The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-05
THE TARIFF BILL
Still in the Hands of the Senate Sub
Committee Washington News,

Saturday was that performed by
the Democratic members of the
Senate finance committee, who de
voted the day to further consid-
GRAFTON of the more difficult prob
LENS presented to them by the viii
son tariff bill, but had not, at the
close of the sitting, made such pro-
gress as to justify their chairman
in calling a meeting of the full COM
mittee for today The members
were quite as reticent as at any
previous time and declined to give
out any information as to what had
been accomplished or what remains
to be done They unite in saying
that the detail work has been found
to be so great a task as to render
speedy action impossible and added
that the whole adjustment is so del
icate as to make it unsafe to make
it public until the work has been
entirely conclude d.
There is little room for doubt that
the committee has virtually decided
upon duty upon coal, iron ore
and lead ore and many other articles
on the free list in the Wilson bill,
but the committee refuses to make
official announcement of their con-
clusions on this point until the bill,
can be presented as a whole. Among
other articles on which rates of du
ty have been decided upon are
wines, fruits and nuts. Senator
White, of California complained of
the rates fixed by the House bill
The Wilson bill as it passed that
body, provides that no still wines in
casks should paya higher rate. of
duty than 100 per cent ad valorem.
Senator White has represented to
the committee that under this pro-
vision cheap French clarets would
be admitted almost free of duty
and has secured a promise Of an
amendment striking out the ad-
valorem clause and providing that
such wines when containg less than
IA per cent of alchohol shall be
assessed at specific rates of thirty
cents per gallon and those contain
ing more than Is per cent, fifty
cents per gallon. He has also OBJ
tanned a concession providing for a
duty upon the spirits in which cher
ries are reserved. Under the pres
ent law preserved cherries are as
sessed upon the value of the cher
ries alone. The amendment secur-
ed will tax the spirit at the inter
nal revenue rate which will put the
domestic cherry preserves on an
equal footing with the imported.
Important changes have also been
made in the fruit schedules, Prac-
tically all dried fruits have beenput
on the same footing as raisins, upon
which a duty of u cents per pound
as fixed by the Wilson bill. The bill
as amended by the Senate commit
ee will raise zante currants, figs and
prunes to this level
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
The Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee met and talk
ed over the general plans of reor-
ganization and future campaign
work Senator Faulkner, chair
man of the committee was author
lied to select headquarters at
Washington. The purpose is to
make the headquarters something
more than a workshop and to pro-
vide reception rooms which will
make them rendezvous for con-
gressmen and party leaders when
in Washington. 1t is proposed also
to adopt new plan In circulating
documents Heretofore Congress
ional speeches have been sent cut
in the various forms and sizes, suit
ing the tastes of the men who de-
liver them, Bids will now be Sc
cured from printing firms for get
ting out the speeches, documents
etc, in uniform sizes. The execu-
tive committee will meet at Sena-
tor Faulkner Office Tuesday to
further consider plans Of work.
| Each member Of the committee will
advise the Executive Committee as
to districts to which attention can
best be paid. AS this committee
has a representative from every
State and Territory the suggestions
submitted will make a comprehen-
sive list on doubtful districts. The
distribution of documents will be
mainly to these districts The ques-
tion Of funds to carry on the COM
mittee work came up today and
was satisfactorily arranged, sub
scriptions to an ample amount be-
ing secured. Owing to the unset