Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-24
COAL ON THE FREE LIST
Committee Defeats All Amend
ments After Hard Fighting.
SUCCESS NAY BNDANGER THE BILL

Mon Are DisgruntIed and May Vote to
Recommit-Foreign Relations Commit
mite Reports an Hawaiian Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-The house has
determined on the abolition of the duty
upon refined sugar, which was passed upon
just before the house adjourned Monday
night as an amendment to an amendment
offered by Mr.. Robertson, one of the Lou
isiana sugar men. a way out of the con.
fusion which existed upon the effect of the
amendment adopted Monday night was
found after two hours discussion of the
parliamentary situation by submitting the
question to the house as to whether the
Warner amendment placing refined sugar
on the free list should be considered as
substitute for the Robertson amendment.
This was decided affirmatively, and then
by an overwhelming vote, in which the
Republicans joined with the radical Dem
ocrats against the sugar men and several
members of the ways and means commit
tee, the substitute was adopted. With re-
gard to the sugar schedule, therefore, the
committee of the wnute has abolished the
bounty and placed all sugar, both raw and
refined, upon the free list.
Coal Amendments Beaten.
When it came to consider the coal sched-
ule, however, the committee Jared much
better. and all four of the amendments de-
signed to place duty of from 40 to IS cents
per ton upon coal were beaten.
The debate upon the coal schedule devel-
oped a great deal of feeling among the
southern members, especially those from
Virginia, WEISS Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama, whose states are interested ell
Their in coal or iron ore. The general impress
sion is that the defeat of the sugar men
and of those who are interested in retain
ing a duty upon coal will result in strength
ening the movement developed on the
Democratic side to recommit the bill.
If the iron men are defeated today, and
especially if the income tax should be
placed upon the bill as a rider later in the
week, another strong faction on the Demo
cratic side will be added to this movement.
The Republicans will all vote for the mo-
tiou to recommit, and with the Democrats
who do not care to vote against the bill
outright, but who are not satisfied with it
i'll its present form, they may be able to
muster a majority TO send it back to the
committee This is now admitted on all
hands to be the chief danger to the bill.
If it could be brought to a direct vote,
there is no question about its passing.
lie uiSuG SSSSiOu WIS uGNOlStl W SCI
speeches The speakers were Messrs. Tate
of Georgia, Hall of Minnesota, Wilson of
Ohio, Bartholdt of Missouri, Patterson of
Tennessee, Baker of New Hampshire, Tay-
lor of Indiana and Beltzhoover of Penn
sylvania.
The speech of Mr. Beltzhoover created
the sensation of the evening. He announced
himself follower of Samuel j. Randall
on the tariff question. He opposed the
Wilson bill on the ground that instead of
being a revenue measure, in accordance
with the Democratic platform, it created a
deficiency and was in fact simply shifting
of the burdens of taxation. He was par
ticularly severe III his criticism of the in
come tax portion, which invaded the do
main of state taxation. He would vote for
the BILL but only in the hope that it would
be amended to conform to his ideas in the
senate. He only spoke three minutes.
Senators stirred by Hawaiian Talk.
The Hawaiian controversy again came
before the senate. Early in the day Sena
tor Turpie of Indiana reported from the
committee on foreign relations a resolu-
ton declaring against the annexation of
Hawaii, but favoring the complete autono-
my of the provisional government and re-
citing that foreign interference would be
considered as unfriendly to the United
States government.
The Hawaiian resolution, which was as
follows, went over under the rules:
Resolved, From the facts and papers laid be-
fore the senate it is unwise and ineXpedient
under the existing conditions to consider at
this time any project of annexation of the Ha-
waiian Islands to the United States; that the
provisional government therein having been
duly recognized, the highest international in
terest requires that it shall pursue its own line
of policy. Foreign Intervention in the pOlit-
ical affairs of these islands would be regarded
as an act unfriendly to the government of the
United States.
Later in the day Senator Cullom of Hi
nois made a speech in favor of the Frye
resolution of noninterference by America
in Hawaiian affairs.
In his opening remarks Senator Cullom
reviewed briefly the history of Hawaii and
the events which led to the revolution of
last year, occasioned, he asserted, by the
queen when she attempted to revoke the
constitution of 1881 He spoke in sharp
terms of this action and then directly at
tackled the policy of the administration.
He closed by saying, mo other president
of any party during our history of nearly
100 years has ever put this people in an at
titude of contempt and shame subject to
popular derisOn and made us the laughing
stock before an enlightened world.''
The bill to repeal the federal elections
law was taken up. Senator Wilson of Iowa
made an argument against it, and Senator
Chandler caused some amusement by offer
ing to postpone consideration of the bill
until December next.