Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-12
SENATE AND TARIFF
Many Protection Petitions Presented
Today.
GOING over TEE WILSON BILL
The Subcommittee Carefully Re-
viewing the Schedules.
NOT READY TO REPORT

The Senate IL now feeling the pulse OF
| the country in the matter Of opinion on
tarin legislation. AS far as can be Judged
by the petitions that are pouring in by the
hundreds the pulse is beating at a very
high protective rate. Scarce a day passes
| that the republican Senators do not file al
least a hundred Of these memorials protest
ing against the passage of the Wilson bill
and often democrats put in numbers OF
them, deftly disguised under the vague
title OF 'sundry petitions" Each day the
grist grows larger. and the records of the
Senate are being smashed.
| Today the time occupied by the presenta-
ton Of these documents exceeded that OF
any previous occasion. That order of busi-
ness did not close until IL AS o'clock, thirty
five minutes having been taken up in the
process of handing in and roting the me-
MORALS. Senator CulloIn took about ten
minutes in handling a mammoth petition
containing the names of 10000 wool grow
ers. Mr.. Hunton tried to stop him with a
point of order but Mr.. Cullom claimed that
he was only trying to save time and SO he
was allowed to go on and finish his little
tariff talk.
Mr.. Chandler tried to get some one to
object to his reading a lot of names, but
the democrats refrained from the tempta-
tion. Mr.. Power had about fifty different
memorials from citizens of Montana pro-
testing against certain Of the schedules OF
the Wilson bill, which he noted separately.
and 50 occupied five minutes. Many other
memorials were turned in by other republi-
cans, but the process was not confined to
| the anti-administration side of the
chamber.
Mr.. Faulkner gave voice to the senti-
ments Of West Virginia. and put in two
| petitions. each numerously signed, one pro-
| testing against free coal, and the other
against free lumber.
Mr.. Smith put forth the note IT New
Jersey opposition, and one or two other
democratic Senators slipped in a few pro-
tests quietly.
These petitions follow hundreds Of others
that have poured into the files Of the COM
mittee on finance. and the clerks of that
body are kept very busy indeed. Senator
| Dolph Is endeavoring to get a resolution
passed. ordering the printing of these petit
lions, minus the names, and this should
have had q hearing today. but he let it go
by to allow Senator Gray to make his ad-
ministration speech about Hawaii.
The Subcommittee at Work.
The Senate subcommittee engaged on the
Wilson tariff bill was again at work in
Senator Vests room early this morning.
They have thus had three days of unin-
terrupted work since the adjournment of
the Senate on Thursday. They have made
considerable progress, but they have not
succeeded in putting the bill in shape to
permit its being reported to the Senate as
soon as had been hoped would be the case.
One of the members of the committee at
\ noon today when asked what were the
prospects for an early report upon the
bill said that question could not be answered
| satisfactorily. I'VE may" he said, "con-
clude our work within three or four days
and we may be engaged upon the bill for
| two weeks yet. We are getting on very
WELL" he continued, but there are a great
| many points to be considered in framing
! a tariff bill besides the mere rates on this
| article or that.
III you touch one article, you often find
| that you have got to change others, and we
have, at all times, to bear in mind the ne
| cessities of the government. Consequently,
| we may have to go over work already done.
| Hence, we cannot say, definitely, when the
| bill can be reported. We mean to have the
| bill In as good shape possible to make
| 1t when we do report it. and, therefore, do
not intend to rush ii too much"
report has been circulated to the effect
that refined sugar might be Disseminated
| to the extent of placing a lower tax upon
| 1t than upon raw sugar. There is nothing
| in this story. If the raw article is taken
| from the free list and duty fixed upon it.
| there Will be an increase upon the duty on
| refined sugar. and 1t will probably be from
one-eighth to one-Quarter of a cent q pound
higher than the raw sugar duty.
Senator White of Louisiana was given a
| hearing on the sugar schedule by the sub
committee this morning.