The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28

known that they wanted 10 know the why
and wherefore Of such wholesale amend
ment TO such an important schedule, and
Mr. BreclNnridge, sought to enlighten
them, going over the amendment para
graph by paragraph, explaining the rea-
sons which had actuated the ways and
means committee in proposing the
changes in the bill.
Mr.. johnson, dem, of Ohio, foreclosed
any possibility of further amendments be-
ing offered TO the steel rail schedule by
himself Offering an amendment to the
pending amendment, substitute, and an
amendment to the substitute striking out
the duty of 25 per cent. and providing for
one OF per cent, 10 per cent and Is per
cent respectively.
Finally the debate ended, and with it
the flood Of amendments. All the amend
ments offered on behalf OF the ways and
means committee (by Messrs Wilson and
Breckinridge) were agreed to, and all
others rejected.
TIME OF TAKING EFFECT.
Then Mr.. Wilson, of West Virginia,
offered amendments fixing the time at
which the wool schedule shall go into
effect as Aug. 2, 1894, and the woolen
good schedule as Dec. 2, 1894. The point
OF order was made against them that the
committee had already voted on similar
propositions, but the point was over
ruled by the chairmanand the amend
ments were agreed to; all the republicans
uniting with more than half the demo-
Gratis, so that the vote was 122 ayes (rep
and dem.) and 81 nays (all dem J.
Mr.. Wilson then offered an amendment
increasing the proposed duty on barley
from 20 per cent. TO 25 and 80 per cent,
and MIR. Payne, rep, of New York, moved
to make the rate 80 cents bushel
Finally, as the hour for the recess drew
near, leaving the amendments as to bar
ley undispcsed Of, the chairman decided
that, in his opinion, these amend
ments would come up for action on
Monday; but he declined to admit any
other amendments to be offered, although
many members were striving for chance
OF offering them. The committee then,
at $50 o'clock, took recess until p. IN
THE NIGHT SESSION.
There was a falling off in the atten-
dance in the galleries of the House at the
night session, as well as on the floor.
Mr.. Holman was the first speaker. He
took as his text the subject of taxation on
luXuries, particularly on diamonds, which
was the burden OF his remarks in the
house few days ago. He favored a
tax of 30 per cent. on diamonds and
he was gratihed at the action
of the House in voting to put q duty on
diamonds, showing, as it did that the
democratic doctrine of taxing luxuries in
stead of necessities had overweighed
their desire to sustain the committee on
ways and means He spoke in the name
of the common people, of whom he claimed
to be one, when he said that their
opposition TO the Mckinley bill was
based on the admission OF those
three prime objects of luxury, diamonds,
statuary, and paintings, free of duty, or
practically So But, whereas, it had been
stated that the low tariff of Is per cent
on diamonds in the Mckinley bill was
due to an oversight, it has recently been
| proposed dispassionately to reduce this
| duty to 10 per cent.
| Messrs. Cooper, dem, of Indiana, and
Pearson, dem, OF Ohio, for the Wilson
bill and Mr.. Smith, rep, Of Illinois,
against 1T.