Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-29
THE POPGUN BILLS
An Effort to Be Made to Have Them Con
sidered.
Senator Jones of Arkansas Gives His
Views on the Probable Out
come in the Senate.

Senator Jones of Arkansas, a member of
the finance committee, said today that he
has no doubt there would be an earnest
EFFORT on the part of the democratic men,
bers of the finance committee to get the
Senate to consider the supplementary tariff
bills concerning sugar, coal and iron at the
forthcoming session. He said that he, for
one, should advocate that the bills as re-
ported by the finance committee should be
taken up and passed if possible -
1t was suggested to the Senator that he
had been represented es having taken
different position and to have agreed in a
conference held in New York with Senator
German and others to allow these bills to
die a natural death without any effort to
revive them. Il have heard he said,
that a conference was reported to have
been held, but IL there was such a confer
eDce and such conclusion was reached
was not in it."
Democratic Senators Uncertain.
Continuing. Mr.. Jones said he did not see
how the democratic Senators could, under
all the circumstances, afford not to at least
make the effort to pass these bills. "Of
course" he said. IF there is a majority in
the Senate against them we shall not be
able to get them through; but that Is one
of the things that remains to be seen. If
certain democratic Senators who are sup
posed to be against the bills prove upon
the test to be really opposed to them, we
shall not be able to get favorable action in
case the republicans should stand solid
against further tariff action by the present
Congress- ......
Asked If he thought all the republican
Senators would oppose the bills Senator
Jones said that was one of the things he
wanted to ascertain, and afforded one of
the best reasons, outside of the desire to
pass the bills, for the effort to take them
up.
Defending the Sugar Schedule.
Il think" he said, 1.-The republicans
ought to be put on record on the sugar bill
They have twitted the democrats merciless-
ly on the charge of selling out to the sugar
trust, when many believe that there is
a larger element on the republican side
friendly to a duty on refined sugar than
on the democratic side. We now have a
chance at least to see how this is. AS is
generally known, the sugar bill as reported
to the Senate by the finance committee is
not the bill as 1t came from the House
not a free sugar bill. 1t provides for an
advalorem duty Of 40 per cent straight on
all sugars, and only differs from the pres
ent law in that 1t strikes out the differen-
tial in favor of refined sugars. 1t cannot
be pleaded that the passage of such bill
will imperil the revenues, and there can be
no legitimate excuse for opposing it except
a desire to protect and defend the trust. L
want to see II the republican Senators will
put themselves in that attitude after the
charges that have been ma6e against the
democrats in that connection. For this
reason, as well as others, l think the pop
sun bills will be pressed in the Senate dur
ing the short session. and 1 hope We may
have the test of a vote on them"