The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-01-26
ON THE FREE LIST.
The House Disposes of the Sugar
Schedule Of the Wilson
Tariff Bill.
On the Final Vote in Committee Of
%ftlle Whole All Duty and Bounty
Was Removed.
a Hawaiian Resolution Reported to
the Senate by the Foreign Re-
lati0ns Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-At the OPEN
ing of the house, on motion of Mr.. Wise,
the presidents veto of the New York
AMI New Jersey bridge bill was referred
to the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce.
A few minutes later, when the house
went into committee of the whole to
resume the consideration of the tariff
bill, Mr.. Oates of Alabama called atten-
ton to the peculiar complication that
had arisen owing to the failure
of the committee to complete the con-
Bideration Of the sugar schedule. 1t
came over as unfinished business, while
special arrangement made last Saturday
the day was set aside for the considera-
ton of the coal and iron ore schedules.
Some discussion followed as to the par
liamentary status, and it was finally de-
cided by unanimous consent to go ahead
with the vote on the sugar schedule,
and after that was disposed of to take
up coal and iron.
The pending question was the Rob-
erfson amendment imposing duty on
raw sugar and increasing the duty on
refined sugar. as amended by Mr.. War
ner, placing raw and refined sugar on
the free list. The confusion entailed by
these two incongruous amendments had
| first to be Strengthened out. Mr.. r.Dingley
claimed that the Warner amendment
| was utterly inconsistent with the Rob
ertson amendment and should be con-
sidered as substitute. MIR. Robertson
took issue with him on the ground that
Mr.. Warmers amendment simply was
to place refined sugar on the free list,
leaving so much of the house amend
ment as imposed a duty upon sugar be-
low No. 16 Dutch standard unaffected,
The debate on the point of order con-
sumed over an hour and half. The
chair finally stated that the Warner
amendment was voted upon as an
amendment to the Robertson. amend
ment. Hewas now asked, he said, to decide
THAT it should have been voted upon, as a.
substitute. He declined to rule, and
submitted the question to the house to
determine whether it should be
considered as substitute or an
amendment. Without division. it
was decided to treat the Warner
amendment - a substitute. The COM
mittee was then called upon to vote upon
it as a substitute, its effect, if adopted.
being to place all sugars, raw and re-.
fined, on the free list. The great mass
of Democrats and practically all the
Republicans voted for the proposition,
only handful of Democrats, including
Mr.. Wilson and several other Demo-
Gratis OF the ways and means committee.
MIR. Evarts. Coombs, and the members
of the Louisiana delegation voting
against it. 1t was carried l6l to 80.
The coal schedule was then take i'm.
In the Senate.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 2244.-1n the senate
Mr.. Turpie Dem, Indy from the COM
lnittee on foreign relations reported
favorably the following resolution:
Resolved, That from the facts and
papers laid before the senate, it is un-
wise and inexpedient under the existing
conditions to consider at this time any
project of annexation of the Hawaiian
islands to the United States; that the
provisional government therein having
been duly recognized, the highest inter-
national interest requires that it shall
pursue its own line of policy; foreign in
tervention in the political affairs OF these
islands would be regard as an act un-
friendly to the government of the United
States.
\ -stI 6irontod hvy%
foreign relations" said Senator Turpie.'
TO ask immediate consideration of this
resolution. 1t is the unanimous express
sion of the committee save the dissent Of
the senator from Oregon, Mr.. Dolph. in
the first clause. 1 am also directed to
say that this resolution has no relation
to the special investigation now being
made by the committee
81 object to the present consideration
of the resolution, said Senator Teller.
sit has not been printed
| whenever that resolution comes up."
added Senator Mills, "I shall ask, for a
division Of the question:
"As this resolution may bring up CON
siderable criticism" repeated Senator
Teller, 'it ought first to be printed.''
Senator Turpie made further appeal
but Senator Teller insisted, and the res.
olution went over under the rules.
| "A bill for an American commissioner
at the Antwerp international exposition
was presented by Senator Manderson.
| A Church Dedication.
Usage, Ia., Jan. 24-The Methodist
Episcopal church of Charles City, which
has been repaired at u cost Of ia, 900.
was rededicuted by Rev. f. j. Lock.
wood of this city.
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