The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-27
WORKING ON THE WILSON BILL
The House Denotes Another Day to
the Amendments.


Washington, Jan. 26.-The opponents
of the income tax were prompt in raising
the point of no quorum this morning, but
when the resulting roll-eall showed the
presence of quorum, the point was with
drawn.
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, from the judici-
ary committee favorably reported the
resolution denying the right of the Sec
retary of the Treasuryto issue bonds save
for resumption purposes. The resolution
was referred to the House calendar.
After the transaction of some routine
business the House went into committee
of the whole to consider the tariff bill,
with Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, in
the chair. An amendment was pending
last evening" offered by Mr. Wilson to the
schedule relating to dolls, doll
all other toys not composed
of rubber, china, porcelain, parian, bisque,
earthen or stoneware, providing that it
should take effect Oct. /, 1894. To-day
Mr. Lockwood, dem, of New York, Of
fered an amendment to the paragraph,
raising the duty on these articles from
25 to 35 per cent. He stated that he of
fered this amendment in the interest of
the women and children who were en-
gagged in the manufacture of toys in this
country.
A republican member tried to drive Mr..
Lockwood into an admission that this
would benefit the manufacturers.
Mr.. Lockwood parried the question and
refused to be cornered, and the only re-
sponse the republicans could get was that
he expected the working women and
childrento be benefited by an increase Of
the tariff A great deal of badinage was
INDUCED in on this question and free
trade.
Mr.. johnson, dem, of Ohio, asked if
there was not enough grown people in tn Q
country without taxing the children
Mr. Harter, of Ohio, in the name of the
millions of children in the country, spoke
in the same strain.
Mr. Lockwood's amendment was lost on
viva voce vote.
The amendment proposed by Mr.. Will
son was then agreed to-ayes 1856,
nays 10.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
Mr.. Wilson also offered the following
amendments, which were agreed to with
out debate:
SIN the paragraph regarding fish, in
sert the words salt water, so as to read /:
Herrings, picked, frozen or salted; and
salt water fish, frozen or packed in ice,
q cent per pound"
In the free list the clause reading
"fsh fresh, - was amended by adding the
words "frozen or packed in ice"
A lively debate was precipitated by Mr..
Wilson's amendment proposing a reduc-
tion of the duty on uncut diamonds and
all precious stones from 10 to 10 per cent.
ad valorem,
Mr.. Anderson, dem, of West Virginia,
offered a substitute to the pending sched-
ule, increasing the duty on cut diamonds
from 10 per cent. to so per cent, and on
rough or uncut diamonds to 25 per cent.
A spicy political debate followed upon
this amendment, but Mr.. Anderson finally
withdrew it and offered in place of it one
fixing the duty on precious stones of all
kinds. cut but not set, at 30per cent. ad va
loren, and on precious stones not specially
provided for in this act, including pearls,
set or strung, 30 per cent. ad valorem, and
on uncut precious stones IS per cent. ad
valorem. And also TO strike of from the
free list diamonds and other precious
stones, rough or uncut" bu5 leaving in
glaziers' and engravers' diamonds, dia.
mond dust and jewels for watches and
clocks,
on standing vote 1t was defeated by a