Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-25
SUGAR AND COAL.
The House Votes 20 Have No
Duty on Either.
THE CLAUSES PUSHED RAPIDLY.
Raynor Twits His Democratic Colleagues,
Who Want Protection for Them
selves and Free Trade
for Others.


the passage OF the Wilson bill.
At the opening of the session OF the
house yesterday, on motion OF Mr.
Wise, the presidents veto OF the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill was
referred TO the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce.
A few minutes later when the house
went into committee OF the whole TO
resume the consideration of the tariff
bill, Mr.. Oates. of Alabama, called at
tention 70 the peculiar complication
that had arisen owing TO the failure OF
the committee yesterday TO complete
the consideration of the sugar schedule
which came over as unfinished BUSH
ness, while by special arrangement
made last Saturday to-day was set
aside for the consideration Of the coal
and iron ore schedules Some dis
cussion followed as TO the parlia'
mentary status and IL was finally de-
cided by unanimous consent tn go ahead
with the vote on the sugar schedule
and after that was disposed of TO take
up coal and iron
The pending question was the Rob
ertson amendment imposing the duty
on raw sugar and increasing the duty
on refined sugar, as amended by Mr.
Warner placing both raw and refined
sugar on the free list The confusion
entailed by these two incongruous
amendme IT'S had first to be straight
ened ont. Mr.. Dinyley claimed that
the Warner amendment was utterly In
consistent with the Robertson amend
ment and should be considered n sub
stitute. Mr. Robertson took issue with
him, maintaining that the effect of Mr..
Warmers amendment simply was TO
place refined sugar on the free list,
leaving so much of his amendment as
imposed n duty upon sugar below 10
Dutch standard unaffected.
After long debate the Warner
amendment, as substitute to rlace all
raw sugar and refined sugar on the
free list, was carried-l6l TO 3s.
The coal schedule was then taken
up The first amendment was made
by Mr.. Oates (dem.l }. OF Alabama, as
follows: Strike out of the free list free
coal, etc, and insert coal, bituminous
and shale 40 cents per ton o. twenty
eight bushels, eighty pounds to the
bushel; coal, slack and culls, such as
will pass through hali-inch screen.
90 cents per ton Of twenty-eight bush
els, eighty pounds to the bushel.
Mr. Wise (dem), of Virginia, fol-
lowed with an amendment to the
amendment, striking out 40 cents and
inserting 80 cents
Mr. McKaig (dem.). OF Maryland,
then offered substitute providing for
n duty Of rs cents per ton on bitumin-
Gus coal, 80 cents on coal, slack or
culls, and striking bituminous coal
from the free list
Mr. Hit rep }, OF Illinois, offered an
amendment to the substitute as fol-
lows; Insert at the end of coal para
graph: Provided, that II any article
on the free list is imported, the product
OF any country which imposes a duty
on said article exported from the
United States, then II shall be levied.
collected and paid upon said imported
articles the rate of duty existing prior
\ to the passage OF this act"
MIR. Wilson made the point OF order
that Mr.. Hits reciprocity amendment
was not germane and therefore not in
order. II was proposition for general
reciprocity on the whole tariff bill, or
rather retaliation on ourselves for the
follies of other people The chair sus-
tanned the point OF order and Mr. Hit
modified the amendment so as to re-
strict II TO articles on the free list
Mr.. Burrows (rep.), of Michigan,
made the point that, as modified. the
amendment was not germane, and the
chair also sustained the point of order.
Mr. McKaig dem. }, Of Maryland, was
first recognized in support of his sub
stitute. His constituents he said, were
vitality interested in preserving the
duty on coal. He insisted the miner
was entitled to continuation Of this
protection.
MIR. McKaig was subjected to some
sharp drives by the repu blicans for the
alleged inconsistency of his position,
us he had voted to place steel rails and
wool on the free list.
Mr.. Rayuor (dem.), of Maryland
who followed, nrraigned his colleague
for one purpose, he said. lie desired
TO enter democratic protest against
those democrats who came here de-
handing protection for their own dis
tricts. Democratic cheers Coal wa,
the principal product OF his state af
fected by this bill, but he wanted t
define his position. lie was opposed I,
keeping the duty ON coal or any par
of IT, Without designing to impugI
the motives Of his colleagues, he chal
lenged the right to vote free trade 70
everybody else's district and protection
for their own.
After many other members had eX
pressed their views, voting began upol
the pending amendments, The frs
vote was on an Amendment of Mr.
Wise to the amendment of Mr.. Oates T.
make the duty ON coal 80 cents instea,
of 40 1t was lost without division
The next vote was upon an amendmen
10 MIR. McKaig's substitute reducing
the duty by sliding scale l26 cent
each year for six years, the duty I
cease entirely at the end or that time
Upon this proposition the republican,
refused TO vote, Lost 10 l72
The vote then REQUIRED upon the Nj
Kaig su stitute, practically to restor
the present law imposing seventy-iv
cents per ton. Upon this proposit o
tho repub, icans voted almost solid
with Messrs Anderson, Hines Of Penn
sylvanin, Wise, Reilly, Mutchler, Pric
and u few other democrats in favor q
IL, while the rest of the democrats vote
against II, IL was lost.
The inal vote was Men taken upo
Mr. Oates amendmen placing Ia
duty at 70 cents. The republicans di
vlded ON this. Messrs. Oates Outhwaite
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