Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-06
BACKING UP CARLISLE.
House Democrats Preparing a
 Banking Bill.
THE SENATORS DISCUSS CLOSURE.
MT. Vest Thinks the Senate Needs Such .
 Rule to Preserve Its DignIty-The House
 Passes Three BiiIs-secretary Gresham Thinks Germany Has Grounds For Protest.

MT. Vest Thinks the Senate Needs Such Q
 Rule to Preserve Its DignIty-The House
 Pas-e. Three BiIIs-secretary Gresham
 Thinks Germany Has Grounds For Protest.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-An important conference of most of the Democratic members of the house committee on bank ing and currency was held after the ad- journment of the house yesterday, as a result of which carly action looking to the reporting of a banking bill in line with the scheme presented by Secretary Carlisle in his message was taken.
 Chairman Springer said that Secretary Carlisle had intinated desire to appear before the committee himself and had also suggested the names Of several persons whom it might be well for the committee to call for the purpose of learning their views Among tho names on tho list fur aished by the secretary were those of ex- Secretary Fairchild, Mir. Horace White of tho New York Evening Post, MT. St. John of New York and Mir. George A. Butler of New Haven.
 The members present decided to hold n meeting of the full committee next Fri day, when n resolution will be offered pro- viding that an invitation be extended to Secretary Carlisle and Comptroller Eckels to appear on Monday and Tuesday respec-
  cd by Secretary Carlisle to appear on the remaining days of the week. An effort will be made to close the hearings by the 18th inst, and according to one member of the committee immediate work on the preparation of n bill will be begun.
 In House and senate.
 The senate showed its first signs of ami nation. and although the session lasted only n short time there was time enough for several brisk debates. Mir. Vests efforts to secure a change in tho rules in order to expedite senate business was the chief event of the day. The usual dullncss of n discussion of rules was oi. set by the prov alent feeling that n closure rule would have much 10 do at this particular time with pending tariff bills affecting coal, iron and sugar.
 Mir. Vest was i, rmerly opposed to clo- sure, but he announced his conversion and said closure was imperative to maintain the dignity and self respect of the senate and the esteem of the public. Mir. Chan dler's sarcasm at Mir. Vests conversion en- livencd the debate The question went over until today. when Mir. Vest will try to secure vote instructing the rules committee to import n closure rule by the 18th inst.
 Another feature of the day was the sharp debate on the China Japan question. brought out by Mir. Lodges resolution calling for information as to the tortur- ing of two Japanese students who were under American protection. Mir. Pcffcr made the first formal speech of tho ses sion. criticising from n Populistic stand point the recent issue of bonds and giving his views on finance
 The house adopted n special order set ting aside each day after the morning hour for the consideration of the railroad pooling bill, the order to continue till the bill should be disposed of, but not to in terfere wish conference reports or appro- priation bills. The railroad and shipping interests are much concerned in this meas ure, and the members gave close attention to the opening speech made by Mir. Pat terson in its behalf. Before the discussion of this bill began the house passed three bills-the printing bill, n bill to prevent the free use of timber oa public lands and to prevent granting of permits in the flu turc, and another to authorize the secrc- tary of the interior to receive unsatisiicd military bounty land warrants under the act of 1858 at tho rate of SIP per aero in payment of land located under subse quent acts.
 Just beforc adjournment MT. Wilson of West Virginia. chairman of the ways and means committee. offered the usual reso- lution referring the several parts of the president s message to the various com mittces. but cxSpcakcr Grow (Rep.. Pal objected. stating that he desired to address the house on tho general subject dealt with in the message before it was referred The resolution consequently went over
 Secretary Gresham on American Sugar.
 WAsHINGToN. Dec. 6.-Thc president sent to congress the statement of the Ger man contention in reference to the dis crimination against the importation into the United States of German sugar. to which reference NSas made in his annual message to congress. The statement is in the form of letter from Secretary Gresh- am to the president. In substance this is a recital of the German protest made on Aug 25 last against the additional duty of one-tenth of q cent per pound imposed by the Wilson act on sugars imported from bounty paying countries. The protest is based on the fact that the measure is in violation of tho most favored nation clause and really amounts to unfavorable treat ment of German sugar. It would render | the effects of the most favored nation | clause llusory and expose the contracting parties to arbitrary duties.
 In discussing the German proposition Secretary Gresham rccites the favored na- | tion clause of the treaty and says that | these stipulations give either party the right, special engagements of reciprocity | excepted, to take the duties levied by the other on articles the produce or manu- | facturcs of any other country and demand | the same treatment for its own prod ucts and manufactures. It is obviously | no answer to say that certain discrimina tion duties apply equally to all countries that may happen to fall in certain cate | gory. It Is n mere argumentativc subter- fugc, inconsistent with the clear intention 1 of the treaty.
 In conclusion, the secretary says that the additional duty levied on bounty pay ing sugar by the act of 1894 is n discrim. ination; that it is an attempt to offset q domestic favor or encouragement to a OCT. tain industry by the very means forbid. den by the treaty. He assumes, however that the German government does not claim that she treaty (madc with Prussia in 1S2s) affords any just ground for pro test against additional duties on sugar. not shown to be tho produce or manufac | ture of Prussia.
 Pottery Works Burned.
 TRENTON, Dec. 6.-The Egyptian sani tary pottery works of the Egyptian Pot tery company of this city were destroyed