The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-16
HOACTION TAKEN ON THE BILLS.
Secretary Carlisle is Opposed to
Free Sugar.
He Does Not Think 1t Safe to Place AIR
the Articles Enumerated Upon tho
Free List Without Imposing Taxation
Upon Other Articles Sum oient to Raise
an Annual Revenue of $50. 600, 600.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-In the Senate
to-day Quay gave notice that he would
offer as an amendment to each of the bills
putting sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed
wire on the free list, the Mckinley tariff
bill.
:, AT the request of Mr.. Harris each of
the four House bills as to sugar. coal.
iron ore and barbed wire were taken mn
ana received their second reading. This
iormality having been accom- plisbed
Mr. Harris arose and asked permission
to submit to the Senate a communica-
tion from the Secretary Of the Treasury
In which the Secretary stated that in
MS opinion 1t would not be safe to place
all the articles enumerated, or even
sugar alone, upon the free list without
imposing taxation upon other articles
or subjects sufficient to raise an annual
revenue OF about $40, 900, 900.
Berry moved, as soon as the reading
was completed, that the Senate proceed
at once to the consideration of the free
sugar bill.
Harris CT feel it my duty to saw n
word and to make motion to refer
these bills to the finance COMMITTEES.
While l am heartily in favor of tree
sugar, raw and refined, and have Ger
tainly no objection to putting the other
articles dealt with (the other bills,) on
tho free list; still, in view of the COM
mun1cation just read from the Secretary
or inc treasury, and the strong prooa-
bility or not the absolute certainty)
that II these bills shall not become law.
we Will have during the current wear
deficiency in the treasury of twenty
nine or thirty millions, feel it nv duty
to move to refer each of these bills to
the finance committee in order that the
committee may, in dealing with these
bills, 30 deal with them as to provide
against that inevitable deficiency"
Speeches against reference and in
favor OF the House bills were N ade by
Berry, Vest and Mills.
Notice of an amendment to the free
sugar bill was given by Jones dem,
Ark imposing a duty of 30 per cent.
ad valorem on all sugars. Without any
action whatever on the bill, the Senate
at sos p. M, adjoarned.
In the House.
The 6rst item of business in the Honse
today after the reading of the journal,
was the announcement by the Speaker
that the committee on enrolled bills
had reported that the amended tariff
Dill had been properly enrolled and
that 1t had been signed by the Speaker.
Several private measures were passed
and half dozen indefinite leaves of
absence granted to members all on ac-
count of sickness in the family"
The morning hour was given to the
committee on the judiciary Chairman
Culberson called up the bill to make
any contract hereafter made for the
payment of money in gold, silver or
coin, payable in any legal tender of the
United States.
Consideration OF the bill was inter-
rupted by the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. An
agreement was reported. Among the
disputed items the appropriation of
Slo5, 900 for the families of the twenty
one killed at the Ford's Theatre disaster
was stricken out and commission an
pointed to investigate and report upon
their claims.
The appropriation for the purchase OF
tie Malone lot as site for the govern.
ment printing office was stricken out,
The appropriation OF 100000 for the
cotton states and international exposi-
ton at Atlanta was retained. The
conference report was agreed to.
Sayres presented the conference re-
port on the general deficiency appropri-
alton bill, which showed an agreemenk
upon all points except the appropriation
OF 81, So9,539 to pay Pacific railroad
judgments. Without that the agreed
Dill carries total of Sc, 2O2, 9O3.
The Pacific railroad item gave rise to
discussion, which was not concluded
when the House adjourned.