The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-03
At THE NATIONS CAPITAL,
Progress Made With the
Tariff Bill.
Senator Hill Scores His First
Victory.
He Secures an Amendment of the
Sugar Schedule.
The Pullman Boycott Echoed in tho
seuats-The President Wakes
Up to thu Seriousness
of the Strike.
Blythe Associated PresS

WASHINGTON. July 2.-The senate be-
gan formal consideration of the tariff
bill, as amended in committee Of the
whole, today, and when a recess was
had tonight much progress had been
made. The sugar schedule, which over
shadowed in Importance the other
schedules, being considered the pivot
upon which the fate OF the measure de-
pended, went through the trying ordeal
and escaped with only one amendment.
That amendment made the repeal of the
sugar bounty and the sugar schedule so
into effect Immediately on the passage of
the bill instead of January 1st. The
adoption of this amendment signalized
the first victory won by Senator Hill. In
addition to the Republican votes in favor
OF 1t, four Democrats-Mesers. Coke,
Georgs, Irby and Pugh-and Mr.. Petfe
(Populist) joined Mr.. Hill.
The following amendments to the
tariff schedules we've agreed to-: Chang
ing the rate on bottles holding more
than pint to 24c pound; on walls
holding not more than pint, l1Bc; the
duty on polished plate glass. not exceed
ing 24x60 inches, from 20 to 221ac per
aqnare foot.
Hansbrough presented an amendment
to the tariff bill providing for the free
coinage OF American silver at 16 to l,
and that duty be placed on imported
silver equal to the difference between
the London and the face value in this
country. The amendment was defeated.
Hill made proposition to make the
repeal OF the sugar bounty take imme.
diate effect, instead of January l, 1895,
which was adopted-35 to 50.
The adoption of HIll's amendment
was defeat for the finance committee.
The Democratic standing for the amend-
mens were: Coke, George, ,Irby, Hill
and Pugn. OF the Populists. Allen and
Kyle voted against Hills motion.
An amendment offered by Kyle to
make the sugar schedule go into effect
on the passage of the act was agreed to
without division, also an amendment
offered by Jones, which he said had the
approval OF the secretary of the treas
ury. to relieve sugar imports from the
additional one-tenth of cent from i'm
ports from bounty-giyiDg countries,
upon the production of proof that such
bounties had not been received.
Jones OF Arkansas gave notice of an
amendment which would be presented
tomorrow in the shape of a proviso to
be added to section 1872, repeating the
bounty proviso OF the Mckinley law
and to continue in force the bounty
until January l., 1895. to the extent OF
9-l0 OF O. cent on sugar testing 80 de-
grees by the polsriscope and $40 on
sugars testing not less than 80 degrees.
PETER moved to strike out the sugar
schedule and place all sugars on the free
list. Lost-33 to 80.
The final vote was taken on the adop-
ton of the sugar schedule and it was
agreed to-3S to 81.
Allen and Quay voted for the final
adoption of the schedule, Hill, 1rby,
Kyle and PETER against it. Otherwise
it was a strict party vote. Stewart OF
Nevada did not vote. This disposed of
the sugar schedule.
On motion of White an amendment to
the still wine paragraph was adopted.
providing that the per cent. of alcohol
on all wine and fruit juices should be
determined according to the regulations
prescribed by the secretary of the treas-
ury.
By vote Of 81 to 81 the committee
amendment striking cotton bagging
from the dutiable list and transferring il
to the free list was agreed to.
Mills moved to transfer burlaps, as
we'll as bags for grain made from bur
lape, from the dutiable list. thus putting
it in the sams category with cotton bag.
ging. This gave Chandler chance to
deliver a eatirical remark about Mills
great rally for Tree trade towards the end
OF the bill, after getting dutiable coal,
dutiable everything else.
Before vote was taken on Mills mo-
ton Harris, at :35 p. M, moved that
the session take recess until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow. The motion was agr eed to.