The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25

be suspended. Committee rooms and
restaurants and lobbies were called on
for members, and Chairman Wilson was
finally able to 60 ahead with bare
quorum, and the sugar debate was con-
| tinued.
The first vote was taken on the
| Meiklejohn amendment to substitute the
2 cent bounty of the Mckinley bill for
the bounty provision Of the Wilson bill.
| Lost-32 to 1853.
The next vote was taken on Mr.
Prices proposition to substitute the duty
contained in the Mills bill, 1-5c per
| pornd below Ii Dutch standard, 22O
above 16 Dutch standard, $50 above 20
Dutch standard. Lost-19 to no.
The third vote was on Mr.. Harter's
proposition TO abolish the bounty and
| substitute 1 cent duty on sugar. Lost
| without division.
MI. McRae's amendment abolishing the
bounty entirely was cf.rried-135 to 50.
The next vote was on the proposition
| to place refined sugar on the free list, and
| it was carried-137 to So.
The next vote was on q proposition to
| place uniform duty of cent per pound
on all sugar below 16 Dutch standard.
| Lost--67 to H.
These votes left pending vote on the
Robertson amendment as amended by Mr..
| Warner. The amendment was to put re-
| lined sugar on the free list and raw
sugar on the dutiable list. The house
| was in such a tangle that Mr.. Wilson
| moved that the committee rise. A re-
| cess was then taken.
While petitions We're being presented in
| the senate Senator Sherman Rep.) took
! occasion to refer to the flag incident
| which recently stirred up Ohio people,
! and said that he hoped the flags would
| be kept flying over the capitol all the time
| court was in session.
Senator Lodge Rep. Mass.) presented
| resolution directing the civil service
commission to report to the senate the
| number and character of cases which it
| has considered since March 4, 1889, in
| which it is alleged that the civil service
regulations have been violated by the
| hesds of departments, or bureaus thereof,
| or by any officers of the United States
| whose appointment is subject to the con.
| frma ton Of the senate.
! Washir gton, jan. 24.-Thc house to-
| day determined the abolition of the duty
rron refined sugar which was passed
lion just before the house adjourned
| est night, as an amendment to an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Robertson, one of
the Louisiana sugar men. A way out of
! the confusion which existed upon the ef-
feet of the amendment adopted last night
was found after two hours discussion
Of the parliamentary situation by sub
hitting the question to the house as to
whether the Warner amendment placing
refined sugar on the free list should be
considered as substitute for the Robert
son. amendment. This was decided af-
fl matively, and then by an overwhelming
vote i'll which the Republicans Joined with
the radical Democrats against the sugar
men and several members of the ways
I end means committee, the substitute was
, adopted. With regard to the sugar
schedule, therefore, the committee of the
whole has abolished the bounty and
i placed all sugar: both raw and refined,
upon the free list When it came to
consider the coal schedule, however, the
committee Jared much better and all four
of the amendments designed to place a
| duty of from 10 to Is cents per ton upon
| coal were beaten. The debate upon the
coal schedule developed a great deal of
feeling among the Southern members,
especially those from Virginia, West Vir-
| ginia, Tennessee and Alabama, whose
states are interested either in coal or
| iron ore The general impression is that
! the defeat of the sugar men and of those
who are interested in retaining a duty
| upon coal will result in strengthening the
movement developed on the Democratic
| side to recommit the bill. If the iron men
are defeated, and especially if the income
tax should be placed upon the bill as
rider later in the week, another strong
| faction on the Democratic side will be
| added to this movement. The Republic
! ans VIII all vote for the motion to re-
commit, and, with the Democrats who do
not care to vote against the bill outright
| and who are not satisfied with it. in it's
present form, they may be able to muster
| a majority to send it back to the COM
! mittee. This is now admitted on all
| hands to be the chief danger to the bill.
| If it could be brought to direct vote
there is no question about it passing
| Mr.. Haugen rep. Wis., said he de-
| sired on the part of the iron men of the
| Lake Superior district to enter Il protest
| against the proposed abolition of the duty
on iron ore. Mr.. Blair Rep. N. H. took
| the floor and was speaking when the
| time arrived for recess.
The feature OF the day in the senate
was speech by Senator Cullom. He ar
| ra!gned the administration for it's Ha-
| >'aiian policy, and declared that Com
missioner Blount, had he been ir. any
| other country, would have been shot as a
! Spy and traitor, as was Mai. Andre in
| America a hundred years ago.
Noetting Convicted.
milwaukee, Jan. 24.--After delberat-
! ing for three hours the jury in the case