St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-03
SUGAR QUESTION SETTLED.
THE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE PASSES
The SENATE.
THE REPEAL OF THE BOUNTY
Takes Effect on the Passage ofthe
Tariff Bill Instead OF In 1898
1t Is a Victory for Hill and a
Defeat for the FINANCE Dom.
mittee Motion to Abrogate
Hawaiian Treaty Lost.


WASHINGTON. July 2. - Numerous
amendments to the tariff schedules were
them were:
Changing the rate ON bottles holding
more than one pint to q cent per pound,
and on walls not holding more than one
pint to l & cents; on cast, polished plate
glass, not exceeding 24X60 inches. from
20 to 2214 cents per square foot. All the
amendments adopted in committee OF
the whole were agreed to. The iron
ore amendment, on which special
vote had been reserved, was adopted,
So to s. The proposition to make the
repeal of the sugar bounty take im-
mediate effect instead OF in 1895 was
adopted. SO to 80.
The adoption of Mr.. HIPS amend
ment was defeat for the finance COM
mittee. The Democrats standing for
the amendment were Coke, George, Hill,
Irby, Pugh. OF the Populists, Allen and
Kyle, voted against HIPS motion. An
amendment offered by Mr.. Henderson,
making the date at which repeal of the
sugar bounty should go into effect Jan.
l, 1905, was lost 81 TO 35, strict party
vote. Other amendments TO this sched-
ule were also voted down.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Kyle,
to make the sugar schedule go into
effect on the passage Of the act, was
agreed to without division. also all
amendment offered by Mr.. Jones
(Which. he said. had the approval of the
secretary of the treasury, to relieve
SUGAR IMPORTS
from the additional one-tenth of cent
from export bounty, giving countries
upon tine production of proof that such
bounties have not been.received.
Mr.. Lodge offered the original senate
schedule of graded specific rates. 1t
was lost, % to "A.
Mr.. Pettigrew Rep.. s. d. moved to
strike out the provision to continue the
Hawaiian treaty in force. 1t cost the
people of the United States four mill
ions annually, he claimed, with no re-
ciprocal benefit to them.
After debate Mr.. Harris got the floor,
and moved to lay the amendment Oh the
table. Mr.. Hoar attempted by a motion
to indefinitely postpone, to prevent Mr..
Harris from cutting off debate, but Mr..
Jarvis, the new senator from North
Carolina, who was In the chair, put and
decided motions with a swlftness and
frmness that fairly took the breath
away from the senate.
A parliamentary wrangle was breed
ing. when Mr.. Harris relented, with
drawing his motion, and allowed the
debate to proceed.
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Dolph both op-
posed the amendment. 1t was lost-11
to 81.
Those who voted in favor of it were:
Allen, Blanchard. Gallery. George.
Hansbrough, Hill. Irby, Henderson
Mills. Pettigrew, Power-11.
Mr.. Pettigrew then moved to strike
out the provision specifically continuing
the treaty in force and allow the deter
mination of the question of its abroga-
ton to be decided later-lost. 10 to 81.
MIR. Jones (Ark.) gave notice of a COM
mittee amendment, which will be Of
fered and acted on tomorrow. in the
shape of proyiso to be added 10 section
1872, repeating the bounty proviso of the
M'KINLEY LAWS
sand to continue in force the bounty
until Jan. l, 1895, to the extent of $40 of
a cent on sugar testing 80 degrees by
the polariscope. and $40 on sugars test
ing not less than 80 degrees.
Mr.. Allen at this juncture offered his
substitute for the sugar schedule, MAX
i'm haI n inI, I
cent per pound; between 80 and 90 de-
grees, LILO of cent additional for every
degree above 80; cents on molasses
below Sc, and above Sc. The substi-
tute also abrogated the Hawaiian
treaty and continued the bounty until
Jan. l, 1893, 264-100 cents per pound.
Mr.Allen thought the substitute would
eliminate the vicious features of the
sugar schedule; 1t would make the duty
specific In the interest Of the sugar
grower, would remove the discrimina-
ton in favor of the sugar trust and alb
rogate the treaty. 1t was lost-2 TO SO.
Mr.. PETER and Mr.. Kyle were the
only senators who supported it.
Mr.. PETER moved to strike out the
sugar schedule and place all sugars on
the free list. 1t was lost-3S to SO.
Messrs. Hill. Irby and
THREE PoPULIsTS
voted In favor of the amendment, and
Messrs. Perkins (LaL), Quay pa and
Manderson (Neb.), Republicans against
1t. The final vote was then taken on
the adoption of the sugar schedule, and
it was agreed to-3S to "a.
Messrs. Allen and Quay voted for the
final adoption of the schedule; Messrs.
Hill. 1rby, Kyle and PETER against IT.
Otherwise 1t was strict party vote.
Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada, did not vote.
This disposed of the sugar schedule.
Mr.. Powers (Rep., Mont.) moved to SUBJ