The Portland daily press., 1894-02-08
Mr.. Rson Will Hardly Recognize
His Pet Measure.
THE UMOCRATIC SENATOR'S ARE
AKING A NEW BILL.
They SaJt will Be Purely Revenue
Measu, with a Tax on Sugar and an
Incread Tax on whiskey---The Bill
Repeaig the Federal Elections Laws
Passedy the Senate by Party Vote
Other Ashington News.

Washingn, February THE sub
committeef the committee on finance
this mormg, went over the several
schedules the tariff bill, and suggested
changes in number pending final action
by the fullommittee. A member OF
the Subcommittee said it would be inn
possible to ave the bill ready by Tues
day. ThiSenator declared that when
the measurwas reported to the Senate
it would be strictly revenue bill, yield
ing sufficienrevenues for the govern
ment undern economical administra-
tion of affail. This, he said, meant a
duty on sug, and an increase in the
whiskey tax. The bill has been practi-
cally dividednto five sections or sched-
ules. In the rst schedule will be placed
all the arties bearing compound or
combined spefc and ad valorem duties.
The remainin duties will be all ad
valorem. Inschedule B will be placed
all articles besing duty of 40 per cent;
in schedule Gall bearing 80 per cent; in
schedule D,sa bearing 90 per cent, and
in schedule ELL bearing 10 per cent.
The bill when eported will contain no
free list. Evey article mentioned in it
will be subjectio duty of some kind,
and those not Imed in the bill will be
admitted free. The subcommittee is
going carefully through the Wilson bill
and selecting he largely imported
arsicles. AS thee articles are picked out
they are placed j the schedule which. in
the Judgment ofihe su will
cause them to yitd the greatest revenue.
During the afternoon, the whiskey
schedule was bridy discussed. The talk
was as to the adysability of increasing
the tax and extening the bonded period.
No agreement wS reached. 1t was de-
cided to have a TAX with the commits
sioner of internal evenue on the subject.
One point appearsvery clearly as a result
of the subcommittee labors up to this
point, and that is that the tariff bill
which they will present. to their Demo-
cratic associates IN the finance COM
mittee for approvalwii bear very slight
resem biance to the original Wilson bill.
The reason for the extensive changes in
contemplation and already made, is to
place the duties so astc secure the largest
amount of revenue.
Senators Morrill,, Sherman, Aldrich
and Allison were IN conference 6nlS afGef-
noon discussing what should be the
policy of the Republicans in the coming
tariff fight. N, conclusion was reached
and another conference will be held in a
day or two. L is learned that much
feeling exists o'er the action of the DEM
ocratic member of the finance commit
tee. This sentiment is directed with
special emphasii at Mr.. Voorhees,, chair
man of the committee. The Repu blican
mem bers of the committee state with
positiveness that hearings were promised
by Mr.. Voorhees,.
Representative of the Wool Growers
were at the Capitol today
endeavoring to secure hearing before
the finance committee, but they were
not successful.
The association of wool growers held a
long session tonisht discuss ing the stu
alton in view of The finance committee S
refusal to give hearings on the tariff bill
A resolution was unanimously adopted
and memorial will be presented to the
open Senate tomorrow morning. The
m EN- orial was practically complete at a
late hour, but the association refused to
make it's conten,s public before it is
presented to the Senate.