The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-03-28
TARIFF BILL PRESENTED.
Mr.. Voorhees, Gives Notice Vhat it Will
be Cal!ei i up April2.

Mr.. Voorhees, Gives Notice That It Wnl
be CaEe1 up April2.
WASHINGTON, March 20,-Soon after
the reading of yesterdays journal Mr..
| VOORHEES,, chairman. of the finance COM
mittee, reported the tariff bill to the
| Senate.
Mr.. Morrill,, one OF the Republican
members of the com mmittee, stated that
so far as the Republican members Of
the committe were concerned, they did
not object to the reporting of the bill.
They were opposed, however, not only
to the income tax feature Of the bill, but
to the change from specific to ad valo-
rem duties, and to the great bulk Of the
provisions of the bill.
Mr.. VOORHEES, moved that the bill be
printed and placed on the calendar;
and he gave notice that on the End of
ApEil-a week from next Monday-he
would call up the bill for consideration
by the Senate. The motion to print
and place on the calendar was agreed
| to.
NJ. Mandcrson asked Mr.. VOORHEES,
whether there was any written report
for the bill.
Nj. Voorhees-There is not.
Mr.. Manderson--Will there be any
statement submitted by the committee
on finance?
Mr.. Voorhees-There will be, Whec
the blu Is called up for action.
Mr.. Manderson-Which Will show
the changes made in this bill from the
existing law?
Mr.. Voorhees-There will be a full
statement and explanation when the
bill is called up for consideration. This
will be ready in printing on the End of
April. I expect to make statement
myself at the same time. There WILL
be a comparative statement. accessible
to the Senators.
Mr.. Manderson-I made the inquiry
because Of the fact that the main
change in the bill is the change from
specific to al Valorem duties; aud that
it would require aa expert to show the
effect of the changes. :.
Mr.. Voorhees-An explanation will
be speedily afforded to the Senate and
to the Senators.
Mr.. Mcpherson. member OF the
finance committee, said be had assent
ed to the report just made by Mr..
VOORHEES,, justifying his action by the
belief that, whether wise OF unWise IN
all its provisions, the bill was the best
com promise obtainable in a committee
whose members differed so widely IN
their views on economical questions,
and on the effects of the bill on the
prosperity of the country when EN-.
bodied into law. He said that ne
would find no difficulty in supporting
in the Senate the colleagues with
whom be had served on the committee
| in enactiag into law as much of the
proposed legislation as would yield to
the government all the revenue needed
when economically administered. Be-
yond that just and proper limitation be
must not expect to go. There were Two
subjects in the bill which had received
much public attention, and be would
state to the Senate, as he had done to
the committee, his views upon them.
First, he disagreed with his colleagues
of the committee on the income tax
section Of the bill. Ample provision
| having been made in the bill for reVe.
nue., the presence Of an income tax in
the bill was unnecessary. 40 income
tax was unamerlcan, nocratlc, and
be thought unwise; and be should, at
the proper time, move to strike 1t from
the bill. Secondly, be disagreed with
his colleagues on the committee in re-
gard to the sugar schedule as it appear
ed II the ill;aud be should feel impell-
ed to offer an amendment to that
schedule, believing that the option to
custom officers to elect whether to i'm
pose duties by the polariscoLe test or
by the "Dutch standard" test was a
dangerous power. He trusted, however,
| that the finance committee would on
further consideration adopt that view
and would offer an amendment 70 re-
strict the test of all sugar, raw and re-
fined, to the polariscope alone.
Mr.. Allison, another Republican
member of the finance committee, sug-
gested that it would be a great con-
venience to have a pamphlet printed OF
the bill, showing in paragraphs the ex
lsting law, the House bill and the COM
mittee's bill; and Mr.. VOORHEES, said
that there would be no trouble about
fixing up that matter.
Mr.. Hoar made an inqciry as to the
parliamentary attitude Of the bill, and
was Informed by the Vice President
that it had gone to the calendar.
Mr.. PETER gave notice that he would
move as a substitute for the tariff bill
the one which be had Introduced last
week.
Mr. George then addressed the Sen
ate on the legal asoeets Of the HsWa-
i1an question. He spoke for about two
hours. devoting most of his argument
to the support of the Presidents right
to appoint Mr.. Blount as commission
er paramount without the necessity of
confirmation by the Senate.
After short executive session the
Senate, at 4 80, adjourned until tomo r
row.
Likely to Escape.