Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-17
THE TARIFF.
Not So Much Excitement in
House as on Monday.
All Rulings Of the Chair Were Strictly
on Party Lines.
The Sena'e Debate Was on the Federal Elsc.
lion Repeal Bill.

sume0 cOnslQerauCn OF the llsCn DJtl
Wilson offered an amendment to paragraph
23l, to make it read: "Dextrine. burnt
starch, gum substitute or British gum, one
cent pound, the word gum" after Brit.
ish' being added. The amendment was
agreed to withou. debate. He amended the
internal revenue feature of the bill by de-
fining cigarettes az wrapped in paper
This WAS done without objection. Para.
graph III, osier or willow, prepared 70,
basket makers use, 20 per cent ad valorem
manufacturers osier, or willow, % pc.
cent ad val0rem; was amended by adding
"chair cane o. reeds wrought or manufat-
tured from rattan or reeds. per cent ad
valorem. striking out the item III the free
list which provided for the free admission
of chair cane or reeds, wrought or manu-
factured from rattan or reeds.
Hopkins Rep Of Illinois, offered an
amendment making the tariff on chair
canes, etc., 10 per cent. as under the pres
ent law. instead Of per cent.
Hopkins smenc ment was lost, and the
question recur ing on the original amend
ment offered by Wilson, it was agreed to.
long and interesting discussion was
precipitated BY the renewal of burrows
(Rep. of MicLigsn) fort to secure recog-
Dition 10 offer an amendment. He said
thst when he made similar attempt yes
terday certain gentleman on the other
side supported the Chairs refusal to rerog-
nize him, on the ground that in the jlst
Congress the chairman of the committee of
the whole recognized MIR. Mckinley to offer
IS amendments, before receiving any from
the Democratic side. AS matter Of fact,
l. 81 nHn Nn1 pt,.
five CT six were offered by Mr.. Mckinley.
MIR. Bret kinridge Dem. of Kentucky, Of
fsred the first anne ndment and number
we're offered by Mr.. McMillin (Dem.) Of
Tennessee. After three days special
order was adopted, under viii the re-
mainder of the bill was read through and
was orened to amendments, and Mr..
McMillin (Dem.) of Tennessee, Mr.
Springer (Dem.) Illinois, defended the
ruling of the chsirman, and Mr.. Reed
tRep.) of Maine, and Mr.. Burrows (Rep }
Michigan, attacked it. asserting that there
was no similitule between the conditions
existing in the 5lst Congress and in the
SD.
Enloe dem. of Tennessee, said he be-
lieved the gentleman from Maine (Reed)
was technically correct. lie did not think
Mr. Wilson could claim Reorganization as q
matter of right as chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means. He hoped the
Chairman would recognize the gentleman
from West Virginia WILSON,.
The Chair resfrmed the decision an
nounced yesterday, and as a precedent he
read from the jo2rnal of the 5lst Congress,
which showed that while the Mckinley bill
was under discussion, Reed recognized a
Republican to offer an amendment, recog-
nized another Republican to offer an amend
ment to the amendment, recognized another
Republican to offer q substitute to the
amendme mt then recognized, another Re-
publican TO offe1 an amendment to the sub
stitute. and then when Democrat (Bland)
asked for recognition, coolly told him that
no more amendments were in order. Dem
ocratic laughter, in which Reed joined.
The Chair then announced that he would
not recognize Burrows. Wilson was re-
cognize ard submitted an anne ndment, pro-
viding that the free wool schedule should
not 90 into effect until August /, 1894.
Payne (Rep.) of New York offered an
amen lment to this amendment, fixing the
date at which the free wool clause should
take effect. Oct. /, 1898. These amend
ments furnished a text for many sharp
speeches and not a few amusing incidents.
johnson (Dem of Ohio submitted a
substitute for the amendment pending, pro-
into effect Immediately after the passage of
Wilson bill.
Wilson (Dem.) of West Virginia, said it
was impossible to predict when the bill
would take effect. He would like to give
the wool growers chance to get up their
.pring kids. He proposed to offer another
amendment fixing the date at which the re-
duction on wooden manufactures sho ia
take effect as Dec. /. 1894, in order thai
manufacturers might work off their stock of
wool.
Gotten Dem. of Wyoming, advoca ed a
revenue tax on wool.
Wilson asked unanimous consent that
further discussion of the pending amend
ments be limited to 10 minntes. Bowers
(Rep) of California, objected. Psge
Dem. of Rhode Island delivered a strong
plea in favor of the passage of the Wils)n
amendment. Within 4s hours after the
announcement of the adoption of the
amendment, the manufacturers of New
England wsuld have thousands and hun
dreds Of thousands and million, CT dollars
of orders and the mills be started up.
Democratic cries of Vote, Vote"
Bowers was recognized to submit an
amendment to the substitute offered
by Mr.. johnson. Bowers amend
ment provides for the taking effect
of the wool schedule on December 80,
1889. The committee rose without coming
to any decision on the pending amendment,
and the House took q recess.
There was q somewhat better attendance
of Members on the floor tonight and the
usual good attendance in the galleries.
Arnold (Dem.) of Missouri advocated the
Wilson i'll. He comba.ted the assertion
that the present business de preston il due
to the shadow of The low tariff measure. Il
was attributable, in his Of inion, to the gold
magnates of Wall strett. lie pred csed that
business wouli revive as soon IS the Will
son bill was passed.
Ellis (Rep.) of Oregon held that the bill
was extremely sectional in its provisions,
and the Pacific Coast hsd been particularly
harshly treated. Every article produced On