Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-02
SAVED THE SUGAR TRUST
Senator Kyle's Proposition to Eliminate
the Duty on Refined Sugar Defeated. ~ q
Mr.. Quay's Vote Did the Bu.fness-A
Roll Call That Caused Much
Excitement.

Senator Quay of Pennsylvania paid good
deal Of money to the sugar trust by vote
cast by him in the Senate this, afternoon
By breaking away from his party and vol
ing in the negative on a proposition -
eliminate the one-eighth Of a cest. duty On
refined sugar of the pending tariff bill he
carried the day for the trust. The vote was
"a to 35 against the proposition. and thus
the one vote of Senator Quay changed the
result The vote was taken and made 4
good deal of excitement, and the result was
awaited BY Senators with breathless in
terest. 1t was almost Ike taking a vote on
the Dill itself The proposition. which was
submitted by Mr.. Kyle. was known TO be
advocated by the populists and Senator lr-
py at their recent conference, and 1t was
felt that perhaps, the fate of the bill itself
might hang upon the result. .IrT' Z
mere had been several votes on the
susar seheouie before this. mostly upon
propositions to restore the bounty, ali of
winch had been voted down. good deal
Oh interest. however. has been given TO tne
afternoons proceedings by Mr.. Hills VIC
TORY over the committee in securing an
amendment putting the sugar Schedule into
immediate effect. Since that vote demo-
cratic Senators had been laboring hard
with Messrs. George, Coke and Pugh, who
nad voted with Mr.. Hill. A noisy alterca-
ton had been heard in the democratic
cloak room. There were evidences of dem
ocratic discomfort. and SO the vote upon
the populist proposition was awaited with
more than usual interest. s1 8
Blanchard and Kyle. rFft
Before the vote was taken there was a,
breezy colloquy between Senators,KyIs and
Blanchard, and the latter grew qurte 1ex-
cited in his denunciation of Nr. Kyie's
statement. but the one-eighth of, a cent
duty on refined sugar was fully in The in
n he frpS nd 4.
the western beet sugar makers The amend
ment at the request of Mr.. Henderson Va $
divided, SO that the vote was still taken
squarely on the question of eliminating the
is per cent duty. This amendment was
lost "a to 30. II was rumored Just before
the roll call was had that Senators Pugh.
George and Coke. and perhaus Senator
Ransom. would probably join Nessrs HiIl
and Irby and the populists in this attack
upon the sugar trust a.
This would carry the amendment even
with Mr.. Quay's vote recorded against il
which was foreshad owed. On the first ca
OF the roll Mr. Henderson was silent, and
Senator Murphy, who had been voting with
the committee steadily. was not in the
chamber The populists and Senators Hi
ana Irby had voted for the amendm snt
and Mr.. Quay had voted against IT. Messrs
Pugh. George and Coke had all vote, nav
1t was easy to see that the vote was close
and a thrill OF excitement ran through the
'-ass gallery while a close tally was heiny
kept on the vote. when, with the vote
standing 80 to "a. MIR. Henderson arc .
and voted aye. This tied the vote and lea
the question with the Vice President for
decision. 1t was a fateful moment and
doubtless. too. an anxious one for the ac-
ton of the chair.
Mr.. Murphy's Vote.
There was a pause, and the Vice Presi-
dent seemed about to announce the vote
when there was a stir at the west entrance
sight, hurrying to reach his seat before
the announcement. A dozen Senators sbeIIt
him told him to vote no. and oliickiy ne
gained recognition and asked to vote in
the negative vote and saved the sugar
uust. shudder ran through the Senate.
and one of the greatest scrimmages on the
tariff bill was at an end.
The detailed vote on Kyle's amendment
was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Allen. Allison, Carey.
Dubois. Frye. Gallinger Hale Hawley, Hig-
gins. HILL Hoar Irby. Jones of Nevada.
Kyle. Lodge, Mcmillan, Henderson. Mitch
ell of Oregon. Patton. PETER. Perkins. Pet
tigreW, Platt. Power Sherman, Shoup.
Squire, Washburn-34.
Nays-Bate. Black burn, Blanchard Rrice
CafYery, Camden, Cockrell. Coke Faulkner.
George. Gibson, German. Gray, Huuton.
Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas. Lindsay Nc
Laurin, Martin. Mills. Mitchell ofsSS iscns
sin, Morgan, Murphy. Pasco. Pugh, Quay,
Ransom, Roach Smith. Turpie, Vest. Villas
voorhees,, Walsh. White-35. 'f.'- =,
The republicans absent would have voted
yes and the democrats no.