Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-24

The Bounty Dropped and the Tax
Voted Down-The Coal and Iron
Schedules Conaidered-The Conn
missee OF the whole Making Over
the Wilson Bfl on Radical Lines.
WAsHIKoIos, Jan. 28.-After the trans
action of some routine business In the
house this morning the house went into
committee of the whole to consider the
tariff bill. Pending this, however, some
time was spent In determining whether
the sugar schedule should be completed or
whether the coal and iron schedule should
be taken up In pursuance of the agreement
reached Saturday. The speaker finally
ruled that sugar should take precedence,
and the house went into committee of the
whole.
After two hours' labor the house voted
that ths proposition of Mr.. Warner, DEM,
of NewYork, looking to free refined sugar,
adopted yesterday afternoon, shall be treat.
ed a. Q substitute and not a. an amend
ment. This releases the house from the
tapgle In which It adjourned.
The paragraph as amended was then
adopted by . rising vote; yeas 1sl, nays
80. A demand for tellsrs received but 10
votes, not enough to secure them.
The effect of this vote 10 to put all
sugars, raw and refined. Oh the free list.
Tue bounty was abolished by Q vote yes
terdsy afternoon. The sugar schedules
being disposed of, the coal schedule was
taken up. A number of amendments
were submitted to 1t by democrats from
coal-producing states.
At Ave minutes after one the coal sched-
uls was taken MP, and Mr.. Oates, dem, of
Alabama, made an amendment striking
coal from the free List aud putting duty
of forty cents ton upon it and twenty
cents per ton on slack.
Mr.. McKaig, dem, of Maryland, sub
mitted substitute providing for the re-
tention of the present hw-ssventy-fv
cents per ton on coal and thirty cents per
ton on slack.
Mr.. Turpin, dem, of Alabama, offered
an amendment to Mr.. AoKaig's substitute
providing that the tax of rs cents per ton
should be decreased 12s cents O year and
cease altogether after the sixth ysar.
This amendment was lost.
The substitute offered by Mr.. McKsig
was defested-the following democrats
voting with the republicans on the propo-
sition: Messrs. Anderson of West Virginia,
Reilly OF Philadelphia, Pendleton OF West
Virginia, Sibley of Pennsylvania, Wise of
Virginia, McAleer of Pennsylvania, Nc
Kaig of Maryland, Meyer of Louisiana,
Compton of Maryland and Hines of Penn
sylvsnia.
The amendmeat of Mr.. Oates. putting on
. tax of 40 cents q ton, was then defeated
yeas 81, mays 1877.
The house then took up the iron
schedule.
Mr.. Oates, dem, of Alabama, offered an
to take iron ore Cncluding
iron ore. also the dross or
residuum from burnt pyrites and sulphur
ore, as py ties or suIphuret of iron In its
natural state). off the free list and put
tariff tax of 40 cents ton on 1t.
Mr.. Hendricks, dem., of New York, ap-
pesled for moderation in tariff reform and
favored moderate protection with sufficient
revenue.
Mr.. Blair, in reply to the plea made by
some democrats for q retention of inciden-
tai protection, said, in view of the fact that
hey contended all protection was uncon-
he did not see how they could
advocate this.
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