The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-28

sured Speeches continued to be made
against it however. -
McLaurin Dem, Miss.) opposed the
bounty law as unconstitutional and there
| fore void.
Mr.. McLaurin offered an amendment
| that the sugar bounty be paid in silver
coin. to be coined from silver seigniorage
now in the treasury. Ruled out OF order.
Mr.. German spoke energeticaily against
the bounty amendment. 1t would be most
unfortunate, he said, to have this great
sum attached to the sundry civil bill.
He had voted for the bounty when the
tariff question was up. But congress had
decreed against the bounty, and now it
was not here on its merits as bounty,
but as a claim. "In view of the bounties
| given by other countries" said Mr.. Cor
man. 81 do not believe the great sugar IN
dustry of the United States will last tve
years longer
Mr.. German said he regretted the ex-
termination of this great American indus
try more than any legislative action in
which he had taken part. He believed in
the bounty, but in view of the condition of
the treasury he did not believe in this
back bounty. I'VE will soon have the
question of financial deficiency before us"
said Mr.. German. 1--WE are today and have
been for two years paying the current eX-
penses of the government from bonds
sold, and unless we make provision for
meeting our obligations there will not be
enough by SGO,0OO,0O0 to pay the current
expenses of the current year.
Mr.. Hill suggested that the bounty
amendment ought to be as germane as
Mr.. Germans treasury certificate amend
ment.
Mr.. Wolcott offered an amendment di-
recting the purchase of S4,OOO,OOO ounces
of silver monthly for the next eight
months and its coinage into standard silver
dollars.
By n vote of Is to 80 the amendment was
declared out of order. The vote was not
significant on silver lines.
Those in the affirmative were: Bate,
Brice, Cameron, Clark, Hansboro, Nc
Laurn, Mantle, Mills, PETER, Pettigrew,
Teller, Walsh and Wolcott.
Mr.. Mitchell offered another amend
ment to the bounty provision for D per
cent bounty pound to wool growers for
losses sustained by the Wilson bill. Ruled
out of order.
Mr.. Pettigrew said that the sugar men
W crenomOree ntitOOelmctd
were no more entitled to CONDENSATION
than We're others injured by the Wilson
tariff legislation. The Louisiana claim
was high premium on impudence. The
Louisiana senators had helped break down
the protective tariff and ruin northern in
dustrles and now came in asking DrOtec-
ton for their own people.
Mr.. Hoar moved to strike out the |
eighth-tenths of cent on bounty sugar
made from sugarcane. He said the beet
sugar in the North was entitled to the |
bounty, but the cane interests of Louis |
&c hnI 4
against the sugar bounty on the final |
vote in the senate when single vote |
would have retained the bounty. This |
was binding obligation on Louisiana
and 1t precluded her from coming here and |
claiming bounty that their representa- |
tiyes had rejected. 1t had been said |
Louisiana was willing to yield her bounty |
in order to strike down the manufactur- |
ing of New England. He would not as
sert that this charge was true, as it was |
TOO serious statement against the state |
The Hoar amendment was defeated |
on Il viva voce vote.
The final vote was then taken. The |
question was divided, the vote being |
upon the appropriation for bounty on SUI
gar produced prior to the passage of the
tariff act, and it was agreed to-yeas
4G, nays 20.
The full vote was as follows:
IeaS-Alurlcn, Alien, ALLISON, Black |
burn, Blanchard, Caffery, Cameron, Ca
rey, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Daniel,
Davis, Dixon, Frye, Gallinger, Gordon,
Gray, Hawley, Hunton, Kyle, Lindsay,
Lodge, McNlilin, Henderson, Perkins,
l'lntt, Porter, Proctor, Quay, Roach,
Squire, Stewart, Walsh, Washburn,
White, Wilson (Wash.). Total yeas 46.
Nays--Bate, Berry, Brice, Burrows,
Oockrell, Coke, German, Hansbrough,
Harris, Hoar, Jones (Ark.), McLaurin,
Mills, Murphy, Palmer, Pettigrew, Tel
Ter, Turpic, Vest, WolcOtt. Total nays 90.
The vote was then taken on the second
amendment for an aggregate bounty of
-, 100000, and it was agreed to-yeas
}6, nays 2J-as follows
Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Black
)urn, blanchard, Gallery, Camden, Cam
ron, Chandler, Cullom, Daniels, Davis,
iordon, Gray, Hawley, Hunton, Kyle,
lindsay, McAIillin, Henderson, Mantle,
Martin, Morgan, Morrill,, Pasco, Perkins,
platt Proctor, Pugh, Quay, Roach,
squire, Stewart, Walsh, Washington,
White Total 36
Nays-Berry, Bricc, Carey, Clark, Cock
rdll Coke, Frye. Gallinger. German,
lansbrough, Harris, Hoar, Lodge, Nc
1aurin, Mills Palmer, PETER, Pettigrcw,
Power, Turpic, Vest, Wilson CWash),
NolcOtt. Total nays -.
And then, at GIG p. M, the senate took