Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-16
THICK OF FIGHT.
Both Mr.. Reed and Mr.. BouteIle
of Maine In It.
They Kept the Democratic Orators
Eusy All Day Tuesday.
More han Match for ahy Of Wilson Bill!
Advocates.

/ WASHINGTON, Jan. lj.-In tie House,
at II %, II clerks tesan to read the Wi
son bill. 1t required TWO hours and %
i1utes TO read. Immediately after the
reading. CT arman Wilson suggested that
/ for three days the bill be open 10 amend
1 msnt by sections, instead Of having amend
/ IN. nts tffored a. any point in tie bill ind s
/ criuinstely.
! Reed (R P } of Maine retorred thst he
wss glad 10 see that the chairman Of the
committee on ways and means had re o:-
nized II e impropriefy Of the way in With
il had been proposed to rush TIE hi
through, as it had put the question of recog
ni;ion for the offering of amendments solely
II the hants of the Man who occupied The
the chair To remove the time limitation
and allow the House, in free and untram-
nell fashion, to consider every PROPOSE
titn as it came up was all right so far as it
went, but it did not go far enough, for the
gentle man from West Virginia proposed to
try that plan for three days, and If le did
net Ike it, he would go back to the original
proposition. He could not agree to any
such narrow plan as that.
/ Bynum, Dem of Indiana, objected to
:
/ Dem of West Vi-pinia, was recognized
to offer the first am ndment TO the bill
/ This was TO the tobacco schedule, and struck
out the words commercially known as, so
as to read, "on all leaf tobacco, On such
part thereof as is wrapped tobacco. suitable
| for cigar wrappers, if unstemmed, 81 a
/ pound if stemmed, $l.25 a pound. Wilson
| explained that his reason for Offering the
amendment was to simplify the bill and
! lessen the chance of its provisions being
evaded.
| Payne, New York, one of the Republi-
cans on the ways and means committee,
offered an amendment to this amendment,
which provided in substance that if any Por-
ton of any tobacco imported in any bale,
packag. or bulk, be suitable for cigar
wrappt RS, the entire tobacco contained in
such bale or package be dutiable, if not
stemmed, at 50 a pound; if stemmed,
! 50 IS pound.
| McNlllin (Dem of Tennessee spoke in
defense of the amendment proposed by
Chairman Wilson and the Wilson bill in
general.
Grosvenor (Rep.) of Ohio became sar-
castle in speaking of tine tobacco schedule
and the advocacy of still higher tax on
/ tobacco demanded by the farmers of Con
neCticut.
! Bynum (Dem. of Indiana sail Sumatra
tobacco did not come into competition with
! American tobacco. Prior to the passage of
the McKinley bill Sumatra tobacco paid a
duty of 75 cents pound, and the highest
price of the bpst American tobacco did not
exceed so or - cents pound.
Sperry (Dem.) of Connecticut opposed
the tobacco schedule of the Wilson bill. on
the ground that the government would lose
the income of upwards of So 100000 by re-
ducing the tariff on Sumatra tobacco from
the r,tes charged in the Mckinley bill. He
outlined his position clearly by asserting
thst he should vote with the gentleman
| from New York payne who pro posed the
amendment and should vote to put So, 5,000,-
o0o in the treasury. Republican ap-
plause.
Painter CDem.) of Kentucky, offered a
substitute for the amendments proposed by
Wilson and Payne, which provided that on
unstemmed Sumatra tobacco there should
he tariff of 30 cents pound, AMI when
stemmed so cents a pound.
Reed then spoke briefly against the
amendment offered by Wilson and was fol-
lowed by Wilson in favor of it.
/ Marsh (Rep.) of Illinois, offered anoth ar
substitute to the amendments. He proposed
a tariff of % cents pounl on uustemmed
/ Sumatra tobacco and 80 cents a pound VIII n
stemmed. "If members on the other side, "
/ sal Marsh, were advocating a revenne
tariff and opposed protective tariff, ne
proposed to give them chance TO vote on a
revenue substitute. at was by su h clap
trap reform as this, lie said e, rcely, as be
turned to the Democratic side of the House,
"that you b4mboozled the people in 1892"
/ Republican laughter
/ Wilson (Rep) of Washington, read a
protest against the passsge of the Wilson
! bill from the chamber Of commerce, Fair
/ Haven, Wash.
! The question was put on Mr.. Psyne's
amen 7ment and it was lost, yeas, 10; nays,
/ 10. The following Democ' ats voted with
the Republicans: Sperry and DeForest OF
/ Connecticut, Cooper of FloI Ia.
Payne demanded telers and the amend
/ meut was again voted down, yeas.76; nays.
I ll5 The question was put on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Wilson and was agreed
TO ty viva voce vote. Painters subsii
tu.e was defeats d as was Marsh's.
Burrows announced that he wished ID
cffer an amendment, but the Chair stated
hinged an interesting debate as to Wilson's
right to be recognized the second time be-
! fore anyone else had offer,d any amend
ments. The Chair hel that the com nittee
( on ways and means had the right to offer as
/ many amendments as it wished to a bill of
of It's own, and Wilson as the chairman Of
/ the committee had this yht.
! Burrows con'en1ed that Wilson had ff
fered an amen iment in his indivilusl Ca
paci,y, not as chairman of the ways ard
means committee.
/ McMii,in Dem } of Tennessee, said it
/ had slways been the custom of both parties
/ 10 allow the m IN no had charge of bill
I to make sll the amendments hs desired b.
I for. allowing snyone else 10 amend 1t.
4 Reed (Rep of Maine said that if the
/ Chair recognized Wilson, the members On
the Democratic side of the House could
pass thsir amendments 10 him and occupy
the tine for two weeks and absolutely fore
close sny amendments from the Il 'publi-
/ IN side. The plan of sending IN amend
ments to the Chair and arranging for recog-
nition was without precedent.
/ Hooker (Dem.) Of Mississippi said VIII