The sun., 1894-01-17
lNENDING THE MAKESHIFT.
.,or WILSON CHANGES THE DUTR
Oy NAVY THINss


,,,.i, Di.cuspion Asout the Date ~
u.,,b tho Free wool Cisuse shalt Take
-, Nr. Bovers Gives an Obiset Lsssou
"a. Box OF Rsisi.s, sad Nr. burrows
,.o,n Fats TO Get Hirssif Recognized.
v.su-v,rov. Jan. 1G.-Therc was hut little
tea t,us ness to be disposed OF by the House
V'1, and a, ll:l2 o'clock the House went
p.'p,, p.,Sonmittee OF the Whole to consider the
I..,s b,ll with Mr. Richardson Dem. Tenn
u,toc cbair. several am ndments were offered
hW, wilson. chairman OF the Committee on
w., and Means, and they were agreed to
.nbout OBJ ect!on,
Tro rrst amendment reduced the tarif on
49,. ,ror, 20 per cent nd valorem TO 10 per
-, al yalorem. Caiiskins. tanned or tanned
"a sresscd; dressed upper leather. including
,.,ort enamelled. and japanned leather.
gg.,,a5 or unlressed and finished; chamois
u.I o,her skins, we're reduced from 20 per
..,, adj yalorem to 10 per cent. ad valorem.
.i.o hooklinders' caltskins, kanRaroo. sheep.
.,d GOAT skins including lamb and kid skins.
,,o..sd and finished. were reduced from 20
a, eent nd yalorem to 10 per cent. ad valo-
Am In the book schedule the clause rc1uir-
,.r That books entitled to FREQ admission
.h,uld no, have been rebound within twenty
cars was struck out. and all photographic
.S,r,s' were added to articles admitted under
tbs schedule.
" wilson proposed an amendment raising
ha t.ti! on condensed or preserved milk from
@r per cent. al vaiorom to specific rate OF
cents Ior pound.
An interesting debate followed. In which
y.,srs. rayne y. ~. Curtis tN. W. Northway
,Oblot Hopkins tlll.N. and Bowers tCal.l. took
r.,. for tho Republicans and opposed the Inn
,5aitlon OF so small tariff on condensed milk.
n, Bowers loft condensed milk to take care OF
p.sf and drlited into the subject OF raisins.
us produced a box OF raisins grown in his own
district. which he put up against Jerry Simp-
,oa's shuddy overcoat. The gentleman
from Kansas. he said. did not know
xhe,her tho overcoat was shoddy or
wool or whether 1t was American or
foreign Mr.. bowers guaranteed his raisins
10 be genuine American product, no shoddy.
ISsps crowded around Mr.. flowers to sample
hs American product, and Tor while there
was schoobOy scrimmaae for raisins. when
Mr. Bowers interfered in order To save some OF
lis sample for the democratic side. The
House was in turmoil and the gaiIeries were
laughing when Mr.. Enloe tDem.. Tenn suR
gssied that the Republicans were destroying
lie argument OF Mr.. Bowers.
Mr.. Wilson's amendment was agreed to by
/ long discussion was precipitated BY the
renewal Of Mr. Burrowss tReD.. Mich.) effort
10 secure recognition to offer an am mendment.
The chairman renfirm ed the decision which
he had announced yesterday, and ns a prece.
dent he read from tho journal Of the Fifty first
ley bill was under discussion MIR. Reed had
recognized Republican to offer an amend-
ment, and had recogn,zedM a. another htepntiieaaa an
recognized another Republican to offer n sub
s,itute to the am endm ent and then recognized
the substitute. and then. when a Democrat
Mr. Bland asked for recognition coolly told
him hm that no more smendmen,s we're in order; Sti
joined .
The Chairman then announced that he would
iecognized and submitted an ann end ment pro:
yding that tho free wool schedule should not
g, into effect until Aug ! 1884.
to this amendment fixing tho date at which the
iree wool clause should take effect at Oct. !.
Mr. johnson Dem. O.). the free trader and
single taxsr. said lie wanted free wool and,
Incidentally free everything, and he wanted
until Aug j.. Mr.. johnson submitted a sub
sntute for, the amendments pending; proyid-
effect Immediately after the passage OF tho
wilson bill.
Mr.. Wilson then gave his reasons for sub
be said, that the bill could take effect on March
]. and it was impossible to predict when 1t
the wool growers a chance to get up their
spring Kids. And he proposed to Offer. another
amendment fixing the date ut which the re-
iuction on woollen manufactures should take
effsct at Dec. l. 1894, in order that the manu-
iacturers might work OF their stock OF wool
Mr.. Bryan Dem. Neb.l said that gentlemen
on the other side had threatened MS to what the
farmers would do II they got another chance
nt the Democratic party. but they could not
hurt the party any more In the future than
they had in the past By electing ConRressmen.
II auchter.l He hoped the time would come
when manufacturers could stand on their feet
and rot on the laws. democratic applause
Mr. Hartman tRep, Mon.l said that In the
extra session tho leader OF the Dem ocracy had
Ireiictei that the repeal Of tho purchasing
clause OF the Sherman law would relieve tho
country OF its financial depression, and he was
making the same prediction now in regard to
the Wilson bill Was he a Democratic prophet
o. the stuffed prophet OF BuZzard's Bay? Ire
publican laughter and applause.
Mr.. lage Dem. X. t. favored the Wilson
amendment. Within forty eight hours after
the announcement OF the adoption OF the
amendment. he said. the man facturers OF New
England would have thousands and hundreds
OF thousands and millions Of dollars OF orders,
and tho mills would be- started up. He hoped
the Wilson amendment would be adopted to-
night.
At 800 the com mittes arose without coming
70 any decision on the pending Amendments
ana their substitutes. and the House took a
TeGess until \ o'clock.
There was q somewhat better attendance OF
members on the door alter recess and the
usna good attendance In the galleries. Mr..
Arnold Dem. No. aud Mr.. McDearmAn Dem,
Tenn. addressed the committee In defence OF
the wilson bill Mr.. Ellis REP, Or opposedit