The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-08
In the Republican Caucus on The Tariff
Bill The POpuIlSt Is The Master. ?5iss sss
REPUBLICANS HELPLESS WITHOUT HING
Insists ON ID Per Cent Addition to-
Sugar Schedule Is Backed. by
Perkins, orCniirornin, and THURS !.
ton, of Ncbrnska-IoIds the Hail.
nncc OF Power.

Washington. Jan. Towing to tha .f
late session of the Senate the Republi-!
tsln caucus that took n recess until this
afaeIni2on, was postponed until to-mor-i
lOw, after the adjournment OF the Sem
ate. 1t Is confidently believed that OF
uhsIs conference resolutions will, by o.
very comfortable ma ajority, direct dtS5i
members on the Finance. Committee toI
report the tariff bill to the Senate as I'll
came from the House. and without
amendments of any kind.
shortly alter the caucus comvealedl
thdii morning Mr.. Quay moved rhhatI
Nhc committee he so instructed yiIid
this motion led to the debate that fl5l-
lowed. But one Senator indtcatetl amy
desire 10 reconstruct a tariff hill alongi
Republican lines. That Senator was !
Baker OF Kansas II new man. and his /
utgociatcs I'm the Sennte booked uHn !
has zeal as q result Of his unfamihtannty !
with the conditions that surround the /
Senutc at this time.
There We're other speDkelrs who de-
e!icd amendment!3 20 be nsadc arpdl
said they would insist upon them If
the door was i,pencd at all but IL the
consensus cs opinion was that this
should not be done they would be SaItts-
fled and support the majority
There is a division in the Finance,
Committee itself as to the wisdom OF
amending the House bill. and 1t was
bccau'ie of such II diwla,i1n that hl,ts
| cd an additional rate on crockel-y, IL
changes We're to be made. Mr. Fiatt's
| Stmte WAS largely interested in the ItaIt-
| ing of tobacco, and if amendments were
IN order he was constrained ~ look
| aGte-' that schedule. Mr.. Anb1n's
constituents were largely interested I'm
| a.Gr!c'rltu':'ll proluuss. and he too,
| would be compelled to insist on an In
| crease there. On the ether llaahd
/ Mr.. Jones, the Populist member, urged
| 10 en- En.an itT,f-
| mated against when the House refused
ITO increase 1t by fifteen per cent, as
II had every other schedule In the bill.
Mr.. Jones Insisted with vigorous protes-
tntions, that raw sugar should be given
this additional fifteen per cent. In the
Senate. He was reinforced in this con-
tcntion by Mr.. Perkins. of California,
and by MIR. Thulston. of Nebraska, both
Of whom represent States that are en-
gagged in the growing OF bects for sugar
and the manufacture of sugar from that
farm product
| In view OF these contentious 1t Is easy
to sec that the Republicans of the COM
mittee were very much ut sea as to
. what should he the policy they ought TO
pursue. Hence their appeal to the full
membership of thcir,own party Should
: the caucus tomorrow. as now seems
likely, instruct the committee to report
the bill without amcndments.and should
: il agree to support the bill thus report
cu ana Nolc GOWN any VAid 'ii tanteHu
: ments. II deadlock between Mr.. Jones
and the Republican members of the
committee appears TO be imminent.
p, MIR Jones holds the balance of power
I'm the committee. His vote is necessary
t. report the bill ana without him the
Republicans cannot report the measure
in any shape Mr.. Jones said tonight
that he would insist upon>th the adoption
OF the IL per cent. to.the sugar schedule.
lIf the caucus so decides the Republican
members will not grant it. Mr.. Jones.
ii seems. must then either change his
mind or the bill will remain in tnei
! files Of tho Committee on Finance.
| Repu blicans profess to believe that tMf.
] Jones will not thus put himself onI
record. but that after urging his propo-i
si,ion he will yield to the Will OF hiss
| former Republican associates and per-I
nit the bill 10 be reported. 1t looks
tonight as if Mr.. Jones was master OK
tho SituatiOn tf3Es