The evening world., 1894-08-20
RECESSFORCONGRESS
Both Houses Take an Adjourn
ment Until Wednesday.
Separate Tariff Bills Ordered Placed
on the Calendar.
Duty for Sugar, but Iron Ore, Barbed
Wire and Coal Free.
tBy Associated Press }

FINANCE committee neld Drlet session
to-day and ordered favorable reports on
the four separate Tariff lis passed by
the House a week ago.
The Sugar bill as agreed upon Is
amended SO as to provide for a duty of
40 per cent. straight on sugar, without
any differential on refined sugar, or any
extra duty on sugar imported from coun-
tries paying a bounty. 1t Is the Jones
amendment except that his amendment
provided for only 30 per cent.
The Coal bill was amended so as to
provide for reciprocity on this article by
the admission free of duty of coal i'm
ported from countries which admit coal
from this country free.
The amendment to the Barbed Wire
bill provides for the free admission OF
barbed wire and all other fencing wires
and the rods from which they are made.
The Free Iron Ore bill was not
amended. The Republican members of
the committee offered amendments of
their own to all the bills. One of the
amendments offered was that presented
In the Senate by Senator Hill for the re-
peal OF the income tax. They also sought
to have the revenue duty on sugar sup
planted by provision for free sugar
with bounty. They voted solidly
against the bills. but did not seek to de-
lay the report upon them.
Senator White attended the committee
meeting for the first time and acted IN
perfect harmony with the older Demo-
cratic members thereof.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal In the Senate, Mr.. Harris reported
the amended Sugar Tariff bill. There were
several INQUIRIES as to what had become
Mr.. Harris said Il was not usual to re-
port back amendments which had been
rejected in committee.
nv M :c aiso n gave y as his opinion thai
amendment was 81 to 3D. and only faiieSS
OF action from the absence OF a quo
ton to the Committee to report thi.
amendment favorably to the Senate.
| The bill was ordered to be placed or
the calendar. as were also the bills
placing coal and iron ore on the free
| Mr.. Mitchell gave notice that If the
| sugar bill was called up for action al
THIS session he would offer an amend.
ment re-enacting the wool schedule OF
| the act of 1890.
The substitute barbed wire bill was
reported and placed on the calendar
70 1t, which was to the effect that the
Bill as 1t passed the House was 80 word
ed that the free barbed wire bill did
not provide for free barbed wire at all
duty upon the manufactured article
while admitting the material free.
| Mr.. Aidrich pointed out that the de.
sire OF the House In passing the supple:
| mental bill had been to put barbed
wire on the free list, for the alleged
benefit of the farmer, but In its haste
u had done the opposite. 1t had kept q
h,sh dufy , upon 6a ho wire. but put =, the
tured on the free list, thus enormously
increasing the profits OF the manu-.
facturers. but without benefiting q single
farmer IN the United States. This. hit
said. illustrated the folly of precipitats
action on the tariff.
A House bill authorizing the Secretar,
Of War to return the battle fiags of the
Fifty-eighth Regiments OF Massachu
sets Volunteer Infantry. at the request
OF the Governor of Massachusetts,. wa.
The House bill to provide for the cree
tion of National Home for aged ant
infrm colored people. brought from Mr.
German the objection that It was too
the present condition OF the Senate, ant
II went over until the next session.
The Senate bill to require the promp
prosecution and speedy determination O
| TIC CidiIib VI the States aKdlnd
the estate Of the late Leland Stanford
| was passed.
BY una nimous consent Mr.. PETER wa,
allowed to offer the following resolu
tion:
Resolved, That the Secretary Of War is au
| thoriLed TO lend two twenty-pound cannon to tn
Board Of Commissioners Of Smith County, Kan.
| Tor hve years, for the purpose OF producing con
| cussions In the atmosphere to Noducs rain.
A quorum having appeared, the Sen
ate; on motion OF Mr. Harris, went int,
journed until Wednesday.
In the House.
By Associated Prsss)
WASHINGTON. Aug; 3;0,speake
Comfort, Va. He says there Is no pro
gramme for the week. The House Il
merely waiting for the Presidents action
be mad by Wednesday, Mr.. Crisp says
II the President should act on the bill
tomorrow.
Less than fifty members were presen
when the House met at II o'clock to
day. There were the usual Indication
that Congress was on the eve of ad
Journment. Members were crowdinJ
eagerly ,about the area in front OF tn,
Speakers desk with requests for unani
nous consent for the passage of bills o
local interest to them.
Mr.. Sayers, Chairman Of the Appfo
pria tions Committee, secured unaniTnou
appropriating 5000 for an additiona
force for the collection of internal rev
enue, and 5000 for carrying into effec
the arbitration convention between tn
United States and Venezuela, signed a
Caracas In January last. 1t was passes
without objection.
A bill was passed on motion of MI
Forman Dem., NJ to incorporate tn
Association of American Florists.
MIR. McCreary Dem., Ky), Chairman G
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, aske
unanimous consent for the considerable
, of a Joint resolution TO congratulate
the Hawaiian Republic on the pacih
assumption OF the powers and respon
luton was offered In lieu OF the Boutell
resolution. Owing to the absence OF MI
Boutelle, Mr.. Payne objected.
On motion of Mr. Cobb Dem, Ala
I the Senate bill authorizing the extensio
OF charters In the District OF columbis
. was passed.
Mr.. Bland Pem.,. MOI then demande
At E'ss p. Ii. the House adjourned.