The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-11-01
LAKE CHARLES CAICASEU PARISH LOUISIANA SATURDAY NOVEMBER
The Records or National
Legislation Shows How
the Republicans Voted.
Blaine, Logan and Kellogg for
Free Sugar-HOw they voted
I'm Congress.
The Democrats stand by Sugar

RooMs DEN. CON. Con-, 1917 F St, N W., |
Washington, d. O., Oct. lS, 1884.
Hon. Leon Jastremski, Chairman Democratic
State Central Committee OF La
Dear Sir-At the request of Sena-
tor Jonas, | have cansed the records
Of Congress to be examined for you,
so far as the legislation of Congress
is concerned, since 1875.
The first act of Importance was the
following:
An act to carry into effect a conven-
ton between the King Of the Ha-
waiian Islands, signed on the 30th
day of January, 1875.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the Uni
ted States. of America In Congress- as
sembIed, That whenever the President
of the United States shall receive sat
isfactory evidence that the Legisla-
ture of the Hawaiian Islands have
passed laws to give full effect to the
provisions of the convention between
the United States and his Majesty the
King of tho Hawaiian Islands, signed
on the 30th day of January, 1875, he
is hereby authorized to issue his pro-
clamation declaring that he has such
evidence and thereupon from the
date of such proclamation, the arti-
cles, being the growth and manufac-
tnre or produce of the Hawaiian Is
lands, to-wit arrow root, castor oil,
bananas, nuts, vegetables, dried and
undried, preserved and unpreserved;
hides and skins, undressed; rice, pulu,
seeds, plants, shrubs, or tree, musco-
vado, brown, and all other unre6ned
sugar, meaning hereby the grades of
sugar heretofore imported from the
Hawaiian Islands, and now known in
markets of San Francisco and Port
land as Sandwich Island sugar I"
syrnps of sugar cane, melado and mo-
lasses tailow, shall be intro
duced into the United States free
of duty, so long as the said conVen-
ton shall remain In force. '
Approved August l6, 1879.
This act was opposed by Hon. Ran
dali Gibson, Hon. J. Randolph Tucker
and other Democrats. 1t passed by q
vote of lis yeas to 1ol nays.
Among the Republicans who voted
for this bill to admit sugar free Of
duty was JAMES G. BLAINE, now
candidate for President on tho Re-
publican ticket, and Frye and Hale,
of Maine, now Senators from that
State, and the valued advisers of Mr..
Blaine, James A. Garfield also voted
to free Hawaiian sugar from duty.
Among those Democrats who voted
against the passage Of this act were
Mcssrs. Samuel J, Randall, w. $.
Holman, Blackburn, of KCptucky,
and Ellis and Gibson of your State.
Charles E. Nash and G. B, Darrall,
Republicans of your State, failed to
vote.
OF the lis yeas. 90 were Repubh
cans, I
OF tho l0l nays, II were Demo
Gratis. See page 3o37, vol. 4, Forty
fourth Congress, second session, May
9, 1875.
inclose copy of Grants proclama-
tion on the subject.
When this bill reached the Senate
its passage was warmly urged by Hon.
JOHN A. LOGAN, Senator from Hi
nois, who belittled the sugar interests
and ridicpled the arguments Of the
friends Of that interest, Pages $500,
557o, Con. Record, Aug. IA, 1876,
The bill was passed Aug. IA, 1879
yeas 30, nays l2. of those who
voted yea 80 were Republicans, among
whom were JOHN A. LOGAN, now
Republican candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, and r. ], Oglesby, Republican,
candidate for Governor Of Illinois.
But three Republicans voted against
the passage Of this bill. See page
sara Record, Forty-fourth Congress,
first session,
The clause in the tariff act of 1883
reducing the tariff on sugar, was in
serted in the Senate upon motion oi
Senator Morrill,, OF Vermont, Republi-
can, Senator AldFieh, of Rhode Island,
Republican, moved to amend the tariff
bill as reported BY Senator Morrill,, ~
follows.
AMREDMMNT,
An sngars not above No, ia, Dutch
standard in color, all tank bottoms,
syrup Or eAne juice or rot OF beet
iuice, melada, concentrated meladai
conerate aud concentrated moiasses,
testing BY the Polariscope not above
is. shall pay a duty Of l.25 cents PEI
ponnd and for every additional de-
aree or fraction Of a degree, shown
by the polapIsoope teat, tasy shall pay
6nEhundradths Of cent PAT pound
additio1aI.
An sugars aboYa No 49, Dutch