The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-25
Moves That the Bounty on Sugar
Stand Unrepealed.
Recommends Hill forDefending
the President.
FAITH WAS BROKEN.
Louisiana Senators We're Not
Treated Right, He Says.

ate Yesterday afternoon M Gallery
followed Mr.. Hill, first moving that
the conference be instructed to make
the following amendment:
THAT the bounty provided in said
act shall stand unrepealed to the ex-
tent that there shall be paid to the
producer of sugar from beets. sOr-
ghum or sugar cane grown ia the
United States during the year 1894. or
from maple sap produced in the
United States during the year 1894
under license for 1894 and subject to
the limitations imposed by law, on all
sugars testing not less than 90 de-
grees by the polariscope, 30 of !
cent per pound, and upon all such
sugars testing less than 80 per cent
by the polariscOPe, and not less than
80 degrees, $40 of ] cent per pound
Mr.. Caffery then commended Sena-
tor Hill for his defense OF the presi-
dent, declared there was Dothing n
the letter which need arouse the Ire
of the senators who felt themselves
aggrieved and the Louisianian de-
cIared it did not call for the denun-
Citations of the senator from Mary
land He then read an extract from
that letter and commented upon it in
favorable terms lie declared the
president was exonerated from the
charges made against him by Mr.
German. The very evidences adduced
by Mr. German, he said, justified the
president in writing the letter he had.
There was absolutely no truth IN the
allegation that Mr.. Cleveland had viO-
lated the functions of his Office IN
giving his views to the chairman of
he ways and means committee If
the mem bcrs of the finance commit
tee had denounced the bill as they
did in saying certain features of the
bill involved party surrender, how
was it wrong for the president to
Charge ''perhdy and dishonor?'
Since the secrets of the past were
to be divulged, he would not longer
keep ia the dark the secrets of his
own prison house. The Louisiana
senators had been made the target for
the sings and arrows of the tariff re-
formers The time had come for him
to tell his story. He was at little
conference at which were present.
Hmong others. Messrs Brice and Cor
man. II was decided at that confer
ence that 40 per cent on raw and so
per cent on refined sugar was proper
II took that schedule to the finance
committee and gave it to Senator
Jones'" he continued Mr. Jones.
after calcul atlng. pointed out that n
the differential allowed the refner
was CO. eded a differential greater
than the Mckinley law. l therenpon
withdrew it. After further consul ta-
tion l prese nted another schedule,
placing l cent on raw and Is on re-
fined So t remained for some time,
when / was admoni~hed by Mr. Cor
man and Mr.. Brice that this
Jones told me the sugar
refining interests would favor
free sugar if that schedule was i'm
sisted upon. lie wanted me to accept
40 per cent on raw and refined and
One-eighth differcntial ON refined.
.Iaff ..fe ri fal la tn
me or the sugar growers aud | want
the country to know il was dictated by
the refining interests At last we &c
cepted it with the understanding the
bounty provision for 1894 should
stand I call on Senators Vest and
Jones to say whether ] have said the
truth" but neither of the senators
re piled
lie then continued to describe the
subtitle methods employed to emascu-
late the sugar schedule and defeat
the bill The ways of the sena tor
from New York UIill) were past find
ing out Upon the motion to make
the schedule go into effect on the
passage of the bill some of the Demo-
Gratis jumped the track and violated
their agreement That. was the first
time faith was broken with the
Louisiana senators. What subtitle
force WAS it. he asked, that sought to
strike down the sugar agriculturist
anu 70 bAEON lis projecting wing
about the gigantic sugar refining
INTEREST,"
lie referred in sarcastic tones to
Mr. Germans statement that how
ever distasteful duty on sugar was
TO himself and others, they knew the
two votes of the Louisiana senators
were necessary to pass the bill
you have told US the attitude of
everybody else viii you tell us
what the attitude of the Louisiana
senators would have been if sugar
had been placed on the free hst?''
asked Mr. Teller
.'Frankly," replied Mr.. Caffery. 4
will say If sugar had been placed
upon the free list we would have
voted against the BILL
He then proceeded to discuss the
sugar schedule of the Mckinley bill,
and this brought out an animated de-
bat on sugar making between Sena-
tors Aldrlch. Gray. Gallery and Ali
son The latter stated that it had
been asserted that about IS per cent
of sugars grown in Louisiana would
receive the benefit Of the one-eaghth
cent differential- Mr.. Caffery said
the perez ntagc would be about "a
Mr. Caffery's speech was still in
progress when at 3.O5 o'clock Mr.
Cockrell secured recognition to move
an adjournment. which motion was
adopted.
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