The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-15
SUGARS SUBJECTS
The Senate Discusses the Tariff
Amendments
Which Affect Their FavOrite
Commodity Sugar.
THEY NEEDED A REST.
Senators Become Weary and So
Adjourned

WASHINGTON, May 15--The seventh
week of the tariff debate in the sem
ate began at IL o'clock yesterday with
fair attendance on the floor. Two
bills, one to pension the widow of
Rear Admiral Donald MacNea1 Fair
fax at the rate of 500, and the other
to increase the pension of the widow
of Major General Doubleday to 500,
were reported and placed on the cali
endar.
After some business of no general
Importance was dispatched the tariff
bill was taken up. The question was
on Mr.. Aldrich's motion to make the
duty on alum six-tenths instead of
four-tenths of a cent ad valorem.
Mr.. Lodge opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Hale also spoke. Mr.. Butler said
speeches were being made merely to
kill time, to which Mr.. Chandler re-
sponded: Better kill time than in
dustries.''
The amendment was tabled --'2s
TO IL.
Mr.. Aldrich moved to substitute
6ve-tenths for four enths- .
Mr. Higgins, Repu blican, Delaware,
replying to the insinuation of Mr..
Butler, that the Republicans were en-
gagged in a time killing contest, de-
cldrcQ the Republicans were IN no
wise responsible for the delay. The
Aldrich amendment was ia bled.
Mr. Platt, Republican, Connecticut,
said that despite the fact that for
years this chamber had rung with
Democratic denunciatiOn of the sugar
ing one, had agreed, so he under
stood, in caucus to vote for a prohibit
tive duty on refined sugars. Surely
Democratic reformers must be hard
driven when they were forced to
swallow the words and opinions of
years Mr.. Platt's observations on the
sugar trust ruffied some of the Demo
Gratis, and he was soon engaged in
controversy.
The discussion of the sugar schedule
was adroitly diverted by Senator
Vest into a debate about American
publican of New Hampshire, got the
floor and proceeded to read, for the
benefit of his political adversaries,
the editorial opinions of some of the
great Democratic dailies denouncing
the surrender of Democratic princi-
pie made in the Jones amendments
At the conclusion of Mr.. Gallinger's
remarks the Jones amendment, fixing
the duty on alum at 4-IO of cent,
was agreed to without division, as
was the neEt Jones amendment. fix
ing the duty on carbonate of ann
CT ~ per OCAJs u
salammoniac at 10 per cent and sui
phate of ammonia at 20 per cent
The next finance committee amend
ment, fixing the duty on bone char
suitable for decOlorizin2 sugar at 20
per cent, was also agreed to.
Mr. Aldrich offered an amendment
to the next paragraph to substitute L
cent per pound on chalk and its pre-
partitions. for the duty of 90 per cent
in the bill. This was defeated. 1t
was then $50 o'clock, and Mr.. Allison
suggested an executive session, while
Mr. Jones suggested the senate sit an
hour longer. Mr.. Harris, who had
charge of the bill, arose and with cut
ting sarcasm rejected both sugges-
tiOnS.
I'm view of the fact said he with
the triphammer deliberation SO char
acteristic of him, ''that the senate
has only consumed one hour in the
discussion of this article on which the
eyes of the Republicans are fixed with
such intense nterest-the article of
chalk think the United States SEN
ate should take rest and 1 move the
senate adjourn"
Accordingly at 5:55 the senate adj
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