Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-18
A Wilson Amendment Rejected.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S-The ways and
means committee suffered its first defeat
when, by vote of 112 to 1902, the commit
tee of the whole rejected Mr.. Wilson's
amendment fixing the date on which the
free wool clause should go into effect as
Aug. l and adopted the substitute Of Mr.
johnson, the Ohio free trader and single
taxer, making it go into effect Immediately
on the passage of the bill. Many of the
Republicans voted with the radical Demo
Gratis for the substitute.
1t was Mr.. Wilson's intention, had his
amendment prevailed, to have offered an
amendment making the wooden schedule
go into effect Dec. l, but when the COM
mittee overruled him he decided to let the
latter schedule stand and go into effect
with the rest of the bill on June l. Just
before the vote was taken Mr.. Wilson
stated that the jobbers were now hesitat-
ing whether to place their orders for fall
goods here or abroad, and if the commit
tee amendment carried the home manufac-
turers would make next falls goods.
Only one amendment was acted on-that
to allow the free entry in bond of machin-
cry as we'll as the materials used in the
construction Of ships built for foreign ac-
count. The rest of the day was spent in
discussing an amendment by Mr.. Burrows
to substitute the present wool schedule for
that proposed by the Wilson bill.
AT the night session Mr. Sperry of Con-
necticut made a vicious assault on the Will
son bill on the ground that in the face of a
certain deficit in the treasury of SO, OOO, 900
by June 30 next, in the face of the appeal
of the secretary of the treasury for a bond
issue, the Democratic ways and means
committee had brought in bill, ostensi-
bly, to raise revenues, which, if passed.
would increase the present estimated deficit
to S145, 0OO,0 600. 1t was free trade bill, and
if the issue between free trade and protec-
ton were ever presented to the people of
the country the verdict would be over
wheimingly in favor of protection. The
other speakers were Messrs Bower of
North Carolina, Hunter of Illinois, Hulick
of Ohio and Post of Illinois.
Senate Talked of Civil Service.
The civil service law and the way it is ad-
ministered were discussed in the senate
Senator Berry took exception to the policy
of allowing the fourth, class postmasters to
remain in office in order to carry out the
spirit of the law. Senator Gallinger of
New Hampshire criticised the law and said
1t ought to be repealed. Senator Hoar of
Massachusetts defended the law, and SEN
ator Cockrell of Missouri said that it was a
good law if carried out according to it's in
tent and purpose.
The federal elections bill consumed q
couple of hours, and Senator Chandler of
New Hampshire tried to secure an amend
ment recognizing the right of federal su-
pervision over elections so far as to give
every candidate for congress the privilege
OF appointing a watcher in each precinct to
guard his interests and the registration
Snd the election, but a vote was not
reached.
Senator Gray of Delaware tried to get
the Republicans to name a day when final
action should be taken on the BILL but the
request was evaded, and Senator Frye said
he wanted to hear the other side discuss
the OueStiOn