The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-14
CHANGES IN THE WILSON BILL.
The Senate Measure to be Less Rad
ical Than Threatened.

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Washington, Feb. 13-When Senator
Voorhees, stated at the outset of the tariff
fight in the Senate that the bill to be re-
ported to the Senate would be practically
the Wilson bill, he appreciated, perhaps
better than his colleagues, the pressure
that would be brought to bear by the
House committee that would prevent
such a radical departure as would precipi-
tate the contest anew when the bill was
returned by the Senate, or went to con-
ference, The fact remains, however, that
as soon as the subcommittee got to work
1t began a reconstruction of the measure
as it came from the House on the
lines of the old Walker tariff The
opposition manifested to this radical de-
parture from the precedent established
by the House was so great when il be-
came known that the pressure could not
be resisted, and 1t is now evident that the
old order of things will be restored. This
is due TO the suggestion of leading mem
Der of the finance committee and the
urgent request of some members of the
ways and means committee. SO soon,
then, as change to the form of the Will
son bill was agree upon, Mr. Talbert,
clerk of the House ways and means COM
mittee, was sent for, and for two or three
days has been assisting the Senate COM
mittee in the work. The plan of the
Senate committee, involving, as It does.
the raising of sufficient revenue to meet
the deficit, necessarily carries with it
some severe slashing into the free list
of the House bill, and there
will be striking modification
of that list. IL is pretty thoroughly un-
derstood that coffee will be put on the
dutiable list at about 20 per cent, adva-
loren, and it is also equally well settled
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at least that coal will be shifted from the
free list to the dutiable list.
The items that are giving the commit
tee the most trouble are iron ore, wool,
sugar and whisky.
MANY SEEKING HEARINGS.
Washington, Feb. 13, 1:45 p.
m.-To day, as yesterday, saw q
great many people rat the capt.
tol endeavoring to secure the attention of
senators In behalf Of tho industries they
represented. Senator Mcpherson was,
perhaps the most sought after and his
committee room was filled during the
greater part of the day. The industries
represented in his committee room were
hatters, silk manufacturers, saddlers,
lithOgrnphers. salt, rice, pottery, etc.
Sugar is still an unknown factor in the
revenue schedule, although it can be
stated with positiveness that it will be
taxed. All of yesterday, and much of
this morning, was devoted to the consid-
Grafton of that article, with no apparent
results. Senator White, Of California,
was before the committee yesterday af-
ternoon few moments and notified the
members that he desired to be heard on
the sugar question favorably TO the fix
ing of a tax.
THE LOUISIANA SENATORS
Senators Caffery and White, Of Louis
lana, were also before the committee and
presented their views at greater length
than heretofore. The attitude of these
two senators caused the subcommittee
some concern, for the reason that they
will hold an important position when the
bill comes up in the Senate. They have de-
clared that unless sugar Is placed on she
dutiable list, they will antagonize the bill
in its entirety. Both these senator's in
sist that the maximum tax on sugar shall
be y cents. Where the tax is to begin
they are not particular, so that il be
graded up TO reach the figure named.
SENATOR'S GRANTED HEARINGS.
1t has been the expressed policy Of the
finance committee 10 grant no hearings /;
yet there appears to have been a modi-
fcation OF that policy so far as some OF
the democratic senators are concerned
and some of the senators interested in the
schedules the committee has under discus
sion have been admitted to the committee
room and have been heard by the sub
committee. 1t appears that those inter
ested in gloves tobacco, the iron schedule
and sugar have been most favored in this
matter.
Private delegations representing vari-
GUS industries have failed utterly to get
to the committee, and have been com
PEELED to content themselves with pre-
sentation of their claims to individual
senators.