St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-01

ROOMS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
Committee, 1917 Street, n. \.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October IL, 1884. }
Hon. Leon Jastremski, Chairman Democratic
State Central Committee of Louisiana
DEAR SIR-At the request of Senator
Jonas, have caused the records Of
Congress to be examined for you, so far
as the Legislation of Congress on sugar
is concerned. since 1875.
The first Act Of importance was the
following:
An Act to carry into effect convention
between tho United States Of America
and his Majesty the King of the Hawa-
liam Islands, signed on the thirteenth
day of January, eighteen hundred and
seventy-fve.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of AneericG IN Congress Assembled, That
whenever the President Of the United
States shall receive satisfactory eyi
dence that the Legislature Of the
Hawaiian Islands have passed laws on
their part to give full effect to the pro-
visions of the convention between the
United States and his Majesty the King
of the Hawaiian Islands, signed on the
thirteenth DAP of January eighteen hum
dred and seventy he is hereby au-
thorized to issue his proclamation de-
elaring that he has such evidence and
thereupon from the date of such procla-
nation, the following articles, being
the growth and manufacture OF produce
of the Hawaiian Islands, to-wit: arrow
root, caster oil, bananas, nuts, vegeta-
bles, dried and undried, preserved aud
mp aserved hides and skins, undress-
Cd rice, pnlu. seeds, plants, shrubs or
trees, muscoYado, brown, and all other
nnrefined sugar, meaning hereby the
grades of sugar heretofore commonly
imported from the Hawaiian Islands,
and now known in the markets of San
Francisco, and Portland as Sandwich
Island sugar y syrups of sugar cane,
melado and mOlasses; talloW, shall be
introduced into the United States free
of duty, so long as the said convention
shall remain ID force.
Approved August Is, 1876.
This Act was opposed by Hon. Ran
dali Gibson, Hon. j. Randolph Tucker
and other Democrats. It passed by
vote Of lis yeas to 1O1 nays
Among the Republicans who voted for
this bill to admit sugar free of duty was
James G.. Blaine, now candidate for
President on che Republican ticket, and
Frye and Hale Of Maine, now Senators
from that State and the friends and ad-
yisers 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
Messrs. Samuel. j. Randall, w. s. Hol-
man, Blackburn Of Kentucky, and Ellis
and Gibson Of your State.
Charles 4. Nash and G. B. Darrall,
Republicans Of your State, failed to
vote.
OF the LILO yeas 30 were Republican.
Of the 1O1 nays II were Democrats.
See page 3O3Y, vol. 4, Forty Fourth Con
gress, second session, May s, 1876.
enclose President Grants proclama-
ton on the subject.
When this bill reached the Senate its
passage was warmly urged by Hon.
John a. Logan, Senator from Illinois,
who belittled the sugar interests and
Tidiculed the arguments Of the friends
of that interest, Pages $3.50, 557O, Con-
gressional Record, August IA, 1876.
The bill was passed August IA, 1876
yeas 80, nays 10. OF these who voted
yea % were Republicans, among whom
were John A. Logan, Republican candi-
date for Vice President, and B. j. Ogles-
BIZ, Republican candidate for Governor
Of Illinois. But three Republicans vot-
ID against tho passage of the bill. See
page 5572 Record, Forty Fourth Con
yress, second session.
The clause in the tariff act of 1883, re-
lucing the tariff on sugar, was inserted
d the Senate on motion Of Senator Nor