The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-30
Finance IS At THE front
Mr.. Henderson Offers Compromise
Resolution.
MILEAGE FOR THE DRUMMERS
Bill Allowing Five Thousand Mile Books.
Measure Repeating Duty of One
Tenth Of Cent Pound on Su.
gar Passed in the House,
BY the United Press,

Washington, Jan. 29.-The financial
question was brought to the front early
in today's session by resolution which
was offered by Mr. Manderson, and
which after discussion, was referred
to the finance committee. 1t embraced
seven propositions which Mr.. Mander-
son admitted looked like a hodge-podge
but which really was, he said a COM
promise that might be- and ought to be-
embodied into law: A reserve of $780,
10000 in gold and $500, ,OOO, 600 in silver;
the issue of bonds payable in gold or
silver; the destruction of legal tender
notes when paid in gold or silver; the
exchange, for five years, when demand
ed, of gold coin for silver coin, and of
silver coin for gold coin; the use of the
new bonds for national bank currency
Cof not less denomination than $l0); the
requirement of payment of duties in
gold on goods imported from countries
having u gold standard anu in gold or
silver on goods imported from coun-
tries having a silver Standard and,
finally the free coinage of silver and
gold at the ratio of IL to l, and the en-
larged coinage of subsidiary silver coin.
Interesting remarks on this proposition
and on the finance question generally
were made by Senators Manderson and
Teller
Amendments to the pooling bill,
which Mr.. Butler said he would call up
tomorrow, We're suggested by Mr..
Chandler, looking, among other things,
to the preliminary submission of pro-
posed changes of railroad rates to the
interstate commerce commission. The
bankruptcy bill was discussed for a
couple of hours and the commercial
travellers bill (allowing the issue of
5000 miles mileage tickets) was passed.
The Sugar Tariff Vote.
By the decisive vote of 239 to 81 the
house this afternoon at the close of an
interesting session passed the bill re-
pealing the differential duty of one
tenth Of a cent pound imposed in
the tariff bill on sugars imported from
countries paying an export bounty on
that article. The representatives vot-
ing against the passage of the bill Were:
Republicans-Adams, Pennsylvania;
Belden, New York; Bingham, Pennsyl-
vania; Boutelle Maine; Bowens, Gala
fornia; DalZell Pennsylvania; Curtis,
Daniels, Gillette Hooker and Lefevre,
New York; Loud, California; I.ouden-
slager New Jersey; Marvin, Payne,
Quigg and Ray, New York; Reed,
Maine; Robinson, Pennsylvania; Storer,
Ohio; Sherman, Van Vorhis Wads-
worth and Viewer, New York; Wanger,
Pennsylvania.
TO rnyart NaW Vprl. .
Davey, Meyer, Ogden, Price and Rob-
ertson, Louisiana.
While the bill was in the committee
all the amendments were voted down
except one. and that was pending when
the committee rose. 1t was offered by
Mr.. ningley Rep., Me) and provided
that the repeal of the differential duty
was not to be held to imply that the
United. States surrendered its rights
under treaties to offset bountes by the
imposition of equivalent differential
duties whenever congress deems it de-
| sirable to enforce them. A yea and
nay vote upon this amendment was
had in the house, resulting: Yeas, H.;
nays, 1876.
| On this amendment the Republicans
|
| Baker. of Kansas, voted aye, and the
Democrats generally no. The follow
ing Democrats voted with the Republi-
cans: Barnes, Covert, Geary, Harris,
Lester, Martin, of Indiana; Meyer,
Price and Ryan. An amendments Of
fered by Mr.. Hit, to repeal the one
eighth of cent additional duty on re-
fined sugars was rejected by a vote of
S5 to l09; and an amendment by Mr..
Van Vorhis, of New York, to place all
sugars and molasses on the free list
was rejected-75 to 120.
This action was taken at the request
of Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means, in charge of
the bin, who stated that the chances
of its becoming a law depended en-
tirely upon its going through the house
as an Independent measure in the
shape in which 1t was reported.