Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-21
Can Tariff Speeches Be
Delivered in Senate.
FREE LIST BILLS REPORTED.
Sugar. Coal, Iron Ore and Barbed Wire
Looked After.

WASHINGTON, Aug 2i.-The Repub-
licans say there will be no more business
| Of importance transacted In the senate
this session, except, perhaps, the passage
Of the bill correcting the alcohol schedule
The Republican leaders say this session
Is over, TO all intents and purposes and
thoy include in this the making of speeches
as we'll as the passing Of bills.
From the time the senate met yesterday
until it went into executive session,
Senator Lindsay Of Kentucky was ready
TO make speech. The Kentucky SEN
ator desires to defend the action of the
senate finance committee and the Dem
ocratic senators who supported them. 1t
Is also understood that Senator Allison
Of Iowa was ready to make a speech OF
some longth on the part Of the status of
tariff legislation.
IL is possible that both of these speeches
will be made by the courtesy Of the senate,
although the Republicans said that no
speeches would be made, and that the in
terdict against any more business included
also speeches. Some Of the Democrats as
serted, however, that IL any attempt is
made to prevent the speeches on the Demo
cratic side, that a quorum of the senate
will be recalled under duress and by the
sergeantat-arms.
On the Republican side 1t is claimed
that the tariff debate, as we'll as tariff
legislation, is closed. This may lead to
some ugly feeling II insisted upon II
Senator Lindsay should get the floor he
could not be interrupted by points of no
quorum, as he could not be taken off the
floor without his consent, but whenever
the attempt is made to call up the resolu-
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can be made, and the present indications
are that when the senate meets again there
will not be q quorum present, as number
OF senators intend leaving at once.
Amended and FavorabIy Reported.
The Democrats having filled the vacancy
in the finance committee, yesterday re-
ported all the tentative bills, including
sugar, with amendments. In the latter
article the differential duty Is eliminated
and is amended so as to provide duty OF
90 per cent fiat on all sugars.
The finance committee did not report
back any of the amendments, and several
senators who had previously given notice
of amendments reserved them.
The free coal bill was reported back
amended so as TO provide for reciprocal
free coal.
The iron ore bill was reported back with
out amendment.
The barbed wire fencing bill was
amended so as TO make barbed wire free,
the house making free only the material
from which 1t was made.
The finance committee decided to report
these bills yesterday by strict party vote,
Mr.. White (Dem., CALI acting with the
committee for the first time. The bills
were sent to the calendar, where they can
only be called up by majority vote and
where they will remain until the Decem-
Der session. All the Republican members
of the committee voted against them.
The radical reformers, like Mills, Villas
and Gray, are not disposed TO allow the
tariff agitation to cease, Notwithstanding
the house has accepted the senate bill.
They propose to keep 1t up and carry it
into the coming fall campaign.
1t is quite certain that the question of
free sugar will reappear, and 1t Is not i'm
probable that in some form or other 1t may
win. The opponents Of the Sugar trust in
the senate seem determined to push that
issue and get up revolt against the
gigantic trust, to which they attribute
most of their failure to secure q satisfac-
tory tariff reform measure.