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SUGAR SCHEDULE REACHED
CRISIS IN THE TARIFF FIGHT
THE MANAGERS HAVE STAKED THEIR
HOPES ON ITS SUCCESS OR FAILURE
NO APoLoGIsTs FOR THE 'ExoRBITANr PRorDc
TON" GIVEN TO THE TRUsT-AN EARLY
TEST VOTE IMPROBABLE = SENATOR
sHERMANs MERcILEss CRITICISM
OF THE GoRMAN BILL.
rBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TaIBrxE.J
OF THE GoRMAN BILL.

rBY TErEGRAPu THE THiBrxEJ
Washington, May 31.-The sugar schedule, con.
fessedly the crucial point Of the amended Tariff
bill. was reached to-day and discussed nomnally
for three four hours. On the adoption by the
Senate Of the Gorman-Jones concessions to tho
Sugar Trust, which involve what Mr.. Sherman
justly denounced to-day as an "exorbitant pro-
tection' 10 this great monopoly, the managers
Of the last revise have staked the OF their
whole scheme OF compromise. II the proposed
schedule fails and the demands OF the agents Of
the Trust and Of the sugar planters Of
Louisiana remain impossible Of p!acaton, the
Gorman-Jones bill will fall 10 pieces Of itself.
and no comprehensive tariff measure Of any
sort will be passed at this session OF Congress-
1t is not unnatural. therefore. that the managers
Of the bill show extreme nervousness as the time
for the critical votes the sugar duties ap-
proaches. That the Gorman-Jones schedule Is
highly vulnerable one goes without saying. ana
there is scarcely Democrat In the Senate out.
side the Louisiana delegation who can under
take to defend It without exposing his record to
the grossest qualification.
It is not likely that any serious defence Of the
Sugar Trust concessions will be made by their
authors except in the way of shoulderng the
responsibility for them as far as possible on the
President and Secretary Carlisle. Mr.. Carlisle
mittee that the schedule he prepared to meet
the requirements of the Trust was not adopted
by Mr. Jones and the other conservative re-
visers II any explanation Is TO be expected,
therefore of the surrender" II will have to come
apparently either from Mr. Jones or Mr.. Brice.
The present plan Of the majority is to let the
criticism of the opponents of the sugar schedule
exhaust Itself II possible without any effort at
reply and then to force the Trust rates through
By a practically solid Democratic vote. A ma
Iority of two or three is all that can be calcu-
lated on under the most favorable conditions. ana
the Republican managers do not conceue
majority greater than one.
The developments Of this afternoon were very
far, however from indicating an early test OF the
majority for or against the sugar scheouie;
While the Sugar Investigating Committee is still
actively pursuing its inquiry into the circum-
stances surrounding the preparation OF the latest
schedule. 1t is deemed by many Senators highiy
improper and unbecoming TO insist upon vote
on the Gorman-Jones rates. Mr. Dofpn gave
notice to-day that he would offer motion 70
postpone the consideration of the sugar schedule
until after the pending investigation Is completed
and a report is made. Mr.. Hill will advocate tho
passage OF this resolution. and so VIII Mr.. Gray
himself II his vehement assertions when under-
taking the tast Of probing the sugar scandal"
can be depended upon But that is another ques-
tion II Mr. Dolphs motion succeeds, as II snouo
in all propriety. It will become extremely difficult
to fx a date for taking the expected test yote.
II the investigation contn les FOR wek longer
and develops anything OF Importance. there VIII
be little chance OF reaching vote on the sugar
schedule before June IL or 10.
The chief feature Of to-days discussion was an
inctsive and comprehensive criticism OF the 9or-
man bill by Mr.. Sherman. The speech was IN the
Ohio Senator's most vigorous and forciple VEN:
a nd exposed with merciless rigOr the shamS ana
Inequalities the sectional resentments and the
political folly OF the hodge -podge measure which
now stands forlornly as the fulhlnent OF im'
possible Democratic pledges OF tarih reform.