The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-24
That Is the Scheme Finding Most
Favor.
THEIR OK MADE TO SUFFER NOW
Sugar Democrats and Coal and Iron
Democrats to Combine With
the Republicans.

IudtttEo III WHICH many W6E6 fu-
terested, such as coal and sugar, has re-
vived the talk of movement to recommit
the entire Wilson bill. Haines of New
York has been arranging such move. but
members of the Ways and Means Com
mttee say it cannot prevail.
Breckenridge says: There has not
been a vote on any amendment which
would indicate doubt of the final passage
of the bill as whole. The change in the
sugar schedule may induce some gentlemen
10 say that they will vote against the bill.
but this Is due to the feeling of the mo-
ment and there is little probability that
Democratic votes will be lost to the bill as
result of amendments. On tie contrary.
the committee is well pleased. The bill
has suffered such slight changes that it is
far from amounting to a mutilation of the
measure"
Bryan. Whiting and others of the COM
mittee expressed similar views. They
have been kept advised of the progress of
Haines' effort to effect a combination to
recOmmit the bill and say it has never
shown strength enough 20 come within a
long way of carrying. At the same time
Haines is continuing his efforts and
w OC dEtu dl OutiOOhs
The House to-day determined upon the
abolition of the duty upon refined sugar.
passed upon just before the House ad-
journed last night. A way out of the con-
fusion which existed upon the effect OF
the amendment adopted last night was
found after two hours discussion Of the
parliamentary situation. by submitting the
question to the House as TO whether the
Warner amendment placing refined sugar
on the free list should be considered as q
substitute fer the Robertson amendment.
This was decided affirmatively, and then
by an overwhelming vote. in which the
Republicans joined with the radical Demo
Gratis against the sugar men and several
members of the Ways and Means Commit
tee. the substitute was adopted. The COM
mittee of the whole has thus abolished
the bounty and placed all sugar. both raw
and refined, upon the free list.
When it came TO consider the coal sched-
uie to-day. however. the committee Jared
much better. and all four amendments de-
signed 10 place duty Of from 40 to 70
cents per ton on coal were beaten.
The debate upon the coal schedule de-
veloped a great deal of feeling among
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 interested in retaining
the duty upon coal will result in strength
ening the Government TO recommit the
bill. IL the iron men are defeated to-
morrow. and especially if the income tax
should be placed upon the bill as rider
later in the week. another strong faction
on the Democratic side will be added to
this movement The Republicans will all
vote for the motion TO recOmmit, and with
the Democrats who do not care to vote
against the bill outright, but who are not
satisfied with it in its present form, they
may be able to muster a majority to send
the bill back to committee. This is now
admitted on all hands to be the chief
danger of the bill. IL it could be brought
to direct vote there is no question about
it passing.
When the House was called to order to-
day it resumed consideration of the sugar
schedule of the tariff bill The pending
amendment was that of Robertson, impos-
ing duty on raw sugar and increasing
the duty on refined, as amended by War
ner. placing both raw and refined on the
free list. The confusion entailed by these
two iDcongruous amendments had first to
be Strengthened out. Dingley claimed that
the Warner amendment was utterly in
consistent with the Robertson amendment.
and should be considered as a substitute.
Robertson took issue with him, main
tanning that the effect of the Warner
amendment was simply TO place refined
sugar on the free list. leaving so much of
his amendment as imposed a duty on su-
gar below 16 Dutch standard unaffected
A vote was finally taken on the Warner
amendment as substitute, and it was
carried. 151 to SO. The effect of this Is to
place all raw and refined sugars on the
free list. The great mass of the Demo-
Gratis and practically all the Republicans
voted for the proposition, only a handful
OF Democrats, including Wilson and sew
eral other Democrats of the Ways and
Means Committee, voting against it.
The coal schedule was then taken up.
The first amendment by Oates of Ala
bama. was as follows: To strike out of the
free list coal, etc., and insert coal, btu
minous, and shale, 30 cents per ton of
twenty-eight bushels. eighty pounds to
the bushel; coal. slack or culls, such as
will pass through a half-inch screen, 20
cents per ton of twenty-eight bushels.
Wise OF Virginia followed with an
amendment, striking out 40 cents and in
sorting 30.
Mckaig of North Dakota offered SUBJ
stitute providing for duty of 70 cents per
ton on bituminous coal, 60 cents on coal
slack or culm, striking bituminous coal
from the free list.
Hit of Illinois offered an amendment to
the substitute, as follows: Insert at the
end Of the coal paragraph: provided, If
any article on the free list imported is the
product Of any country which imposes a
duty on said articles exported from The
United States, there shall be levied, COL
lected and paid upon said imported arti-
Giles the rate of duty existing prior to the
passage Of this act"
Wilson made the point of order that
Hits reciprocity amendment was not