The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-01-27
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The House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lV.-At 1l:'O the house
went into committee of the whole to con.
slider the Wilson tariff bill. At the re.
quest of Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the som
mittee on ways and means, unanimous
consent was given to consider the sugar
schedule of the Wilson bill for three hours
immediate v after the house goes into
committee of the whole next Monday and
the vote shall then be taken.
Mr.. Dnlzell, rep, Pennsylvania. then
took up the line OF attack against Mr..
Johnson, dem Ohio, in which he was en-
gagged when the house took n recess yes
terday evening. He asserted that Mr..
Johnson had misled the committee into
the belief that he was n manufacturer OF
steel rails IN general. whereas he was n
manufactured of u particular style, and q
m%onopolist in that class,
The amendment proposed by Mr.. John
son, dem, OHIO. putting steel rails on the
free list was lost by u vote of 20 in the af-
firmative to 100 in the negative.
Mr.. Henderson. rep. Iowa. offered an
amendment to substitute the existing law
for the agricultural schedule of the Viii.
son bill and spoke in favor OF it.
3 WASHINGTON, Jan. .O.-The house bill
with u senate amendment to provide q
uniform system of advertising for sup
plies for the executive departments was
laid before the house. Mr.. Dingley, rep.
Maine, explained hat the only change
made was to exclude from the operations
of the law the government printing office
and the bureau OF engraving aud print.
ing.
1t was agreed tina debate on the pend
ing amendment to substitute the agricul.
tural section of the Mckinley law for tho
corresponding section of the Wilson bill
shonld close in 20 minutes.
An amendment was reported whereby
three hours were to be given to the con-
SidnrHtlDD of the col1 scIa6n1a and h,aa
to the iron ore schedule ncxt Tuesday.
The Henderson amendment subStitutin.
the existing law for the agricultural
schedule Of the Wilson bill was defeated
by a vote OF 6s in the affirmative and Id
in the negative
Messrs. McIaae. dem, Arkansas, and
Dockery, dem, Missouri, today offered
amendments to the sugar schedule, which
is to be considered next Monday. Both
amendments strck out the clause in tho
Wilson BIZ providing for the gradual re.
duction of the bounty on sugar Instead,
the sugar bounty Is to be wiped out at ono
sweep, and sugar made absolutely free.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-After the read.
Ing OF Saturdays journal and of some ex.
e%cutive communications the house went
into committee of the whole to consider
the tariff bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-After the trans.
action of some routine business this fore.
noon, the house went into committee OF
the whole TO consider the tariff bill. The
speaker ruled that sugar should take
preference.
After two hours labor the house voted
on Mn. Warmers, dem, New York, propo-
sition providing that the res refined
sugar amendment of yesterday afternoon
should be treated as a substitute
ana not nS an amend
nlent. This releases the house
from the tanglc in which 1t adjourned.
The paragraph as amended was then
adopted by q rising vote OF yeas 1871, nays
3t a demand for teilers resulted in but
" votes, not enough to secure them. The
effect Of this is to put all sugars, raw and
refined, on the free list. The bounty
was abolished by a vote yesterday after.
noon. The sugar schedule being disposed
OF, tho coal schedule was taken up and n
lumber OF amendments were submitted to
1t by democrats from coal producing
states.