St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-02

WASHINGTON, June Lit is stated on
the best authority that President Cleve.
land and Secretary Carlisle have been
in entire and perfect harmony in all
their actions in regard to the tariff bill.
Secretary Carlisle's part in the prepara-
ton Of the sugar schedule of that bill is
officially stated as follows:
Senator Jones called upon and in
formed him that the subcommittee had
agreed upon the sugar schedule. and re-
quested that he put it in proper form.
This the secretary did. the paragraph
prepared being one of few lines, and
providing that after Jan. 1, 1895. there
shall be levied and collected on all
sugars a duty of 40 per cent. and upon
all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard
In color, duty of q of cent per
pound In addition to the duty of 40 per
cent ad valorem. This amend
at the capitol. In the afternoon
In response to a request of enator
Jones. Secretary Carlisle visited the
capitol and was informed that more
changes were under consideration, and,
being requested to do so. made some
e1nterlining i'll the amendment. so that it
read: "On or after Jan. l. 1885, there
shall be levied and collected on all
sugars not above No. 16 Dutch stand
ard in color. and OH all tank bottoms,
syrups of cane juice or of beet juice.
media, concentrated melada or concrete
and concentrated molasses, duty of 40
per cent. and upon all sugars above No.
l6 Dutch standard in color. there shall
he levied and collected duty of As per
cent.
AS already stated, Secretary Carlisle
prepared the original amendment in ac-
cordance with
THE COMPROMISE
that had been reached by the Demo
and the alterations in the amendment
at the capitol were made to meet the
views of the committee. The committee
then decided that provision should be
Incorporated providing that the Ha-
Waiian reciprocity treaty should not be
affected by the schedule.
The book containing the treaties was
obtained by Secretary Carlisle from the
room of the foreign treaty. and he wrote
the proviso which preserves the Hawai-
ian treaty. All this is in the handwrit-
ing of Secretary Carlisle.
This event occurred on Saturday,
May 5. That night it occurred to the
secretary that the first paragraph of
the schedules providing for the repeal
of the bounty, fixed the date of repeal
for July l, 1894, while the duty on sugar
Was not to be operative until January l,
IL 95. Knowing 1t to be the Intention
of the committee to issue print of the
amended bill on Monday, Secretary
Carlisle on Sunday morning called at
the house of Senator Jones for the pur-
pose of directing attention to the dis
crepancy. If that bounty should be
repealed on July l.. 1894. and duty
should not BIZ imposed until six mouths
thereafter. there would be period dur
ing which there would be neither
bounty nor duty.
MIR. CARLISLE
was satisfied that the discrepancy
would be discovered after the bill was
printed, but he naturally desired to save
. the committee from the criticism which
would follow SO palpable a blunder.
Finding that Senator Jones had gone to
the capitol, the secretary drove there
and found Senators McPherson. Jones
and Vest and Representative Breckin-
ridge, of tile ways and means commit
tee, engaged in going over the bill.
That visit OH Sunday morning, May 6,
was the only visit made by Mr.. Carlisle
to the committee Without an invitation,
and the change alluded to is the only
original suggestion he made in cOnnec.
ton with the formulation of the bill.
With reference to the giving OF a
Ietter to Mr.. Havemeyer, Introducing
that gentleman 10 Senator Mills, the
following statement is made:
That was mere matter of courtesy
and routine. When Mr.. Havemeyer
presented himself at the treasury de-
partment, he was informed that he
should call upon those who were franz
ing the bill.
Mr.. Havemeyer had slight acquaint
ance with Mr.. Mills. and in order to
save time and insure him a conference
with this senator, Secretary Carlisle,
at the request of Mr.. Havemeyer, gave
him a note of introduction.
There was nothing improper or un-
usual in this. Similar letters had been
given by Mr.. Carlisle to gentlemen who
called upon him in connection with the
tariff, some of whom we've manufactur.
ers who were personally known. and
who desired to secure changes in the
rates fixed by the committee.
The story that Mr.. Carlisle called on
the committee OF his motion and insisted
that certain schedule for sugar should
be adopted, for the reason that the