The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-29
THROUGH CIRCULATION.
Senator Jones Sketches the History
of the Tariff Bill in the Senate.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.-In special from Little
Rock, Ark Senator J; K. Jones, of Arkansas,
The bill first reported back to the COM
mittee by may be considered as an express
modified by the views of our associates in the
senate. While large majority of the Demo-
this bill. number complained of different parts
of it, and in effort for harmony we presented
another While there are changes IN a NUMBER
OF the schedules OF more or less importance,
this second report Of ours provided Tor free
sugar, coal and iron ore.
The senator relates how that owing to the
persistent demands of senators representing SUI
gar interests the members of the subcommittee.
with great reluctance and regret, submitted a
further change in the bill imposing a tarl1 rang
ing from the tenth of ! cent to cent per pound
on all sugar with no additional tax on renned
sugar. proposing a of 80 cents per ton on
coal and making iron ore free hoping thefepy
secure united Democratic action. At the
of Democratic senators which lasted
three days the senators from louisiana; es-
At the same time senators in those states
where sugar refneries We're located declared that
they could not support the bill without some
tariff on refined sugar if there was a tariff on
the raw. Tho result of this protracted and
sending the bill back to the committee with in
fculties which had been developed in
In obedience to this action of the caucus, which
really equivalent to an order to tax sugar,
coal and iron ore we brought IN a ni.. WIN Sn IA
grees by the polariscope and IL cent addltlonal
for each degree up to 80 ana - cen, roi vae
above IS Dutch standard in color an additional
of u cent per pound.
With this promise and with coal and iron ore at
40 cents per ton the bill reported to the
senate March 20
These changes gave satisfaction and it be
came evident that the bill would be defeated II
insisted upon.
In this emergency l determined to see if there
We're not some means of saving the bill Gov.
Hill one of the A Democrats in the senate, was
OPENLY hostile to the bill. To pass the bill
would require 43 votes, hence it was necessary
that every one of the remaining AZ votes be Sc
cured for the support of the bill. Several OF
these had all openly declared that they could
and would not vote for the bill as reported ana
it was decided to amend it 50 as to secure tnelf
support. These notifications involved changes
Of the sugar schedule from the specific to an
ad valorem duty, the imposition of an additional
tax of one-tenth of cent per pound upon all
and that the sugar schedule should not become
operative until the LIST day of January, 1895;
taxes upon coal and iron 1T the rate of 40
cents per ten and changes in the textile and
other schedules of less Importance
Before the amended bill reported back to
the committee Senator Jones said he consulted
with President Cleveland. Secretary Carlisle ana
members Of the finance committee explaining the
necessity for making the changes mentioned
They all agreed to the adVisabillty of dong
SO and a caucus CT Democratic senators decided
to support the bill amended. From May,
when the amendments We're offered, to July .
when the bill finally passed the senate the AZ
Democrats stood together like stone wall ana
redeemed their pledges like men with but a
single break,