The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-23

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-There was a
very slim attendance of members on tho
floor and of visitors in the galleries
when the third and last week of the
tariff debate in the House opened. 1t
took but eight minutes to dispose of the
routine business, and at IL the House
went into committee Of the whole to
consider the tariff bill. Richardson
(Tenn.) took the chair and then pur-
suant to the special order adopted last
Friday the sugar schedule was taken
up. blanchard Ua) and Robertson
(La.) tried to come to some agreement
concerning the distribution of the three
hours to be given to the consideration of
the sugar schedule. Pending this. Hit
(Ill.) inquired as to what had bee ome
OF the amendment relative to reci procity
with Canada offered by him late on
Saturday and which WAS still pending
when the House took recess. He sug
gested that iJ be taken up with the
general GOAL schedule tomorrow, but
subsequently withdrew his amendment
altogether.
Blanchard then asked unanimous
consent that the Louisiana delegation
be allowed one hour out of the three
and that the chair should control the
other two, and it was 30 ordered.
McRae lark } presented the amend
mont &C ntained in Saturdays dispatches
abolishing the bounty on sugar and
putting sugar on tho free list. He de-
clared himself an advocate of free
silver and no bounty. Meikelei ,hn
(Rep., Neb.) offered an amendme to
the pending amendment which pro poses
bounty Of from ~ to cents per
pound on sugar, according to its char
acter and quality. This amendment
provides for the substitute ton of the
corresponding sections of the existing
law for the sugar clause OF the Wilson
bill. Gear, OF Iowa, offered an amend
ment providing that the decrease in
the bounty on sugar should begin July
l, 1898 instead of 1895. Att 55 o'clock,
on motion of Turner (Dem., Ga.) the
committee rose and the Speaker laid
before the House the Presidents mes
sage transmitting the Hawaiian CORE
| spondence. 1t was referred to the com
mittee on foreign affairs.
On motion of Wilson the House again
resolved itself into committee OF the
whole Short speeches we. 9 made by
about twenty members. but the debate
was not OF striking character. The
amendments and substitutes presented
to the sugar schedule we're then read
prior to taking a vote upon them
The first amendment was one offered
by McRae suspending the bounty on
sugar and putting sugar on the free list.
To this amendment Meiklejohn, (Rep.,
Neb,) offered an amendment substitute
ing the provisions of the existing law.
tute abolishing the bounty on sugar and
putting discriminating tax on all
| sugars, raw and refined.
Meiklejohn's amendment was first
voted on and was defeated: Yeas, 49,;
| Nays, 1853 Prices amendment was also
defeated: Yeas, 10; Nays, 49, The
Harter amend ment was lost on viva
voce vote The vote was then taken
on the McRae amendment, and it was
| agreed to on vote by tellers: Yeas,
1875; Nays, 60.
Robertson (Dem, La..) offered an
amendment providing for 4 tariff on
sugar. To this amendment Warner
| dem, N. Y.,) offered an amendment
putting refined sugar on the free list.
breckenridge Q[y.) offered substitute
providing for duty / cent per pound
| on molasses, syrups and all raw pro-
ducts OF can juice, beet juice, tank
bottoms. sugar sweepings, etc.
Warmers amendment was first voted
on and was agreed to by a vote OF 1877 in
the Affirmative to SO in the negative,
nearly all the Republicans voting in the
affirmative. The Breckenridge amend
ment was then lost by q vote Of 6T to 144
The committee then rose. but imme-
diately resumed It's sittings in the hope
that the Robertson amendment might
be passed, but the committee could not
agree, and at $40 it again rose and the
House took recess until o'clock to-
night.
There was full attendance in the
galleries and the usual meagre attend
ance on the floor when the House met
this evening. Brookshire (Dem, Ind }
was the first speaker of the evening ana
was followed by Broderick (Rep., Kas J
Creary Dem Ky.,) was recognized
when Frederick had taken his seat. He
was in favor of repaaling the sugar
bounty at once and entirely. He re-
garded 1t as fraud and an outrage.
McCreary was followed by Hilborn
(Rep, CALI who took up seratim the
articles OF California production in
which California would be injured by
the passing of the Wilson bill. Goldsier
Dem, Ill.) briefly defended the Wilson
bill and was followed by Avery (Rep..
Mich.) who spoke in opposition to it,
after which the House adjourned.
THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
The Credentials of Senator Martin Pro-
sented and Placed on File.