The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-01-15
PROGRESS OF The FIGHT
Forecast Of The Weeks Contest Over
the Tariff Bill
READY FOR AMENDMENTS
Cutting and SlashIng on the Wilson
Bill VIII Now Begin-Work
of the Coinage
Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. li.-Reai work on
the tariff bill will commence tomorrow,
when the bill will be read by sections and
will be open for amendment under the
five minute rule. From now tho bill will
be in constant danger of amendment and
the house democrats have urged upon
all their colleagues the absolute necessity
OF their continual presence until the
final vote is taken. Chairman Wilson
said: ut is Of the utmost importance
that every democratic member be present
in the house from this time until
tho passage of tho tariff BILL"
From this time forward actual vot-
ing on amendments will proceed from
day TO day. II will be necessary to main
tain quorum. as absence at any time of
a sufficient number for vote might in
volve the loss of day or two in the con-
sideration of the bill. What is Of more
consequence is that the amending of the
bill be made while the friends of the
measure and the majority of the house
are present to express their preference
for it. II would be most unfortunate if
amendments were made through the alb
sence OF sufficient number of democratic
members to prevent them. For this
reason IL is essential that a demo-
cratic majority should attend the sessions
Until the debate closes. The committees
amendments, necessary to correct imper-
fections discovered in the bill, will have
the right of way. The bill will first be
read by sections under special order
and thereafter will be open to amend
ment in any part.
The democratic members of the ways
and means committee had meeting this
afternoon and decided upon an amend
ment TO be offered. The decision of the
democratic members Of the committee is
that TO report the income tax and other in
ternal revenue features of the commit
tees revenue plan as a separate measure
removes one OF the main dangers to the
bill. as the opposition TO the income tax
feature was formidable. The fact that
this proposition is not included in the bill
will, IL is thought, strengthen the attempt
TO remove the sugar bounty and substi-
tute in its stead duty of cent on sugar.
Should this be done it would raise S35 .O01,-
coo revenue and save Sl0,000.0)o Of sugar
bounty and remove the necessity for and
probably kill tho income tax proposition.
The great difficulty in the way of the
modification OF the bill in this particular
is that republicans will not vote to restore
the duty on sugar, which was placed on
the free list by the Mckinley Law.
The most important committee work the
coming week will be that before the ways
and means committee, where the internal
revenue bill is still under consideration.
Thee is an unexpected change in the at
titude of Representative Bynum in mov-
ing reconsideration of the internal reve-
| nue. features. There is much doubt as 10
what the committee will ultimately do
with the bill. The members have agreed
TO work OH the bill so 1t shall bc COM
pleted in order to go before the house next
Thursday. As the committee on foreign
affairs have reported all Haw allan resolu
tions reported to them,the correspondence
submitted by President Cleveland has
been referred to this committee and il will
determine at meeting Thursday what
course is to be adopted with reference TO
it. The coinage committee, having
agreed TO report the Bland seignorage bill,
will now give attention to the Bland free
coinage bill. Stone of Pennsylvania is
drafting report of the minority against
the Bland seignoragc bill, but neither the
majority nor minority reports will be pre-
sented until after the tariff debate is
closed. Senator Gallinger has given
notice of tariff speech tomorrow. but it
as well as the elections bill, may be
crowded over TO later in the week by the
tariff talk and the contest over Horn.
! blower.