The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-09
TARIFF BILL PROSPECTS.
Republican Committeeman Not TO
TRY to Kill Time.

| pected to Last Six Weeks or Two
Months.
Washington. March S.-Au of the dem
ocratic members of the Senate finance
committee were present this morning
when the tariff bill was laid before the
| committee and the public at the same
time. Senator Morrill, was the only mi
nority member present, but when Sena-
/ tors Aldrich Allison and Sherman
arrived, a few minutes later, they
were given copies of the bill.
| and the committee was called
| to order. No business of any kind was
| transacted and after Senator Aldrich
had presented a memorial from the wool
manufacturers of the United States.
wherein they demanded in courteous but
vigorous terms, hearing, an adjourn
ment was taken until Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock
After the republicans left the commit
tee room the democratic members re
NAMED in conference, discussing what
| they should do in case the republicans
gave evidence of an intention to unduly
| protract the consideration of the bill in
| the committee.
i AEf L bl41CANS NIL ~ Obs lhlNI.
| During the brief session of the full COM
mittee, Senator Jones put to Senator Al
! drich the pointed question whether the
| republicans proposed to adopt dilatory
| tactics and Senator Aldrich, with equal
| frankness, replied that such was not their
| intention, but that the republicans would
| Insist that they be given reasonable time
| in which to discuss the bill which
he thought meant at least
| Jones is the authority for the
statement that the bill will be reported
J to the Senate next Tuesday If the re-
| publicans should attempt to delay the
passage of the bill the democrats believe
they have means, the details of which
they will not divulge, by which the bill
can be sent to the Senate. Once there, it
will go to the calendar, and ten days
| given to the senators to prepare for the
| debate. This indicates the intention of
! the majority to call up the bill and make
| it the unfinished business by not later
than Monday, March 26.
LENGTH OF THE DEBATE.
The time to be consumed in debate is a
| matter on which senators disagree. Sena-
| tor Voorhees,, this afternoon, declined to
make any statements concerning the bill,
| or any predictions regarding its future
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, who has been
| Ol4C VI bhC lllOou cNulNC llCIl DGIS Ol Ullb
committee in framing the measure, thinks
that not less than six weeks will be CON
sumed in debate, and possibly
| two months. He said that the
| change in the date when the bill is
| to take effect had nothing to do with the
delay in the committee, or the possible
| protraction of the discussion in the SEN
ate. AS he viewed the situation, grant
| ing the utmost limit to the consideration
of the bill, it should pass in the
Senate by the latter part of May,
and become a law by the middle of
June. June 80, at which time the bill is
to take effect is at the end of the fiscal
year and the committee thought that
| that time was the best so that the trea-
| sury could begin under new system with
the commencement of the new fiscal year.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
Discussing the features of the bill. Sen
ator Jones said: $50 far as the sugar
schedule is concerned, l would like to say
| a few words. The committee has given
| the sugar grower all that they believe
| they could give him, and to the refiner we
have given just about the difference be-
tween the cost of labor here and
in Germany. A prominent retner told US
that it cost an eighth of a cent more for
labor here than in Germany. and we have
given him the benefit of the difference in
the cost of his labor, for according TO our
figures the graduated duty gives the re-
finer exactly one-eighth of cent"
TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT REVENUE
Senator Jones said he did not know
what the bill carried in the way of reve-
nues, but did know that there would be
no deficiency. On the contrary he be-
lieved the bill you'd yield a SURPLUS and
the country would, he thought, forgive a
party for providing Il surplus while il at
no ina lima rad Rn1 TO-
surplus would not, he continued, be bad
thing for the sinking fund, which had
been ignored for some time, and money
would soon be needed to pay of the bonds
Mr. Carlisle had issued. He believed this
bill would provide for both these things.
CAFFERY CLosEMoUTHED.
Senator Gallery is disappointed in not
getting as much as he wanted, but is very
careful how he talks He says, however.
that the battle is not yet over, and it may
happen that while the bill is still in com
mittee some further concession may be
made. Mr.. Caffery declined to say
whether he would vote against the bill or
not The action of the committee in re-
porting duty on sugar WAS in the nature
of truce and while flag of truce was
floating he said he would not discuss the
battle.
Senator Brice, who is counted as one of
those who does not like the bill, was also
non-committal. las the bill was reported
to the caucus, - said Senator Brice, cit
certainly could not have passed. AS it is
now, it is in much better shape and is
much more likely to get the forty-three
votes necessary than it was before"
Neither Senators Aldrich, Sherman nor
Allison woSd express any opinion upon
the bill or its prospects for passage.
Passed a Bogus Draft.
Augusta, Ga, March 8.-Some days
ago n. S. Wolff, representing himself as
a member of the firm of Wolf Bros, of
New York. got w. L. Sylvester Of this
city to endorse asdraft on his firm for 500
The draft was returned with the state
ment tha5 there is no such firm in New
York. Mr.. Sylvester at once put the po-
lice to work, and to-day Chief Hood re-
ceived news that Wolf had been arrested
in New Orleans. He win be brought
back and prosecuted.
Germany's New Treaty.
Berlin, March S.-The committee Of the
reichstag, to which was referred the
Russian-German commercial treaty, has
adopted the measure as whole by vote
of IL to -