Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-24
SUGAR DISPOSED OF
PIabed on Free List by
Committee on The Whole
COAL TO BE SERVED SAME.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Introduces New Resolution.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A.-Free sugar, raw
and refined, and the abolition OF sugar
bounties were the results of the work of the
house in committee of the whole. 1t began
by untangling the snarl of amendments
under consideration where il left Monday
afternoon, and, by a final vote, adhered TO
the action then taken, wiping out all
sugar duties aud all sugar bounties.
The coal schedule was taken up, and
Mr.. Oates offered an amendment striking
coal from the fr'e list and putting duty
of 40 cents to- uuon II and 20 cents a ton
on slack.
Mr.. Wise Offered au amendment to this
amendment placing tAe duty at so cents a
ton.
Mr.. McKaig submitted a substitute pro-
viding for the retention of the present
law--75 cents ton on coal and 80 cents a
ton on slack.
Mr.. Hit offered the following amend
ment to the substitutes: Insert at the end
of paragraph 439: provided, that il any
article is imported. the product of any
country which imposes duty on said ar
ticle exported from the United States,
then there shall be levied, collected aud
paid upon said imported article the rate
OF duty prior to the passage of this act. I"
Mr.. Wilson made the point Of order
against the amendment that IL was not
germane to the subject under discussion,
and also that it was in the nature of re-
taliation.
Mr. Hit spoke briefly against the point
of order, but il was sustained. Mr. Hit
then altered his amendment by specifying
that any article ION the free list" Is inn
ported, but Mr.. Burrows made the point
of order against it that It was not ger
name, and the chairman sustained the
point of order.
What New England Hasn't Asked For.
With all these texts discussion pro-
gressed In one way or another chiefly by
western or southern members, until Mr..
Walker of Massachusetts said there was no
man In the house who did not know there
was no section of the country which
would be so benefited by free coal, free
iron and free wool as New England, and
especially Massachusetts,. But New Eng
land had not asked for these things, be-
lieving that the interest of the country
was of more importance than the interest
of Massachusetts,. Massachusetts would
gladly vote for a tariff Of rs cents a ton
She had no iron mines, no coal mines and
no natural gas; but she had cold facts,
which had never been controverted by the
Democratic side.
Mr. Simpson presented a letter from the
Central Labor union of Worcester Mass,
regarding a petition from them which
Mr.. Walker had refused to present on the
ground that IL did not represent the senti-
mcnt of the majority Of the union. The
letter was drafted by a committee of the
union, and denied In toto the assertions of
Mr.. Walker.
Voting Begun.
Mr.. Turpin offered an amendment to
Mr.. McKaig's substitute, providing that
the tax of 75 cents ton should be de-
creased l2 1-2 cents year, and cease al
together after the sixth year.
A vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Wise raising the
tariff to 80 cents, and it was defeated by
a viva voce vote.
The vote was then taken on the amend
mept offered by Mr.. Turpin, and IL was
lost-ayes, 2; nays, 172.
The substitute offered by Mr. McKaig
to insert the provisions Of the Mckinley
law in place of the clause In the Wilson
bill, was defeated-yeas, 81; nays, l46
The amendment Of Mr.. Oates, putting a
tax Of 40 cents a ton, was then defeated
yeas, 81; nays, lSl
The house then took up the iron ore
schedule. Mr.. Oates offered an amend
ment TO take iron ore Qncluding man
ganiferous iron ore; also the dross or res
iduum from burnt pyrites and sulphur ore,
as pyrites or sulphuret of iron in its
natural state) off the free list, and put a
tariff tax of 40 cents upon it,
Discussion upon this went on until re-
cess was taken.
At the evening session the house listened
TO more speeches, but adjourned without
taking any action.
what tho Senate Did.
Mr. Turpie reported to the senate from
the com mittee on foreign relations the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That from the facts and pa
pers laid before the senate. IL is unwise and
inexpedient, under existing conditions, to
consider at this time any project of annexa-
tion of the Hawaiian territory TO the
United States; that the provisional gov
ernment therein having been duly recog.
nized, the highest international interests re-
Quire that IL shall pursue its own line Of pol
icy; foreign Intervention in the political af-
fairs of the islands will be regarded as an
act unfriendly to the government OF the
United states.
After discussion the resolution went over
The resolution offered by Mr.. PETER de-
claring that in the opinion of the senate
the secretary of the treasury has no law
full authority for issuing and selling bonds
~ proposed In his recent notice went to
ihe committee on finance
The senate then resumed consideration
d the house bill to repeal the federal
elections laws, and after a discussion it
was laid aside informally.
Mr.. Cullom then addressed the senate
on the resolution offered by Mr.. Frye de-
claring that, pending the Investigation by
the committee on foreign relations, there
should be no interference on the part of
the United States government, by moral
influence or physical force, for the resto-
ration Of the queen or the maintenance
Of the provisional government I'm the
Hawaiian Islands. Mr.. Cullom's address
was mainly an arraignment of the gov
Gnmsnt for Its course in tho matter.
The bill for the repeal Of the elections
laws was again taken up, and Mr.. Chand-
Ter addressed the senate In opposition 20 the
bill, but, without concluding he yielded
b motion to proceed TO executive busi-
ness. and that accomplished, the senate
adjourned.
Governor Wert's Plan.
TRENTON, Jan. Ex-Governor Vert will
Try to secure decision on the senate