The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-03
BY a Vote of 30 to 80 the Senate Decides
that Repeal of the Sugar Bounty
Shall Be Immediate.
FOUR DEMOCRATS VOTE YEA
Senate Takes the Same Action
with the Sugar Schedule.
Slight Increase i'm the Duty OH Polished
Glass-Many Amendments Fail on
Strict Party Vote.

gan formal consideration of the tariff bill
as amended in committee of the whole in
the Senate to-day, and when recess was
had tonight much progress had been made
The sugar schedule, which overshadowed
in Importance the other schedules, being
considered the pivot upon which the fate
of the measure depended, went through
the trying ordeal and escaped with only
enc amendment. That amendment made
the repeal of the sugar bounty and the
sugar schedule go into effect Immediately
on the passage of the bill, instead of Jan.
1, 1885, the date fixed in committee. The
adoption of this amendment signalized the
first victory won by Senator Hill. In adj
ditlon to the Republican votes in favor
of it, four Observation-Disclosures. Coke,
George, Irby and Pugh-and Mr.. PETER,
Populist, Joined with Mr. Hill.
After the disposition of some minor bust
ness the Senate began considering amend
ments to the tariff bill. Among those
agreed TO were: Changing the rate on bot
ties holding more than one pint to q cent
per pound, and walls holding not more
than one pint. to rs cent; on cast polished
plate glass, not exceeding "A by 60 inches,
from 20 cents to 2215 cents per square foot.
All the amendments adopted in committee
of the whole agreed to. The iron
ore amendment, on which a special vote
had been reserved, was adopted-58 to 5.
Senator Hill made a proposition to make
the repeal of the sugar bounty to take i'm
mediate effect, instead of in 1895, which was
adopted-35 to 80. The adoption of Mr..
Hills amendment was a defeat for the
finance committee. The Democrats for the
amendment were Coke. George. Hill. Irby
and Pugh. OF the Populists. Allen and Kyle
voted against Hills motion.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Henderson,
making the date at which repeal of the
sugar bounty should go into effect, JAM 1,
1905, was lost-31 to 35-a strict party vote.
Other amendments TO this schedule were
also voted down.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Kyle, to
make the sugar schedule go into effect on
the passage of the act. was agreed to
without division, also an amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Jones, which, he said, had the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
to relieve sugar imports from the addi-
tional one-tenth of cent from export boun-
t. giving countries upon the production of
proof that such oounties has not been re-
ceived.
Mr.. Lodge offered the original Senate
schedule of graded specific rates. 1t was
lost-27 to A.
Mr. Pettigrew moved to strike out the
in force. 1t cost the people of the United
States A.00O,000 annually, he claimed, with
After debate Mr.. Harris got the floor and
moved to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr.. Hoar attempted by motion to indef-
nitely postpone to prevent Mr.. Harris from
cutting off debate but Mr.. Jarvis, the
new Senator from North Carolina, who was
in the chair, put and decided motions with
a swiftneSs and firmneSS that fairly took
the breath away from the Senate, and in
about a minute a motion to adjourn and
nHn aPpeai preminarv wpange was brew
ing when Mr. Harris relented, withdrew
his motion and allowed the debate to pro-
posed the amendment. 1t was lost-11 to
81. Those who voted in favor of 1T We're:
Allen, Blanchard, Caffery, George, Hans
brough Hill, Irby, Henderson, Mills, Petit
grew and Power.
Mr.. Pettigrew then moved to strike out
the provision specifically continuing the
treaty in force. and to allow the determine
ton of the question of its abrogation to be
decided later-lost-12 to 81.
Mr.. jones' of Arkansas, gave notice of
committee amendment, which will be Of
fered and acted on tomorrow in the shape
of proviso to be added to Section 1872 re-
pealng the bounty proviso of the Mckinley
laws and to continue in force the bounty
until Jan. l, 1895, to the extent of nine
tenths of cent on sugar testing ninety
degree by the polariscope, and eight-tenths
on sugars testing not less than eighty de-
grees.
Mr. Allen, at this juncture. offered his
substitute for the sugar schedule, making
sugar below so degrees dutiable at 1 cent
per pound; between so and 80 degrees, one
a
above so; cents on molasses below Sc
and cents above Sc. The substitute also
abrogated the Hawaiian treaty and contin-
ued the bounty in force until Jan. 1, 1895,
at 64-100 cents per pound. Mr.. Allen
thought the substitute would eliminate the
vicious fea lures of the sugar schedule 1t
would make the duty specific, in the inter-
est of the sugar grower, would remove the
discrimination in favor of the Sugar Trust
50. Mr.. PETER and Mr.. Kyle were the only
Senators who supported ii.
schedule and place all sugars on the free
list. Ii was lost-SS TO 80. Hill, 1rby and
three Populists voted in favor of the
Henderson, Republicans, against it.
The final vote was then taken on the
agreed to~3s to a. Messrs. Allen and Quay
voted for and Messrs. Hill, Irby. Kyle and
PETER against it,. otherwise 1t was a strict
disposed of the sugar schedule.
Mr.. Powers moved to substitute Is cents
ley malt. instead OF 30 per cent and 40 per
cent, respectively. Lost-27 to, SO.
on motion of Mr. White. and amendment
providing that the percentage of alcohol
in all wine and fruit juices should be de-
serbed by thee secretay of the Treasury
Mr.. Henderson moved TO increase the
rate on extract of meat from 10 per cent.
Mr Lodge moved to increase the duty
on cotton damask from IS per cent to 40
PEI BY cent vote Se Of s. to q the committee
amendment striking cotton bagging from
the dutiable list and transferring il to the
free list was agreed 70.
Mr.. Mills moved to transfer burlaps from
the dutable list, thus putting them i'm the
same category with cotton bagging. This
gave Mr.. Chandler a chance to deliver a
satircal remark about Mr. Mills's great
rally for free trade toward the end of the
bill, after getting dut.able coal and dutia-
bic everything else. Before vote was
taken on EIr. Nfills's motion. Mr. Harris
at 7:35. moved that the session take re-
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