The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-02
BANDS BILL PASSES.
Its Friends Managed to Mus
ter Up a Majority OF 81.
A CAMPAIGN OF fILIBusTERING
Said TO BE Contemplated by Repub-
licans Against the New Tariff Unless
the Democrats VIII Consent TO Its
Detailed Consideration-Sugar
By The Associated Pres.

WAsHINGroN. March 2.-The long strug-
gle in the house over the Bland bill for
the coinage of the silver seigniorage and
she silver bullion in the treasury was
snded by the passage OF the bill by vote
pf 1877 to 1S0, majority in favor of the
bill of 81.
The special order to bring the bill to a
vote was adopted by bare quorum inn
mediately after the house convened. This
broke the opposition of the ilibusterers
and they were powerless to do anything
further to place an obstacle in the way OF
the bill.
The bill as passed was in the nature Of
a substitute for the original text of the
measure. The changes do not affect the
material features of the bill. An analysis
of the vote by which 1t passed shows that
1873 Democrats, 81 Republicans and 8
Populists (total 160 voted for it, and 80
Republicans and 30 Democrats total 1907
voted against it.
The Tariff
The Democratic members of the senate
committee on finance were closeted In the
committee room during the greater part
ofyesterdsy, and announced that they had
made satisfactory progress in shaping the
details OF the bill.
A large part of the time was consumed
in the listening to representations from
senator's dissatisfied with the Wilson bill
and with the action of the tariff sub-com-
mittee prior to the caucus. Senator Hill
discussed New York's interests for more
than an hour, and asked for many
changes looking to increased protection.
The Republicans are preparing to OPP
pose what they call the undue haste of
the majority of the committee, and will
insist upon the consideration of the bill in
full committee, paragraph by paragraph.
Should they be voted down In this and
the bill be reported to the senate over
their protests, il is said the Republicans
will at once begin campaign OF fill
clustering. the plans and details of which
are alleged TO have been agreed upon for
some weeks.
Senator Voorhees, said yesterday that
the bill which the committee would re-
port would, in the main, be satisfactory
TO the entire Democratic party in the
senate, and would receive its united sup
port, and he hoped it would be passed
within the next 30 days.
Sugar.
senator NOOrneeS was askeu III tnere
would be any discrimination In favor of
refined sugar in the tariff bill. He re-
piled that there would not he II he could
prevent 1t. This fact. coupled with what
in known as TO the views of Jones, Vest
and Mills on the sugar question, renders
IL pretty certain that the sugar trust will
get black eye.
Senator Hoar did not interpose his OBJ
lection TO Voorhees, resolution to allow
Mills to take Senator Vance's place on
the finance committee during the latter's
absence with the expectation OF defeat
ing it, but simply to show to the Demo-
cratic side that the Republicans do not
approve Of such action.
Senator Hoar's course In the matter
caused 80 much feeling on the part of
Mills that he told Voorhees, that he would
not serve. Voorhees, immediately with
drew the resolution.