St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-15
SENATORIAL SpARRING.
ALLEGED SUGAR Trust SENATORS
SCORED BY REPUBLICANS.
SOME DEMOCRATS RUFFLED.

The Tariff Turmoil Rages in the
Senate-Allison, Platt, AldriOh
and Other Republicans Make
Intellectual Attempts to Attach
Protective Amendments to the
Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE seventh
week of the tariff debate in the senate
began today with fair attendance ON
the floor. Vice President Stevenson,
who was in New York Saturday, called
the senate to order. Two bills, one to
pension the widow of Rear Admiral
Donald MacNeil Fairfax. at the rate of
500, and the other to increase the PEN
sion OF Ma. Gen. Doubleday to S10O. were
reported and placed on the calendar.
After some business of no general i'm
portance had been dispatched. the tariff,
bill was taken up. The question was
on Mr.. Aldrich's motion to make the
duty on alumina six-tenths instead of
four-teEtns of cent ad valorem. Mr..
Lodge opposed the amendment. Mr..
Hale also spoke. Mr.. Butler said
speeches were being made merely to
Kill time, to which Mr.. Chandler re-
sponded: Better Kill time than indus
tries" The amendment was tabled. 2S
to II. Mr.. Aldricn moved to substitute
flye-tenths for four-tenths. Mr.. Hig-
gins (Rep., Del ),replying to the insinu-
alton of AIR. Butler, that the Republi-
cans were engaged in
TIMEKILLING CONTEST,
declared that the Republicans were in
no wise responsible for the delay. The
Aldrch amendment was tabled.
Mr.. Platt Rep., Comm said that de-
spite the fact that for years this cham
Der mad rung with Democratic denun-
citation of the sugar trust, the Demo-
Gratis, save and excepting one. had
agreed, so he understood. in caucus to
vote for prohibiuve duty on refined
sugars. Surely Democratic tariff re-
formers must be hard driven when they
were forced to swallow words and opin-
ions of years. Mr.. Platt's observations
on the sugar trust ruffied some of the
Democrats. and he was soon engaged in
controversy.
1.-The duty proposed in this bill," said
Mr.. Harris, "s reduction on refined
sugar III the Mckinley bill from one
half to one-egh,h of one cent per
pound"
''Ihis dill makes no such reduction"
| retorted Mr. Platt, decisively.
Then all the sugar experts in this
country" said Mr.. Harris, ''are wide Of
the mark"
"Oh." said Mr.. Platt, 'there is not a
speculator. a stock broker or man in
the sugar trust IN New York or SEN
ator on this floor who demanded this
sugar schedule who does not under
stand what it means for tine trust. This
schedule gives the trust duty of at
least three eghths of cent, sometimes
fuctuatlhg as high as half a cent.
MIR. Allison said that the ad valore EN-
provision in the bill, III view of
THE GREAT DIFFERENCE /
between the value of raw and refined
| sugar. certainly would afford a protec-
| tion of three-tenth3 of a cent before the
| ditferential of one-eighth of cent was
| reached.
MIR. Vest called attention to the fact
| that the Mckinley law gave The raw
! material free to refiners. and then gave
the latter a protective duty Of half a
| cent per pound. ,.
Mr.. Allison insisted. however, that
the great difference in the price of raw
and refined sugar gave the refiGer the
| benefit OF at least $40 of cent under a
40 per cent ad valorem duty before the
| Is was imposed at all. The discussion
of the sugar schedule was adroitly idi-
| verted by Senator Vest into a debate
| about American wages.
| Finally Mr.. -Gallinger (ReD., N. H.)
got the floor. and proceeded to read, for
the benefit of his political adversaries.
| the editorial opinions Of some of the
great Democratic dailieS denouncing
the surrender of Democratic princl-
ments. At the conclusion of Mr..
Gallinger's rs n arks, the Jones
amendment fixing the duty on alum
four-tenthS of cent was agreed to
without division, as was the next Jones
amendment, fixing the duty on car
bonate Of ammonia at 20 per cent; mu-
| rlate of, or sal ammoniac, at 10 per cent,
and sulphate of ammonia at 20 per cent.
| The next finance committee amend
ment. fixing the duty on bone char
suitable for decoloriziDg sugar at 20 per
| cenI, was also agreed 10.
MIR. Allison offered all amendment to
transfer blue vitriol from the free list
and make it dutiable at one cent per
| pound. The duty in
| THE M'kINLEY LAW,
he explained, was two cents. The
| amendment was rejected, 10 to 81.
Mr.. Morrill, offered an amendment to
transfer copperaS and sulpliate of iron
from the free list and make them dutia-
Die at one-quarter or cent per pound.
This amendment was also rejected. 19
| 10 81.
Mr.. Jones offered an amendment to
| place duty of l cent per puund on
crude borax, and changing the duty on
refined borax from 20 per cent to cents.
| The amendment was agreed to. Mr..
Jones offered all amendment to transfer
| rehned camphor from the free list to the
dutlable list at 10 per cent ad valol EN-.
| Mr.. Aldrich moved to substitute cents
per pound, the present duty. Mr.. Aid
! rlch'S substitute was defeated, 81 to 81.
Mr.. Aldrlch then modified his substi-
tute SO as to make it 80 cents. This
was also defeated, and the Jones amend.
ment was agreed to. MIR. Aldrich of.
fered an amendment to the next para
graph to substitute l cent per pound on
chalk and its preparations for the duty
| of 20 per cent in the bill. This amend
ment was defeated. 1t was then ten
minutes of O'Clock, and Mr.. Allison
suggested an executive session, while
Mr.. Jones suggested that the senate
might sit an hour longer tonight. MIR.
Harris. who had charge of the bill, arose
and with cutting sarcasm rejected both
suggestions. e.,
''In view Of the fact" said he, with
the trip-hammer deliberation so charac.
terstic Of him, "that the senate has
only consumed one hour in the discus
sion of this article upon which the ewes
of Republicans are fixed with such in
tense interest-the article of chalk
think the United States senate should
take rest, and l move the senate ad-
| journ." -