Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-06
BY THE SENATE
Tho Sugar Proposition of the Finance
Committee Democrata
The Vote In Detail of the Senators
the Action on Them.

As indicated by all the votes taken In the
Senate yesterday up to the hour Of The
Stars going to press, the sugar proposition
presented by the democrats Of the finance
committee withstood all attacks by the op-
position and was finally adopted.
Mr.. PETER proposed an amendment plac-
ing all sugar on the free list. This motion
was lost by a vote of % to 81. Mr. Hill
voted with the republicans and announced
that Irby would have voted the same way
had he been present
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Cameron, Chand-
Ter, Cullom, Dolph, Dubois, Frye, Gallinger,
Hale Hawley. Higgins. HILL Hoar. Lodge,
Mcmillan, Mitchell (Oregon), Morrill,, Pat
ton, PETER, Pettigrew, Plat, Power. Shoup.
Teller and Washburn. Total, 26.
Nays-Allen, Blackburn. Blanchard. But
Ter. Caffery, Call, Camden, Cockrell, Coke,
Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gordon,
Gray. Harris. Hunton, Jarvis, Jones (Ar-
kansas), Kyle. Lindsay, McLaurin, Mander-
son, Martin, Mills, Morgan, Murphy, Pasco.
Perkins. Pugh, Ransom. Roach. Smith.
Vest. Villas. Voorhees,; White Total. 81
The pairs were as follows. The first named
would have voted yea and the last nay:
Proctor and Bate. Wolcott and Brice, Carey
and Mitchell CNisconsin), Davis and Turpie,
Dixon and Mcpherson, Jones CNevada) and
German, Hansbrough and Palmer, Irby and
Quay, Squire and Walsh, Wilson and Berry.
Senators Sherman and Stewart did not vote
and were not paired.
Two republicans, Henderson and Perkins,
voted against free sugar, and Quay was
paired the same way. while Sherman did
not vote. OF the democrats Hill voted fSr
fee sugar, while 1rby was paired the same
way. OF the populists PETER voted for free
sugar, Allen and Kyle against and Stewart
did not vote.
Various Propositions offered.
Mr.. Perkins asked for a separate vote
ALL,
ing in force the Hawaiian treaty.
Mr.. Aldrich said that unless the treaty
was abrogated in admitting Hawaiian
sugar planters of the Sandwich Islands a
bounty of 100000.
VIII you vote to abrogate the treaty?'
asked MIR. Mills.
II will not" 0aughter.)
Thereupon Mr.. Perkins withdrew his re-
quest for a division of the schedule, and
Mr.. Allison offered an amendment to make
the schedule go into effect Immediately on
the passage of the bill In addition to the
enormous benefit that would result to the
sugar trust from giving that corporation
six months grace in which to import all
free raw sugar 1t could buy Mr.. Allison
contended that it would take from the
treasury every dollar OF revenue expected
to accrue to the treasury during the COM
ing year. Mr.. Allison's amendment was
| lest, 30-33
Mr. HetugreW q. ID ouered an amend
ment to strike out of the schedule the one
| eighth of one cent differential given to the
reilners.
1t was lost, 3O-33 Mr.. Hill On. " and
| the populists voting in favor Of striking out
! the differential given the sugar trust
" hen the vote was announced Mr. Mander-
son (NebD said that IT was useless to con-
/ tinue the contest further. 1t was evident
| that the sugar garrison was securely in
| trenched.
MIR. Henderson made his statement in a
good-humored way. and ii produced a gen.
eral smile. He would propose last amend
| ment. he said, one to cut the duty down
one-half and the bounty one-half This
was. he thought. in the direction Of partial
honesty. 1t had this advantage. The
revenue from the duty would pay the
bounty for many years TO come. The
amendment was lost on a rising vote. % to
81.
The question then was on the Jones
amendment to paragraph 1S2 l-2 the
am endment agreed upon by the democratic
side, which was carried by vote of 81 to
IS.
The schedule was then completed just as
mapped out by the democrats.