The Portland daily press., 1894-06-06
Iu the Senate.

Washington, June Sat i p. m., in the
Senate today the discussion on the sugar
schedule was interrupted by the Vice Presi-
dent with the declaration that the hour had
arrived for taking the vote on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Jones, postponing the
repeal of the sugar bounty provision from
July l, 1894, to January 1, 1895. The vote
was taken by yeas and nays and the amend
ment was agreed to. yeas 3S nays 81. Mr..
PETER voted with the Republicans.
Mr.. Henderson offered an amendment to
continue the sugar bounty in full force and
effect until July l, 1896. 1t was rejected
yeas 80, nays 40.
Then Mr.. Henderson offered another
amendment reducing the sugar bounty an
nually one-tenth and providing that with
such modification it would continue in force
till 1905. This also was rejected, yeas 81,
nays 81. Senators Allen, Kyle and PETER
voted with the Republicans. Mr.. Hill of
New York did not vote.
The next amendment offered by Mr. Man
derson was to confine the payment of the
sugar bounty to the process of beet and
Sorghum sugars only. This was rejected 81
to 81. Still another amendment by Mr. Man
derson cutting down the sugar bounty to
one cent a pound and confining it to beet
and sorghum sugar was offered. This also
was rejected 81 to 81.
The tariff bill was taken up, and Mr..
Higgins argued against the Jones
amendment postponing the time for the
sugar schedule to go into effect, charac-
terizing it as the last dreadful act of ex-
tortion which this bill proposes to per-
petrate on the American people.
Mr.. Chandler argued against the
amendment. The trainers of the bill
pretended it necessary to have more rev.
nue., yet they deliberately threw away the
duties on half years supply of sugar
of SIS, 900, 900. No real reason could be
given for this except to enable the. Sugar
Trust to import years supply of sugar
without paying the duty, and to get (af-
ter the first of January next) the full
benefit of the increased value of the sug-
ar, or about cent pound.
Mr.. Frye remarked satirically the SEN
ator from New Hampshire was seriously
mistaken in demanding for the pending
measure a rule that would apply to
ordinary legislation. The Senator ought
to know this, as the most of the ex-
traordinary legislation that the bill it.
self was an anomaly. if it passed at all
would pass without having single Sem
ator in favor of it.
Mr.. Chandler admitted the truth of Mr..
lUs
bill forced through by some myhteri-
Gus power behind the throne A long
discussion on the sugar question took
place, during which Mr.. Hale spoke.
Finally an amendment was offer ed by
Mr.. Jones, Democrat, of Ark ansas, in
serting as an saddition to paragraph 1872
the following: On and after January
1, 1895, there shall be levied, collected
and paid on all sugars and all tank bot
nf iUICA ~ jripa al
ada, concentrated melada, concrete and
conurated molasses, duty of 40 per cent
ad valorem. On all sugars above I6
Dutch standard in color, upon all sugars
which have been discolored, shall be
levied, collected and paid, duty of
one-eighth of cent a pound in addition
the duty of 4 per cent ad valorem. All
sugars, tank bottoms, syrups or cane
juice, or beet juice, concrete or concen-
rated molasses, which are imported from
the product of any country which
some are expected thereform to pay
directly or indirectly. bounty on the
export thereof, shall pay a duty of a
tenth of a cent pound in addition to
the foregoing rates; provided nothing
herein contained shall be SO construed
as to abrogate or in any manner imply
or effect the provisions of the treaty of
commercial reciprocity between the
United States and the Hawaiian Islands
or the provisions of any act of Congress
heretofore passed for the execution of
the same. And after 95 shall be levied,
collected and paid on molasses testing
above 40 degrees polarization, duty of
two cents gallon. If testing above so
degrees duty of four cents gal
Ion.
Mr.. Lodge moved to amend by insert
ing in lieu of it an amendment Original
ly reported by the finance committee,