The herald., 1894-01-28
No More Amendments Will Be
Y Considered.
The Bill Nearly Ready to Be Reported
to the House.
Income Tax to Be Put On as a Rider
Three Days General Debate to Be
Allowed II Vote to Be
Taken February 1st.

for offering amendments ceased at 5 80,
when the house took recess.
There was great deal of demand
from both sides of the house for recogni-
ton, for the purpose of offering amend
ments, but Wilson had the floor and not
one got in. At least 100 amendments
were shut out.
A series of amendments to the metal
schedule, all making reductions, were
agreed to, and the committee fixed the
time for free wool to go into effect
August I'd and wooden goods December
let. This has been accomplished by
change OF front on the part of Republic
cans, who voted on the former occasion
> to have free wool go into effect imme-
diately on the passage of the bill.
The last series of amendments were
! those reducing the duty on barley 80
per cent and barley malt %. The east
ern and weBternzmaltsters and brewers
are fighting over the barley schedule,
and Warner, in the closing minutes of
the session, prevented vote by max
ing the point of no quorum. A good
deal OF excitement attended the wind
Up. The failure to vote on these amend
! ments will leave them under the terms
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~be finally reported to the house. Three
; days of next week under the order will
be devoted entirely to consideration OF
the internal revenue bill.
The rules committee agreed this morn
ing to an order allowing income tax to
be offered as an amendment to the tarsff
bill, giving Monday and Tuesday for
general debate, Wednesday for debate
on the amendments under the FIVE
! minute rule, with general debate in the
evening; the vote to come on the tariff
bill and amendments Thursday noon.
After the reading of the journal when
the house met, Haines (Dem.) of New
York made the point of no quorum.
, The speaker ordered roll call.
This was in pursuance of the policy
decided on by the New York members
, to flibuster against the committee on
rules, extending the tariff debate and
authorizing the offering of the internal
! revenue bill as an amendment to the
tariff bill. The roll call, however, de-
veloped quorum and filibustering col
, lapsed.
The committee on rules then reported
a special order for the Wilson bill and
4 income tax amendments, providing for
q vote thereon February 1st. The COM
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> The opponents of income tax realizing
their helplessness, made no resistance,
and the special order was adopted.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the tariff bill, the pend
ing amendments being those relating to
! the lumber schedule.
Doolittle (Rep.) of Washington made
strong plea for the substitution of the
lumber schedule of the present law.
He said free lumber under the Wilson
bill would force the laborerH OF his state
into competition with cheap Chinese
and Japanese labor employed across the
Canadian line.
Hayes (Dem.) said he represented one
1 OF the largest lumber districts in the
country. He had no fear of Canadian
competition among lumbermen. He
had investigated the whole question,
thoroughly, and it was merely a ques-
ton OF stumpage.
Oates (Dem.) of Alabama explained
his amendment to Boutelle's amend
ment, which restored the Mckinley law
schedule. He thought the lumber
schedule badly framed. There was I'M
just discrimination in favor of certain
classes of lumber and his amendment
proposed to reduce the rates of the Nc
Kinley la,T one-half.
\ A vote vas then taken on the lumber
schedule, first ON Oates amendment
cutting the existing rates in half, which
was lost, and then on Boutelle's amend
ment to substitute the Mckinley law
rates; also lost, 70 to 81.
Then the lead and zinc schedule was
taken up. Morgan (Dem.) of Missouri
offered the main amendment to reduce
the duty on white lead from % cents to
/ cent a pound on lead piping and
shot, Ia cents to l cent, and put cent
per pound duty on lead ore instead OF Is
per cent as in the bill, and silver lead
ore dutiable ON lead contents at cent.
Sweet (Rep.) of Idaho offered an
amendment defining the method of ap-
praising silver lead ores,
Wilson (Rep.) of Washington also
spoke vigorously against the proposition
to place lead ore on the free list.
, Childs tRep.) of Illinois proposed an
/. amendment to the zinc schedule to
~scake zinc, in block and in pig, dutiable
! at cent per pound, zinc in sheets IL
cent and ON old and wornout zinc "a
cent.
, Hartman (Rep.) of Montana offered
substitute for the Morgan and Sweet
amendments, and spoke in the interest
of the lead miners of Montana.
Rewlina (Dem.) of Utah offered as
substitute for the whole lead schedule,
paragraph placing a uniform duty of
20 per cent on lead ore and all manufac-
lures OF lead.
Sheets amendment was lost without
division. Morgsn's amendment was
also lost, also Hartman's amendments TO
IA the zinc schedule, lost without division.
Wilson brought forward q series OF
amendments comprehending the entire
/, metal schedule.
Bynum (Dem.) of Indiana opposed
reduction in the metal schedule, es
> pecially steel rails.
Simpson offered an amendment plac-
ing wire on the free list.
, Robertson (Dem.) of Louisiana offered
an amendment to place cotton bagging
on the free list.
b. Washington (Dem.) OF Tennessee Of
Tered an amendment fixing pig iron at
So per ton lost.
, The committee amendments were
adopted, 1913 to so.
Johnson's proposition to reduce the
duty on steel rails to five per cent was
lost also his amendments fixing the
duty at 10 and 10 per cent were losts
1 The committees amendment placing
the duty at 20 per cent was adopted.
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