The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-21
House Supplemental Tariff Bills Re-
ported from the Finance Committee
and Placed on the Calendar.
NO DIFFERENTIAL ON SUGAR
Amendment Providing for Duty
of 40 Per Cent. Straight.
Coal and Barbed Wire Measures Also
neutrality-suspicious. Not Disposed
to Assist in Further Legislation.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-For fifteen or
twenty minutes to-day the business of the
Senate was suspended while the Sergeant
alarms sent in search of an actual
quorum. The Senate was eighteen short
of a voting quorum, only twenty-five Sem
ators having voted on a nonpolftical mo-
ton, thus showing that Congress Is slowly
disintegrating. The four supplemental tariff
bills were all reported from the finance
committee and sent to the calendar. Sew
eral bills were passed, among them the bin
for the speedy prosecution Of the claim of
the United States against the estate OF
the late Leland Stanford At lao p. m.
the Senate adjourned until Wednesday.
after an executive session lasting twenty
minutes.
When the Senate met to-day Mr.. Harris
reported the amended sugar bill and the
coal, iron ore and barbed wire bills. In
quiries were made as to what had become
of amendments offered to the sugar bill,
but Mr.. Harris said it not usual to
report amendments rejected in committee.
Mr.. Allison said the action of the Senate
last Saturday on Mr. Mandersons amend
ment, wher the vote was q to 20, and only
failed for lack of a quorum, should be re-
garded as an instruction to the committee
to report the amendment favorably.
Mr.. Chandler wanted TO know what be-
came of his amendment repeating and cam
ceiling the late tariff act.
Mr.. Harris gave as his reply that he had
been instructed to report the sugar bin
back with an amendment providing for a
duty of 40 per cent.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon, gave notice that
if the sugar bill was called up at this ses>
sion he would offer an amendment re-enact-
ing the wool schedule of 1880.
Mr.. Allison stated that the free barbed
wire bill does not provide for free barbed
wire at all, it places a duty upon the
manufactured article, while admitting the
material free. He reminded the Senate
that the Wilson bill provides for 20 per
cent. ad valorem duty on barbed wire, but
the Senate had reduced it.
Mr. Aldrich, another Republican member
of the finance committee, denied that this
by the unanimous vote of the committee,
as il had been opposed by all athe Repub-
lican members. The House had desired to
put barbed wire on the free list TO bensfit
the farmer, but in its haste 1t had done
The House bili to provide a national
home for aged and iniirm colOred people
went over until the next session.
The Senate bill to push the claim of the
United States against the estate of Leland
Stanford passed.
The bills placing sugar, coal and iron ore
on the free list were ordered placed on the
calendar.
The sugar bill, as agreed upon by the
finance committee, is amended so as 10
provide for a duty of 40 per cent. straight
on sugar without any differential on re-
fined sugar any extra duty sugar
imported from countries paying a bounty;
in other words. is the new tariff bill rate
minus the dfferential 1t is the Jones
amendment, except that his amendment
provided for only 80 per cent. The idea of
the Democratic members of the committee
is that this rate would furnish sufficient
revenue without giving the Sugar Trust
any advantage.
vide for reciprocity on this article by the
countries which admit coal from this coun-
try free. Coal imported from countries i'm
posing a duty on our coal is TO be made
dutiable at the rate in existence when this
bill shall go into effect.
The amendment 10 the barbed wire bill
provides for the free admission of barbed
wire and all other fencing wire and the
rods from which they are made The free
iron ore bill was not amended.
The Republican members Of the commit
tee offered amendments of their own to
the bill. One Of the amendments offered
was that presented in the Senate by Sena-
tor Hill for the repeal Of the income tax
They also sought to have the revenue duty
supplanted by provision for free sugar
with bounty. They voted sOiidly against
the bills. but did not seek to delay the
report upon them Senator White attended
the committee meeting for the first time
and acted in perfect harmony with the
older Democratic members thereof