Frederick citizen., 1895-02-01
PASSED By The HOUSE
Decisive Vote To Repeal Diff
ferential Sugar Duty.
Tho Financial Question i'm the SEN
atc-Mr. Manderson's Compromise
Measure, After Discussion, Re-
ferred to tho Commi ittcc c-PoolinS
Bill Amendment Suggested.

Washington. Jan. 3o.-By the deci-
sive vote OF 239 to 81 the house at the
close of an interesting session yester-
day. passed the bill repeating the diff
ferential duty of one-tenIh OF q cent
pound imposed in the tariff bill on
sugars imported from countries paying
an export bounty on that article. The
representatives voting against the
passage of the bill were:
RepublicanS-Adams, Belden Bing-
ham. Boutelle, Bowers. DalzelI, Curtis.
Daniels. Gillette. Hooker. Leftover,
Loud. Loudenalger. Marvin, Payne,
Quigg. Ray. Reed. Robinson. Storer,
Sherman. Vanvorhis. Wadsworth, We
yer. Wanger.
Democrats-Covert, Davey, Meyer.
Ogden. Price and Robertson.
While the bill was in committee Of
the whole all amendments were voted
down except one. and that was pend
Ing when the committee rose. II was
offered by Mr.. Dlngley (rep.. Me). and
provided that the repeal of the differ
enual duty was not to be held 10 i'm
ply that the United States surrendered
It's rights under treaties to Offset boun-
ties by the imposition OF equivalent
olnerential duties whenever congress
deems it desirable to enforce them.
A yea and nay vote upon this amend
ment was had in the house, resulting:
yeas. liz: nays. 1856
On this amendment the republicans
and populists. with the exception of
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 Qnd.); Meyer, Price
and Ryan.
An amendment, offered by Mr.. Hit.
to repeal the one-eighth of a cent ad-
ditional duty on refined sugars was
rejected by a vote of IS to 109: and
an amendment by Mr.. Vanvorhis, of
New York. to place all sugars and mo
lasseS on the free list was rejected.
rs to 100.
This action was taken at the re-
quest of Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the
committee on ways and means. in
charge Of the bill, who stated that the
chances of its becoming law de-
pended entirely upon its going through
the house as an independent measure
in the shape in'which 1t was reported.
AH ohC oChdSN.
The financial question was brought
to the front early in the session of the
senate by resolution which was Of
fered by Mr.. Henderson (rep.. NebD
and which. after discussion. was re-
ferred to the finance committee. II
embraced seven propositions which
Mr.. Henderson admitted looked like
a hodge-podge, but which really were
he said. a compromise that might be-
and ought to be embodied into law
These We're:
A reserve of two hundred millions
In gold and two hundred millions in
silver; the issue of bonds payable in
gold or silver: the destruction of legal
tender notes when paid in gold or sill
yer; the exchange, for five years, when
demanded. of gold coin for silver coin
and of silver coin for gold coin: the
use of the new bonds for national bank
currency (of not less denomination
than 800; the requirement of payment
of duties in gold on goods imported
from countries having a gold stand
ard and in gold or silver on goods i'm
ported from cour ries having a silver
standard; and. finally, the free coinage
VI SILVER anu BOlu at the ratio or l6
to l. and the enlarged coinage of sub
sidiary silver coin. Interesting re-
marks on this proposition and on the
finance question generally. were made
by Senator's Henderson and Teller
(rep.. Col)
Amendments to the pooling bl'--
which Mr.. Butler (dem., S. C.) said
he would call w to-day-were sug-
gested by Mr.. Chandler rep, N. H.
looking among other things, to the
preliminary submission of proposed
changes of railroad rates to the inter-
state commerce commission. The
bankruptcy bill was discussed for
couple of hours. and the commercial
travellers bill allowing the issue Of
5000 mile mileage tickets) was passed