The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-28
Closed Saturday Night and Remain
ing Time Devoted TO In
ternal Revenue.
FREQ Wool Ia to Go Into Eject
Aug. 2 Instead OF at
once.
Committee Rsoommsnda ationa and Amsdd'
ments 60 the Lumber and Lead
sohsdules Are Adopted.

WABHN0TON, Jan. 1.-THE tarin DEBATE
was conc. U led tonight. so far as relates 10
the customs schedules. The time for offer
ing amend nens oehssd 81 $50 when the
house took recess. There was . great
demand from both sides Of the house for
recognition for she purpose Of Offering
amendments, but Wilson had the floor and
not one got In. A least hundred
amendments we're shut out. A series Of
amendments to the metal schedule, ell
making reductions vsrs aRresd 10. and the
committee Fixed the time for free wool 10
90 into effect AuG. 2. and WOODEN goods
Dec. l. This was accomplished by a change
Of front on the part Of republicans. who
voted on former occasion 70 have free
wool 90 into effect Immediately upon the
passage of the hill.
The last series OF amendments were
'thoss reducing the duties on barley 30 per
cent and barley malt 25 pOr cent Eastern
and western malstsrs and brewers are
fighting over the barley sshsduls. aud
Warner, In the closing minutes Of the sss-
sion. prevented q vote by making a point
Of no quorum. A good deal Of excitement
attended the wind MP.
Three days next week, under the order.
will be devoted entirely TO consideration Of
tbs internal revenue bill.
After the reading Of the journal Hainea
democrat. OF New York. msde the point of
no quorum. The speaker ordered the roll
call. This was In pursuanoe Of ths policy
decided on by abe New York members TO
| nlibuster against the order from the COM
mittee on rules extending the tariff debate
and authorizing the Offering of the inter
/ nal revenue bill ne an amendment 60 the
tariff bill. The roll call. however, devel-
oped quorum, and the flibustsring col
lapsed.
The committee on rules reported the sre-
clal order for the Wilson bill aud the in
come tnx amendment providing for . vote
thereon Feb. !. The committee demanded
the previous question. The opponents OF
the income tax, realizing their helplessness.
made no resistance. and the special order
was adopted.
The house then vent into committee OF
the whole on the tariff bill, the pending
nmendments being those relating 20 the
lumber schedule. Doolittle, republican. OF
Washington, made sarong plea
for the substitution of the lun-
Der schedule Of the present Law.
He said free lumber. under the Wilson bill
would force the laborefs of his state into
competition With cheap Chinese and Jap
anese labor emploTed across she CANADIAN q
line. Hayes, democrat, lows, said he rep
resented one Of the largest lumber districts
in the country and be had no fear OF Cana
dian cOmpetitiOn. lie had Investigated
the whole question thoroughly and 10 wal
merely = question of siumpage.
The vots was then taken on the lumber
schedule. hfst on Mr.. Oates amendmsnL
cutting the existing rates In half and il
was lost. and then on Mr.. Boutslle's amend.
ment, to substitute the McKinlsy Law rates
This was also lost, ssvsntJ-nine 20 twenty
one.
Then the lead and zinc schedule Wal
taken up. Mr.. Morgan. democrat. of Mis-
souri. offered the main amendment. to re-
duoe tbe duty on white lead from III
TO one cent per pound; ON lead piping anu
shot from Ia cents 10 one cent
and put one cent per pound duty on lsad
ore, instead of fifteen per cent in the bill,
and silver lead ore dutiabl0 on lead con
tents at ono cent. Mr.. Sweet. republican,
of Idaho offered an amendment defining
the method OF appraisinR silver lead ores.
Childs, republican, OF Illinois. proposed
an amendment 10 ths zinc sohsduls. tC
make zinc In block and In pig duiiable al
one cent per pound. zinc Ia sheet ono anC
one-han cents and on old and wornou
zine thFss-quArters of . cent Hartman
republican. of Montana, offered a substi
tute 20 the Morgan and sweet amendment
and spoke in the interest of the lead mine.
OF Montana.
RaWlins. democrat. of Utah. offered as
substitute for the whole lead schedule
paragraph placing a uniform duty OF 2
per cent on lead ore and all nanufacturs
of lead. Sweets amendment was los
without division. Morgan's amsndmen
vas also lost, also HartmAn'a. The amend
msnts 10 the zinc schedule wsis lost with
out division.
Wilson brought series OF amendment
comprehending the entire metal scheduls
The amendments were adopted. l23 3,
ninety-nine. Johnson's proposition 90 re-
edueo the duty on steel rails to hvo pc
cent w.s lost; also his amendments fixinl
duty Of 10 and Is per cent. The commit
tees amsndmena placing the duty at .
per cent was adopted.
An amendment making free wool eo int,
effect Aug. 2, and voollen goods Dec.
was also adopted. Wilson offered al
Amsn6ment to increase barley 20 20 25. Hns
! bsrley malt 80 TO 80 per cent lockwood
democrat of New York. denounced th'
I proposition as unjust. A. $50 Wilson
} moved 20 close debate; carried. 125 u
twenty. Warner raised the point Of NJ
I quorum. The republicans failed 20 answs
20 their names and the democrats could NO
, not muster q qaorum. A. $50 ths commit
0 tee rose and the house took . recess unti
=. ~ foloCk