Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-27
1.-THE DETRIMENTAL DUTY = D. On Sugar Discussed by Chairman 2 Wilson. iaz taa REED SHOWS HIS HAND Cleveland Upheld in His Atti-
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 were uttered in the course of opening argument on the bill to repeal the pro- vision of the tariff act which imposes an additional duty Of 1-1o of cent pound on sugars, molasses and syrups imported from countries which pay an export bounty on these articles.
 Mir. Wilson, in the beginning, had read the correspondence between Secretary Gresham and the German ambassador re- lating to the protests by Germany against the adoption of the differential duty and to the prohibition by Germany of American cattle and meat products. Discussing the "favored nation" of commercial treaties, MT. Wilson spoke of Attorney General Olney's interpretation in opposition ofthat of Secretary Gresham as an obtsr dictum.
 But it was when he came to discuss the financial bearing of the bill that the chair mau Of the ways aud means committee aroused the ironical laughter of republi- cans and the enthusiasm of democrats. H @ believed there was no danger that the treasury would default in the payment of the expenditures of the government; that it could under present conditions stand deficit of $50 ,000 ,000 in receipts this year and still pay all obligations; that revenues were increasing and rapidly approaching
  and that the present tariff legisla,ions would provide sufficient revenue for all purposes. He favored the repeal of the duty because it was right and just to do so; because it was protective duty levied for the benefit of the sugar trusts and against the interests of the consumers; because it would relieve the irritation of foreign gov ernments, and because the revenues arising from it were not needed.
 Messrs. Meyer and Price of the Louisiana delegation spoke in support of an amend ment proposed by the former to increase the duty on raw sugar from 40 to 5Oper cent ad valorem.
 MT. Reed did not open the discussion for the repu uolicans, but MT. Payne of New York came forward. This fact caused some speculation as to whether or not it meant that MT. Reed intended to make MT. Payne chairman of the ways and means commit tee, and the republican leader on the floor in the Fifty fourth congress.
 Mir. Payne contended that the adoption of the differential duty was rot in violation of treaty obligations, and said that if such leg.dation was to be followed by a com mercial war, let the war come, but let con- gress stand for the rights of the country under its treaties.
 The last speaker was Mir. Warner, demo- crat, of New York, who argued that the duty sought to be repealed was not in any degree essential to the refiners of the coun- try, and that the trouble with the sugar planters of Louisiana was reliance upon the stimulation oi the tariff for the support of their business.
 Before the repeal bill was taken up bills were passed granting rights of way through the Indian and Oklahoma territories to the Gainesville, McAllister and St. Louis rail. road company (for two branch lines) and to the Oklahoma Central Railroad company, aud to establish rules for the navigation of harbors and rivers. The senate was re- quested to return the Indian appropriation bill that certain clerical errors might be corrected.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The senate today, by vote of 24 to 22, the resolution of Mir. Allen, popuist, of Nebraska, which favored the annexation of the Hawaiian islands.
 The substitute reaifirms the policy of ab- solute interference with the affairs of other nations, and declares the admin stra- the policy deserves the approval and sup port of the American people. It did not receive single republican vote, except that of Mir. Pettigrew.
 All the populists, Allen of Nebraska, Kyle of South Dakota, Peffer of Kansas and Stewart of Nevada recorded their votes with the republicans in the negative. Before the vote was taken there was quite spirited denuuciation on the part of Messrs. Lodge and Frye of the newspaper
  fuenced in their course in favor of annexa- tian by the fact that a large number of Hawaiian bonds was held in New England which had cost only twenty five cents on the dollar and that an nexatlon would inn mediately bring them to par.
 With display of indignation MT. Frye charged that the information which formed the newspaper charge had been furnished by Mir. Mills, but when the Texas senator just as indignantly contradicted the state- Afr it,of Ixy xxyit h d
 The resolution is as follows:
 Resolved, That while the people of the United States earnestly sympathizs with the effort to establish republican institu- tions wherever that effort is made, they re- affirm the policy of absolute non-interier. ence, unless by agreement, with the affairs of other nations, and recognizs in the full est extent the right of every people to adopt and maintain their own form of gov ernment unawed and uninfiuenced by for eign dictation.
 That the administration of President Cleveland in maintaining this policy as 10 our foreign relations deserves the approval and support of the American people.
 The bankruptcy bill was brought before the senate and went over as the unfinished business.
 Mir. Call, speaking to a question of per. sonal privilege, denied certain publications in Florida newspapers charging him with keeping public documents from the people or Il lb 6tato auu uiopo siue oi tuSm oy buic 10 dealers in this city. MT. Call said that if the senate tolerated in the galleries the agents of great and corrupt syndicates, men whose profession was falsehood, the end would soon come to the usefulness of this body. Mir. Cali also made an attack upon the capitalistic press and its paid agents engaged in the business of calumny aud islander.
 Mir. Chandler said that he believed some notice ought to be taken ofthe positive es- sertions made by newspaper reporter, oc- cupyiug seat in she press gallery, to the efftct that Mr.fCall had sold some of his public documents for money. If this was ignored ,ethen any assertion mads might go unchaiIenged. He suggested, not that the truth of the charge be iuvestigated-for 1t was notoriously untrue-but whether a cores poudsnt has the right to thu, abuse the privileges extended him by the cour- tesy of the senate. There was more or less irony in Mir. Chandler's remarks. Mir. Call said the senate ought to brand as public and professional liars the men engaged in this business.
 kNo action was taken.
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