The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-23
'FAV0RTNG FREE SUGAR
Republicans Aid Democrats in
Aboliahing Sugar Bounty.
PARLIAMENTARIANs IN A TANGLB

Congress Ad5ourns in Order to Give the
wiseacres an Opportunity to Decide
Upon tho Effect of Certain Amend
ments to the Wilson Bill.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 23.-The proceedings
In the house yesterday were full of sur
prises. BY special arrangement agreed
upon last Friday three hours were given
for the consideration Of the sugar sched-
ule, but the entire day was consumed on
this subject barring three-quarters Of an
hour taken up by the reading Of the Ha-
waiian correspondence, and when a recess
was taken last night the house was In q
parliamentary tangle such as old mem
bers have not seen for years. and two of
the vital propositions relating to sugar
were suspended, like Mahomets coffin, be-
tween heaven and earth.
The Louisiana delegation and those
Democrats who are opposing the income
tax proposition made strong appeal for
a duty on sugar, claiming that 1t was
revenue article, and that the Democratic
platform demanded that 1t should bear
Its burden of taxation. The Republicans
generally, especially those from Nebraska
and other sorghum or beet sugar produc-
ing states, supported the bounty PROPOSE
tion OF the Mckinley law. When the
vote came the radical Democrats were
triumphant and the sugar men hope
lessly beaten at every point. The amend
ments to place duty on sugar were de
feated, and an amendment to abolish the
entire sugar bounty was carried by vote
of 1856 to Co. Some OF the Republicans
voted with the radical Democrats upon
this proposition. Later on the Republi-
Lao, 4
sugar upon the free list
When the house adjourned there was
pending an amendment by Mr.. Robertson
TO place upon all sugars testing by the
polariscope not above Is dogs one cent
per pound, and for every additional de
| gree 3-l00 cents additional, and upon all
sugars above 10 Dutch standard an adj
! ditional duty of 520th of one cent per
| pound, to which the committee had added
Mr.. Warmers amendment to abolish the
! duty on refined sugar. The effect of the
/ adoption of the proposition as 1t stood
was the subject of such n diversity OF
opinion that the adjournment was had to
| give the parliamentarians a chance to ex-
anime into the matter.
| Different views existed on both sides of
the house, Speaker Crisp, Mr.. Richard
son, chairman OF the committee of the
whole, and the Republicans generally he
! lieyed that the effect of the adoption of
the proposition would be to place raw
sugar on the dutiable list and refined
| sugar on the free list, while Mr.. Reed
Mr.. Blanchard and others were of the
opinion that the Warner amendments
served to vitiate the substance of Mr.
Robertson's amendment, and the adop-
ton Of the proposition would be to leave
both raw and refined sugar upon the free
list. 1t is probable that way out of the
tangle will be found by motions to recon
slider the vote by which the Warner amend
ment was adopted, and that the two prop
ositions will then be modified so us to per-
nit a separate vote upon each.
Today, by an arrangement reached, the
house took up coal and iron ore, SO that il
no objection is made the sugar matter
will go over until tomorrow.
The civil service law again came in for
its quota of criticism in the senate, and
later in the session Senator PETER, the
Kansas Populist, in a long argument,
sought to show that the proposition of the
secretary of the treasury TO issue United
States bonds is entirely without authority
| in law.