Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
HOUSE AND SUGAR.
Speculation on What Will BE
Its Fate There.
SENATE WORK NEARLY AT AN END,

And the Tariff Biil Likely To Ne Ready
for netarn TO the Representative Next
Tuesday Of warner and Dochery
snssess-Hasch Gets His Anti-opssoa
Mn Through by Large Majority.
WASHINGTON. June 2a-Harris and AID
rich have agreed that the tariff bill will
be concluded in committee Of the whole
today, and ready TO return to the house
by Tuesday night, and Harris has given
notice that he will expect the senate to
sit today until the work in committee Of
the whole is complete. In this event it
becomes interesting to inquire what the
house will do about the sugar schedule.
The house ways and means committee has
not decided what stand it will take. 1t Is
believed, however, that the struggle be-
tween the senate and house on this sched-
ule Will ba desperate. with u possibility Of
long deadlock between the houses. The
Wilson bill, rs IL left the house, contained
no sugar schedule, rs the tax on raw and
refined sugars had been struck out and
the bounty had been abolished outright.
Attitude of the Committee.
While the attitude of the ways and
means committee is not certain. it is be-
lievcd that the committee is disposed to
be conservative and conciliatory, and to
avoid by any fair agreement another pro-
trac.ed discussion or deadlock. But the
committee Is not sure Of having the house
behind IL In this conciliatory policy. 1t
was on sugar that the committee sus-
tanned its only dofeat when the Wilson
bill WINS before the house and this victory
of tho free sugar men may be repeated.
The free sugar men are very determined,
and some of them say there can be no
compromise short OF an absolute surrender
of the senate to the house amendments.
Dockery's View OF the Situation.
1.-THE house is overwhelmingly opposed
TO either tax or bounty on sugar." said
Dockery. 1T was so when the bill passed
the house, and il is so now. II anything.
tho feeling is stronger for free sugar now
than IL was then. There is the voting
strength, therefore, to non-concur Mt the
outset in the senate sugar amendments,
and To keep non-concurring rs often as
the conferrees report failure TO reach an
agreement. With the overwhelming
sentiment and voting strength for free
sugar IL would seem to assure n very de-
termined stand on the part of the house.
To be sure, however. the feeling against
another long contest and the desire OF
members 60 close up the work Of the ses-
sion would operate"
Warner Would stay and Fight.
IL believe in remaining right here at
our desks until the 4th Of next March
rather than surrender to the senate sugar
schedule, ~ said Warner OF New York. Il
think. moreover, that the house is certain
TO make n resistance which will compel
the senate TO yield. 1t will be hot
weather ia Washington, and protracted
struggle will bring many discomforts, but
T. will not be half rs hot for congressman
here ~ 1t will be for them in their dis
tricts IL there Is a tax on sugar. Our con.
stituents and our editors are for free
sugar. so that members can be serving
their districts best by remaining here I'M
I'll the senate is forced to yield"
Would submit to 70 small Tag.
The normal. natural. inherent position
of the house Is for no tax and no bounty
on sugar. IL will be this or something
substantially like this that the house will
insist on. II n slight revenue duty was
put on raw sugar it might be the basis Of
au agreement. But it would have to be-
limited 20 revenue and not particle for
protection, except the protection given by
the revenue duty. The senate schedule
gives protection n well rs revenue duty
to the rcfiners. The house will never &C.
cept anything Of that sort.