The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-15
AMENDMENTS N ORDER
The Real Work on the Wilson
Tariff Bill Begun,
DANGEROUS OPPOSITION REMOVED.

The Elimination of the Income Tau Pro-
vision from the Measure Satisfies East
eru Dcmocrats-A Proposed Duty of
Ono Cent ON Sugar.
WAsuNGroN, Jan. l5-The real worl,
ON the tariff bill commenced tolly Tine
bill is now being read boy sections and is
open to amendment under the five minute
rule. From now ON the bill will bee boz
constant danger of amendment and the
house Democratic leaders have urged
upon all their colleagues the absolute
necessity OF their continual presence until
the final vote is taken.
The Democratic members of the ways
and means committee had meeting yes
terday afternoon TO decide upon the
amendments to DE offered 1t will prob
ably happen as i'm the case of the Ncfiu-
ley bill, that the special order will expire
with many individual amendments pend
ing but not voted upon The decision of
the Democratic members of the commit
tee to report the income tax and other I'M
ternal revenue features of the committees
revenue plan as % separate measure re
moves one of the main dangers To- the bill,
us the opposition to theiucome tax feature
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some of it was of such a character that
had the proposition been placed in the bin
it would have arrayed many Democratic
members against the whole measure.
The fact that the income tax propo-
sitiou is not included in the bill will, it is
thought, strengt hau the attempt TO re-
move the sugar h,uuty and substitute in
| its stead a duty of one cent ON sugar
/ Should this he done it would raise S35-
| 600 600 of revenue and save $1,000 600 of
| sugar bounty and remove the necessity
! for and probably kill the income tax
/ proposition, which il is now the purpose
| of the committee TO present later with the
! internal revenue bill. It is not believed
| that the attempts to restore a portion of
| the duty on coal iron ore, lumber and
other raw materials placed on the free
| list in the bill will be successful
Little Democratic opposition to the bill
| has manifested itself during the general
| debate. and the Democratic members of
| the committee express confidence that the
! bill will go through practically i'm an un-
| amended form, with the possible eNcep-
tiou of the sugar schedule On this prop
OsitiOn the committee itself is divided,
those favoring an individual income tax
supporting the free sugar proposition, and
| the opponents of the income tax, led by
| Chairman Wilson, favoring the restora-
tion of the sugar duty in order Co do away
with the necessity for an income tax.
According to the program agreed upon
by the senate last week the consideration
of the federal elections bill should begin
today The indications, however, are very
strong that the measure will 90 over for
at least a day or two. The probabilitie.
are that an executive session in which the
! Hornblower nomination will be the chief
| subject of consideration will consume
possibly the greater part of more than
one day during the week; that the fedora
elections bill will be taken up for fna
disposition, although its consideration
may not be completed this week, and that
there may be a speech or two on the tariff
and as many or more on Hawaii There
will of necessity be more or less routine
work, and the passage of some of tn,
minor bills upon the calendar is alsC
among the probabilities.