The herald., 1897-03-19

appoint any OF the regular committees
OF the house beyond the three already
announced. IN this way all the miscel-
laneous legislation will be blocked and
the entire attention of the house TO-
cussed on the tariff bill. The bills which
are being introduced by the hundreds
viii have to wait until the committee
to which they would go under the nat
ural order OF things are appointed. 1t is
not even likely that the appropriation
committee will be appointed AS soon as
the tariff bill has been sent to the SEN
ate the appropriation bills as they were
sent to the president and the deficiency
as was agreed to in conference, will be
put through under special orders which
the rules committee will bring in for
( the purpose BY avoiding complications
which might arise if the legislative mill
should be thrown open to an indiscrimi-
nate grind, the house leaders say they
can materially expedite financial legis-
lation in the senate by rendering delay
in the upper branch of congress on the
tariff all the more conspicuous by the
inaction of the house
THE TARIFF BILL.
The ways and means committee to-
day changed the sugar schedule to read
as follows: Sugar not above NO. 10,
Dutch standard in color, tank bottoms,
syrup of cane juice, melada, concen-
trated melada, concentrated molasses
testing by polarscope not above rs de-
greles, one cent per pound; and for ev-
cry additional degree shown by po-
1ariscope three-hundredths of one cent
per pound additional and fraction of a
degree in proporAon; and on sugar
above No. 16 Dutch standard in color,
and on all sugar which has gone
through the process ~of refining, 1875
GENTS per pound. Molasses testing
above forty degrees and not above b6
degrees, cents per gallon.
The original form of the schedule had
the words "or fraction of degree" af-
ter .for every additional degree" but
the first clause mentioned is stricken
out and the words, "and fractions of a
degree in proportion added. "Molas-
ses testing not above Sc degrees" was
the original wording of the last two
lines. AA
Other amendments to the bill which
were offered by the Republicans were
adopted ais follows: Raising china clay
from 50 to SO a ton. Placing Rocking
ham eartlsenware at 40 per cent ad
yalorern.
Anti-friction ball bearings for bicy-
cles or iron or steel or combined iron
and steel at As per cent ad valorem
Ochre and ochre earths, dried and pow
dered, n cent pound.
welded cylindrical furnaces made
from plate metal 2is cents a pound (an
addition of about X cent to the rate In
the bilD.
Butchers and packers sloewers at 40
cents per 1000, change from S5 per cent
aid va1orem
Changing the paragraph of the to-
bacco schedule which rates were at 81
a pound unstemmed and s275 stemmed,
all tobacco in any bale, box or package,
or in bulk, which shall contain exceed
ing Is per cent leaves suitable for wrap
pers by adding or which shall be the
growth of different countries.
The program for the tariff bill in the
house was agreed upon by the commit
tee after long and somewhat discord-
ant meeting in which there was disa-
greement not only between the two par
ties but among the Democratic members
of the committee.
The bill will be reported to the house,
debate will begin Monday next, and the
final vote will be taken on Wednesday
March 31st. In the meantime the house
will be in session from II o'clock in the
morning to an indefinite hour at night,
with recess for dinner. all the time to
be consumed In debate on the bill.
1t was proposed by Chairman Dingley
to have the debate begun on Friday as
soon as the bill had been reported but
the Democrats opposed this feature Of
the program, so strenuously reminding
their adversaries that they had permit
ted the Wilson bill to be considered in
the committee for a week, that the Re
publicans conceded more time to them
The Republicans presented a list OF
amendments which were incorporated
in the bill by a party vote, while many
amendments were proposed by Demo-
crats, several of which did not secure
the united support of the representatives
of that party.
Some friction was developed between
Mr.. Bailey of Texas and Mr.. McMillin
of Tennessee. the former having been
promoted over the head of the latter to
the position of senior Democratic men,
ber of the committee by virtue of his
position as candidate of the Democrats
for the speakership of the house. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Bailey will make
the minority report on the bill, but will
concede to McMillin the privilege of
making the first speech in opposition.
Mr. McLiaurin said sixty million
pounds of cotton had been imported into
the United States from seventeen coun-
tries last year, and he did not see how
Democrats who voted for duties on
wheat and corn, of which importations
were small, in the Wilson bill, could con
sistently refuse to vote for duty on
cotton. Two Democrats voted for the
amendment McLaurn of South Caro-
lima and Robertson of Louisiana. The
Republicans voted against it. The
amendment was to place a duty of 21s
cents per pound on all cotton.
"A motion by Mr.. Swanson to strike out
the sugar differential duty received the
votes of all the Democrats except Rob-
brtson. The latter proposed an amend
nsnt to direct the president to give no