Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-15
PIatt Ruffies the Majority.

MT. Platt commented at some length on the manner in which the senate bill was framed. When it came from the house. he said, an intelligent scheme of tariff re- vision lay at its base Here it encountered the opposition of few so called Democrat ic conservatives, variously estimated at from to 15. Democratic newspapers de- nounced them as traitors and called upon those who were still loyal to the Chicago platform to read them out of the party. But the loyal had been unable to proceed without the disloyal, so they made an ig nominous surrender. The price of their votes appeared in the protective duties in this bill.
 Take the item of sugar. It was found by those who insisted upon duty on sugar that the bill could not be passed unless the Sugar trust was taken care of. The iron ore and coal interests had not been as pow erful as the Sugar trust. They did not have the negative votes behind them, but they, too, had sufficient backing to secure duty of 40 cents per ton each. The con. servatives had played the part of stand. and-deliver brigands.
 MT. Platt's observations rufled some ot the Democrats, and he was soon engaged in a controversy.
 "The duty proposed in this bill," said Mir. Harris, interrupting the Connecticut senator, ''is 8 reduction on refined sugar in the Mckinley bill from half to an eighth of cent per pound"
 This bill makes no such redu ction,' re- torted MT. Platt decisively.
 '"Then all the sugar experts in this coun, try" said MT. Harris, "are wide of the mark"
 "Oh," said Mir. Platt, "there is not q speculator, a stock jobber or a man in the Sugar trust in New York or g senator on this floor who demanded this sugar sched- ule who does not understand what it means for the trust. This schedule gives the trust a duty of at least E cent, sometimes huc- tuating as high as # cent. He appealed to MT. Allison for his opinion as to the pro lection afforded by the sugar schedule as finally framed.
 MT. Allison said that the ad valorem provision in the bill, in view of the great difference between the value of raw and refined sugar, certainly would afford 8 protection of 3-t0 cent before the diferen- tiai of 1s cent was reached. "
 MT. Vest called attention to the fact that the Mckinley law gave the raw ma- terial free to re1ners and then gave the latter q protective duty of E cent per pound. ..-.-
 MT. Allison insisted, however, that the great ulHorence III bn6 pr1ce OI raW dHo re- fined sugar gave the refiner the benefit of at least BIO cent under a 40 per cent ad valorem duty before the 1 cent was inn posed at all. The discussion of the sugar schedule was adroitly diverted by Senator Vest into debate about American wages.
 Finally MT. Gallinger got the floor and proceeded to read for the benefit of his political adversaries the editorial opinions of some of the great Democratic dailies de nouncing the surrender of Democratic principles made in the Jones amendments.
 A Disturbance In the House.
 It was District day in the house, and several unimportant bills were passed. The only important bill passed was one giving the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway company an entrance into Washington.
 During the consideration of District bills an exciting disturbance was created by negro in the gallery, who addressed the speaker and warned him to promptly pass the Coxey bills under penalty of mourning divine vengeance.
 There was momsntary confusion and as.