Evening journal., 1894-01-24
COAL ON THE FREE LIST
Committee Defeats All Amend
ments After Hard Fighting.
SUCCESS sMAYENDAEaERTHE BILL.

Now tho southern Sugar Men and tho Coal
Men Are Disgruntled and May Vote to
Recommit-Foroign Rotations Commit
mite Reports an Hawaiian Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2i-The house has
determined en- the abolition of the duty
upon refined sugar, which was passed upon
just Before the house adjourned Monday |
night as an amendment TO an amendment /
offered by Mr.. Robertson, one Of the Lou
isiana sugar men. A way out of the CON |
fusion which existed upon the effect of the
amendment adopted Monday night was |
found after two hours discussion Of the |
parliamentary situation by submitting the
question to the house as TO whether the
Warner amendment placing refined sugar |
on the free list should be considered as o
substitute for the Robertson amendment. |
This was decided afirmRtively, and then /
by an overwhelming vote, I'm which the
Republicans Joined with the radical Dem |
ocrais against the sugar men and several |
members of the ways and means commit |
tee, the substitute was adopted. With re-
gard to the sugar schedule, therefore, the |
committee Of the whole has abolished the
bounty and placed all sugar. both raw and
refined, upon the free list.
Coal Amendments Beaton.
When IL came to consider the coal sched
ule, however. the committee fared much
better, and all four Of the amendments dc.
signed to place "a duty Of from 40 to 20 cents
per ton upon coal We're beaten.
The debate upon the coal schedule devel
oped a great deal of feeling among the
southern members, especially those from
Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama whose states are interested eli
ther in coal or iron ore. The general impress
sion is that the defeat Of the sugar men
and of those who are Interested in retain
ing duty upon coal will result in strength
ening the movement developed on the
Democratic side TO recommit the bill.
If the iron men are defeated today, and
/ especially IL the income tax should be
placed upon the bill as "A rider later in the
week, another strong faction on the Demo
crntic side will be added to this movement.
The Republicans will all vote for the mo.
tion to recommit, and with the Democrats
who do not care to vote against the bill
outright, but who are not satisfied with II
/ I'm its present form, they may bs able to
muster a majority TO send it back to the
committee. This is now admitted on all
hands 10 be the chief danger TO the bill.
! II it could be brought TO a direct vote,
there is no question about its passing.
The night session was devoted TO set
speeches. The speakers were Messrs. Tate
of Georgia, Hall of Minnesota, Wilson OF
Ohio, Bartholdt of Missouri, Patterson OF
Tennessee, Baker of New Hampshire Tay.
lor of Indiana and Beltzhooyer of Penn.
sylvania
The speech of Mr.. Beltzhoover created
the sensation Of the evening. He announced
himself "a follower of Samuel j. Randall
on the tariff question. He opposed the
Wilson bin on the ground that instead Of
being revenue measure, in accordance
with the Democratic platform, IL created a
deficiency and was in fact simply a shifting
of the burdens Of taxation. He was par
ticularly severe ia his criticism of the in
come tax portion, which invaded the do.
main Of state taxation. He would vote for
the bill, but only in the hope that it would
be amended to conform TO his ideas In the
senate. He only spoke three minutes.
Senators stirred by Hawaiian Talk.
The Hawaiian controversy again came
before the senate. Early in the day Sena.
tor Turpie of Indiana reported from the
committee on foreign relations a resolu-
tion declaring against the annexation OF
Hawaii but favorng the complete autono-
my of the provisional government and re.
citing that foreign interference would be
considered as uufriendly to the United
States government.
The Hawaiian resolution, which was a.
follows, went over under the rules:
Resolved. From the facts and papers laid be
fore the senate IL Is unwise and inexpedicn
2 under the existing conditions 20 consider a
y this time any project Of annexation of the Ha
| waiian Islands 10 the United states; that th
provisional government therein having bcei
, duly recognized, the highest international in
tcrcst requires that 10 shall pursue It's own lime
. of policy. Foreign Intervention ia the polit
ical affairs of these islands would he regarde.
as an act unfriondly to the government Of IN
United States.
Later in the day Senator Cullom Of iii
nois made a speech in favor of the Fry
resolution of noninterference by Americ
in Hawaiian affairs
Ia his opening remarks Senator Cullor
b reviewed briefly the history of Hawaii an
r the events which led to the revolution Q
a last year occasioued, he asserted, by th
/, queen when she attempted to revoke th
constitution of 1851 He spoke in shar
y terms OF this action and then directly al
I, tackled the policy of the administration.
Z He closed by saying, "No other presider
4 of any party during our history of nearl
- 100 years has ever put this people in an n
J, titade Of contempt and shame, subject
T. popular derision and made us the laughin
stock before an enlightened world"
The bill to repeal the federal election
law was taken up. Senator Wilson of low
made an argument against il, and Senate
'e Chandler caused some amusement by ofIa
/, ing TO postpone consideration Of the bi
u until December next.
ed Fourth Glass postnaatera
O. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2A-The followir
sh fourth class uosttnasters were aDnointe9,