Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-08
GAVAA All EsAssA oOACs INCOME TAX ID REMAIN. The Tariff Bill is Ready for
 the Full Committee. CHARGES TIVE JURY WAS BoUsHT. Cause of Disagreement in
 SutherIand's Case. READY FOR STABLE GOVERNMENT. Action Taken By the Pe0-
 pie at Honolulu.
READY FOR STABLE GOVERNMENT,
TARIFF BILL IS NOW READY.

l pie at Honolulu. 1 TARIFF BILL IS NOW READY. 1t VIII Re Laid Before the Full
 Finance Committee of the Senate
 To.Day-Democratic Senators Will Fight it-The Income Tax Still | Stands.
 l WAsHIEsroN, March 7.-The demo- | cratic members of tho senate finance com mittee repaired to the committee | room as soon as the skirmish in the sensts.over the Bland bill this afternoon was ended and applied themselves to the consideration of the tariff bill with re- doubled energy. MT. Voorhees, left at 5 o'clock, but Me ssrs. Vest, Jones, AcPher- son and Harris remained and ordered their dinner sent to the committee room, 1t being their intention to remain in ses- sion tonight so long as might become necessary to complete tho bill and send it to the printing office. Orders were sent to the government printing office to have e force of men on hand ready to take the copy as soon as it went, and have the bill printed in time to lay before the full com mittee to. morrow morning. At about 5 o'clock Senator Voorhees, issued notices for a meeting of the full committee for tomorrow morning at Il o'clock.
 After the committee had taken dinner the only open question before them was the sugar schedule, and this was promptly disposed of, 60 that the committee ad- journed at 7:45, at which time the bill was sent to the printer. The duty given to sugar was only agreed upon after an ami mated oiscussion. It is understood that . rate of one cent pound Is fixed on raw sugar testing 75 degrees by the polariscop- ic test, and graded up by degrees so that refined sugar will have duty of a small fraction less than one and a quarter cents pound.
 There is @ report to the effect that whiskey will not have the tax raised be- yond the figure fixed by the house but that the bonded period had been fixed at Ave instead of three years. It was stated late to night, however, that tho tax had been increased to $1 10, and the bonded period left untouched.
 Lead ore, as previously stated, has been restore 10 the dutiable list and lead pro- ducts will be given Q duty of 25 per cent. ad valorem. Lumber still remains on the free list.
 Goal is put at 40 cents @ ton, although as the committee was almost completing it's work the proposition was made to give coal fifty cents, and the final print of the bill may show that this was done.
 The. duty on iron ore is made 35 cents @ ton.
 When the bill is laid before the full committee tomorrow 1t will be made pub. lie. The completed bill was not submitted to the Conservatives"
 It was rumored about the capitol today that certain democratic senators would at tempt to defeat the bill unless the commit tee came to their terms. The fact that the committee failed to submit the bill to them or grant the msximum of concessions Is taken as declaration that If these gentle men want more they must go to the senate for 1t.
 The income tax remains part of the bill.
 IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN. Tho Provisional Government of Ha. wall Is Active in Preparing for . Constitutional Convention to Or. ganize a Representative Govern ment.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.-The schooner Transit arrived from Honolula at II o'clock this morning, bringing advicss up to February 20.
 Advioes sent by the Oceanic on the 11th ult., reported important action having been taken by the provisional government in the matter of preparing for a constitutional convention to organize @ representative government. TEis was followed lon the 17th) after an evening meeting of the Annexation club, by action on the part of the leading members of the club as citizens In organizing | the government Resolutions were passed depreoating the division of annexationists into leagues or clubs and advising the whole body of loyal annexationists to form one broad party. A preliminary commit tee of thirteen was appointed to take charge of the formation of the new party. The comrnitts @ met on the 18th and organ l izsd plans for the appointment of national. district and island committees. Their work was continued on the 18th.
 This movement embraces all classes and divisions hitherto arising among the SUD- porters of tho provisional government. It is fully expected to supersede and displace all separate political action in the Ameri- 
 ganizations.
 A platform of principles has been suo- stantislly agreed upon as follows:
 1. To support the provisional govern ment.
 9. Resist the restoraticn of the mon- archy.
 3. Establish practical form of repre- sentative government.
 4. The government to be united ss 20 on | <l,ok nf he I~lk koA
 5, Liberal policy in dispoeing of public lands in email tracts to actual settlers and
 diseoursging large speculative holdings.
 6. Revision of the taxation system, large
 estates to bear their proper shares of the public burdens. r
 z. Favor immigration of Portuguese ani
 other white to replace Asiatics. 8. No class legislation discriminating against any class of loyal citizens. 9. Liberal system of productive publi works. II 10. Needed labor and material for pub lic service not to be imported from abroat If procurable here.
 il. No prison labor to be employed ii mechanical work.
 12. No persons to bs employed by tn government unless loyal to 1t. The organ ization of the new party is eminently satil
 factory to the government and its activ
 supporters.
 n Minister Willis has congratulated th government in the most friendly nnanne on the appointment of MT. Hatch as mir
 ister of foreign affairs.
 A macs meeting of Portuguese citizsr
 was held on the evening of the 18th. Re
 olutions were adopted strongly protestiu
 against further Asistic immigration an pledging the support of the Portuguese l. the provisional government, not enly f.
 the particular purpose for which 1t was CT
 ated, but also to follow 1t through any F
 litical transformation which ciroumstanc
 may demand.
 Bridseportss POssonce s4uabble.
 BRIDGEPORT, March "A discovery tn
 hes caused . small sensation In this ci d was made today. The records of the loc l.. postofice for the last twenty years are D
 to be found. Elias Stewart, who wss I
 gently appointed the successor to Poa IT master Knowlton, who held the office f l. sixteen years, cannot And the records f if the time stated, and inquiry was tod
 made of the ex-postmaster regarding th'
 whereabouts. Postmaster Knowlton to m the new postmaster that the records .4 that time were his own private propsrt aC and he aatly refused to deliver them up