The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-13
NO TARIFF LEGISLATION.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE SUGAR
DUTY DEFEA TED IN SENATE.
The Body Also Rofu,es to Take FROM tho
Calendar the Vest CIoture Re oIatiop.
Vote In De rail.


at this session. 4 motion to take up the
House bill of last session making sugar
free Of duty, with the Finance Commit
tees amendment to it imposing a fiat
duty Of 10 per cent. on sugar and abol-
! ishing the differentals, was defeated,
the vote being-yeas, %; nays, q.
The attempt to get up Mr.. Vests cloture
resolution was also defeated-yeas, "a
nays. "a.
The Nicaragua canal bill was taken up
! and discussed for couple of hours, and
| Mr.. Morgan. who is IN charge Of it, sig
! nhed his purpose to ask the Senate to-
morrow to fix a near time for voting
| upon 1t.
Bms were passed giving pensions
! OF 500 a month to the widows Of CEN
erals Banks, Crittenden and Nc
| Clernand.
The bill to organize the Territory Of
| 1ndisnalo was discussed, adversely, by
! Mr.. Plat. and was referred TO the COM
| mttee on Territories
| Mr.. Pugh presented the credentials Of
| Mir. Morgan as senator-elect from Ala
| bama for the term beginning March Attn
| next which were read.
| The resolutions offered recently by Mr..
| Higgins calling on the President for
copies OF the correspondence relative TO
! peace negotiations between China and
| Japan, was passed.
HOW THE SENATOR'S STOOD.
At2P. NJ. the unfinished business-the
| Nicaragua canal bill-was taken up, and
| Mr. Gray Dem, Del) took the floor. But
! he expressed a preference for taking up
and acting upon Immediately the bills
md fnp Inn
| posing a fiat duty OF forty cents on all
| sugars. doing away with the diferentials
| Of Is and 1-l0 per cent. He believed it
| 10 be the duty of the Senate, as matter
| of common justice and common regard
| for the interests of the country, 10 vote
upon those bills at once. He. therefore,
| moved to proceed TO the consideration of
the House bill TO exempt sugars, mo-
| lasses. etc, from duty, the amendment
| reported from the Finance Committee be-
| ing to impose a fiat duty Of 40 per cent
! on all sugars.
Mr. Morgan made slight protest
against the displacement Of the Nicaragua
canal bin.
Mr. Berry Dem, Ark) demanded the
| yeas and nays and they were ordered
! The vote was taken and the motion was
| defeated-yeas, %; nays, 2l-as follows:
| Yeas-Rate Berry, Blackburn. Caffery
| Harris Hin. Hunton, Jarvis. McLaurin
! Mcpherson Mills, Palmer. Pasco, Pugh.
! Vest. Vnas. Walsh Washburn-8
Nays-Aldrich. Allen, Allison. Blanch-
| ard, Culom, DOlph, Dubois, Gallinger
Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Higgins
| Hoar, Kyle, Ledge, Mcmillan, Manderson,
! Martin. Mitchell tOre) Morrill,, Peffer
| Perkins, Platt Power. Quay. Roach,
Teller.
CLoTURE ALSO DEFEATED.
Mr.. Vest then moved to take from the
| calendar his cloture resolution, and that
motion was also defeated-yeas, q; nays
| 81.
| Among the negative votes were Messrs
| Blanchard. Harris. Jones (Ark), Kyle.
| Morgan PETER and Roach
Mr. Harris explained the reasons for
! his vote in the negative. He considered
| the resolution as unnecessary, inaSmuCh
| as a meeting Of the Committee on Rules
| 10 take up the subject Of cloture would
| be held tomorrow.
| NICARAGUA CANAL BILL
When the consideration Of the Nicara-
guam canal bill was resumed Mr. Morgan
! discussed the international question in
| yolved In the right of this Government
! to participate in the construction OF the
| canal in view of our treaties with other
ton between the United States and Great
Britain or any other government touching
| this matter. Nicaragua and Costa Rica,
| I'm their capacity as sovereign powers,
| had affirmed what had been done. and
case was presented i'm which there could
| be no transfer Of the concessions into
| the hands of any other government. lie
discussed al some length the right of the
| exercise OF power under the COnstitu-
| ton. 1t was not our policy, he said, to
| acquire territory by conquest, but by
purchase.
He then reviewed the attitude of the
United States in the acquisition Of ter
! ritory, and argued that 1t was within
| our power 10, in like manner, engage
| I'm the construction of this canal by guar
| antee.
At the close Of his remarks Mr.. Nor
| gan said he would tomorrow ask unani-
nous consent to have a near time fixed
| for taking a vote on the passage Of the
| bill.
Mr.. Cullom Rep., I'D said he would
address the Senate on the bill (Which he
| favored generally on Friday. and then
| the matter went over as unfinished busi-
| ress.
After a short executive session, the SEN
ate. at $40 p NJ. adjourned.
GREAT BEITAIs's ATTITUDE.
In his discussion Of the Nicaragua
canal bill, Mr.. Morgan made the asser-
| ton that there could be no question be-
| tween the Government Of Great Britain
| and the United States az TO the right of
| the latter to either construct the canal
| to guarantee the bonds that should be
| issued for that purpose or TO exercise
| the power inherent to itself az one Of the
| great family OF nations. This statement
| struck some senators as OF so positive a
| nature that Mr.. Morgan-who never
| speaks at random-must be in possession
| OF knowledge OF which his associates were
| ignorant.
| Accordingly. during the executive ses-
| sion Mr.. Higgins Dell asked Mr.. Nor
| gan II he was quite certain Great Britain
| would not protest against our attitude
| in regard TO the construction Of the canal.
| Mr.. Morgan replied. without going into
| the matter to-day at length. by saying
| that he knew the British Government
would not protest, and intmated that
the matter bad been the subject of conf
| Dental communication between the two