The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-13
SUGAR SCHEME Defeated
Senate Fails to Consider FOrty-Per-
Cent-Duty Amendment.
ARE ALSO SHY ABOUT CLOTURE
House Wrangles Over the Appropriation
TO InfOrce the Collection of the In.
come Tax-Day Set Apart for Eulo'
gies on Myron u. Wright.
By the United Press.

By the United Press.
Washington, Dec. 12.-The senate to-
day signifed Enthusiastically its intention
not to be led into any tariff legislation
at this session. A motion to take up
the house bill of last session making
sugar free of duty, with the finance
committees amendment to imposing a
fiat duty of 40 per cent. on sugar, and
@bolishing the differentials, was de-
feated-the vote being, yeas, 20; nays,
27.
The attempt to get up Mr.. Vests
cloture resolution was also defeated
yeas, 24 nays, "a. After the disposal
of some general business, the Near
aqua canal bill was taken up, and Mr.
Gray Dem., Del) took the floor. But
he expressed a preference for taking
up and acting upon Immediately the
bills for free coal, free iron ore and for
imposing a fiat duty Of 40 per cent. on
all sugars, doing away with the differ
entails of B and 1.-10 cent. He believed
it to be the duty of the senate as mat
ter of common justice and common re-
gard for the interests of the country
to vote upon these bills at once. He,
therefore, moved to proceed to the con-
sideration of house bill to exempt
sugars molasses, etc, from duty-the
amendment reported from the finance
committee being to impose a fiat duty
of 40 per cent on all sugars.
Mr.. Berry Dem, Ark demanded the
yeas and nays, and they were ordered.
The vote was taken and the motion was
defeated-yeas, %; nays q, as follows:
Yeas-NIessrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Caffrey, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George,
Gray, Harris, Hin, Hunton, Jarvis, Nc
Laurn, Mcpherson, Mills, Palmer, Pasco
Pugh, Vest, Villas, Walsh, Washburn-23
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison,
Blanchard, Cullom, Dolph, Dubois, Gal
linger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawey, Hig-
gins, Hoar, Kyle Lodge, McMillin, Man
derson, Martin, Mitchell (Or), Morrill,,
PETER Perkins, Platt, Power, Quay
Roach, Teller-27.
Mr.. Vest Dem. Mo- then moved to
take from the calendar his cloture reso-
luton, and that motion was also de-
feated-yeas, "a; nays, "a. Among the
negative votes were those of Messrs
Blanchard, Harris, Jones, Kyle, Nor
gan, PETER, and Roach.
House Proceedings.
By vote of 127 to 81, taken by tellers
the house today refused to strike out
of the urgent deficiency bill the item
of $245,O95 to enforce the collection of
the income tax provided for in the
tariff law passed last session. The APP
preparation was antagonized by
Messrs. Bartlett and Cochran Dems.
N. ", the former of whom made a
legal argument against the constitu-
tionality of the tax, and the latter a
vigorous protest against the principle
of taxation involved. Mr.. McMillln
Dem. Tenn.), the author of the pro-
vision, defended the appropriation and
the law, and used William Waldorf
AstOr who now lives in England, by
name, as an illustration of the eXpedi-
ency and justice of the tax. He said
the law was on the statue book and
would remain there-a statement
which evoked applause from the Demo-
cratic side of the chamber.
The appropriation was advocated by
Messrs. Henderson (Rep. la and Can
non Rep. Ill.). The deficiency also car
ried an item of $25O,OOO for the payment
of special pension agents, and this af-
forded an opportunity to General Hen
derson (Rep. Ia), Messrs. Daniel Hen
N. ", Morse Rep. N. ", Sickels
Oem N. ", and Bingham Rep. Pa.)
to criticse the administration and poll
cy of the pension bureau.
On motion of Mr.. Scranton Rep. Pa !,
the second Saturday in February, 1895,
at O'clock, was set apart for the de-
livery of eulogies upon Myron' b.
Wright, late a representative from
Pennsylvania.