The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-28
The Sugar Schedule viii Be Boiled by Re-
publCanS.
liable TO talk until SATURDAY
Senatorial ConversationaIists Pre-
pairing for Lively Struggle During
the Next Five Days-Mr. Walsh of
Georgia to Open the BaIl-The In
Vestigating Committee to Submit
Report in Reference to Sources of
Information Upon Sugar Stories.


the tariff bill opens tomorrow
Before the week is under way
u very far the discussion Will have
begun on the sugar schedule. which
Will be made the occasion for violent
attacks on the Republican side of the
chamber. Democrats. among them
Mr.. Brice, express the belief that at
most three or four days will be con
sumed in the discussion OF this sched-
ule. but Republican lenders assert that
the end of next week will find the sen &.
ate still talking about sugar.
Some Republicans say it would be
manitestly improper for the senate to
dispose of this part Of the bill before
the investigating committee has made
report on the doings of the sugar
trust in connection with the forlna-
tion of the schedule which the senate
ia called upon to take up and debate.
Until that report is made they say it
will be impossible for the senate to
formulate its Judgment as to what
should or should not be done in the
of rates Of duty, or determining even
whether there shall be any duty placed
upon this article.
The work of the week will begin
with a speech by Senator Walsh, OF
Georgia, who on Saturday gave notice
that he would address the senate Mon
day morning at II o'clock. After that
the wood schedule will be taken up
and there is tacit agreement on both
sides of the chamber that this shall be
disposed Of in the same day, although
the speeches against free lumber may
run over for short time into Tuesday
For Tuesday there Is a matter that may
come up, somewhat out of the routine
Of the proceedings and for that very
reason of much interest.
REPORT OF SUGAR COMMITTEE
The Investigating committee may at
that time submit partial report to the
senate on the refusal Of newspaper
men to give the sources Of information
upon which their sugar stories were
based and may ask the senate for in-
structions as to what steps they shall
take in the further prosecution of their
investigation. The ultimate result
will probably be froth and nothing
more substantial.
In accordance with time-honorsd
custom, the senate will proba bly, ad.
journ over Wednesday, Decoration
Day. although there are pre- ecedents for
the senate remaining In session on this
occasion. Mr.. Harris was not in the
senate Saturday and could not be con.
suited on this subject, hut the other
Democratic members of the finance
committee agreed that it would be fit
ting for the senate to take rest on
that occasion.
The debate on sugar may, therefore,
begin in earnest Thursday morning,
Senator Hill, in accordance with his
determination to put his party on rec
ord ou the subject Of raw material, it
is understood, will at some stage of the
proceedings move to put all
sugars on the free list. The
Republicans will hold q caucus
about the middle Of the week for
the purpose Of mapping out some plan
at campaign on tue sugar question.
There are some Republican senators
who are In favor of duty on sugar
Prominent among these are Senators
Sherman, OF Ohio, and Cameron, of
Pennsylvania. Both of these senators
believe that sugar is a distinctly reve-
nue. article and should be kept as such.
LOUISIANA SENATORS USEFUL
In the discussion of this proposi tion,
of which tho Democrats have been cog
infant for long time, the query that
naturally arises is, Can the Republicans
put up thirty-eight solid votes for this
propositionP II they can, it looks as IL
the bill might be defeated, going upon
the hypothesis that the Louisiana sena.
tors cannot and would not vote for the
bill with free sugar clause in it.
The Republicans are not without
hope that they can put sugar on the
free list, for they claim that il they
give this proposition their solid sup
port they can got votes enough and to
spare from the other side of the cham
ber to act in concert with them This
is the critical vote that the managers of
the bill on the Democratic side of the
cham ber fear.