The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-21
THE TARIFF TERMINAL
End of the Great Struggle in
Congress.
THE SUGAR SENATOR'S ARE TRI-
UMPHANT.

barbed wire. They dictated the terms
to the House, which receded from its
position on the ground that the Senate
bill was better than to do without any
legislation on the tariff, and under the
guidance of Speaker Crisp and Chair
man Wilson,, the Democratic Repre-
sentatives agreed to accept the Senate
bill, which ended the fight very
quickly.
q The House coupled with it's agree
ment the introduction and passage OF
separate bills to secure free sugar, free
coal. free iron ore and free barbed
wire, but none of these measures will
stand the ghost Of a chance to pass the
Senate. They were practically killed
whom sent to the Senate, and the House
-onty intended to make a record before
the country as being squarely in favor
Of adhering to the pledges of the Dem
ocrats along this line, placing the re-
sponsibility for failure upon the Demo-
cratic Senators who refused to carry out
these pledges.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-There was
SODlCbuluR VI " hurry " UhC oCuutC
to-day during the earlier hours Of the
session when the four separate tariff
bills came over from the House, for it
was feared that in some way, action
might be forced and. q showing of
hands compelled to be made. Especi-
ally was this true of the bill to put SUI
gar on the free list. There appears,
however, to be 40 hope for any of these
bills to become laws, as there is q dis
position on the part of the leaders to
smother them in committee. The SUI
gar bill, of course, possesses the most
political Significance and it cannot be
doubted, but that there are very many
Democrats who would like the OPP
~portunity to vote upon the question of
free sugar as an independent PROPOSE
ton.
The Republicans can be depended
upon to do all they can to prevent the
Democrats from carrying out any de-
sire they may have in this direction,
and they base their intention upon the
statement that it would be bad poll
tics. One of the leaders said tonight
that the Republicans made free sugar
and gave the growers q bounty, and
that the Democrats repealed that law.
Now the Democrats wanted the Re
publioans to assist them in putting SUI
gar back on the free list without the
bounty. This the Republicans will not
do. It is believed that all these bills
will be sent to the finance committee
without much trouble, this being the
usual course. Should there be any Of
fort on the part of those anxious for
free sugar to attempt to prevent this
and secure immediate action, as Mr..
Vest suggested to-day, then the bills
will be called up one at a time and
made the basis for the formation of
another new tariff bill. Hill began
that work to-day when he gave notice
OF an amendment providing for the re-
peal of the income tax.
Stewart is ready to lay before the
Senate a free coinage amendment for
each Of the independent bills. Allen
will offer as an amendment the PETER
tariff bill, and A)drich will offer an
amendment that repeats tho enacting
clause of the bill to which the House
agreed yesterday. A most determined
fight will be commenced should there
be any disposition shown to treat these
independent measures with any degree
ofseriousness.
In view of the anxiety Of members of
Congress to get away and ecure the
close of all business, it does not appear
how q quorum can be maintained to,
keep up this sort of thing, for the Re-
publicans would insist that the Demo
Gratis provide the quorum with which
the Senate should do business. AL
ready Senators are preparing to leave
the city, Teller and Dixon having taken
their departure. In the House q num-
her Of members have gone and the pre-
diction is made in the Senate by both
Democrats and Republicans that the
end of this week will find the Senate
without a quorum.
The only thing that now keeps the
Senate is the sundry civil bill, and the
tariff bill, which will reach the Presi-
dent tomorrow, with these two things
out of the way there would be no rea-
son why an adjournment should not fol-
low. Senators do not place much faith
in the story that the House will refuse |
to adjourn until the Senate acts upon
tors now attracting the attention of the
Senate are out of the way, the. House
will be put to the test by the passing
on the part of the Senate of O Joint
resolution providing for q time for ad-
jOurnment sine die. Any attempt to
Illustrate an adjournment means the in
auguration of a period of flibustering
and the consumption of time by the
Senate with the inevitable result that
nothing will be accomplished.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-During the
fOuGlne morning business, the CHIEF
clerk of the House delivered q mes
sage from the House notifying the SEN
ate of the discharge of the House con-
forces on the tariff bill, and of the fact
that the House had receded from it's
disagreement to the Senate amend
ments, and further that he (the clerk)
had been directed to present to the
Senate the signature OF its President,
the enrolled tariff bill. Within q few
minutes afterwards the Vice President
announced that he had signed the
tariff bill.
Quay gave notice that he would offer
as an amendment to the four bills put
ting sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed
wire on the free list. the Mckinley
tariff bill.
Butler offered u resolution, which
was referred, ~instructing the commit
tee on Interstate commerce to inquire
and report as to the freight and pas
charges differential, ETC., Of the
Southern Steamship and Railway AS
ISOLATION.
Attic request OF Harris, each of the
fonr House bills as to sugar, coal, iron
ore and barbed wire, was taken up and
received its second reading. This for
mality having been accomplished, Har-
ris rose and said / deem 1t my duty
to submit to the Senate a communica-
tion from the Secretary of the Treas
ury received this morning. The letter
was read from the clerks desk.
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