The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-05
DELAYED TARIFF BILL.
It May Reach the Full Senate
Committee Tomorrow.
MUCH WORK YET TO BE DONE.

Tho Contest between the Members of the
Committee and the Disseminated EIe-
ment VIII Doubtless Have Its Eject on
the Iron Ore and Sugar Schedules.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Demo-
cratic committee on finance find 1t neces-
sary to take at least one more day to con-
slider the tariff bill before presenting 1t to
the full committee. They had been very
anxious to complete the bill on Saturday
so as to be able to lay it before the full
committee today, and they did not relax
In this purpose until the last moment, but
they found that 1t had been necessary to
give 30 much time to the senators who
wanted to be heard on the various
schedules that they had comparatively
little time for consultation. Consequently
they postponed the motion until today,
when they promise to complete the bill In
time to have it printed for presentation
tomorrow.
The committee have progressed so far
and have heard the dissatisfied senators
so fully that they feel confident now Of
being able to carry out this program, al
though there Is considerable detail work
still TO be done. While some of the sched-
ules of the bill have been agreed to for the
time being by the committee the work is
not considered finally concluded upon any
of them, and applications are liable to be
made up to the last moment before the
meeting of the full committee. For this
reason members of the committee decline
absolutely to give out any of the rates
fixed. They also refuse to confirm any
figures published, and while they do not
say that the ratio Of forty cents per ton on
iron ore and coal are erroneous they as
sert that whatever figures they may have
agreed to, even on these articles, are still
subject to change, and that as ii is with
these articles, SO it is with the eutire list
The contest between the member OF the
committee and the disconnected element
has been very sharp. Senators Hill, Cor
man, Brioe, White, Caffrey and Smith,
and possibly two or three other senator's,
constitute a very compact organization
and they constitute an influence which
the committee is finding it difficult to re
sist These senators have been in constant
consultation. Still, members of the en-
mittee do not believe that the opposition
of the senators would go to the extent o.
opposing the bill by their votes.
Sugar is still, a9 it has been from tn,
start, the most disturbing element witt
which the committee has been called upoi
to deal, and there is far greater trouble il
fixing a rate satisfactory to the reiiner
than TO the planters.
The Republican members of the com
mittee have not changed their purpose o
asking for an explanation in committee o
the changes made, aud they will insis
upon explicit and comprehensive state
ments. Senator Morrill, has reiterated hi
purpose to this eud within the past day o
two, and other Republican members of tn
finance committee will sustain him In hi
position. If the Democratic member
comply, and it is supposed they will in
: measure, it is probable that some tim
will be consumed, SO that. even thougl
the bill be presented to the full committe
tomorrow, it cannot be definitely state,
just when it will be reported to the senate
The Democratic members are pledged
however, to get it in at the earliest prac
ticable moment.