The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-24
ALLSUGARS ON THE FREBLIST
PRoE WILSON AsAIN DEFEATED IN
THE HOUSE

| WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The Democrats OF the
House Of Representatives voted to-day. by a
very large majority. to put all sugars on the
| free list. after having voted yesterday to
abolish on July I. 1894. the bounty OF two
cents pound authorized by the existing Nc
Kinley act Chairman Wilson. the author OF
| the Tariff bill and one or two OF his associates
! on the Ways and Committee. the Louisiana
| delegation, and the Republicans as a body
voted against free sugar. but they accom-
Dlished nothing. and the attempt OF the Ad-
mlnistrntion TO secure . tax Of at least on cent
| q pound was utterly defeated. AZ the bill now
stands, provision IL m ade for the adjustment
OF the bounty and placing OF all the sugars on
| tho free list
| This result will. OF course add to the serious
embarrassment OF the friends OF the bill and
cause the Louisiana delegation to Join the
| ranks OF the Democrats who will vote against
| Its FINAL passage.
| When the House adjourned yesterday. in the
midst Of an mex plicable parliamentary tangle.
| the pending motion was on the resolution Of
| Representative Robertson OF Louisiana to put
raw sugar on tho dutiable list. To this John
| De Witt Warner had offered an amendment
| placing refined sugars on the free list Thus IL
| the Robertson resolution had been carried with
the Warner amendment II would have made
raw sugars dutiable and refined sugars free
On the other hand. had the resolution been
| defeated. II would have placed raw suRare on
the free list aud made refined sugars dutiable
In spite OF the fact that the House had Just
voted to put them on the free list. To extrl-
cate itself from this paradoxical situation. tho
House was compelled to accept the advice OF
ex-Speaker Reed. and treat the amendment OF
Representative Warner as substitute for the
Robertson proposition. to the discontinue OF
the Ways and Means Committee and the in
dignstion Of the Louisiana delegation. The
Republicans were the only ones who seemed
to be pleased at the outcome
After disposinR Of the sugar the coal sched-
ule was discussed all day. being attacked on
all sides by Democrats; but the Ways and
Means Committee won tho day and carried
their free coal proposition. and then they took
IT will be the subject OF discussion to:morrow:
elaine 10 1pR9nfSss o. ths TsSa Pr
support the %Stion that viii, be made TO re:
commit the bill. This would be a SUFFICIENT
viii 70 sas but Is shan
that they will insist on passing the bill after
hGyips helped to make I as bad as they could
would be added TO the Tariff bill In the House.
probable that the Senators, viii. among other
changes vote to strike out the income tax and
to put a tax on sugar coal. and iron.
Nv Uaitd Pr,r.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23-After the transaction
OF some routine business in the House this
morning Mr.. Wise Dem. Va moved that the
New York and New jersey Bridge bill. to-
gether with the veto message. be referred to
tho Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce. which was done. Some time was
spent In determining whether the sugar
schedule should be completed or whether the
coal and iron ore schedule should be taken up
In pursuance OF the agreement reached on
Saturday. The Speaker finally ruled that
sugar should take precedence. and tho House
went into Committee OF the Whole at 20
with Mr.. Richardson Dem. Tenn In tho chair.
After two hours labor the House voted that
Mr.. Warmers Dem. n. " proposition looking
to free refined sugar. adopted yesterday after
noon. should be treated "a a substitute and
not as an amendment. This released the
House from the tangle in which II adjourned.
The paragraph as amended was then adopted
By rising vote-Yeas. 161; nays. SO. Tho
effect OF this vote 10 to put all sugars raw and
refined. on the free list The bounty was
abolished by vote yesterday afternoon.
At fvo minutes after l tho coal schedule was
taken up. and Mr. Oates Dem, Ala.) offered
an amendment striking coal from the free list
and putting q duty OF 40 cents ton upon
1t and 20 cents per ton on slack. Mr.. Wise
Dem. Va offered amendment to this
amendment, placing the duty at so cents per
ton. Mr.. McKalK Dem. Nd submitted q sub |
stitute providing for the retention OF the pres
ent law-I5 cents per ton on coal and 80 cents |
Mr.. McKaig Dem. Md gave his reasons for |
asking for protection on coal on the ground !
hazardous. and that the men employed In It |
had to pay a tax on the tools used:
Democrat In everything else and a Republican |
on coal. and he would not see duty put on /
coal and not on other articles in which he was
not interested.
have followed the members OF the Ways
the outposts. and / shall never desert them
now when the poisoned arrows are flying from
the very citadel OF protection" Democratic
: II Ill became Democrats to stand up In the
produetA They were reformers in other mems
districts, but not In their own. IL his constitu-
have to send some other man In his place ~cf Tor
as long as he was in the House he would vote
lection: Democratic applause
the coa fsdo NTH H Mss ssa We would take axe
South American Countries away from England Eng md
By the PASSAGE OF this bill The bill did not
would S Rs 5ssn Gs Sh ta he
among ether th tT put on the free list
cratic party bad Sesn s:csd f 70 reform aSs aa
Ws SS09S s He MIR fyDsr
coal, whose Democracy could not beimpugnsd.
the placing OF coal on the free list. said that
VIII when Il became necessary TO frame tarilr
lieye In throwing aside all reyenue-raising
articles
Mr.. cklnridRe Dem. Ky.l said there was
no other article, except food. which was so uni
versally used. and, therefore. there was
coal.
The debate Was continued by Mr.. Brosius
tRen. Pa b Mr.. Wise Dem. Va Mr.. Tucker
dem. Va, Mr.. Hunter Dem ILL. Mr. Me-
1liilin DEM Tenn. Mr Lacey theP, La Mr..
Mr.. Whesler Dem, Ala. Mr. Mcguire Dem,
Cal NJ Tnrpln Dem Ala. Mr., Hicks Rep
Pop, Kan. and Mr.. palzsll lRsn. Pa J.
Mr. Wilson Dem. W. Va In closing the de-
tee on Wsys and M.ans In puttng csaI I'm 9h:
free list, said the Democratic PLATFORM while
declaring Tor taTin reform. declared sPeein;
not put protection upon the product OF his
own state, Mr. Wilson said that in making a |
taTin for the whole country he had not eohsid- |
cred the interests OF his own state. Demo
cratic applause
Mr. Turpin Dem. Ala ofeTsd an amend
ment to the substitute providing that the tar |