The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-07
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
SENATE PASSES THE CoMPRo.
MISE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
It Imposes Duty of About 40 Per Cent
Ad Valorem on All Sugars and Goes
Into Effect on the First Day
of Next January.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The COM
\ promise amendments to the sugar
! schedule were all adopted in the SEN
ate today, and the pivotal schedule on
which the fate of the tariff measure
depended went through without
change. On the vital amendment to
place all sugars on the free list the
Democratic line was drawn, Senator
Hill voting in favor of it, and Senator
Irby of South Carolina paired in the
same way. But the Republicans
were unable to hold their
own forces intact, Senators Man
derson and Perkins voting against
the amendment and Senator Quay be-
ing paired against it, while Senator
Sherman who was present did not
vote at all. Only one of the Popullsts,
Senator PETER, voted tor free sugar,
Senators Kyle and Allen in the final
issue joining with the ma Jorlty OF
A, Democrats against it. Had all the
Republicans with the three Popullsts
and the two disaffected Democrats
Joined hands, sugar, raw and refined,
would have gone on the free list.
On all other amendments offered by
the Republicans the majority against
them ranged from 3 to III, The adop-
tion of the sugar schedule practically
insures the passage of the bill at an
early date, although it is intimated
that the Republicans will make a
final stand on the sugar schedule
when the bill is reported from the
conference committee and considered
in the Henate again.
AS adopted today the schedule i'm
poses duty of 40 per cent ad valorem
on all sugars, rew and refined, with a
diferential of 1.9 cent per pound on
sugars above 16 Dutch standard, and
an additional 1.10th of cent against
sugars imported from countries pay
ing an export bounty, 1t continues
the Hawaiian treaty, admitting su-
gars from the SandWich islands free
OF duty and places duty OF 2 cents
per gallon on molasses testing above
= 40 degrees by the polariscope. The
schedule goes into effect January l,
1895, and the bounty is continued
until that date.
The house New York and New Jer.
sey bridge bill passed the senate to-
day with amendments which will
probably be accepted by the house.
On motion of Senator Powers bill!
authorizing the Missouri River Power
company to build a dam across the
Missouri river was passed, and or
motion OF Senator Quay bill author
FIXING the construction of O bridge
} across the Monongahela river al
Homestead, Pa, was passed,
The tariff bill was laid before the
senate and the sugar schedule agair
taken up. Senator Higgins, Repub
lican, Delaware, opened the debate
with an assault on the sugar schedule
and argument in favor of continuing
the bounty provision OF the Mckinley
law.
Mr.. Aldridge, alluding to state
ments made in the senate yesterday
regarding the alleged influence
, of the sugar trust in the framing
J of the Mckinley bill said that while
4 there was sugar trust in 1890 1t wal
not the gigantic concern it is now anc
speculating in it's shares was com
paratively trivial.
Senator Vest retorted that in three
weeks the shares went up 35 points
There were then he said: "The same
lies, the same falsifications, the same
attacks on public men as have char
acterized the consideration of tn
pendiRg bill"
Senator sherman also insisted tha