Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-23
IN The HOUSE.
The Sugar Schedule Of tho vviisea Bill New
Has The Floer.

Has The Floer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 22.-The third
and last week Of the tariff debate in the
House opened today with slim attendance
of members and visitors. After the read
ing of Saturdays journal and some execu-
tive commune ca ions, the House went into
committee of the whole to consider the
tariff bill.
The sugar schedule was taken up. Rlanch-
AID (Dem.) of Louisiana, and Robertson
(Dem.) of Louisiana, tried to come to some
arrangement concerning the distribution Of
the three hours to be given to the consider
alton of the sugar schedule. Blanchard
asked unanimous consent that the Lou; ;sana
delegation be allowed one hour out Of the
three, the chair to control the other two,
and it was SO ordered.
McRae (Dem.) Of Arkansas presented an
amendment abolishing the bounty on sugar.
Meiklejohn (Rep.) Of N. braska offered an
amendment to the pending amendment
which proposes bounty Of from one and
three-quarters to two cents per pound on
sugar, according to the character and quail
ity. This amendment provides for the sub
stitution of the existing law for the sugar
clause of the Wilson bill.
Dockery of Missouri, offered q substi-
tute for the pending amendments, striking
out the bounty feature of the sugar clause
Of the Wilson bill.
Dingley of Maine, made point Of order
that Dockery's substitute was essentially
the same as the amendment proposed by
McRae. and Dockery thereupon withdrew
the substitute.
Dockery, in speaking of the bounty char
acterized by the sorghum, beet and maple
sugar industries as petty larceny, having
received bounty of 100000, while the
cane sugar industry rose to the dignity of
grand larceny, as it took out of the treas
ury the sum of SS ,5S4 900.
Cannon {Rep.) of Illinois made vigor-
Gus attack upon what he termed the cow
ardly practice CT the Democratic party in
retaining a bounty which they had de-
nounced As unconstitutional.
Breckenridge of Arkansas defended the
bill a. it stood, and explained the provisions
and Language of the bill. Sugar is to be
freer under the Wilson bill than under the
Mckinley law.
Price (Dem.) of Louisiana protested
against the threatened destruction Of the
sugar industry in Louisiana which, he said,
rsmified every vital principle Of the state.
On motion of Turner (Dem.) Of Geor-
Ris, the committee rose and the Speaker
laid before the House the Presidents mes
sage on Hawaiian affairs. Immediately
after the reading of the message it was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign affairs.
Boutelle (Rep.) of Maine, arose to
question. of personal privilege. The corre-
spondence showed, he said, that the gov
ernment of the United States and its min
listers abroad were still engaged in an at
tempt to incite an resurrection in country
with which we are at peace. The duty of
Congress in the matter was so obvious that
he could not conceive that the Speaker
would any long .r persist in interposing his
will against an expression by the House in
the matter. He would, therefore, call up
his privileged rezolution, reported to the
House some time ago.
The Speaker tried to call Boutelle to
order, and there were cries from the Dem
ocratic side for regular order. Hatch
(Dem.) of Missouri called the Speakers
attention to the fact that the gentleman
from Maine was violating the rules of the
House, in not taking his seat when called
to order. Boutelle said he would be in
order, but did not take his seat. The
speaker remarked that the gentleman was
violating the rules even when he said he
was obeying them.
Boutelle-I rise to point of order.
Speaker-The gentleman cannot rise to
q question of privilege and violate the rules.
utelle-Am not allowed to speak?
Speaker-The sergeant-at-arms will re-
quest the gentleman to take his seat. Il
The sergeant-at-arms appeared, bearing
the mace, and Boutelle took his seat. The
Speaker then put the question upon Will
sons motion that the House resolve itself
into committee of the whole, and a. the
Republicans refrained from voting, only
l70 Democrat, voted in the Affirmative.
Boutelle made the point of no quorum and
asked for tellers. The Speaker appointed
Wilson and Boutelle as tellers.
Boutelle inquired whether he was quail.
fed to act as teller. The Speaker replied
1.-The Chair will regard it As a declination
and appoint the gentleman FROM Illinois
(Hopkins) and the gentleman from West
Virginia Wilson, tellers," adding, "the
gentleman will gain nothing by such tao
ties
A quorum of Democrats appeared and
the Speaker announced the vote, $50 in the
affirmative, none in the negative, and the
House thereupon resolved itself into COM |
mittee Of the whole. Richardson resumed
the chair.
3Dipgley of Maine said he was in favor Of |
continuing the experiments provided for by |
the tariff of 1890, to test the question - to |
~hethsr we can produce our own sugar, by
offering for Is years bounty Of two cents
q pound. The time and amount Of this
bounty would give the experiment .
thorough trial. He was opposed to the propo-
sition in the pending bill, because it reduced
the amount Of bounty to such an extent,
and the time for which it should continue
to such short period, that it could not pos
sibly encourage the production of sugar,
but would be simply donation to the pro-
ducers who should happen to be in business
now. He was opposed to the proposed
amendment to place . duty on imported
sugars. Sugar WIS An article Of food and
u.ed as much by the poor - by the rich.
He was followed by brief speeches by
Gillett (Rep.) of Massachusetts, Warner
(Dem. of New Yerk, and others. Blan-
chard (Dem.) of Louisiana denied that al
much revenue could be derived from the
income tar ~ from tax on sugar. Boat
ner (Dem.) Of Louisiana favored revenus