Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-01
NATIONAL NEWS.
Bland Laughs at Gar Reeds Pro-
fessiOns of Friendliness
for Silver.
Doings in the Senate To-day-The
Sugar Trust Scandal Still
Under Fire.

Washington, June L. Thomas B.
Reeds interview in the Fortnightly Re-
view, of London, advocating freer use
of silver has attracted much attention in
congressional circles. The plan sug-
gested by him for an agreement among
nations for the use of silver and to fix
discriminative tariff rates against coun-
tries not using silver, has been specially
open to comment.
"What, Reed for free silyer?" said Rep
resentative Bland, of Missouri, the silver
leader, when told Of, Reeds Fortnightly
article. Then Bland laughed heartily
and read the article. "Mr. Reed con-
cedes our arguments" said Mr.. Bland,
"but offers us remedy which we will not
have. The great agricultural classes
who are behind silver will never consent
to tariff war which will close the market
of Europe to our agricultural products.
That would be the effect of Reeds propo-
sition.
"There is no need of uniting the tariff
and silver question. They are wholly in
dependent. If the United States will coin
silver it will force England and other
foreign countries torecognize silver with
out threatening them with discriminating
tariff duties. They must sell us their
goods and if we insist on Offering them
silver it will soon become to their in
terest to make silver valuable. We must
accomplish the end at home and not
adopt Mr.. Reeds plan of going abroad
and securing free silver by threats of a
higher tariff. 1t is probable that his
main desire is not SO much to aid silver,
but to establish higher protective duties
against European powers"
To-DAy's SENATE.
large horseshoe of roses rested on
the desk of Senator Proctor, of Vermont,
when the senate met to-day, in honor of
that gentleman's 63rd birthday anniver-
sary.
When the morning business was finished
Senator Hill, of New York, made no
effort to get up his resolution to instruct
the bribery committee to throw open its
doors to the public. It, however, went
over without prejudice as did Senator
Dolph's resolution to bring E. G. Ed
to the bar of the senate for contempt.
Senator Hill asked unanimous consent
to consider joint resolution, passed by
the house yesterday, giving the secretary
of war authority under the last sundry
civil appropriation act, to institute con-
demnation proceedings to secure certain
lands near the Gettysburg battlefield.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, objected,
insisting that the resolution should go
first to the committee on military affairs.
1t was referred.
The tariff bill was then laid before the
senate and the great battle over the
schedule of sugar began. The Mckinley
law placed raw sugars on the free list,
imposed half cent duty on refined sugar
and gave bounty of two cents to the
sugar growers. The house bill repealed
the bounty and placed all sugars, raw and
refined, on the free list.
The first bill reported from the finance
committee of the senate gave specific
duty of 1c to 1885 cts per pound, accord
ing to polariscopic test. The compromise
amendment, which is the one now before
the senate, made the sugar schedule go
into effect January /, 1895, the rates be-
ing 10 per cent ad valorem on all sugars,
raw and refined, one-eght of / cent ad-
ditional on sugars above sixteen Dutch
standard, with an additional one-tenth of
| cent pound on sugars from countries
paying export bountes. 1t also con-
tiLued the sugar treaty with Hawai-.
Senator Manderson took the floor
against the measure as Senator Jones had
formally proposed the compromise
amendment.
THE SUGAR TRUST COMMITTEE.
Representative John Dewitt Warner, of
New York, was before the senate sugar
investigating committee for an hour to-
day. He took very decided stand when
the tariff bill was before the house in
favor offree sugar and the change in the
bill in that direction was the result, very
largely, Of his efforts. Stories have been
published to the effect that attempts
we're made in the interest of the sugar
trust to have him desst from his
opposition to the sugar schedule, and Mr..
Warner was questioned as to the truth of
these stories. He refused, however, when
he left the committee room to divulge the
proceedings In the committee or to state
what reports he had made to questions as
to the influence of the trust. 1t is under
stood, however, that his testimony did
not bear out the claims that has been
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