The record-union., 1894-07-26
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Senate
and HouSe.

and House.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-ln the morn
ing hour in the Senate the conference re-
port on the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill was agreed TO.
Allen presented a resolution directing
the Attorney General to transmit full
copies of all correspondence telegraphic
and otherwise) between the Department
of Justice and the railroads centering in
Chicago, from June 1st to the present
time. He asked Immediate consideration,
but Platt objected and it went over.
Coke secured the passage by unanimous
consent OF bill granting to the Arkansas,
Texas ana Mexican hallway Company
the right-of-way through Indian Terri
tory.
At l:05 Caffery resumed his speech of
yesterday as To the justice OF the duty on
sugar. Caffery plunged Immediately
into the discussion OF the complicated
which sugar went into competition with
the sugars refined by the trusts. He con-
tended that the bounty provisions OF the
Mckinley law prevented the extensive
refining of sugar by the producer. He
maintained that fair ad valorem rate or
10 per cent. would furnish sufficient pro-
lection both to producer and retiner. lie
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with the new facilities coming into use,
would in decade be able To hold his own
against the sugar producers OF the world.
Louisiana, he said, was q Democratic
State, and did not desire to stand in the
way of tariff reform. but lie insisted that
in marching TO the goal of tariff reform
his party should not trample the form of
his PROSTATE State. He would not foul
his own nest. If the tariff reform meas
ure, as prepared, infringed upon his own
ideas OF what it should pe, he would vote
for IL, unless it struck down his own
State.
DO you want a protective duty on
sugar." asked stewart (Pop.) of Nevada.
Il DON'T" replied Gallery. II want the
duty on sugar purely for revenue pur-
poses. The question presented is whether
great industry built under a revenue
tariff shall be stricken down by change
of theory"
In conclusion. he said that while the
position taken by the Louisiana Demo-
Gratis may somewhat ALLEVIATE them from
their Democratic colleagues, the fire of
Democracy still burned in their breasts;
but if the tariff reform was pushed too
far he said he would be compelled TO vote
against the measure. He also entered
strong protest against the provision Of the
sugar schedule continuing in force III the
Hawaiian treaty, admitting sugar from
those islands free, which he said gave the
sugar trust S6,000.U00 annually.
Hilton said that from the first he had
recognized the necessity for a compro-
mise. and had voted lor many amend
nents made that did not reflect his per-
sonal opinion, in order to get bill that
would command forty-three votes. He
believed in duty on coal and iron for
purely revenue purposes. with such in
cidental protection as followed. He ap-
piled the same doctrine to sugar that he
did TO coal and iron. Forty per cent on
sugar he thought fair duty. He was in
favor of the one-eighth ditferential on re-
fined sugar.
Mr.. Quay (Rep.) of Pennsylvania gave
notice of three amendments he should
offer to the pending motion. First, to
amend MIR. Villas motion, that the Senate
recede from the one-eighth differential
in the sugar schedule, so as to receive
from the whole of the sugar schedule;
the second to add Mr.. Gray's notion
that the Senate insist on ali OF its amend
mems, that 1t recede from the sugar, and
the third to add to Gray'S motion
another motion, viz: That it recede
from the differential in favor of the re-
timers.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-In the House
to-day communications were read which
passed between the French Government
and the American Embassy at Paris
relative to the assassination of President
Carnot. The Secretary Of the United
States Embassy stated that the resolu-
tions of coincidence of the House and
Senate were received by the French
Chamber of Deputies and the Senate
amid great enthusiasm.
The conference of the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill was
laid before the House and gave rise to
considerable discussion, principally on
the clause giving the Commissioner of
Pensions $780, 900, a compromise between
the 100000 of the House and $500, 900 in
the Senate for making special examina-
tions. The report was agreed to, and at
sos the House adjourned.