The Washington times., 1894-08-17
PoD-Gun Tariff Bills All Referred by
q TWO-thirds Vote.
NONE OF THEM LIKELY TO PASS
Quay Loaded with Forty-days' Speech and
Amendments Incalculable-Tariff List in
the Hands of the Treasury 0ficials-Early
Adjournment Believed to Be in Sight.

sugar, coal, iron ore, ana DarDed wire were
'shot OFF, yesterday and then turned over to
the Finance Committee, to whose tender mer-
cies everybody supposed they would be con-
signed.
Senators Jones, Harris and others declare
they will be promptly reported, but in what
form? 1t is clear something has got to be
done with them if they are to be reported. 1t
would shock the sensibilities of good many
Senators to see them come back in the same
condition IN which they went. 1t may be
said, however, that it is not improbable that
the sugar bill will come back with Senator
Jones 80 per cent. ad valorem rate.
It is about an even chance IL the differ
ential is left on or of. II it is on, there are,
in the words of leading Democratic SEN
ator, 5000 amendments and Senator Quay"
to cope with. AS the Pennsylvania Senator
has forty days speech ready and dreams
amendments. the outlook for the passage of
any bill touching the Senate bill sugar sched-
ule may be regarded as very foriorn. The
other bills are not worth talking about.
Senators Aldrich and Manderson gave an
inkling yesterday Of the sort Of amendments
tHcl MOutu sukStSt IL tuc sugar Dul WtIc
pressed. One was to repeal the Senate bill;
the other to continue the bounty until 1905.
Either would make Democrat shudder.
The vote on the motion of Senator Harris
TO refer the free sugar bill with the Jones
amendment to the Finance Committee yester-
day stood 32-1S.
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Blanchard. Brice.
Butler. Gallery. Camden, Chandler, Cullom.
Davis, Faulkner, Gallinger, Gibson, German,
Hansbrough. Harris, Higgins, Jones (Arkan-
sas), Kyle, Henderson. Murphy. Patton. PEI
fer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Plat. Pugh. Quay,
Roach, Sherman, Shoup, and Stewart
Total, 80.
Nays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Call. Cock
rell. Coke. George, Gray, Hunton, Jarvis,
Palmer. Ransom, Vest, Villas, and White.
Total, Is
The free coal bill was referred by vote of
35-l7; free iron ore bill. 37-17; the free barbed
wire bill, without division. Practically the
same Senators voted in the negative on each
roll call
PRESIDENT cLEvELAND's DEPARTURE
The departure of the President for Gray
Gables yesterday, said to be due either to
maliria and physicians advice or to the
desire to write a ringing" message, has been
variously construed. But as he is expected
to return early next week, the fact has no
special significance. The only interesting
comment on it was that Mr.. Cleveland was not
setting very good example. if he wanted the
Senate TO stay and work. and would not do SO
himself
1t is understood now that the tariff bill is
at the Treasury Department. and that it is
being studied over for errors of substance or
of language which would affect the admins
tns.t
cation. 1t is understood that not until this
work has been completed will action on the
bill be taken by the President. In this con-
nectiOn it is said that number of errors have
been discovered in the bill which will require
rectincation. In a number of cases blanks
We're left untitled where it was intended that
the rate should be settled in conference. In
others certain article is made dutiable at
one rate and then apparently left dutiable at
anoti rate. or put on the free list.
These slips were occasioned by the sudden
rushing through OF the bill without the re-
vision and correction which the conference
was expected TO complete. In the stampede
procedure of passing the tariff bill before the
Senate could undo its action such points
were overlooked. 1t does not. of course fol-
low that these errors are TO be corrected In
the tariff bill proper. Special amendments,
like that OF Representative Mcmillan. with re-
gard to the slip in making .'alcohol used in
the arts free, will probably be resorted 10.
EARLY ADJOURNMENT GENERALLY EXPECTED.
There seems to be more general belief
now in an early adjournment Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson expressed to The TIMES rep
resentatiye yesterday the hope that the Sem
ate could adjourn next week. Speaker Crisp
hopes that a week or ten DAYS more of work
may end the session. Senator Jones says
that the chances are that the President will
not take action on the tariff bill until near
the close OF the prescribed ten DAYS period.
and that the Senate would probably stay in
session until the action has been taken on the
four free material bills one way or the other.
This statement, together with the heavy
majority in the Senate in favor of referring
the bill to the Finance Committee is an indi-
cation apparently that If vote on the direct
proposition is permitted it will be decidedly
one way. When the hopelessness of trying
to pass these bills is demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the President and the radical
Senators. there will be nothing further to
prevent immediate adjournment.
VACANCY on THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Senator Harris signalized his desire for
prompt action on the free material bills py
calling meeting of the Finance Committee
was in session, however, less than thirty
minutes and adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
day.
The Democrats asked whether the Repub-
licans would require that the vacancy in the
committee be filed, and the latter asked un-
til to-day to give their decision. The indIca-
tions from remarks dropped by Republican
members OF the committee are that the Re-
publicans will require that the vacancy be
filed before they will permit the bills to be
reported. If they do the Democrats will
have n puzzling question to decide, which
may take some time.
While the question has not been taken up
formally by the Democratic steering commit
tee, there is a general understanding that a
majority of the Democratic Senators have
united upon Senator White for the place. Mr..
White is an advocate of the free coinage of
silver and probably will be opposed by Sena-
tors who do not agree with him on this sub
ject. There are also indications that the
Democratic Senators who are opposed TO the
supplemental bills will oppose any action at
this time on the ground that the place is too
important to be filled in an emergency like
the present. They may ask that Democratic
caucus be held to pass upon the selection.
The Democratic members of the Finance
Committee who voted for reference of the
bill find themselves in n somewhat awkward
position. They say they would not have
voted that way if they had thought this ques-
tion would be raised as a bar TO the prompt
reporting of the bills.
Expressed in Rhyme.
, EDITOR TIMES: Will you kindly inform me
why the street south of the Treasury building