Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-25
Senator Cafery Continues HisSpeech
on the Tariff Conference.
HE STANDS BY Ills STATES INDUSTRY
The House Approves the LegisIa.
tive Bill Conference Report.
OTHER LEGISLATION TODAY

ihefe was perceptible decrease I'm the
gallery atterdance IN the Senate which
was accounted for rather by the excessive
heat than any abatement of public in
terest In the great struggle
The press gallery, however was crowded
TO the doors and almost every Senator was
In his seat To the surprise Of all, at the
conclusion OF the preliminary morning bus
fness, the Introduction OF bills. resolutions,
memorials. &c. instead OF taking up the
conference report on the tariff bill the
Senate proceeded to the consideration OF
bills on the calendar.
Bills were passed as follows: House bill
for the relief OF Robert TraviIia, Senate
bill for the relief OF william r. Wheaton
and Charles H. Chamberlain of California,
House bill for the removal OF the political
disabilities of Caleb Huse and Senate bin
granting a pension to Hannah Howard
In the morning hour I'm the Senate the
utive and judicial appropriation bill was
agreed TO.
Mr.. Allen Cleb) presented a resolution
directing the Attorney General TO trans
init TO the Senate full copies of all corre-
spondence 0elegraphic and otherwise)
which passed between the Department OF
Justice and the railroads centering In Chi
cago from June 1 to the present time He
asked immediate consideration but Mr.
Platt (Conn) objected and Il went over.
To Investigate the Superintendent OF
Charities.
resolution was adopted to investigate
the office of Col. John Tracey, superin-
tendent of charities of the District OF Co
lumb.a.
Col Tracey is a brother of Gen. Tracey,
the New York Congressman.
The Tariff Conference Report.
At i O'Clock Mr. Vest in the absence OF
MIR. Voorhees, chairman OF the finance
committee who is III. called up the con-
ference report He Immediately yielded to
Mr.. Coke CTexas), who secured the passage
by unanimous consent of a bill granting
to the Arkansas. Texas ana Mexican Rail-
way Company right Of way through the
Indian territory.
and resumed his speech he began yesterday
afternoon. but his remarks did not arouse
much interest.
sion Of the complicated methods Of refin-
ing sugar In Louisiana, which went into
competition with the sugars refined By the
trust He contended that the bounty pro-
vision Of the Mckinley law prevented the
extensive refining Of sugar by the producer.
He made an elaborate argument to prove
that, in virtue Of the implied contract made
with the sugar producers In the bounty
provision OF the existing law, the Louisiana
sugar people asked no more than was their
due when they asked for a tariff ample TO
continue the existence of their industry.
lie naintame0 tndt a 1alr aQ vdlOrem rate .
OF 45 per cent would furnish euficient pro-
tecticn both to the producer and the re-
finer.
He predicted that the Louisiana cane
use would In Q decade be able 70 hold his
own against the sugar producers OF the
world
Louisiana, he said. was a democratic
state. and did not desire TO stand IN the
way OF tariff reform. but he insisted that
In marching to the goal OF tariff reform his
party should not trample the form OF his
PROSTATE state He would not foul his own
nest. III the tariff reform measure as pre-
pared infriaged upon his own ideas of what
Ii would be he should vote for f. unless it
struck down his own state
Appeal fn Behalf of His state.
DO you want a protective duty %
sugar." asked Mr.. Stewart CNevl.
Il do not" replied Mr.. Caffery, emphati.
cally, Il want the duty on sugar laid purely
for revenue purposes. The question pre-
sented is whether a great industry Quit
up under the revenue tariff shall be stricken
down by a change Of theory" He was not
ashamed, he declared. to make a supplica-
tion I'm behalf Of his state. He referred TO
the deficiency I'm the treasury. and the esti-
mated deficit OF s25e0O000 which would he
produced by the House bill. and urged that
a duty on sugar would bridge over all the
financial difficulties Of the government In
concluding, he said that while the position
=
somewhat alienated them from their demo-
cratic colleagues. the fire OF democracy
still bound in their breasts, but IL tariff
reform were pushed too far Che said n IN
sorrow. not in anger they would be conn
PEELED to vote against the measure
Against the Hawaiian Treaty.
He also entered an emphatic protest
against the provision In the sugar schedule
continuing in force the Hawaiian trea.v
admitting sugar from those islands free.
which. he said. gave the sugar trust $4,000
600 annually. "As a loyal democrat" said
he, the position have been Obliged 70
take has almost torn my heart out but if
the alternative comes my allegiance 10 NV
state is paramount"
When Mr.. Caffery took his scat Mr..
ton. He quoted from a report OF Mr. COR
mans speech in a Richmond paper I'm
which the Virginia Senators were set down
as 'recalcitrants."
German had not mentioned the Senators
from Virginia
Mr.. Daniels Position.
For himself he declared emphaticany
that he had made no conditions He haa
regarded some OF the concessions made as
unfortunate, and the delay IN the final
enactment of the measure as peculiarly
disastrous to The best interests Of the coun-
try. Ii was easy for n little mind TO criti-
else. but he had always believed in The
wisdom OF Cancellation and compromise.
Mr.. Jones (ArkD suggested the absence
of a quorum at this juncture, and after
the Senators in the cloak rooms had been
recalled, AIR. Hunton (XaD corroboratea
what Mr.. Daniel had Faii about the in
correctness Of the newspaper report re-
garding his position. and announced Linn
seH a tariff reiormer On the lines laid
down by Robert }. Walker.
But lie had from the first recognized tho
necessity for compromise. and had voted
for many amendments that did not reflect
his personal opinions in order 10 get a blll
that would command SO votes. lie believed
Ia duty on coal and iron for purely rcye-
nue. purposes. with such incidca,Sl prOtcc-
ton es followed
He applied the same doctrine 10 sugar
that nc did to coal and iron. Forty per cent
on sugar he thought fair revenue igty.
Mr.. Hulton also announced himself IN
favor Of the one-ciShth dlffcrcntial On re-
fined sugars.
nr. QUny's Amendments.
when Mr.. Hunton had r5mplctcd his
Mr.. QIay PaD save notice OF
three amendments he should offer TO the
pending motion bcfs:e &c Senate: The FIRST
to ameEl Mr.. Villas :aotios that tbs SEN
ate recede from the onc-eighcf differential
In the sugar schedule 50 a. to reccde from