St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-24

the Republicans and Protec-
tion Democrats VIII Recon-
nit the Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. The house
today determined the abolition of the
duty upon refined sugar. which was
passed upon just before the house adj
jOurned last night, as an amendment to
an amendment offered by Mr.. Robert
son. one of the Louisiana sugar men.
a way out of the confusion, which eX-
listed upon the effect of the amendment
adopted last night, was found after a
two hours discussion of the parlia-
mentary situation by submitting the
question to the house as to whether the
Warner amendment placing sugar on
the free list should be considered as a
substitute for the Robertson amend
ment. This was decided affirmatively,
and then by an overwhelming vote, in
which the Republicans Joined with the
Radical Democrats against the sugar
men and several members of the ways
and means committee, the substitute was
adopted. With regard to the sugar sched-
uIe, therefore, the committee of the whole
has abolished the bounty and placed all
sugar, both raw and refined, upon the
free list. When it came to consider the
coal schedule today. however. the CON-
mittee Jared much better, and ell four
of the amendments designed to place a
duty of from 40 to IS cents per ton
upon coal were beaten. The debate
upon the coal schedule developed a
great deal of feeling among the South
ern members. especially those from Vir-
gina, West Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama, whose states are Interested
either in coal or iron ore. The general
Impression is that the defeat of
THE SUGAR MEN
and of those who are interested in re-
tanning duty upon coal will result in
strengthening the movement developed
on the Democratic side to recommit the
bill. If the iron man are defeated to-
morrow, and especially if the income
tax should be placed upon the bill
as rider later in the week, an
other strong faction on the Demo-
cratic side will be added to this move
ment. The Republicans will all vote for
the motion TO recommit. and with the
Democrats Who do not care to vote
against the bill outright and who are
not satisfied with 1t in its present form,
they may be able to muster a majority
to send it back TO the committee. This
is now admitted on all hands to be the
chief danger to the bill. If 1t could be
brought to direct vote there is no
question about It passing.
AT the opening ofthe house this morn
ing, OH motion of Mr.. Wise, the presi-
dents veto of the New York and New
Jersey bridge bill was referred to the
committee on Interstate and foreign
comm cree.
A few minutes later, when the house
went into committee of the whole, 10
resume the consideration of the tariff
bill, Mr.. Oates. Alabama, called atten-
ton to the peculiar complication that
had arisen, owing to the failure of the
committee to complete the consideration
of the sugar schedule. 1t came over as
unfinished business, while by special
arrangements made last Saturday, today
was set aside for the consideration of
the coal and
IRON ORE SCHEDULES.
Some discussion followed as to the
parliamentary status, and it was finally
decided by unanimous consent to go
ahead with the vote on the sugar sched-
ule, and, after that was disposed of, to
take up coal and iron.
The pending question was the Robert
son amendment, imposing a duty on
raw sugar and increasing the duty on
refined sugar, as amended by Mr.. War
ner, placing both raw and refined sugar
on the free list. The confusion entailed
by these two incongruOuS amendments
had first to be Strengthened OUT Mr..
Dingley claimed that the Warner
amendment was utterly Inconsistent
with the Robertson amendment and
should be considered as a substitute.
MIR. Robertson took issue with him, on
the grounds that Mr.. Warmers amend
ment simply was to place refined sugar
on the free list, leaving so mueh of the
house amendment as imposed a duty
upon sugar below 16 Dutch standard
unaffected.
The debate on the point of order
consumed over an hour and half. The
chair finally stated that the Warner
amendment was voted upon as all
amendment to the Robertson amend
ment. He was now asked. he said, to
decide that it should have been voted
upon as a substitute. He declined to
rule, and submitted the question to the
house to determine whether it should
be considered substitute or an amend
ment. Without division, it was decided
10 treat the Warner amendment as a
substitute. The committee was then
called upon to vote upon it as a subSti-
tute, its effect, if adopted, being to
place all sugars, raw and refined, on
THE FREE LIST.
The great mass of Democrats and
practically all the Republicans voted for
the proposition, only handful of Dem
Ocrats, including Mr. Wilson and sew
eral other Democrats of the ways and
means committee, Mr.. Everts, Coombs
ana the members of the Louisiana
delegation voting against it. 1t was
carried, 161 to 80.
The coal schedule was then taken up.
The first amendment was made by Oates
(Dem.. Ala.) as follows:
Strike out of the free list coal, ETC..
and insert coal, bituminouS and Shale,
80 cents per ton of twenty-eight bush.
els,eighty pounds to the bushel O.. $40:
coal. slack or culls, sucn as will pass
through half-inch screen, 20 cents pei
ton OF twenty-elght bushels, eighty
pounds to the busheI.
MIR. Wise (Dem., Va.) followed with
an amendment to tue amendment
striking out 40 cents and inserting sc
cents. MI. McHalg (Dem., Md theI
offered substitute providing for duty
of 20 cents per ton on bituminouS coal, *
cents on coal, slack or Gull. and striking
bituminous coal from the free list.
MIR. Hit (kep., ILL., offered an amend
ment to the substitute as follows:
''Insert at end of coal paragraph
Provided. that if any article on the free
list is imported, the product of any
country which imposes duty on saio
article exported fIOm the United States
then there shall be levied. collected anc
paid upon said imported articles the
rate of duty existing prior to the pas
sage of this act"
Mr., Wilson made the point of order
that Mr.. Hits reciprocity amendment
was not germane, and therefore not il
order. 1t was proposition for
GENERAL RECIPROCITY
upon the whole tariff bill, or rather re.
taliation upon ourselves for the foIlie.
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