Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-12
SUGAR..
FREE FAMILY FIGHT IN THE
81 HOUSE
Among the Republicans on the In
teresting Topic.
special Dispatch to The Enquirer.

Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July THE
Senate having adjourned from Thurs
day till Monday, the House of Repre-
sentatives was the sole attraction at the
Capitol to-day. The Democratic side
of the hall was almost deserted, the day
being left to free family fight among
the Republicans on the sugar question.
Yesterday the sugar schedule of the
Mills tariff bill was taken up as a whole
and Mr.. Cannon, the explosive Repub-
lican member from Illinois, offered an
amendment, which was necessarily too
technical to he interesting in detail to
the hurried reader, but the general eff
feet of which was to wipe out nearly
all of the tariff on sugar under the ex-
isting law, or under the Mills bill, and
provide for the payment of bounty to
sugar producers.
This did not preclude other amend
ments to the sugar schedule which
might be offered after the disposition
of the Common amendment. This be-
ing an important question the generous
Democrats, under the leadership of
Mills, agreed to abrogate the five min
utes' rule for the time. Consequently
the discussion of Mr.. Cannon's propo-
sition Tapped over on to-day, and be-
came quite interesting. Mr.. Cannon
took the position that the tariff on
sugar was revenue tariff, and practi-
caIly proclaimed himself in favor Of
free sugar before free whisky.
To-day Judge Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, took Mr.. Cannon in hand and
-. - IL, ruol with haHooxy nd
read him out of the party. Cannon
gave back as good as he got and the
dispute between him and Kelley turned
on the Interpretation of the Republic
can platform recently adopted at Chi
cago. Painful as it may seem to be,
there was actually rank dispute
among leading Republicans in Con-
gress as to what the meaning of the
Republican declaration of principles
meant, and Mckinley was several hun
dred miles away. This is only fore
runner of the difficulties which will be-
set the coming Republican campaign.
1t will devolve upon Republican
speakers and writers to explain
whether the whisky and tobacco taxes
must be abolished before the tariff Is
touched in any particular, or whether
there is any loop hole in the Chicago
iron-clad resolutions. Other members
Joined Kelley in the attempt to ex-
tinguish Cannon. Among them was
Peters, of Kansas, a ranter, who fought
the air with his arms, yelled himself
hoarse to an Indifferent audience and
wiped buckets of perspiration from his
brow. The Kansas members were
struggling for tariff O protect the
sugar industry which, it is claimed, is
developing in their State. Geer and
Henderson, of Iowa, spoke in favor OF
the Cannon amendment. ~
Henderson sneered at the Kansas
sugar enterprise and said it was all in
"tIe sweet by-and-by." If 1t ever
amounted to anything there would DC
American Congresses after this one to
take care of it. The debate was rather
lively and was fight among. Republic
cans. This difference of opinion
among leaders of the 6. o. p. on an Inn
portant section of the tariff bill must
have been very encouraging to the
Democratic members, but they enjoyed
their triumph modestly, and many'o
them kept as cool as might be in, thei
committee rooms while the war lasted
After Henderson's speech, Kerr, o
Iowa, got on his feet to address the
House and was greeted on both side
with cries of "Vote, VOTE" but he go
in his remarks. ..., ..I