Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-14
THEY ARE YIELDING
Democrats Anxious TO
Clear Up Tariff MuddIe.
ARE MAKING CONCESSIONS.
House Discusses Matters Pertaining
to the Indians.

TO the work of securing . vote on the final
passage OF the tariff bill before the end OF
this month.
In order to wardlof further prolongati ion
of debate they are conoeding all that is
possible, and it is said, upon apparently
good authority, that IL has been agreed
that the amendments heretofore made by
the committee TO the administrative fea-
lures OF the bill VIII be withdrawn. and
the provisions OF the illustrative act of
1891. under which the dut .es are now col
lected, permitted TO stand.
The epublicans were prepared 70
make q vigorous fight against the CON-
mittes amendments. II the COMMITTEES
decides to do as IL here indicated, they
will shorten the debate very materially.
The Repu bliean senators, however, have
not given any encouragement 70 the
friends Of the tariff bill, who want an ar
rangemsnt for o vote on the wooden
schedule without delay. A number OF
speeches have been prepared by Republi-
cans on the subject of free wool, and un-
I'll these have been got ridsof, no progress
can be made with the schedule. Other
items Of the schedule will not cause much
of fight.
While the Republicans Of the finance
committee are not In favor Of any further
delay on the bill than cannot be helped,
there are still some senators who think
that action should be held on until after
the close OF the dsesl year. Not q single
appropriation bill has been acted upon By
the senate. and there 10 now apparently no
chance that any will be passed In time to
meet the emergencies Of the new fiscal
year.
1t In obvious that the appropriations of
the present year will have TO be extended
by resolution before June 30. otherwise
there will be no money to meet the ex-
penses Of any Of the branches Of the gov
ernment.
Points to he Yielded
The Republican senators have asked
that certain increases be made all along
have been rejected, In part, but certain
some Of ths paragraphs at least. including
and ohildrens dress goods, coat Innings,
Italian cloth. bunting. rsady-made cloth.
ing and on wool and worsted yarns
The probabilities are that on women's
and ehildren's goods and other articles
included In the same paragraph, the
dividing line will be changed from 81. 80
and made to read 30 that goods of this
class, valued at not over 60 cents, shall
pay duty Of 30 per cent ad vslorem, In
stead Of ~ as In the present law.
In the paragraph relating to ready
made clothing the present bill provides a
uniform ad valorsm rate of 20 per cent
1t Is proposed 20 increase this rate to 80
per cent on these goous wnere they are
valued at more than $50 a pound, leav-
ing the rate at IS per cent on goods Of this
class of less value.
A similar change is to be made on
woolen and worsted yarns, on which, as
the bill stands, an ad valorem duty Of 80
per cent is provided. As the paragraph
will be changed Il will probably increase
the duty on goods of this class, valued at
more than 40 cents a pound, to 40 per cent
ad vslorem, leaving those of less value at
% per cent
These changes have been advocated by
a large number of manufacturers, and,
while the committee has not absolutely
decided upon making them. all the in
dications are that they will be made.
Senator Aldrich Ia pressing very hard
for still greater change, especially on
women's and children's dress goods He
Is asking that In this schedule the divid.
ing line be made at 40 cents, and that the
rate on goods worth less than 10 cents q
pound shall be placed at IS per cent. and
above at 80 per cent.
Slow Work.
Again the entire session of the senate
was consumed with set speeches on the
free wool question.
The temperature In the cham Der was
stifiingly hot, and the senators spoke to
empty benches on the floor and few list
less auditors in the galleries Altoget ther
IL was one OF the dullest aud most weari-
some days Of the long three months de-
bate. Not a vote was taken. Those who
made set speeches were Messrs. Sherman,
Dubois, Hansbrough, Shoup and Mitchell.
In the House.
The small crowd in the galleries of the
house was well repaid for its attendance,
for at times the proceedings were very in
teresting. While but 10 pages of the
Indian appropriation bill were read, some
very interesting discussions were precipi-
tated, notably one by Mr.. Smith of Ari-
zona, relative to the edu ucation of Indians
and especially the Apaches, at the Indian
schools OF the east. In the course Of bis
speech, he said that It was possible to kid.
nap Indian boys and girls aud send them
to school at Carlisle and Hampton. but
they would wander back to the reserva
tion and become worse than they were be-
fore.
The A. p. A. matter was again brought
up and caused slight ripple on the sur
face of the house, but 1t blew over after
a short passage alarms between Mr.. Lin
ton and Mr.. Wsadock, both of Michigan.
An unusually large number Of bills sue.
ceeded In running the gauntlet Of objec.
tions and reaching the goal Of final pas
sage, among them being three senate
billA