National Republican., 1883-01-31

the extraction and manufacture of sugar from
cane and sorghum at % per cont ad valorem.
Mr.. Rollins moved to add "and sugar"
Lost.
Mr.. Jonas's amendment was rejected
MIR. Vance modified his amendment pro-
viding for the free admission of machinery for
the manufacture Of cotton and wooden goods
by striking out "woolen" and reducing the
the period of such free admission from ten TO
three years. Lost-ayes g. noes 81.
The metal schedule being disposed Of, tho
senate proceeded to consider the sugar sched-
ule.
Mr.. Morrill, offered the substitute for the
schedule of which he gave notice on the
twentieth instant.
Mr.. Aldrich said he had been unable to
agree with his brethren of tho committee on
this subject, and he offered an amendment to
the substitute offered by Mr.. Morrill, making
the additional" duty on sugars not above
No. 10 Dutch standard four hundredths of a
cent per pound instead of five. Ho said fur
ther that If this were agreed to he would pro-
pose % corresponding change in the paragraph
covering sugars above No. 10 Dutch standard.
Mr.. Mcpherson offered an amendment
which he said was the tariff commissions
schedule pure and simple
Mr.. Morgan stated at length the reasons why
he should vote to reduce the duty on sugar.
Mr.. Jonas, of Louisiana, rose to speak at
| about o'clock.
| Mr.. SALISBURY, having conferred with him,
| said that the senator from Louisiana (NIr.
Jonas) desired to speak at length and did not
feel well, and therefore he moved to adjourn.
Lost.
Mr.. Jonas argued against the proposed re-
duction.
Mr.. Aldrich followed with an elaborate ex-
| plantations of the action of the committee.
Mr.. Kellogg announced that he intended to
offer the tariff commissions sugar schedule as
u substitute for that reported by the COM
mittee. He said that tho market was in the
| hands of the sugar retiners that the existing
duty on fine sugars was prohibitory; that the
rate proposed by the committee would still be
prohibitory; that the amendment now proposed
| by the chairman of the committee on finance
would increase tho rate above that proposed
| by the committee, and that the report of the
tariff commission would give the Louisiana
planter no higher protection than that which
he had enjoyed for thirty years back, and
which had enabled him to increase the value
of his products from S4,000,000 or $5,Q00000 to
S125,000,000 annually.
Mr.. Frye read some figures to show that
sugar costs the housekeeper more than bread
Mr.. Morgan argued against the Dutch
standard and the polariscope test, and in
favor of an ad valorem duty.
Without acting on any of the amendments
the senate, on motion Of Mr.. Morrill,, at LILO
adjourned.
| NOMINATIONS.
The President sent tho following nomina.
tions to the senate yesterday:
| Capt, James w. scully, assistant quartermaster
| to be n major and quartermaster.
| Capt. Andrew S. Burt, hity-ninth infantry, to be
major eighth infantry.
First Lieuts Patrick Cusack, ninth cavalry, and
Morris G, Foote ninth infantry to be captains. a,
Second Lieut.. Robert T. Emmett, ninth cavalry,
| to be first lieutenant.
William II. c. Mitchell. of Michigan, TO be re-
ceiver of public moneys at Reed city, Mich.