giving the Sugar trust any
advantage.
The coal bill was amended sc
as to provide for reciprocity on thi.
article by the admission free of duty
.
of coal imported from countries
which admit coal from this country
free. Coal imported from countrie!
, that impose Il duty on American
coal is TO he made dutiable at thu
rate in existence when the bill
should go into effect.
The amendment to the barbet
T wire bill provides for the free adj
mission of barbed wire and all Other
, fencing wire and the rods from
, which they are made.
The free iron ore bill was no.
smended.
4 The Republican members of the
: committee offered amendments o
their W to the bill. One Of these
was that presented in the Senate b,
/, Senator Hill for the repeal Of the in,
come tax. They also sought tt
have the revenue duty supplantet
by a provision for free sugar with /;
bounty. They voted solidly against
, the bills but did not seek to delay
the report upon them.
Those who have booths at the fail
grounds or are arranging for pic
mics in the country should buy theil
: fruits, cigars, tobacco, etc, from W.
b. Conway, Ringo House Corner
Mexico, Mo. wit
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