The morning call., 1894-08-17
Il HAS MALARIAL FEVER.
Took a Copy of the Tariff Bill
With Him.
1T HAS NOT YET BEEN SIGNED.
Republicans Prepare to Wage an
Aggressive Campaign on Be-.
half of Free Sugar.

OleV6ldDu ItIL w dSulDRtOu GulS uOTutDS :
via the Pennsylvania Railroad for Gray
Gables. In explanation of his sudden de-
parture the following statement wes fur
nshed by Private Secretary Thurber
THE President left for a few days ab-
sence under the advice of his physicians,
In the hope of shaking Cf1 the malarial at
tack from which he has been suffering for
several days. Yesterday the attack cul-
minated in fever, which was under control
this morning. DIR. O'ReilIy, his physician.
expresses no doubt that few days of salt
air and rest will recuperate the President
sufficiently to renew his official duties. and
he will return TO Washington by the middle
of next week. He has gone to Gray
Gables. accompanied by DR.. OReilly. Cap
tain Robley d. Evans also mpaned
the President, but it is probable the cap
tain will stop at New York. where he will
take command of his snip, the New York,
in day or s0."
The President took with him the tariff
and river and harbor appropriation bills.
1t is believed he will return on the oath or
25th. The President did not. however,
take the enrolled copy. which he must
sign, of the tariff bill. but merely the or
dinary printed copy, presumably for ex-
animation.
The Republican steering committee to-
day decided to support the motion to refer
the fouI. supplemental tariff bills to the
finance committee and seek to amend In
various ways, the principal amendment
being for the repeal of the tariff bill just
passed. Thev count upon the votes of
Hill. Caffery, Blan chard, Allen and Kyle.
If the repeal amendment should fail they
will seek to substitute a bounty pro-
vision for the pending bill for free sugar
and would expect 10 secure the votes of
these five Senators, except Hill. They
will also offer numerous other amend
ments in certain contingencies, in cluding
one for duty on wool. Thev admit that
the sugar bill should pass with an amend
ment providing either for bounty or for
the repeal of the main bill. The House
probably would refuse TO accept it and ii
would most likely fail in conference, but
they claim that the Senate. especially the
Republican Senators, would not be re-
sponsibe for that result.
There is prospect that if the Republi-
can members of the Finance Committee
insist that the Democrats shall Nil the
vacancy on the committee before action is
taken on the supplemental bills the DeIa o.
cratic Senators will have trouble in reach
ing a decision upon this point. While the
question has not been taken up formally
by the Democratic Steering Committee
there is a general understanding that a
majority of the Democratic Senators have
united upon Senator White for the place.
White is an advocate of the free coinage
of silver, and probably will De opposed by
Senators who do not agree with him on
the subject. There are also indications
that the Democratic Senators who are op-
pose any action at this time on the ground
that the place is too important to be filed
in any emergency like this.
The copy of the tariff bill in possession
of the chairman of The House Enrolling
Committee. with which the bill sent to the
President was compared and verified, con-
tains the following paragraph in the free
list:
Free list. 467-Diamonds miners, glaz-
iers' and engravers' diamo onds not set, and
diamond dust to be used in manufacture
of watches and clocks"
Senator Jones of Arkansas SAYS the in
tention was to have the word diamonds s
made a subhead, and the mistake of a
semicolOn instead of a colon will not be
allowed to admit diamonds free, especially
when construed with the jewelry schedule
which especially provides for ''uncut
precious gems OF all kinds, 10 per cent al
val0rem."
Senator Jones says the words, taken in
connection with the intention to make the
word diamonds" in the free list as a sub
head, will be construed to make diamonds
subject to the duty on precious stones.
Secretary Carlisle is too good lawyer
to construe the act in any other way"
remarked the Arkansas Senator.
The statements of customs officers of the
Treasury Department to the Associated
Press representatives yesterday differ
from Senator Jones'. They assert that the
strict letter and punctuation OF The tariff
bills and not Congressional intention are
followed by the courts. 1t is thought quite
probable that the matter may have to be
eventually settled by judicial construction
of the mooted point, provided, of course,
that curative be not applied by Congress
before the new tariff bill becomes law.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-President Cleve-
land, accompanied by DR.. O'Reilly and
Captain Evans, arrived at the Pennsyl-
vania depot In Jersey City at 20 p NJ.
lie was escorted to the lighthouse tender
John Rogers. which was lying at a nearby
pier, and which at once sailed for Gray
Gables. DIR. O'Relly accompanied the
President