The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
The Bill Will Be Favorably Re
ported to the Lower House.
To-Day.
BOND ISSUE PROVIDED FOR.
Both Propositions for Treasury Relief
Are Carried by Strict
Party Vote.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec 25.-Despite
Democratic appeals for delay and Demo
cratic assertion that such legislation was
unnecessary, the tariff and bond bills pre-
pared by the Republican members of the
WAYS and Means Com mittee, were ordered
to be favorably reported at the full meet
ing of the committee, this morning, by
strict party vote.
All the members of tile committee, ex-
cept Grosvenor of Ohio and McLauren OF
South Carolina, were in attendance. The
session lasted two and half hours.
The Democrats made q general protest
against both measures. The tariff bill was
first considered. AS each section was read
Turner of Georgia moved to strike it OUT
the Democrats voting in the affirmative
and the Republicans in opposition.
McMillin of Tennessee then entered an
earnest plea for more time in which to
consider both bills. He argued that this
being a holiday the departments were
closed; that it would be impossible to Sc
cure from the Treasury Department before
Thursday the data necessary to support
the Democratic contention, anu closed
with a motion that further consideration
of the measure in committee be postponed
two days. This motion was defeated as
was also his motion for twenty-four hours
delay.
After this the discussion for a while be-
came general. The Democrats contended
that the treasury now contained a cash
balance of Sl70000,000; that this was am
pie to meet any deficiencies which might
arise for several years; that the receipts
before the close of the fiscal year would
equal expenditures and that no tariff legis-
lation was necessary.
To this Chairman Dingley responded
with general disclaimer He stated that
100000 of that amount was in green
backs which had not been received as reve-
nues, but which were redeemed with gold,
aud that they belonged practically to the
redemption fund. They were part really
of the cash balance, and ought not to be
used for current expenses. He showed
that the greenbacks were used as an 'end-
less chain" TO draw gold from the treas
ury, and approved the policy of the Sec
rotary in locking them up. The purpose
of the tariff bill, Dingley continued, was
TO furnish the money needed for the ex-
penses of the Government without in
trenching upon the gold reserve or the
greenbacks which had been redeemed in
gold. He admitted that in offering these
revenue measures the Republicans had
waived, for the moment, their protection
principles, and they made this concession,
hoping that the President would be equally
unselfsh in putting his own objections be-
ind him.
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tended as a party measure. 1t was, he
explained, non-partisan in character, and
he hoped that it would poll the full vote
OF Congress in order to save the credit of
the Government, which, according to the
Presidents message and disclosures made
in private by Secretary Carlisle, was in
great danger. The condition of the treas
ury, he insisted, demanded prompt action.
Every days delay added to the embarrass-
ment CT the administration. Inasmuch as
no revision of the tariff was attempted in
the measure in question no discussion in
committee at this time was necessary.
The Republicans, he said in conclusion,
had taken the tariff law of 1884 as basis,
and according to the importatons for that
year tie new bill would add $40 ,0000 900 an
nuaily TO the revenues. OF this sum $12,-
100000 would be derived from duties on
raw wool, S14 100000 on manufactures of
wool, and $14 ,000,0 900 additional from the
horizontal increase on the remaining
schedules, except sugar, which was not
changed, and lumber, the duty on which
would be so per cent of the Mckinley tariff
rate.
The first and only break in the Demo
cratic column was on the motion of
Turner CD of Georgia to strike out the
second section of the bond bill, authoriz-
ing the issuance of $4,000, 900 certificates
of Indebtedness. On this motion Tarsney
CD OF Missouri voted with the Republi-
cans, and the amendment was lost.
Thereupon McMillin CD of Tennessee
offered an amendment that the certiti-
Gates issued should be subject to taxation,
AS are the greenbacks and other moneys,
but this amendment was also rejected, the
Republicans voting against it.
Chairman Dingley has been authorized
by his Republican associates to prepare
the report OF the majority. which he will
present to the House tomorrow. There
is no indication that a rel port will be pre-
sented by the minority, inasmuch as they
have not yet been furnished with copies of
the bill as amended in committee this
morning. Itmay be stated, in explanation,
that tariff schedules A, B, G, D, F, G, H, I,
J, L, NJ and n of the act of 1894, specifically
mentioned in section 4, on which duty
equivalent to 10 per cent in addition to
that imposed by the present law shall be
added, are the schedules pertaining to
chemicals, earthenware and glassware,
metals, manufactures and woods, tobacco,
agricultural products. spirits and wines,
cotton manufactures and fax, hemp and
jute, silks, pulp, papers and books and,
lastly, sundries.
The following is the full text of the reve-
nue. bill which the Ways and Means Com
mittee will report to the House tomorrow !:
A bill to temporarily inc rease revenue to
meet the expenses of the Government and pro-
vide against deficiency.
Be it enacted, etc., that from and after the
passage of this act, and until Au gust l. 1898
there shall be levied, collected and paid on all
imported woods of classes l and q as defined
in the act hereinafter cited, approved October
1, 1890, and subject to all the conditions and
limitations thereof, and on all hair of the camel
goat, alpaca, and other like animals, except as