The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-27

| unQef contract With the government. l The first part, he said, was simply
 an attempt to collect a debt due. The
 second part of it proposed to pay mol | quite one-half of the bounty provided
 in the law He thought it should gc l to the extent of the payment of the l full bounty. He did not believe the
 beet sugar industry could exist without
 protection He firmly believed that if
 the people in Nebraska, who had this year sustained such loss from the 1 drought were not awarded that tc which they were fairly entitled by the government that important industry
 would disappear,
 MT. Allison, rep, of Iowa, had the l clerk read a telegram from bankers | mercantile firms, manufacturing con- l cefns and exchanges of New Orleans 1 asking the adoption of the amendment l granting portion of the sugar bounty. | The petitioners say they and similar es- | tablishments in other cities are credit ors to the sugar producers in large
 amount, being induced to advance
 money to them, trusting in the policy
 and laws of the United States.
 MT Mills, dem, of Texas, made a | as general legislation on an appropria- | tion bill.
 MT. Brice said in the present condi- ton of the treasury he could not con | sent to an amendment involving eight or ten millions being offered against the rules of the senate. MT. Manderson said the amendment did not involve more than $5, 300, GOO. The president submitted the point of order to the senate and the senate voted that the senate was in order-yeas AS, nays 16.
 MT. German, dem., of Maryland, ex- pressed the hope that the sugar bounty
 amendment would not be adopted. The
 sugar producers claim, he said, appeal
 ed to the justice and fairness of every
 man, but it ought to be considered on
 it's merits and on a report from the de-
 partment of the government in control
 of the alter.
 MT. Hill said that the only question
 to him is whether the sugar bounty
 bill is not as appropriate to this bill as
 is an amendment proposing to supply
 deficiency in the revenue or to regulate
 the method of issuing bonds.
 Mr. Wolcott, rep, of Colorado. moved
 to amend the amendment by requiring the secretary to purchase 4OOO, 900 ounces of silver month for the period of eight months, at the market price in New York, to be coined from time to time into silver dollars, ''in furtherance of contract heretofore entered into be- tween the government of the United States and the people of the United States" He argued if there ever was a contract entered into in good faith it was that whereby the government said to the people that if they undertook the mining of gold and silver the govern ment would purchase at market price There could be no argument applying to the producers of sugar that did not apply equally to the producers of sil- yer
 The amendment was excluded on point of order, yeas 13, nays 50. The senators who voted that it was in order were Messrs. Bate, Brice, Cameron. Clarke. Hansborough, McLaurin, Man tie, Mills, Peffer, Pettigrew, Teller, Walsh and Wolcott.
 MT. Mitchell, rep, of Oregon, moved to amend the amendment by adding to it provision that there shall be paid to the sheep owners of the United States l to be distributed among them pro rata according to the amount of wool pro- | duced by each an amount equal to five | cents pound on all domestic wool pro- | duced in the United States during the | calendar year of 1885, After an argu- ment in support of his amendment if | was decided out of order.
 MT. Pettigrew rep. of South Dakota. opposed the sugar bounty amendment I on the ground that the senators from Louisiana had voted to abolish the bounty by voting for the tariff bill, and | that to grant their people a bounty now would be put ito a premium on irnpo- | tence"
 MT. Hoar, rep, of Massachusetts, in of the same idea, moved to strike out the words Owners of sugar cane" Inasmuch, he said, as the sena- .ors from Louisiana voted for the repeal of the bounty-in voting for the tariff lct-the people were acquitted from any to the people of Louisiana in hat matter.
 One result, MT Hoar added, of the of the tariff act had been to re- luCG IuG pllCt VI GDLlOll IO i've cents a pound, and if the sages at the other end f the capitol and the sage at the other md of the avenue had power for two ,ears longer they would have brought otton to three cents a pound
 The amendment was rejected, and the ,ote was taken on the first clause of MT. 3lackburn's amendment appropriating 233, ,239 for the sugar produced up to August 28, 1894, on which bounty had ot been paid. It was agreed to-
 The senate took a recess till D. m, he evening session to be for the pas age of bills on the calendar that are to.
 At the evening session many bills were T assed, and at :25 the senate adjourn d.
 FIRE IN BRIDGEPORT.