The record-union., 1894-07-25

Louisianan declared it did not call for
the denunciations of the Senator from
Maryland
and commented upon it in favorable
terms. Mr.. Caffery declared that the
President was eXonerated from the
charges made against him by German.
The very evidence adduced by German,
he said, justified the President in writing
the letter he did. There was absolutely
no truth In the allegation that Mr.. Cleve-
land had violatedithe functions of his
Office in giving his views TO the Chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee. The
members of the Finance Committee had
denounced the bill as they did in say
ing certain features the bill in
volved party surrender. How was it
wrong for the President TO charge per
fidy and dishonor?' Since the secrets of
the past were to be divulged, he would
not longer keep the secrets in his own
prison house. The Louisiana Senators
had been made the target for the sings
and arrows of the tariff reformers. The
time had come for him to tell his story.
He was at little conference at which
were present, among Others, Messrs
Brice and German. 1t was decided at
that conference that 40 per cent. on raw
and 80 per cent. on refined sugar was
proper. ''I took that schedule to the
Finance Committee and gave it to Sena-
tor JONES'" he continued, Jones, after
calculating, pointed out that in the differ
ential allowed the refiner was conceded a
ditferential greater than the Mckinley
law. l thereupon withdrew 1t. After
further consultation / presented another
schedule. placing one cent on raw and
one and one-eighth on refined. SO 1t re-
manned for some time, when was ad-
monished by German and Brice that this
second schedule meant free sugar. Jones
told me the sugar refining interests would
favor free sugar if that schedule was In
sisted upon. He wanted ne to accept ~
per cent. on raw and refined and one
eighth differential on refined. That
schedule was not acceptable to me or the
sugar growers, and | want the country to
know that it was dictated by the refining
interests. At last we accepted 1t, with
the understanding that the bounty pro-
vision for 1894 should stand. cal on
Senators Vest and Jones to say whether
have said the truth"
Neither of the Senators replied.
He continued to describe the subtle
methods employed to emascuiate the
sugar schedule and defeat the bill. The
ways of the Senator from New York
child were past finding out. Upon his
motion to make the schedule to go into
effect on the passage of the bill, some of
the Democrats jumped the track and ylo-
lated their agreement. That was the first
time faith was broken with the Louisiana
Senators.
''pVhat subtle force was it," he asked,
"that sought to strike down the sugar
agriculturist and throw its protecting
wing about the gigantic sugar refining
interests ?"
He referred in sarcastic tones to Cor
mans statement on yesterday, that how
ever distasteful the 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 every
body else. Will you tell us what the at
tude of the Louisiana Senators would
have been if sugar had been placed on
the free list ?'' asked Teller.
s'Frankly," replied Catfery, 81 will say
if sugar had been placed on 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 debate on sugar
making between Senators Aldrich, Gray,
Caffery and Allison.
The latter stated that it had been as
serted that about Sc per cent. of sugars
grown in Louisiana would receive the
benefit of the one-eighth cent differential.
Caffrey said the percentage would be
about "A.
Caffery's speech was still in progress
when, at 3:05 o'clock, Cockrell secured
recognition to move an adjournment,
which motion was adopted, and the Sem
ate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The House to-
day passed by a party vote the bill for
the reinstatement of clerks dismissed
from the railway mail service between
Nov "a
was: Yeas 140, nays 90.
Bills were passed TO issue patents to the
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
for land in the Omaha Indian Reserva-
ton for church purposes; to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to lease
sites in the Hot Springs, S. D., Reser-
vation for cold water reservoirs; bill to
confirm the titles of settlers who entered
lands in California. Nevada, Oregon and
Arizona under the Timber and Stone Act
but whose entries have been declared in
valid because the lands have been Of
fered at public sale according to law, but
have not been cancelled"; to confirm
titles to lands where citizens made home
steads of pre-emption or desert land
entries on unsurveyed lands and after
ward discovered them to be within rail-
road land grants, and one permitting set
tiers on public lands to secure surveys by
depositing the amount of probate ex-
pense with the Land Office of the United
States.
The bill providing for examination and
classification of lands in the grant OF the
Northern Pacific in Montana and Idaho,
with regard to mineral deposits, passed
after a running debate, led by its author,
Mr. Hartman of Montana.
A bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to sell to railroads, operating in
public lands, necessary lands for reser-
voirs and gravel pits, passed, and at 4
o'clock the House adjourned.