The evening world., 1894-06-05
SUGAR Gets
DAYS OF GRACE.
The Bounty Not to Be Taken
OF Until the First Of
January, 1885,
|sOTHE SENATE VOTES TO-DAY
Jones Amendment Adopted by 81
Vote of 40 Yeas
to 81 Nays.
A FIGHT ON THE SCHEDULE.
Compromise Amendment Pending;
Mr.. Hill Votes for Free
Sugar.
A FIGHT ON THE SCHEDULE.
tBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. June 5.-The voting on
the sugar schedule began promptly Mt Il
p. NJ. in the Senate to-day. The first
vote was on the Jones amendment. liking
the date when the sugar schedule should
go into effect and the sugar bounty be
terminated at Jan. /. 1895.
The vote resulted: Yeas, 10; nays, 81.
The amendment was adopted. Mr.. Hill
did not vote and Mr.. PETER voted with
the Republicans. Allen and Kyle voted
with the Democrats.
Drice and Villas withdrew their votes,
being paired with wolcott and Mitchell.
Of Oregon.
In the course OF debate. Mr.. Aldrich
stated that from his calculations the
change in the date on which the schedule
was to go into effect would net the
Sugar Trust s34, 0Oo.o %
The next vote was upon the amend;
ment offered by Senator Henderson, OF
Nebraska. providing for the retention Of
the bounty provision Of the Mckinley
law.
u uIitilulItht was dSLChtcu-yGao
80. nays 40. Hill voted no. as did also
Allen and Kyle. PETER. Of Kansas. voted
with the Republicans.
Allen and Kyle, who a been voting
with the Democrats, voted with the
Republicans on this amendment. Hill
did not vote.
Henderson then offered an amend
ment applying the bounty provision to
beet and sorghum sugar only.
This was b~eaten-yeas, 81; nays. 80.
Senator Manderson's next amendment
decreasing the bounty one-tenth Of a
cent zach year until the time fixed In h
Mckinley law for It's total expiration,
was also defeated, yeas "a, nays 81.
The Nebraska Senator CManderson)
followed this with al amendment to
continue the bounty provision of the
Mckinley law, combining 1t to beet and
sorghum sugars. at one instead OF two
cents per pound, until 1905. Although
1t received the Populist support. the
amendment failed, "a to 81.
Mr.. Allison then offered an amend
ment to reduce the sugar bounty for
the remainder of the calendar year to
eighteenth of a cent per pound. and
to make the & schedule take ef-
feet Immediately on the passage OF the
bill.
The three Populists this time voted
with the Democrats. There was ne.
break In party lines and the amendment
was defeated, 90 to 40.
Mr.. Frye asked Mr.. Allison whether.
II the House agreed to the amendment
fixing the date on which the repeal Of.
the bounty should go into effect at Jan.
/. 1895, the sugar growers of Louisiana
would not get the bounty of two cents
for this year and also the benefit of the.
duty.
Mr.. Allison replied that there was no
doubt about that. They would get three
and one-half cents advance for his
years crop.
The Senate then passed the next para
graph, lS2 liz, fixing the duty or sugar.
Mr., Jones offered the Compromise
amendment, fixing the duty on raw and
refined sugar at 40 per cent. ad valorem,
with n differential of one-eighth of ons
cent on sugars above 16 Dutch standard
and an additional one-tenth on sugarsl
imported from countries giving al ex-
port bounty; continuing the Hawaiian
treaty in force, n imposing q duty Of
two cents a gallon on molasses.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Lodge
to substitute the original sugar schedule,
reported by the Finance Committee. for
the Jones compromise schedule. Was
lost by 2S to 81.
PETER, Kyle and Allen all voted in
the negative.
Pener then offered an amendment
placing Sugar on the free list.
PETERS amendment was lost, 20 to 80.
Hlii voted for free sugar and an
nounced that Irby would nave done
the same. Quay was paired with Irby.
Kyle and Allen, Perkins n Mander-
son voted no.
Mr.. AIiison's amendment to have the
sugar schedule go into effect on the
passage OF the bill was lost by a vote
OF 80 TO 80. 4.