The Washington times., 1894-06-16
SUGAR SCHEDULE MENACED
Growing Determination in the House
to Smash 1t.
A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE VOTE
Black Eyes to Be Given the Senate Bill.
Enemies Of the Trust Active-Resistanee
to the Senate Dragooned"
Senators Are Alarmed at the Prospect.

The House Of Representatives is going to
get an opportunity to express its disapproval
OF the sugar schedule, and the members who
are opposed to legslating in behalf of trust
are to have q chance to put themselves on
record, and, it may be added, that the same
opportunity will be given TO those who want
to show their friendliness to the sugar peo-
pie.
1t is openly asserted now in the House that
when the Senate bill comes back and the
amendments are disagreed to resolution
will be prepared, expressing what is believed
to be the sense of the House on the Senate
propositions, and that when this is offered
there will be a yea and nay vote on the reso-
luton. which will show very clearly where
each representative stands.
The enemies of the sugar trust in the House,
who are increasing every day, are beginning
to believe that the Senate propositions can
successfully be combatted. Ii this idea spreads
it will certainly lead to greater resistance
and II much longer holding out against Sen
ate dic,ation than If the impression. which
prevailed up to week ago. that the House
would have to accept the Senate schedule as
matter OF necessity still existed.
DRAGooNED SENATOR'S ALARMED.
There is another story about sugar at the
other end of the Capitol which is at least a
straw to show how things are going. It Is
limited now that the sugar schedule will yet
be changed before it is finally sent out with
the seal of approval of the Senate. There is
beginning to lie feeling OF alarm among
Democratic Senators who We're drasooned
into voting for the schedule that is not likely
to please their constituents, and that it will
lay the Democratic party open to the charge
that they deliberately, with their eyes open,
and with evidence OF undue and improper in
fuence OF the trust over legislation at the
Capital. framed and passed a schedule to en-
rich this same trust by several millions OF dol
lars. under the delusion that it was 10 collect
q revenue duty, and that If the raw material
was TO come in at a certain rate ii followed as
an absolute necessity that the refined should
have more.
Therefore 1t is intimatej that the diiferen-
tial-the one-eichth OF 4 cent. Il pound on the
refined product. which was added at the di-
rect investigation and demand OF the trust
will be forced out OF the schedule before the
bill is passed by the Senate and sent to the
House.
At any rate. this much is sure; that the
sugar schedule is in danger and that the
danger is not to be smiled ut, because the ex-
ira duty is admitted to be an imposition on
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the Democratic party. The determination in
the House to smash the schedule is growing.
and there are many who will not spare their
efforts to throw out the protective one-eighth
and limit the provision regarding the time
when the schedule is 20 go into effect.
The question now is. who on the floor OF
the Senate or of the House is going to stand
ur and defend the duty TO the trust in the
face of opposition? Ii it is attacked, there
must be answers II 1t is shown by the oppo-
nents Of the protective duty that the Demo-
cratic majority of both Houses can reject the
duty and pass the bill as well without it as
with it. will it be possible to keep the protec-
ton in, when nobody wants it except the
trust and the LOBBYISTS?