The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-13
SUGAR NOT TO CONE IN FREE
The Senate Votes Not TO be Led Into
Any Tariff Legislation.

An Attempt to Get up Mr.. Vests Clo-
ture Resolution Also Defeated-The
Nicaragua Canal Bill Taken Up-Bills
Passed Granting Pensions of 500
Per Month to the Widows OF Three
Observation-Disclosures Morgan Confident
That Great Britain win Not Oppose
the Policy OF This Country in the
Canal Matter.
Washington Dec. 12.-The Senate to-day
signiied Enthusiastically its intention not
to be led into any tariff legislation at this
session. A motion to take up the House
bill of the last session making sugar free
Of duty. with the finance committee
amendment to II imposing a fiat duty Of -
per cent. on sugar. and abolishing the
differentials, was defeated-the vote being
% yeas. to "a nays.
The attempt to get up Mr. Vests closure
resolution was also defeated-yeas "a. nays
81.
The Niearaguan canal bill was taken up
and discussed for a couple OF hours; and
Mr.. Morgan. dem. of Alabama, who is in
charge of it, signihed his purpose to ask
the Senate tomorrow TO fix a near time
for voting on it.
Bills were passed giving pensions Of 500
a month to the widows Of Gems. Banks.
Crittenden and McClernand.
The bill to organize the territory Of In
dianola was discussed adversely by Mr..
Platt. rep. of Connecticut, and was re-
ferred to the committee on territories.
Mr.. Pugh presented the credentials OF
Mr.. Morgan as senator-elect from Ala
bama for the term beginning March 4.
next which were read.
The resolution offered recently by Mr..
Higgins. rep, OF Delaware. calling on the
President for copies of the correspond
ence relative to peace negotiations be-
tween China and Japan was passed.
At o'clock p. m. the unfinished busi-
ness, the Nicaragua canal bill. was taken
up, and Mr.. Gray of Delaware took the
floor, but he expressed a preference for
taking up and acting upon the bills for
free coal, free iron ore. and for imposing
a flat duty of 40 per cent, on all sugars,
doing away with the differentials of IS 1-l0
cents. Hebelieved it to be the duty of the
Senate as a matter of common justice
and common regard for the interests of
the country to vote on those bills at once.
He therefore moved to proceed TO the
consideration of the House bill to eX-
empt sugars, molasses, etc, from duty
the amendment reported from the
finance committee being to impose a fiat
duty of 40 per cent. on all sugars.
Mr.. Morgan made a slight protest
AGAINST the digplacemeut of the Nira-
raguan bill.
Mr. Berry, dem, of Arkansas, demanded
the yeas and nays, and they were or
dered. The vote was taken, and the mo-
ton was defeated-yeas, %; nays, q, as
follows;
Yeas-AIessrs. Bate, Berry. Blackburn,
Caffery, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George.
Gray, Harris, Hill, Hunton. Jarvis, Nc
Laurin, Mcpherson, Mills, Palmer, Pasco.
Pugh, Vest, Villas, Walsh, and Washburn.
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Nays-Messrs. Aldrich. Allen. Allison,
Blanchard, Cullom, Dolph, Dubois, Gal
linger, Hale, Hansborough, Hawley Hig-
gins, Hoar, Kyle Lodge, Mcmillan, Man
derson. Martin. Mitchell of Oregon, Nor
rill, PETER, Perkins, Platt, Power, Quay
Roach, and Teller-T
Mr. Vest then moved to take from the
calendar his cloture resolution, and that
motion was also defeated-yeas, "a; NAYS.
Messrs. Blanchard of Louisiana, Harris,
Jones of Arkansas. Kyle, pop. of South
Dakota, Morgan of Alabama, PETER, pop.
of Kansas, and Roach. dem, Of North
Dakota.
Mr. Harris explained the reasons for
his vote in the negative. He considered
the resolution as unnecessary inasmuch
as meeting of the committee on rules
to take up the subject of cloture, would
be held tomorrow.
When the consideration of the Nicara-
guam canal bill was resumed Mr. Morgan
discussed the question involved in the
right of this government to participate in
the construction of the canal in view of
our treaties with other powers There
was, he sadd no question between the
United States and Great Britain, or any
other government, touching this matter.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, In their ca
pacity as sovereign powers, had affirmed
what had been done. and case was pre-
sented in which there could be no trans
fer of the concessions into the hands of
any other government. He discussed at
some length the right of the exercise of
power under the construction. 1t was not
policy to acquire territory by bequest, but
by purchase. He then reviewed the at
titude of the United States In the acquisi-
tion of territory and argued that it was
within our power to in like manner en-
gage in the construction of this canal by
guarantee.
At the close of his remarks Mr.. Morgan
said that he would tomorrow ask unan-
imous consent to have a near time fixed
for taking vote on the passage of the
bill.
Mr. Cullom, rep, of Illinois, said he
would address the Senate on the bill,
which he favored generally, on Friday,
and then the matter went over as the un-
finished business.
After a short executive session the SEN
ate adjourned.
In his discussion of the Nicaragua bill
Mr. Morgan made the assertion that there
could be no question between the govern
ments of Great Britain and the United
States as to the right of the latter to
either construct the canal, to guarantee
bonds that should be issued for that pur-
pose, or to exercise the power inherent to
itself as one of the great family Of nations.
This statement struck some senators as
Of so positive a nature that they believed
Mr.. Morgan. who never speaks at ran
dom. must be in possession Of knowledge
of which his associates were ignorant.
Accordingly, during the executive session
Mr.. Higgins of Delaware asked Mr. Nor
gan If he was quite certain Great Britain
would not protest against our attitude in