The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-05
VOTING ON THE TARIFF.
The End of the Great Debate Is
Not Far Distant.
A TEST VOTE ON SUGAR TODAY,

The Passage OF This Bone OF Contention,
Democrats Claim, wnl Result In Rush
ing tho Whole Measure Through-Houss
votes on state Banks Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-By an agreement
reached just before adjournment of the
senate last night all amendments TO the
sugar schedule will be voted upon today,
According to both sides the fate of the
bill depends on the disposition OF the
sugar schedule, and the fact that the Re
publicans have agreed to allow the issue
TO go TO vote indicates that the end Of
the tariff debate in the senate Is not far
distant. All sorts Of amendments will be
offered, the two on which the Republicans
base most Of their hopes of breaking the
lines of the Democrats being those to
change the date on which the schedule is
70 go into effect and to wipe out the one
eighth of cent differential given by the
schedule to the retiners of sugar. The
Democratic managers. however, claim to
be entirely confident that the schedule
will go through without material change
The debate yesterday was intgrpstng
but not sensational, the most important
feature being the explanation of the sched-
ule by Mr.. Jones. This was the first pub
lie Interpretation Of It by Democratic
member Of the finance committee, and to-
tally varied with the Interpretation put
upon it by Republicans, especially as to the
amount of protection afforded by it to the
sugar trust. Republicans say that the
sugar question will be revived when the
bill comes into the open senate, 1t being
now in committee of the whole.
Senator Morgan presented an amend
20 he 20 -; 4 t,l -.
formation Of trusts in imported articles.
The amendment declares all oombina-
tions, conspiracies, trusts, agreements or
contracts TO be contrary to public policy
and illegal and void when made by per.
sons or corporations engaged in importing
articles from foreign countries for the pur-
pose Of restraining lawful trade or TO in
crease the market price in the United
States of any article imported or Of for
eign manufacture into which such arti-
| Gle enters. A violation Of the provision Is
made punishable by fine or Imprisonment.
The seizure OF articles imported in viola
ton of this provision is also provided for.
The galleries of the house were unusu-
ally well filled yesterday and on the floor
thIre was good array of occupied desks
| during the early part Of the day. As the
| afternoon wore on the attendance thinned
| out, and when adjournment came there
was not half hundred members on the
| floor. Two senate bridge bills were passed.
one to authorize the construction of a
| bridge across the Delaware river by the
| Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railway
company and the other extending the
time for the construction Of a bridge
across the Calumet river. The Brawley
state bank tax bill was discussed, and
then the house agreed to a senate joint
resolution appropriating $4,000 to defray
the expenses of the sugar investigating
| committee
The final vote on the state bank ques-
ton will be taken at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. This conclusion was reached
after a conference in Speaker Crisp's room
yesterday. A rule was thereupon drawn
by the rules committee providing for a
continuance of general debate today, de
bate under the five minute rule tomorrow
and q vote at 1 o'clock.