The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-22
"POP- GUN" BILLSREPORTED
As Amended by the Committee
on Finance.
Bill Correcting the Alcohol
Schedule May Pass,
All PTobabiIity. he No More Legis-
Iati0n of Importance at This Ses-
sion-CIaimS of Great Britain for
ScaEers Seized

WASHINGTON. D. G. Aug. 20.-For
fifteen or twenty minutes today the
business of he senate was suspended
while the sergeant-at-arms was sent IN
search of an actual quorum The senate
was eighteen short Of voting quorum,
only twenty-five senators having voted
on a non-polidcal motion, thus showing
that congress is slowly disintegrating
The four supplemental tariff bills We're
all reported from the finance committee
and sent to the calendar.
Several bills We're passed. among them
the bill for the speedy prosecution Of the
claim of the United States against the
estate Of the late Leland Stanford. At
1 40 p. m. the senate adjourned until
Wednesday, after an executive session
lasting twenty minutes.
The sugar bin as agreed upon is
amended SO as to provide for a duty of
40 per cent. straight on sugar without
any differential on refined sugar, or any
extra duty on sugar imported from coun-
tries paying a bounty. In other words.
it is the new tariff bin rate minus the
differential Ii is the Jones amendment
except that his amendment provided for
only so per cent The idea OF the demo
cratic members Of the committee Is that
this rate would furnish sufficient revenue
without giving the sugar trust any ad
vantage.
The coal bill was so amended so as TO
provide for reciprocity on this article by
the admission free of duty coal imported
from countries which admits coal from
this country free. Coal imported from
countries imposing q duty on our coal
is To be made dutiable at the rate in
existence when this bill shall 60 into
effect t---------
The amendment to the barbed wire bill
provides for the free admission Of
barbed wire and all other fencing wire
and the materials from which they are
made The free Iron ore bill was not
amended
The republican members OF the COM
mittee offered amendments of their own
To the bill. one of the amendments
offered was that presented i'm the SEN
ate by Senator Hill for the repeal of the
income tax. They also sought to have
the revenue duty supplanted by pro-
vision for free sugar with q bounty.
They voted solldly against the bills. but
did not seek 10 delay the report upon
them.
mittee meeting for the first time and
acted in perfect harmony with the older
democratic members.
The republicans say there viii be no
more business Of Importance transacted
in the senate this session, except, perhaps
! Of the passing of the bill correcting the
alcohol schedule. The republican leaders
say this session is over To all intents
and purposes and they include IN this
the making of speeches as well as pass
sracr af II 81.
senate met until IL went into executive
session. Senator Lindsay of Kentucky
was ready 10 make a speech. The Ken
lucky senator desires To defend the ac-
ton Of the senate finance committee and
| the democratic senator's. Ii Is also un-
derstood that Senator Allison of Iowa
was ready to make a speech of some
length on the present status Of tariff
legislation. II is possible that both of
these speeches viii be made by the
courtesy of the senate. although the re-
pubHcans said today that no speeches
would be made and that the interdict
against any more business included also
speeches.
Senator Harris has given notice that
Immediately after the reading Of the
executive session. This is in the interest
of Judge Porter Of Tennessee. whom he
desires to have confirmed. If there is
objection in executive session sufficient
to have the point of no quorum made, il
will result in carrying over the nomina-
tion until after adjournment.
The commissioner of internal revenue
spent much of the day a the capitol.
He says it will be exceedingly difficult
TO secure effective treasury regulations
under the provision as it stands IN the
alcohol bill and estimates that It will
result in a loss Of S10000,000 in revenue
of not repealed.
1t is possible that the bin correcting
the error may pass the senate Wednes-
day, although il would have TO he by
unanimous consent. Senators Aldrich
and Allison. republican members Of the
finance committee. say they are willing
the bill should pass and under their ad-
vice perhaps no objections would be
made by the republicans.