Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-08
TARIFF BILL FINISHED.
The Completed Measure Submitted to the
Full Committee This Forenoon - The
PerplexinS Sugar Tax MIDDLE Was Final
ly Settled--WhisI<y Tax Unaltered.

Full Committee This Forenoon - The
PerplexinS Sugar Tax MIDDLE Was Final
Iy settIed--Whisky Tax Unaltered.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Senator Noor-
hees as chairman of the senate committee
on finance ordered the issuance of a call
for meeting of the full committee today
at II o'clock. He said the meeting was for
the purpose of considering the tariff bill,
which would then be submitted. He at
the same time reiterated the statement
made on the floor of the senate that the
committee would be given a few days to
consider the bill as a whole, and that after
it should be reported to the senate at least
a week of additional time would be per-
mitted for the preparation of speeches be-
fore there would be an etfo1t to have the
bill taken up in the senate.
The call for the meeting CT the commit
tee was the elimination of events of the
day connected with the tariff which were
of more than usual interest, not the least
important of which We're the statements of
Senators Voorhees, and Mcpherson on the
floor of the senate Considerable comment
was made upon the remark of Mr., McPher-
son to the effect that he had been alone re-
sponsble for the delay in reporting the
bill because of his opposition to the gen
eral reduction of duty rates rs fixed by the
committee.
The promise of Senator Voorhees, to bring
in the bill within SO short time was CRATE
fully received by all his party associates,
as even those who are classed as opposed
to the bill wanted to have the suspense
ended, while the Republicans have all
along been anxious to know what the bill
contains and prefer that the delay shall be
after it is laid before them instead of be-
fore it is made public.
Opposition to tive Last
The Democratic majority of the finance
committee held meetings at irregular in
| tervals during the day. and when not in
| formal session they were generally engaged
| in conference among themselves and with
other senators. Much of the day was given
| up by the individual senators of the COM
mittee to comforting with the senators who
| are understood to desire changes made in
| the bill.
During the afternoon Senators Hill, Cor
| man, Smith, Gallery and Brice were adj
mitted in body to the committee room
| for a general exchange of views upon the
portions of the bill to which they object.
1t is understood that they presented viaor-
Gus opposition to portions of the bill.
1t is generally understood that up to the
| last the contention over sugar prevented
| any agreement, and even at the time the
| Democratic members of the finance COM
mittee finally excluded every body in order
| to make their final decision the sugar men,
| both producers and refiners were dissatis-
| fed and wide apart as ever. The refin-
ers still claimed protection for raw sugar
| to the extent allowed in the bill as it was
reported from the ways and means com
mittee, which was a cent, and the produc-
| ers declared that they could not get along
| with Lace than I u re
1t is the general opinion that the discus
sion of the seigniorage bill will not be pro-
longed. AS a majority of the Democratic
| members of the committee are friendly to
| the measure, they are congratulating them
selves today that they allowed the Repub-
hcans who are opposed to the seigniorage
bill to put themselves into an awkward
| position.
| Senator Voorhees, says that the remain
| der of the week will be allowed for the
consideration of the tariff bill in full COM
mittee, but the Republican members of
the committee say they will ask for not
| less than two weeks and possibly three
Sugar Tax Fixed.
Senator Vest was the last of the mem
bers of the finance committee to leave the
committee room. The work ON the bill
had been completed an hour before, and
he remained only to give the bill as a
| whole a final inspection before the last
proof should go to the printer.
The sugar schedule was the last thing to
| receive the attention of the committee and
| the work was brought to close by plac-
| ing the figure at cent a pound, or about
that figure, on sugar showing so degrees
fineness, according to the polariscopic test,
and increasing the amount gradually with
the increase of the purity of the article. 1t
| is known that the increase does not reach
| u cent, but it cannot be stated definitely
just what it is.
| Presented to the Committee.
The bill was presented to the full COM
mittee to-day and made public There
are number of radical changes from the
house bill. Wool is left on the free list,
whiskey is taxed $1.10 gallon. and the
bonded period extended to eight years.
Cigars are taxed SIS a thousand and cigar
cites in paper 81 thousand. The
tax of two per cent is made on incomes over.
81, 900, but it does not effect the incomes
of non-residents. Lumber is on the free
list and so are diamonds. Coal is taxed
forty cents ton, lead fifteen per cent ad
valorem and lead ore three-quarters of a
cent a. pound. The date on which the
bill shall take effect Is changed from June
1 to June 80 and a duty is levied on articles
imported or withdrawn from consumption.
Priests Transferred.
HARTFORD, March 8.-Bishop >Tierney
has made the following changes in the