The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-26
REPUBLICAN PLANS ROASTED.
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THE TARIFF
AND BOND BILLS.

The Futile Fight Carried on for Two
and n Half Hours at the Meeting
of the Ways and Means Commit
tee--The Proposed Legislation De-
eIared Unnecessary-BOth Bills Or
dered FavOrabIy Reported.
washington, Dec. 25.-Despite democratic
sppeals for delay and democratic asser-
ton that such legislation was unneces-
sary, the tariff and bond bills, prepared
bv the republican members of the ways
and means committee, were ordered to
Fl be favorably reported at the full meeting
Of the committee this morning, by a strict
Il party vote.
All the members of the committee, ex-
cept Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio and Mr.. Nc
Lauren of South Carolina, were in at
tendance. The session lasted two and one
half hours. The democrats made a gem
eral protest against both measures.
The tariff bill was the first considered.
As each section was read Mr.. Turner
Of Georgia moved to strike it out, the
democrats voting in the Affirmative and
the republicans in opposition Mr.. Nc
Il Millin of Tennessee then entered an ear
nest 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 before Thursday
the data necessary to support the demo-
cratic contention and closed with a motion
that further consideration of the meas
ure in committee be postponed two davs
This motion was defeated, as was also
his motion for twenty-four hours DELAY
After this. the discussion. for a while
became general. The democrats contend
4 cd that the treasury now contained a cash
balance of $170 900, 900; that This was anonIa
10 meet any deficiencies which might
ARISE for several years; that the receipts
before the close of the fiscal year woiIld
equal the expenditures. and that no taTiff
legislation was necessary
10 IRIS Chairman Dingley responded
Win general disclaimer. He stated that
%OOOOOOO of that amount was in green
backs which had not been received as
revenue but which were redeemed with
eolu, ana that they belonged particularly
10 the redemption fund They were q
part, really, of the cash balance and ought
not 70 be used for current expenses. He
showed that the greenbacks We're used as
an endless chain to draw gold from the
treasury, and approved the policy
OF Oh t9s secretary in locking them
UP: The purpose of the tariff
pln, Mr.; Dingley continued, was 10
Iurnlsh the money needed for the expenses
oL the government without trenching on
me goid reserve or the greenbacks, which
had been redeemed in gold. He admitted
that IN Offering these revenue measures
- 80 fp9 Pp11tletths had waived for the mo-
lnent thelr protection principles and they
made this concession, hoping that ihe
PRESIDENT would be equally unselfish in
putting his own Objections behind hin,
Mr.. Dingley insisted that the bill was NOT
intended as party measure. 1t was. he
4 sXpialnea, non-partisan in character and
ne hoped that II 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 treasury, he insisted, demanded
prompt action. Every days delay added
70 the embarrassment of the administra-
Ilon lnasmuch as no revision of the
tariff was attempted in the measure in
question no discussion in committee at
this time was necessary. The republicans
ne said, in conclusion, had taken the tar
IN law of 1894 as a basis and, according
TO the importations for that year, the
the revenues. OF this sum, $l2 600, 600 would
be derived from duties on raw wool Sl4-
U0,OD on manufactures of wool and S14,-
U0,O0O additional from the horizontal in
crease on the remaining schedules, except
sugar, which was not changed, and lum-
Der, the duty on which would be 60 per
cent. Of the Mckinley tariff rate
The first and only break in the demo-
cratic column was on the motion of Mr..
Turner, dem, of Georgia, to strike out
the second section of the bond bill au-
4 thorizing the issuance of $5O,OOOOOO GER
a tihcates of indebtedness. On this motion
MT, Tarsney, dem, of Missouri voted
"a
n was lost.
Thereupon Mr.. McNIillin, DEM, of Ten
nessee offered an amendment that the
certificates issued should be subject to
n taxation, as are the greenbacks and other
N moneys, but this amendment was also re-
Jected, the republicans voting against it.
Chairman Dingley has been authorized
4 by his republican associates to prepare the
report of the majority, which he will pre-
sent to the House tomorrow. There is
no indication that a report will be pre-
sented by the minority, inasmuch as they
nave not yet been furnished with copies
4 OF the bill, as amended In committee this
morning. 1t may be stated, in explana-
uon, that tariff schedules A, B, d, +. G.
n, j, L, M, and N, of the act of 1894,
Spesclhcally mentioned IN section 4, on
winch duty equivalent to 10 per cent, in
addition to that imposed by the present
law, shall be added, are the schedules
lertaming to chemicals, earthenware and
y glassware, metals, manufactures of
woods, tobacco, agricultural products,
spirits and wines, cotton manufactures
and ana fax; hemp and jute, silks. pulp. pa
pers and books; and lastly, sundries.
The following is the full text of the
N revenue bill which the ways and means
committee will report to the House to-
q morrow:
bill to temporarily increase the reve-
nue. to meet the expenses of the govern
Alent and provide against a deficiency:
,Be 1t enacted etc, that from and after
ne passage of this act, and until Aug. /,
Sss there shall be levied, collected and
pdld on all imported woods of classes one
and two, as defined in the act herein
after cited, approved Oct. l. 1890, and
upJect to all the conditions and limita-
lions thereof. and on all hair of the
Canel goat alpaca and other like animals,
except as hereinafter provided, and on all
nolis shoddy, garnetted waste, topwaste,
sIubolng waste, rowing waste, ring waste,
arm waste and all other wastes, composed
wholly or in part of wool, and on woolen
a6s, mungo and hocks, a duty equya-
Ient TO 90 per centum of the duty imposed
~ each of such articles by an act en-
llled An act to reduce the revenue and
N e4uallze duties on imports. and for other
purposes, approved Oct. ], 1890, and sub
scl TO all the conditions and limitations
" SAID act; and on all woods and Russian
aHels hair Of class three, as defined in
"A ala act approved Oct. J. 1880, and sub
Jset 10 all the conditions and limitations
hereof, there shall be levied, collected
aild paid the several duties provided by
zen act approved Oct /, 1880. And para
Iaph ~ Of schedule K and also para
.aph ~. IN the free list Of an act en-
N '5sl An act TO reduce taxation, 10 pro-
.Ie revenue for the government and for
neg purposes which became a law Aug.
,ssl are hereby suspended until Aug.
See 2 That from, a,sa afte. t4. ,,..s.,o,