Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1894-01-29
TARIFF DEBATE.
Time for Submitting Amendments to
the Wilson Bill Have Now
Passed,

the lower house Of Congress and well
nigh undivided attention Of the Amer
lean public for many days past, came
to an end in the House ell Saturday
evening. The limit of time for Offer
Ing amendments to the original bill
expired at $50 o'clock Saturday after.
noon. There was a great deal of de-
mand from both sides of tho House
during the afternoon for recognition
for the purpose Of Offering amend
menIs, hut Mr.. Wilson for the COM
mittee had the floor and not one of
them got in. At least one hundred
amendments were shut out by the ex-
piration Of time. A series of amend
ments to the metal schedule reductions
were agreed to and the committee re-
versed its action of a week ago, and
fixed the time for free wool to 60 into
effect August 2; and for the wooden
goods schedule to go into effect De-
cember 2. This was accomplished by
change Of front on the part of the
Republicans, who voted on the former
occasion to have free wool to go into
effect Immediately upon the passage
of the bill.
The last series of amendments to be
considered were those raising the du-
ty on barley to 80 per cent advalorum
and on barley malt to 81 per cent
The eastern and western malsters and
brewers are fighting over the barley
schedule, and Mr.. Warner, in the clos
ing minutes Of the session, prevented
vote by making the point Of no quo
rum. A good deal Of excitement at
tended the wind up. The failure to
vote on these amendments will leave
them pending under the terms of the
special order when the bill is finally
reported to the House. The three
days this week under the amended Or
der adopted Saturday will be de-
voted entirely to the consideration Of
the internal revenue bill.
After the reading of the Journal in
the House Saturday morning Mr..
Haines Dem, N. " made the point
OF no quorum and the Speaker order
ed the roll called. This was in pursu.
ance of policy decided upon by the
New York members to filibustcr
against an order from the committee
on rules extending the tariff debate
and authorizing the offering of the in
ternal revenue bill as an amendment
to the tariff bill. The call developed
the presence of 181 members, howev-
er, and the flibustering came to an
ignominlous collapse.
The Speaker recognized Mr.. Outh-
waite (Dem, o., from the committee
on rules, who reported the special or
der tor the Wilson bill and income
tax amendment providing for vote
thereon February 1. He demanded
the previous question. The opponents
of the income tax realized their help
lessness and did not make even
show of resistance.
Mr., Cochran Dem, N. ~ however,
suggested light modification of the
order; and to close general debate on
the internal revenue amendment Oh
Tuesday. To the other terms Of the
order he had no objections.
ave can make but poor show of
resistance" he said, against both the
friends and enemies of the main bill
who have united on this income tax
proposition, and this slight modiflca-
tion is all we ask"
Mr. Hatch (Dem., Mo- loudly de-
manded the regular order, and, al
though appealed to, he refused to
withdraw it. Without further ado
tho special order was adopted. The
House then resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole and the considera-
ton of the tariff bill was resumed, the
pending amendments being those re-
lating to the lumber schedule. Mr..
Doolittle (Rep,, Wash.) made strong
plea for the substitute Of the lumber
schedule of the present law for that OF
the Wilson bill. Free lumber he SAID
would force the lsborers of his state
into competition with the cheap Chi
nese and Japanese labor employed
across the Canadian line. After con-
siderable debate the substitute was
defeated Amendments TO the lead
and zinc schedules met n similar fate
The pig iron schedule was next taken
up and amended to meet changes pro-
posed by the ways and means commit.
tee, all other amendments being de-
feated. The committees proposition
to reduce the duty OH steel rails from
25 to 10 per cent was also adopted.
The debate OH other schedules contin-
ued right up TO the closing moment,
E.on ., ~, ,,ha,, IL, tho tnidat If n ran.