The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-15
The Republicans In the House
to Fight Every Inch.
DEMOCRATIC NEED OF AouoRuM
A Duty on Sugar Nay Be Substituted
for the Odious Income Tax.


WASHINGTON CrrY. Jan. iA-work on
the tariff bill will commence tomorrow
when the bill will be read by sections and be
open to amendment under the tive-minutc
rule. From now on the bill viii be in con-
slant danger of amendment, and the house
Democratic leaders have urged upon all
their colleagues the absolute necessity Of
their continual presence until the final
vote is taken. Chairman Wilson says: 1T
is of the utmost importance that every
house from this time until the passage Of
the tariff bill. From this time forward
actual voting on anendments will pro-
ceed from day to day. 1t will be necessary
to maintain . quorum. as the absence at
any time of . sufficient number for q vote
might involve the loss Of . day or two in
consideration of the bill What is OF moro
consequences 10 that amendments will be
made while friends Of the measure and q
majority of the house are present to ex-
press preference. for it would be most un-
fortunate If amendments were made
through the absence Of sufficient number
of Democratic member to prevent them.
For this reason il is essential that Demo-
cratic majority should attend the session
until the debate closes. Committee
amendments necessary TO correct imper-
fections discovered in the bill will have
right-of-way. The bill viii f,rst be read
by sections under the special order. and
thereafter be open to amendment in any
part"
The Democratic members of the ways
and means committee had meeting this
afternoon and decided upon amendments
to be offered. The decision of the Demo-
cratic members of the committee to re-
port the income tar and other internal
revenue features of the committees reve-
nue. plan ~ = sspassse measure removes
one of the main dangers 70 the bill. as the
opposition to the income tax feature was
formidable. The fact that the proposition
is not included in the bill will, it is
thought, strengthen the attempt to re-
move the sugar bounty and substitute in
its stead duty of cent on sugar. Should
this be done it would raise &35, ,000, 600 of
revenue and save SIC. 100000 Of sugar
bounty, and remove the necessity for and
probably kill the income tax proposition.
There is great difficulty In the way of
modification of the bill in this particular
in that the Republicans viii not vote to
restore the duty on sugar, which was
placed on tho free lrss by the Mckinley
law.
The most important com mittee work the
coming week will be that before the ways
and means committee, whereethe internal
revenue bill is still under consideration.
The unexpected change of attitude of Rep
resentative Bynum In moving reconsider
alton of the internal revenue features
leaves much doubt as TO what the COM
mittee will ultimately do with the bill.
The members have agreed that work on
the bill shall be completed so as to 10 be-
fore the house next Thursday.
The COMMITTEES on foreign affairs have
reported ali the Hawaiian resolutions re-
ferred to them. The correspondence sub
mitted by President Cleveland has been
referred to this committee. and it will de-
termine at a meeting Thursday what
course shall be adopted with reference to 1T.
The coinage committee, having agreed
to report the Bland seigniorage bill. will
now give attention TO the Bland free coin
ing the report of the minority against the
Bland scignicrage bill, but neither the
majority nor minority report viii be pre-
sented until after the tariff debate is
closed
Senator Gallinger has given notice of a
tariff speech tomorrow, but il, as well as
the elections bill. may be crowded over
later in the week by Hawaiian talk and
the contest over Hornblower.