The evening world., 1894-06-05
UAIS Ut 6khUc.
The Bounty Not to Be Taken
Off Until the First Of
January, 1895.
50 THE SENATE VOTES TO-DAY
Jones Amendment Adopted by a
Vote of 40 Yeas
Against 81 Nays
A FIGHT ON THE SCHEDULE.
Compromise Amendment Pending ;
PETER Moves for Free
Sugar.
A FIGHT ON THE SCHEDULE.
(By Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON. June 5.-The voting on
the sugar schedule began promptly at /
r. NJ. In the Senate to-day. The first
vote was on the Jones amendment. fixing
the date when the sugar schedule should
go into effect and the sugar bounty be
terminated at Jan. /. 1896.
The vote resulted: Yeas. 40; nays. 81.
The amendment was adopted. Mr.. Hill
did not vote and Mr.. PETER voted with
the Republicans. Allen and Kyle voted
with the Democrats.
Brice and Villas withdrew their votes,
being paired with Wolcott and Mitchell,
Of Oregon.
In the course Of debate. Mr.. Aldnch
stated that from his calculations the
change In the date on which the schedule
was to go into effect would net the
Sugar Trust $S4.O 900. 900.
The next vote was upon the amend
ment offered by Senator Henderson, of
Nebraska, providing for the retention OF
the bounty provision OF the Mckinley
law.
This amendment was defeated-yeas
80. nays 40. Hill voted no. as did also
Allen and Kyle. PETER, OF Kansas, voted
with the Republicans.
Allen and Kyle, who had been voting
with the Democrats. voted with the
Republicans on this amendment. Hill
did not vote.
Henderson then offered an amend
ment applying the bounty provision to
beet and sorghum sugar only.
This was beaten-yeas. 81; nays, 80.
Senator Manderson's next amendment
decreasing the bounty one-tenth OF II
cent each year until the time fixed In the
Mckinley law for Its total expiration,
was also defeated, yeas "a, nays 81.
The Nebraska senator Manderson)
followed this with an amendment to
continue the bounty provision OF the
Mckinley law. combining II to beet and
sorghum sugars, at one instead OF two
cents per pound. until 1905. Although
1t received the Populist support, the
amendment failed, 81 to 81.
Mr.. Allison hen offered an amend
ment to reduce the sugar bounty for
the remainder OF the calendar year to
eighteenth of a cent per pound. and
to make the schedule take eff
feet Immediately on the passage OF the
bill.
The three Populists this time voted
with the Democrats. There VAS no
break In party lines and the amendment
was defeated. 80 to 40.
Mr.. Frye asked Mr.. Allison whether,
| ~ tha JJnttaa a DrnaI m IN. pnapJy,a 4, .
fixing the date on which the repeal OF
the bounty should go into effect at Jan.
l, 1895. the sugar growers of Louisiana
would not get the bounty of two cents
for this year and also the benefit of the
duty.
Mr.. Allison replied that there was no
doubt about that. They would get three
and one-half cents advance for this
years crop.
The Senate then passed the next para
graph, 1872 l-2, fixing the duty on sugar.
Mr.. Jones offered the Compromise
amendment, fixing the duty on raw and
refined sugar at 40 per cent. ad valorem,
with a dlfferential OF one-eighth OF one
cent on sugars above IS Dutch standard
and an additional one-tenth on sugars
imported from countries giving an ex-
port bounty: continuing the Hawaiian
treaty In force, and imposing a duty Of
two cents a gallon on molasses.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Lodge
to substitute the original sugar schedule.
reported by the Finance Committee. for
the Jones compromise schedule. was
lost by 2s to 81.
PETER, Kyle and Allen all voted In
the negative.
PETER then offered an amendment
placing Sugar on the free list.