The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-16
nor DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
uWis ON rHE Committees AMEND
VENTS 10 JHE TARIFF BILL

.u,s. Cochran Returns the Fire Of Pssse.
Uc,,eiie, and Ton, Reed. s-a Evoke.
t.rehter sad Tu-.uItuous Chesri-e on
IN. Ds-ocratic side sns In the Galleries
The Comrittes's A-eudrs-t- Adopted.
WARRINGTON. Jan. 15.-Ths close Of the gem
,,Idetats on the Wilson bill had the effect to
Ain out the attendance Of members on the
soor OF tho House and Of the visitors in the
.,llsry On the Democratic side in partcu-
i,r was this attenuation apparent. and only
.hout thirty Democratic members were pres
ant At the beRinning Of to-day's session.
l,tI:25 the clerks began TO read the Wilson
MI relieving each other about every fifteen
mInutes The reading required two hours and
,,snty-three minutes. even at the rapid rate
a, which the clerks proceeded. When tho
,..dlpg was concluded Chairman Wilson suG-
,.sted that for three days the bill should be
sn.n to amen 1ment by sections. instead OF
n,ying amendments offered at any point In
m, bill Unfortunately.
Mr. Reed Rep. Me- rctorted that he was
,,d TO see that the Chairman Of the Commit
,o.on Nays and Means had recognized the
lmpropriety OF the way in which Il had been
,,oposed to rush the bill through, rs It mad
al, the question OF recogni tion Tor the Offering
.,amandmsnts solely in the hands OF the man
Who occupied tho chair. To remove the time
limitation and allow the House. in free and
untrsmmelled fashion. to consider every prop
o.ition a. it came UP was all right as far as II
want but IL did not go far enough. for the
gsntleman from West Virginia proposed TO try
that plan for three days, and II he did not like
he would go back to mis- original proposition.
lie could not aRree to any such plan as that
Mr. Bynum Dem. Ind objected to Mr.. Reed
making A speech and Mr.. Wilson dem, Va
was recognized to offer the first amendment to
the bill This was to the tobacco schedule,
and struck out the words commercially
Known as" so as to make It read: " On all leaf
tobacco. on such part thereof as Is wrapper
tobacco and suitable for cigar wrappers, II I'M
,,emmed. 81 per pound II stemmed S1.25 per
pound" Mr.. Wilson explained that his reason
b for Offering the amendment was in order to
simplify the bill and lessen the chance Of its
provisions being eyadsd.
Mr. Jayne Hep, n. w.. one OF the Republican
members OF the Ways and Means Committee.
which provided in substance that IL any por-
zion Of any tobacco imported In any bale. pack
nsrs the entire am cunt Of tobacco contained In
:t aSn nei s poSnd II s&35
vi Mr. DE De Forest Dem. Conn., spoke in favor
OF Mr., Pay9ss amendment. and thought it
.gssen took NJ b. Ec5ss. e task foT his
.t medicine 9tP and aSd an. hn h ss
tocacco growers Of Connecticut, It might also
Marsh kept the House In a continuous roar OF
laughter By the yshemence Of his gestures
Mr. sperrJ Dem. Conn who is one OF tn.
recalcltrant members Of the maiority, opposed
ground that the Goyernmsnt would lose an
Income OF upward Of five million dollars BY re-
should vote with the esntsm an from New
and shoua s.: IN the
Treasury. tRepublican applause
for the amen t ents PROPOSED By Msssps. Wiz
son and fayne. which provided that on un-
Sr. HSssh ofs f Sp another sub..itpt. to the
Positions Of the Democratic m.@bers who
we're boiling. He proposed a tariff OF -
Sscco. and IS cents per pound when stemmed
ltmembers on the other side. he said, were
tar ss proposed Aa to give thSS
chance to vote on revenue substitute. II
sy such he s1D5sd F re sSs 1a
3. n 4 HsDuSean .SsSt:f and s1i DsS
The, question was then put on Mr. Payns's
mcndment, and on . division IL was lost
vas manifested as to the action Of the boItins
pemoeTTssts yhs ,I Il came to the question Of
their threats and voted with the Republicans:
Messrs. ,spsrry and De Forest Comm and
Mr.. Payne demanded tsllers and the amend
nent was again voted down-.yess, 10; nays.
la The question was then put on the amend.
70 by a viva yocs vote. Mr.. Paynter's substi- !
,ute was then defeated. as was also Mr.. |
As soon as the first amendment had been |
thus disposed o.. Mr Burrows Jumped to his |
rs Sut Ss d saa Mr. WIZ
son had been recognized. On this hinged = |
very interesting debate as to Mr. Wilson's |
ahy one else had offered any amendments.
Tn, Chair held that the Committee on Ways |
amenLmeqts as it wished to . bill Of Its own.
shi Tat VT; Wilson as Chairman OF the COM
The amendment offered by Mr. Wilson was
he EST. on e al 90 the s an n
o. hemp, so that the paragraph would
Sadng tNH Ss eomPo:sd r IN Whois or IN pat
OF New Zealand hemp. istle or Tampico fibre
s mfnua slsal grass or sum. 10 per cent. ad
MI. Morse Rep. Mass.l moved to amend the
amendment am by striking out OF the paragraph
strike binding twine on the free list, After
long discussion Mr.. Morse's amendment to
the amendment was re eeted. and Mr.. Wilson's
Ammendment was agreed to.
The next amendment offered By Mr.. Wilson
was on rage IL. paragraph 81. line II and IL
vas t1 Insert the words. Including all cotton
Suek so as to put that article on the 30 per
SSeht llst This amendment was. after a short
uiSSelsslon agreed 10.
q, Inc next amendment was to insert on page
W. Paragraph 4l5. line ~. the words, and
s sAt feathers binding. braids, and TIPS, when
W. 70 lengths for trimming felt or wool hats"
.. ns amendment gave rise TO . heated dis
vesAlon IN the course OF which Mr.. Payne
veis. " J. asked Mr De Forest Dem. Conn.
Enno vas adNOcating tho amendment. whether
MN4 hegn suggested by him.
h NJ ne crest admitted that II had been and
~ spoke VI the 5000 hattsTs in Danbury.
SSiSoe. WHO hat been shut out By their en-.
stss 4hder pretence that they were afraid
ssgeAeSts 0i the passage OF the Wilson bill
Ns,.lg' Ne said. could be more false than
sIon oIIecli0n. Tho fact was that the suspsn-
NV operations in Danbury by the nat
onIuSsArtursrs was due TO the persistent effort
Th,1 Part u crush out the trades unions
Fisi nssuori Mr.. lie Forest said, had been ear
I'm W. almost since the time the Mckinley
~ 1ssht into operation.
"nssIgssmsEu'scturersc claim" said Mr.. Payne,
a It thei must pay lower wages on account
NTTIaISasAoh Ot the tarim"