The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-22
CROWDED FOR TIME.
House VIII Enter on the Last Week
of Tariff Debate To-Day.

of Tariff Debate To-Day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The coming
week will see the conclusion of the tariff
debate in the House. According to the spe-
cial order the voting on the bill and pend
ing amendments will begin a week from to-
morrow at noon. During the past week no
amendments of substantial Importance
have been voted with any chance of
adoption except that fixing the date on
which free wool would go into effect, which
was carried by the radical Democrats with
the aid of some Republicans over the pro-
test of the Democratic members of the
ways and means committee. This coming
week, however, will witness the fight over
the big amendments to be offered from the
Democratic side. The full measure of the
Democratic opposition to the bill will then
develop. and considerable bad blood will
doubtless be manifested. The first fight
will come on the sugar schedule tomorrow.
Three hours have been set apart for the
consideration of the propositions to be Of
fered by the sugar men. Four amendments
will be offered to the paragraph placing
sugar on the free list, If the present plan
be adhered to. The first will be that of Mr..
A1cRae of Arkansas, to abolish the pro-
vision relating to the sugar bounty on the
Wilson bill which contemplateS its gradual
reduction one-Quarter Of a cent year for
eight years until it be wiped out. To this
Mr.. Price, of louisiana, will offer an
amendment to substitute in place of a
bounty a duty of 1 cent per pound on raw
sugar. A substitute for this to retain the
by Mr.. Meyer, of Louisiana, and Mr.. Boat
ner will offer an amendment to the substi-
fs t9te ton to place lh cent duty on , sugars;
be pending The votes will be taken in the
reverse order. The sugar men will make a
strong fight the ground that sugar is a
reventie article and, in accordance with the
dictates of the Chicago platform, should be
made dutiable to supply the deficit which it
is estimated the customs schedules of the
Wilson bill will cause.
They will have the support of all the
tax, including Mr. Cochran Mr.. Wilson
and others of the ways and means commit
tee. While it is generally admitted that they
will probably be able TO muster a majority
of the Democrats, the Republicans, who
pledged to the free sugar feature of
the Mckinley law, will give them their
aid. The chances of the adoption of a sugar
duty, for the above reasons, are slim.
Tuesday has been set apart for the con-
sideration of the amendments to the free
coal and free iron ore schedules. The pres
ent duty OH both Of these articles is 20 cents
per ton. The coal men, especially of Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Alabama, are at
the back of this opposition, and have the
support generally of the Democratic Rep
resentatives from those States. The iron in
tereSt n, TenneS-
see, and of the Lake Superior district in
Guiding the vessel interests of the lakes.
is fighting against free iron ore. Both are
willing TO yield a portion of the duty, and
amendments ranging from 35 10 so cents per
ton will be offered. Raw materials are made
the backbone of the Wilson bill, and a
defeat here The Republicans. If they join
with the coal and iron men, as they prob
ably will. may make the vote close, but
to-day the Democrats OF the ways and
means committee manifest no alarm
DEBATE ON ELECTIONS BILL.
There has now been g. positive agreement
on the part of Republicans to continue
the discussion OF the elections bill and TO
take 1t UP with a view of it's final DISPOSE
ton. Many of the Republican Senators
have given public assurance that they
would not seek to delay the nnal vote on
this bill beyond a reasonable time for de-
bate and the fact that the Republican eau
Gus took no action looking to deciding on
policy concerning TINS measure woula
seem TO indicate that no such course will
be pursued. on the other hand the cOntin-
ued postponement OF the uninterrupted dis
cussion of the subject would seem TO indi-
cate that there may be some design OF
quietly brushing the subject asidesby plead
ing for delay until the tarfn bill shall reach
the Senate and absorb It's entire time 1t
Is evident that the Democratic leaders have
some apprehension of a policy OF this kind,
and are determined that II such q purpose
be entertained il shall not succeed. They
will have a double reason for insisting on
proceeding with the elections debate this
week. first that they are quite determined
TO dispose of the subject before the tariff
bill is reached. and. second, that they
wish, as far as possible, to divert the
speech making in the Senate from the
bond question. Hence IL may be reason
ably inferred that the programme as agreed
10 in the Senate on Thursday last with re-
spect to this bill will be observed. SEN
ator Lodge has given formal notice of an
intention to speak on the bill on Wednes-
day. and Senators Hoar. Frye. Chandler.
they would ask to be heard on the
subject before 1t shall be definitely dis
posed OF.
Later in the week the internal revenue
bill, including the income tax, will proba-
bly, be offered an amendment to the
bill. probably by Mr. Mcmillan, although
this had not been fully decided on. II IL
should be- this fight will be the feature OF
tns. 1aba 10 a1x ataS or thsaf fV~,