Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-21
FIXED BY TRUSTS.
Pending Tariff Bill Has
Strong Opponents.
FREE LIST DISPOSED OF.
Contest Over the IncOmC Tax the Next
Thing on the Programme.

WASHINGTON, June ~. - The Demo
cratic managers have formally decided to
permit the administrative act OF 1890 to
stand.
This course will cut from the bill 40
pages, and remove matter that would
naturally have caused much contention
In the course OF the lie ate. The senate,
therefore, Will reach, In all probability,
the most Interesting part Of the tar n bill
this afternOon--the income tax The In
ternal revenue features relative to whisky
and tobacco may demand some discus
sion, but hardly enough to cause any
marked delay.
The Democratic managers seem 10 think
that the debate on the income tax will
not occupy n great deal Of time. On the
Democratic side the opposition will be
confined 10 Senators Hill and Smith, who,
II il understood. will make number Of
attempts In various forms of amendm nts
TO defeat the bill But. IA there re not
more than eight or nine DemocrOtic sena-
tors who will vote against the income
tax, IL will be retained In the bill 10y 10 "r
u majority, as IL will receive 10 or ~ Re
publican votes from senators la the silver
states.
Opposition In the House.
The opponents OF the pending bill on
the Democratic side Of the house are
criticising many Of the provisions OF the
senate bill, aud comparing IL with the
Wilson bill. The latter measure, they
say, would have given the country free
coal, free wool, free lum ber. free ore, and
free sugar, besides saving the consumers
many millions OF taxation on manufac-
tured products. IL would have been
tariff imposed without discrimination
and entirely free from the influence OF
trusts.
Most Of lts important schedules have
been doctored, and in its present form it Is
the result Of a secret agreement between
opposing political senators and trust ex-
pert advisers, with more or less scandal
This kind Of talk IL frequently heard on
the Democratic side oil the house, and
unless there is "A decided change OF senti-
ment among them, the senate tariff bill
will have hard road to travel before it
u finally disposed Of
There has been 30 much complaint on
the part Of certain manufacturers OF
wooden and carpets that the Democratic
managers have indicated a willingness to
make some further notifications They
have requested the partieA Interested In
articles complained Of TO submit the
changes and notifications desired on
their part. This they have done and have
laid II before the Democratic managers.
Now For the Income Tax.
Very rapid progress was made on the
tariff bill yesterday. The income tax on
page 10 had been reached when the sen
ate adjourned.
Only 6l pages OF the bill, the income
tax and internal revenue features. remain
undisposed Of, and the end OF the long de-
bate seems close at hand. The remaining
features Of the free list were completed
without friction, both sugar and wool,
the great controversial items, contrary to
expectation, not giving rise to debate.
A yea and nay vote was demanded on
striking sugar from the free list, while
the final struggle on free wool was post
poned until the till should be reported to
the senate.
The administrative features of the bill
(secttons 23-4s inclusiye) were stricken
out, as Mr.. Jones explained, In order to
facilitate the passage OF the bill. III 1t
was deemed advisable later to enact the
proposed administrative sections, it would
be done in separate Dill. he added.
Mr.. Allison intiu. ated that The wish Of
the secretary Of the treasury WAS to place
the new tariff bill in force under the
operation OF the present adm nistrative
law, and IL defects were found to correct
them later on.
The contest over the income tax, which
promises to he extremely interesting, II
not sensational, will now begin. II is the
general expe, ,tation that it will occupy at
least two days.
Dragging Along.
The anti-option bill occupied the atten-
tion OF the house all day, and an agree
ment was made that debate should close
at adjournment today and vote be taken
on the bill on Friday, Speeches were
made against the bill by Representatives
Goldzier. Walker and Harter, while Mr..
Richardson spoke In favor OF IL. The
speaker was still confined TO his room by
sickness, Mr.. Bailey performing the du-
ties of speaker pro TEN.