The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-05
WASHINGTON, April

w ASHlNGTON, ADTli T.
MIR QUAY. Pennsylvania, pre-
IMN santed the memorial Of the
llVII board of trade of Philadelphia
UUu asking for adequate duties on
sugar ard attempted to have it read,
but Mr.. Harris. Tennessee, objected,
and when Mr. Q1ay waa proceeding to
read il himself further objection was
made by Mr.. Harris under the rules.
and a somewhat lively discussion en-
sued which was ended by the vice
president sustaining the point of order.
The resolution offered by Mr. PETER
(Kan.) instructing the finance commit
tee to report bill to repeal all laws
authorizing the issue of bonds or inter
rst-bearing security Of the United
States without express authority by
act of congress, was taken up and
speech in support of it was made BY
Mr.. Peffer. He was speaking at 2
o'clock, when the resolution went over
without action till tomorrow. and the
tariff bill was laid before the senate.
Mr. Allison, Iowa, continued the
speech begun Yesterday against the
bill. He criticiz d the action of the
finance committee in departing from
the principle of ad valOrem duties in
the matter OF iron and steel, coal, iron
ore and sugar and intimated that that
discrimination was made for the pur-
pose of obtaining the support of the
influences which surround the produc-
tion of those products in the United
States.
SENATE COMPARED TO A MOLE.
The bill as it came from the house
was estimated to produce revenue of
1924, 900, ,0O0 as it came from the flu
ance committee the estimated revenue
was $163, 100000. The product Of the
duty on sugar was estimated at $42,-
900, 000 and if that were struck from
the finance committee bill. the revenue
under it would be So, 600, 900 less than
under the house bill. He
complained that there was
no detailed statement reported
by the finance committee as to the in
crease or reduction of importations
that would follow the passage Of the
bill, and compared the condition Of the
senate to that of blind mole winding
its way aground. The senate did
not know how the revenues would come
out at the end of the fiscal year, al.
though the expenditure would amount
to $451, 600 900.
Mr.. Mills, Texas, replied to Mr.. Ali.
sons argument and contended that the
specific system of duties so extollsd by
the senator from Iowa was tax levied
on articles by quantities, disregarding
value, and was an un-American, un-
Democratic and unjust system, while
the ad valorem system was tax levied
on articles according to their value,
and was fair and just system
HOUSE REFUSES TO PASS sEIGNIoRAGE.
WASHINGTON, April 4-Very much
to the surprise of almost every one the
house today disposed of the Bland
seigniorage bill, refusing to pass it over
the presidents veto, the vote being
yeas 144. nays ia, not the two-thirds
required by the constitution. The bill
came up after the house had voted to
seat Warren D. English (Dem.), as
representative from the Third district
of California in place of Samuel G.
Hilborn (Rep).
Mr.. Bland had been willing to give
way with his seigniorags bill to the
bill passed by the senate yesterday to
enforce and make effective the regula-
tions for the protection of the fur seal,
4 recommended by the Paris tribunal of
arbitration, but demand was made by
Mr.. Payne, New York, for the regular
! order.
This cleared the way for the Bland
bill, and its author called up the presi-
| dents veto message. He gave notice
that he would ask the previous ques--
tion on the motion to pass the bill over
the veto at 3 p m. Saturday, but in the
confusion which prevailed, while the
matter of an agreement upon closing
debate was being discussed, no at
tempt was made to speak on the bill or
message until after the speaker had
put the question of the passage of the
bill and the roll call had begun
lie then declared it to be too late to
enter upon debate and against the pro
tests of Republicans and Democrats
opposed to the passage of the bill, and
amid great excitement he ordered the
roll call to proceed to conclusion. 1t
was completed at O'clock and immo-
diately upon the announcement that
the bill had failed to pass the house ad-
journed until tomorrow.