The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-05
VOTING ON THE TARIFF.
The End of the Great Debate Is
Not Far Distant.
A TEST VOTE ON SUGAR TODAY.
Tho Passage of This Bone of Contention,
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Democrats Claim. VIII Result in Rusl-
Ing the Whole Measure Through-House
Votes on State Banks Tomorrow.

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Democrats Claim. VIII Result in Rush-
Ing the Whole Measure Through-House
Votes on State Banks Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-By an agreement
reached just before adjournment of TIE
senate last night all amendments to the
sugar schedule will be voted upon today.
According to both sides the fate of the
bill depends on the disposition of the
sugar schedule, and tho fact that the Re-
publeans have agreed to allow tho issue
to go to "A vote indicates that the end of
the tariff debate in the senate is not far
distant. All sorts of amendments will be
offered, the two on which the Republicans
base most of their hopes of breaking the
lines of the Democrats being those TO
change the date on which the schedule is
to go into effect and to wipe out the one
eighth of cent differential given by the
schedule to the refiners of sugar. The
Democratic managers, however claim to
be entirely confident that the schedule
will go through without material change.
The debate yesterday was interesting,
but not sensational, the most important
feature being the eexpanation of the sched-
ulc by Mr.. Jones. This was the first pub
lie Interpretation of it by a Democratic
member OF the finance committee and to-
tally varied with the Interpretation put
upon il by Republicans, especially as 10 the
amount of protection afforded by it to the
sugar trust Republicans say that the
sugar question will be revived VIII m the
bill comes into the open senate, it being
now in committee of the whole.
Senator Morgan presented an amend
ment to the tariff bill directed against the
formation of trusts in imported articles.
The amendment declares all conbina-
tions, conspiracies, trusts, agreements or
contracts to be contrary to public policy
and illegal and void when made by per-
sons or corporations engaged in importing
articles from foreign countries for the puI-
pose of restraining lawful trade or 10 in
crease the market price in the United
States of any article imported or of for
eign manufacture into which such urli-
Gle enters. A violation of the provision is
made punishable by fine orimprisonmemt.
The seizure of articles imported in yiula-
tion OF this provision is also provided for.
The galleries Of the hGuse were untisu-
nlly well filled yesterday and on the h0or
the re was II good array Of occupied desks
during the cariy part of the day. As the
afternoon wore on tiin Attendance thinred
ont, and when adjournment came there
was not "a half hundred members on the
fCor. Two senate bridge bills were passed.
ONE to aGt horiLa the construction Of Il
bridge across he Delaware river by the
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railway
company and the other eNtcndt. the
time fer the construction of bridge
across the Calumet river The Brawley
state bank tax bill was discussed, aud
then the house agreed to senate Joint
resolution appropratiilg $1,000 10 defray
the expenses of the sugar investigating
committee.
The iinHl vote on the state bank queS-
tiOn will be taken at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon This conclusion was reached
after conference i'll Speaker Crisp's room
yesterday. A rule was thpreupou drawn
hy the rules committee providing for Il
continuance of general debate today, de-
bate under the five minute rule tomorrow,
uud vote at 4 O'clock.