The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-28
THE WILSON BILL STANDS.
AS 1t Is Now 1t Must Win
or Lose.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN DEEP WATER
In Advocating an Income Tax They
Run Counter to the DiCtum
of TiIden.

relates to custom schedules, as the time for
! Offering amendments ceased at go. when
the House took a recess. There was great
| deal of demand from both sides OF the
House for recognition for the purpose oil
Offering amendments, but Wilson had the
! floor and not one got in. At least lou
amendments were shut out. A series OF
| amendments 70 the metal schedule. ali
making reductions, were agreed to. and the
committee fixed the time for the free wool
schedule to go into effect on August :, ana
On wooden goods December 2 This was
accomplished by a change of front on tue
part of the Republicans, who voted on
former occasion 10 have free WOOL 60 INTO
effect Immediately upon the passage OF the
bill. The last series Of amendments were
those reducing the duty on barley to 81 per
cent and on barley malt 20 %. The Eastern
and Western maltSterS and brewers are
fighting over the barley schedule and war
ner, in the closing minutes of the session,
prevented vote by making point OF no
quorum. A good deal of excitement at
tended the wind Ut. and the failure TO vote
ON these amendments will leave them
under the terms of special order when
the bill is finally reported to the House.
Three days of next week under the order
will be devoted entirely TO the consldera-
ton of the internal revenue bill.
The Ways and Means Committee agreed
to submit to-day a large mum Der Of impoA
tant amendments to the Wilson bill.
After reading the journal Haines 3D. of
New York made point of no quorum and
the Speaker ordered a rollcall. This was
in pursuance Of the policy decided on by
Nan VOrly horo IN GIibnorar
the order from the Committee on Rules ex-
tending the tariff debate and authorizing
the offering of the internal revenue bill as
an amendment to the tariff BILL The roll
call. however, developed quorum and the
flibustering collapsed.
The Committee on Rules reported spe-
cial order for the Wilson bill and the in
come tax amendments. providing for vote
thereon February 1. The committee de-
Danded the previous question. The oppo-
nents of the income tax, realizing their
helplessness, made no resistance aud the
special order was adopted.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole on the tariff bill. the pending
am endments being those relating to the
lumb Der schedule. Doolittle (R) of Wash
gton made a strong plea for the substi-
tuition of the lumber schedule for the
present law. He said free lumber under
the Wilson bill would force the laborers
OF his State into competition with cheap
Chinese and Japanese labor employed
across the Canadian line. Hayes CD said
he represented one of the largest lumber
districts In the country, and had no fear
of Canadian competition among lumber
men. He had investigatedi the whole
question thoroughly and 1t was merely q
question of stumpage. Oates 3D. of Ala
bama explained his amendment to the
Boutelle amendment, which restored the
Mckinley law sch edule. He thought the
lum Der schedule badly framed. There was
unjust discrimination in favor of certain
classes of lumber, and his amendment
proposed to reduce the rates of the Nc
Kinley law One-half.
A vote was then taken on the lumber
schedule, first on Oates amendment cut
| ting existing rates in half. and it was lost,
and then on the Boutelle amendment SUBJ
stitutipg the Mckinley law rates. This
was also !ost-79 to 81. Then the lead and
zinc schedule was taken up. Morgan Cd
of Missouri offered the main amendment
to reduce the duty on white lead from Y
and shot from IL cents TO 1 cent and to
put 1 cent per pound duty on lead ore
instead Of the 10 per cent in the bill and to
make silver-lead ore dutiable on its lead
contents at cent.
Sweet (R.) of Idaho offered an amend
ment defining the method of appraising
silveT-lead ores.
Wilson (R.) of Washington also spoke
vigorously against the proposition to place
lead ore on the free list.
Childs (R) of Illinois proposed an
amendment to the zinc schedule to make
zinc in block and in pig dutiable at 1 cent
pound; zinc in sheets at 1 V cents and old
and WORKOUT zine q of cent.
Hartman (R.) of Montana offered SUBJ
stltute to the Morgan and Sweet amend
meuts and spoke in the interest of the
Iead-miners of Montana.
Sweets amendment was lost without a
division. Morgan's amendments were
also lost. as was Hartman's. The amend
ments to the zinc schedule were lost with
out division.
| Wilson then brought forward q series OF
amendments compromising the entire
metol schedule. Bynum 3D. of Indiana
opposed the reduction of the metal
schedule, especially steel rails. and Simp-
son offered an amendment placing fence
wire on the free list. Washington CD Of
| Tennessee offered an amendment fixing
pig-iron at So per ton and it was lost. The
committee amendments were adopted, 12s
| TO 90.
| johnson proposition to reduce the duty
on steel rails to per cent was lost
| also mis- amendments fixing the duty at IL
and Is per cent. The committees amend.
ment placing the duty at 20 per cent was
ad opted. The fence wire amendments
were lost.
An amendment was adopted making free
wool GO into effect August and wooler
| goods December 1.
Wilson offered an amendment to in
crease the duty on barley from 20 to % pei
cent and on barley malt from 30 to 50 pei
| cent.
Lockwood 3D. of New York denounced
the proposition as unjust AT 8 20 Wilson
moved to close debate. Carried-125 to 20
Warner raised the point of no quorum
| The Republicans failed 10 answer to theil
names and the Democrats could not mus