Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-24
MOVE TO RECOMA[IT
The Hope Of House Opponents
ofthe Wilson Bill.
r1eHrovER sueARANDooAL ENDED

So Far - Comnlttee of the whole Il Con-
cerned and Beth Of Them ON the Free
List I'riesds Of Protection ON These
Products and IRON ''Flopping Together
Tho Struggle Over Iron Begun
WASHINGTON, Jan. &,-The vote on the
tariff bill thus far. especially upon matters
in which many members were interested
such as coal and sugar-has revived talk
Of movement to recommit the entire Will
son bill. Representative Haines, of New
York, has been arranging such q move,
but the members OF the ways and means
committee say it cannot prevail. Breckin-
ridge Of the committee, says: There has
not been n vote on any amendment which
would indicate . doubt of the final pas
sage of the bill as whole. The change in
the sugar schedule may induce some gen.
tlenen to say that they will vote against
the bill. but this is due to the feeling of the
moment and there is little probability that
many Democratic votes will be lost to the
bill as a result OF amendments.
ION the contrary the committee is well
pleased that the bill has suffered such
slight changes, as it is far from amounting
to mutilation q the measure" Bryan,
Whiting, and others of the committee ex-
pressed similar views. They have been
kept advised of the progress of Haines' ef-
fort to effect a combination to recommit
the bill. and they say it has never shown
strength enough To come within a long
way Of carrying. At the same time Haines
Is continuing his efforts and claims to be
encouraged at the outlook.
Free Raw and Refined Sugar.
The house did one thing upon resuming
consideration of the tariff bill that will
please the radicals and that was to put
all sugar on the free list. At the adjourn
ncnt the day before there was considera-
BILE confusion because the action Of the
house had mixed up the sugar business,
making one kind free and the other dutia-
Bile. A substitute WIS adopted placing re-
fined sugar on the free list by an over
whelming vote in which the Republicans
joined with the radical Democrats against
the sugar men and several members of the
ways and means committee. With regard
70 the sugar schedule, therefore, the com
mittee of the whole has abolished the
bounty and placed all sugar. both raw and
refined on the free list. When il came to
consider the coal srhelule. however. the
committee Jared much better, and all four
Of the amendments TO place n duty of from
10 TO IS cents per ton on coal were beaten.
May Recomi( it the Bill Yet.
The debate upon the coal schedule de
veloped n great deal of feeling among the
southern members, especially those from
Virginia, 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.
| II the iron men are defeated, and especial
| ly if the income tax should he placed upon
the bill as a rider later in the week, an
other strong faction on the Democratic side
will be added TO this movement. The Re
publicans will all vote for the motion to
recommit, and with the Democrats who
do not care to vote against the bill out
right, but who are not satisfied with it
in its present form, they may be able to
muster majority To send it back to the
committee.
| What Was Said in Debate.
1t was pretty hard ON the southern Dem
Ocrats who Were opposed to free coal to
have the abolition Of duty confirmed, but
they stanchly stood to the party gun. AL
dersOn Of West Virginia said that the Dem
ocrats were elected to reform the tariff and
they would refOrm it. This was no time
to measure Democracy and no time te
bicker. Wheeler of Alabama criticised the
free trade character of the bill, and said i,
put the burden ON the south and left New
England to enjoy u continuance Of tariff
benefits.
Hopkins Rep.) of Illinois, judge tina,
the gentleman will vote against such q
nefariOus measure.
Wheeler-No. will vote for it, Laugh
ter
Turpin Of Alabama said that his stat,
had given a heavy Democratic majority fo
the national ticket. They did SO because
they expected tariff for revenue only
They did not think that such men as Viii
son, McMillin, and Breckinridge woult
put coal and iron on the free list
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