The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-22
Will Probably Lead to a
Lively Fight in the House.
COAL AND IRON WILL COME NEXT.
Bond Question VIII Receive Attention
I'm the Senate-Thc Elections Bill
wnl Also Occupy the Attention of
the senate.

the house According 10 the special order
the voting Will begin week from today
at noon.
During the past week no amendments
OF substantial iis 1ortancc have been voted
on with any chance of adoption except
that fixing the date upon which free wool
would 60 into effect, which was carried
by the radical Dom )r.l.s. with the aid OF
some Republicans, over the protest Of the
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee.
This week however, will witness the
fght over The llig amendments 10 be Of
fered from tho Democratic side The full
measure of the Democratic opposition 10
the bill will then develop. and consider
able bad lcol will BE- manifested. The
first fight will come on the sugar schedule.
Three hours have been set apart for the
consideration OF the propositions 10 he
of rod f'-trc Sugir men. Four amend
meats II l'e ffered TO the paragraph
pin 1ir.. 81 -ar on the free list il the present
plan is a,lhrred 70.
,'hp G~st will he that OF Mr. McRae TO
abolish the prov sion relating to the sugar
bounty in the Wilson l,ill. which contem-
plates its gradual reduction of IA of a
cent year for eight years until il is wiped
ont r., ths Mr. Price will offer an
a,aendmaa- 10 substitute in place of n
bounty. drtv ~ cent pound on sugar.
A substitute for this To retain the Nc
Kinley bounty Of . cents will be offered
by Mr.. Mr-c-. and Mr.. Boatner will offer
an aAendner. 10 the substitute TO place
al 12 cert duty on sugars
This Will cs,isast the amendments that
can fe peniia1. The votes will be taken
IN the reverse o-iler The sugar men will
make strong fight on the ground that
sugar IL n revenue article. and in accord
with the dictates of the Chicago platform
shonid l'e pade dutiahe 10 supply the
Il ficit which K is estimated the customs
he luies OF the Wilson bill will cause.
They VIII have the support OF all the
Democrats who are opposed TO the income
tax.
While itis generally admitted that they
will rrnhahly beahla muster major
ity of the Democrats, the Republicans who
are pledged TO the free sugar feature of
the Mckinley law will give them no aid.
The chances Of the adoption of a sugar
duty for the above reasons are slim.
Coal and Iron.
Tuesday has been set apart for the con-
sideration Of the amendments to the free
coal and free iron ore schedules. The
present duty on both these articles is 20
cents ton. The coal men. especially in
Virginia, West Virginia and Alabama. are
at the back of this opposition. and have
the support pretty generally of the Demo
cratic representatives from those states.
The iron interests of the south, Alabama
and Tennessee. and of the Lake Superior
district. including the vessel interests of
the lakes, are fighting against free iron ore.
Both are willing to yield portion OF
the duty, and amendments ranging from
IS 20 80 cents a ton will be offered. Raw
materials are made the backbone of the
Wilson bill, and a herculean effort will
be made to prevent defeat here. The
Republicans, IL they join with the coal
and iron men. as they probably will, may
make the vote close, but the Democrats
of the ways and means committee mani
fest no alarm.
Later in the week the internal revenue
bill, including the income tax, will prob
ably be offered as an amendment TO the
bill. probably by Mr.. Mcmillan, although
this has not been decided upon fully. IL
Il is, this fight will be the feature of the
debate.
Other amendments relating to the to-
UH1tU fEutuult. ittu ore, ttt., VIII con-
sumo the res. of the week Mr.. Richard
son, chairman of the committee of the
whole, already has in his possession II
amendments.
senate Forecast.
The present indications are that the
senate will devote this week between the
federal elections bill and the policy of a
bond issue, IA decided upon by the secre-
tary OF the treasury.
Many Republican senators have given
public assurance that they would not
seek TO delay the final vote upon the cleo
tions bin beyond a reasonable time for
debate, and the fact that the Republican
caucus took no action looking to decide
upon policy concerning this measure
would seem to indicate that no such
course will be pursued
On the other hand the continued post
ponement Of the uninterrupted discussion
OF the subject seems to indicate some de-
sign Of brushing the subject aside by
pleading for delay until the tariff bill
reaches the senate and absorb its entire
time. II is evident that the Democratic
leaders have some apprehension Of n
policy Of this kind and are determined
that II such purpose is entertained it
kDhil uOt suCctcu.
Senator Lodge has given formal notice
of an intention TO speak on the bill on
"Wednesday, and Senators Hoar, Frye.
Chandler. Higgins and Hawley have in
dicated that they would ask TO Toe heard
upon the subject before IL shall be def
nitely disposed Of Among Democrats
who will probably speak upon the bill are
Senators Gray and Hill.
IN will be impossible TO keep the bond
question entirely out of the senate. and
there is possibility that il may be made
the subject OF number OF speeches. IL
not of considerable debate. Senators
PETER and Allen both have resolutions
before the senate. taking Secretary Car.
Isle - task for his course. and Mr. Allen
has given notice OF speech on Thursday
based upon bis resolution
Mr.. PETERS resolution comes up today.
anu .. MAJ .ieans Ol preciptatiuR
this question the first thing In the weeks
proceedingr There are other senators
primed with speeches ON the bond issue so