The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-25

they Ioved Cesar less. bag they loved
Rome more. Not that they loved tns
president less. bat that they ioFe1 tne
senate compronise more Then pe9siog
for 8 moment, Hill closed rith sarcastic
degfberation: But canO say Win Az
tony. They are al honorable men.
srs1x xxrsr prr1xrxD THE sr4EsEscHKDgLE
caysry followed Hit. first moving that
the confsress Be instructed 90 make the
following amendment: Q
ssTha. the bounty provided in9seid act
shall stand until repealed. 20 the exfens
that there shall be paid 70 the pFodacers
from beets, sorgun or sugar care grown IN
the United States IN the year 1898, Or from
maple sap produced in the United States
during the year Is94 under xhe license for
Isgl. and subject 20 the Limitations now
imposed by law On all sugars testing not
less than % degrees by the poiaFlscope,
e.10 OF cent per pound, ana upon AL
sugars testing less than % per cent, ey the
pofariscops and not less than % degrees
BIO Of . cent per pound
Cafserv then commanded Esnator Hiil
for his defense Of the president. and de-
cIared that there was nothing In the letter
which need arouse the ire OF senators who
felt themselves aggrieyed, and the Louisi-
anian declared that it did not cali for the
esnunclations Of the senator from Mary
land. He then read an extract from that
letter. and commented upon IL In fasnr-
able terms. Caffery declared the president
was exonerated from the charge made
against him By German. The very evil
dence adduced by German, he said. justi-
fed the president in writing the letter he
had. There was absolutely no truth IN
the allegation that Mr.. Cleveland had vio-
lated the 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,
~ they did in saying certain features OF
the bill involved party surrender; how
was IL wrong for the president 20 charge
'psrfidy and dishonorf"
Since the secrets Of the past were 10 be
divulged he would not longer keep In the
dark the secrets of his own prison house.
The Louisiana senators had been made the
target for the slings and arrows Of the
tariff reformcrs. The time had come for
him TO tell his story. He was at a little
conference a. which were present, among
others. Brico and German. Ii was de-
eidsd at that conference that 40 per cent.
on raw and 80 per cent on refined sugar
was proper. al took that schedule to the
finance committee aud gave IL to Senator
Jones'" he continued. mr.. Jones. after
calculating, pointed out that IN the
dliferential allowed the refiner was
conceded q difierential greater than
by the Mckinley law. / thereupon with
drew it. After further consultation l
presented another schedule placing cent
on raw and IL cents on refined. So it re-
manned for some time, when was adnion-
ished by German and Brioe that this sec
ond schedule meant free sugar. Mr.. Jones
told me the sugar refining interests would
favor free sugar If that schemewas insisted
upon. He wanted me TO accept 10 per
cent. on raw and refined and = cent differ
entail on refined. That schedule was not
acceptable 10 me or to the sugar growers.
and want tho country to know II was
dictated by the refining interests. at last
we accepted IL with the understanding
that the bounty provision for 1884 should
stand. l call on Senators Vest and Jones
TO say whether have said the truth.
Neither OF the senators replied.
lie continued TO describe the subtle
methods employed 10 emascuiase the
sugar schedule and defeat the bill. The
ways Of the senator from New York (Hill)
were past finding out. Upon his motion
20 make the schedule so into effect on the
passage Of the bin some of the Democrats
Jumped the track and violated their agree
ment. That was the frat time faith was
broken with the Louisiana senators. What
subtle force was IL, be asked. that sought
TO strike down the sugar agriculturist and
throw its protecting wing about the gI-
gantic sugar refining INTEREST," He referred
In sarcastic tones TO Germans statement
yesterday that however distasteful duty
on sugar vas 20 himself and others, they
knew that the two votes Of tho Louisiana
senators were necessary to pass the bill.
You have told us the attitude of every
body else, will you tell us what the atti-
tude of the Louisiana senators would have
been II sugar had been placed on the free
list p asked Teller.
Frankly" replied Gallery, II will say
II 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 Aldrieh. Gray, Gallery
and Allison. The latter stated that il had
been asserted that about SO per cent. Of
the sugars grown in Louisiana would re-
ceive the benefit of the 4 cent dgfieren-
tial. Gallery said the percentage would bs
about "a Catfery's speech Was still in
progress when. at sos O'Clock. Coekrell
secured recognition 90 move adjournment.
which motion was adopted aud the senate
adjourned.