St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-30
REPEAL WILL BE PASSED.
Wilson Successful in Defeat
ing Numerous Amend
inentS TO the Bill
MANDERsoN's COMPROMISE
A Brilliant Currency Scheme
- Chandler Critieisss
Pooling Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. "A special
order was invoked today in the house tC
bring up the bill to repeal the tenth of
cent differential duty imposed by the
new tariff law on sugars exported by
bounty-paying countries, and it was
passed without amendment by vote OF
239 to 81. A series of amendments, two
offered by MIR. Hepburn and Mr.. Hop
kins, looking to retaliation in case Ger
many refused to admit our meat prod
ucts after the repeal of the differehtlal ;
one by Mr.. Hit Qll.) to repeal the one
eighth ditferential OH refined sugar; one
by Mr.. Dingley, OF Maine. to provide
that this act should not be construed to
mean that the United States surren-
dered the right. under treaties contain
ing favored nation clauses, to effect
bounties by the imposition of equiva-
lent ditferential duties, and one by Mr..
Van Voorhees,. of New York. to place
all sugar, raw and refined, On
the free list, were lost by
practically strictly party votes.
The debate today was of an interesting
character, and at times very spirited.
it touched quite extensively on the
treasury situation and the remedies to
be applied. Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine.
made a long statement of the receipts
and expenditures to show that the treas
ury was suffering from lack Of revenue.
and that the first duty of the govern
ment was to increase the receipts of the
treasury. Mr.. Reed took a similar
view of the situation, which was again
controyerted by Mr.. Wilson, of West
Virginia. The attempts to amend the
bill by repeating the other portions of
the sugar duty were opposed 10y Mr..
Wilson on the ground that if the bill
was loaded down with amendments it
would surely meet its doom in the
senate.
Discussing Di6erentIaIs. s..
I when under The terms of the order
to take up the bill for repeal Of sugar
idifferential, the house went into COM
mittee of the whole and the bill W as
again taken up. Mr.. DingIey (Rep..
Me- entered into a criticism of the
statements of Mr.. Wilson made Oh Sat
utday, in which the latter asserted that
the revenues under the new tariff law
were increasing and that surplus was
in sight. MIR. Dingley said he would
range alongside of this rosy view of the
situation the impressive words Of the
presidents message yesterday fraught
with impending disaster and distress.
The statements were absolutely ire
conciliable. Since the tariff bill went
into effect,np toSaturday night last the
deficiency was 100000. He made a
lengthy argument to refute the posi-
tion taken by Mr.. Wilson on Saturday
regarding the revenues. lie declared
that run having been inaug uraled Oh
the gold reserve. it Tas of supreme i'm
portance that an increase Of the rev.
enues should take place to restore con-
fidence. The 500, 100000 of bonds is
sued during the last year had been eX-
pended to meet the deficiency in the
revenues.
NJ. Reed (Rep., Me-, who closed the
general debate for his side, declared
the pending bill was trifling. because
no one expected it to become an act. 1t
was in that respect, he said, like much
of the legislation proposed in this con-
gress. Intrinscally, the bill was of i'm
portance. in that he did not desire con
gress to commit itself too hastily to the
ili-advised opinion of the secretary of
state. But the bill was being passed
not because it was of Importance to us
from an economic point of view, but be-
cause it was said 10
Contravene Treaty Flights.
This proposition involved peculiar
situation. Germany granted a bounty
for the benefit of her sugar growers and
manufacturers, to give them an oppor-
tunity to sell IN our markets. We, act
ing under our rights, decided we would
protect some of our citizens, the Louis
lana planters and the sugar trust. Ger
many's bounty acted directly against
US. and we simply contravened their
act. Mr.. Reed called attention to
the conflicting opinions of the secretary
of state and the attorney general, the
latter being strong in the opinion that
this duty did not violate the treaty with
Prussia. MIR. Reed added to the att Or
ney generals opinion that of Count
Hatfield, who stated in 1888 that such
was the opinion of the imperial govern
ment of Germany. Mr.. Reed asked
what evidence had been adduced to
show that our meats had been excluded
by Germany because we had imposed
this differental on her sugar. When
there was $lO7, 200, 900 in the treasury in
gold. That was the surplus. Since then
the administration has borrowed Silt,
100000, making in all s224, 100000. Sup
pose the revenues had equaled the lex
pendltures. and the gold had been paid
equivalent in greenbacks. That is the
situation in a nutshell. If this had oc-
Cured no one would have asked that
the greenbacks should be retired from
circulation.
a "WEat Is Our Dutya
sit is very plain. Make the revenues
equal to the expenditures. Do it at
once. We, on our side, are always
ready to do our part to sustain the gov
ernment." Republican applause.]
Mr.. Coombs Dem.. n. " at this
point submitted some figures to sustain
the presidents statements in his mes
sage Yesterday that this generation had
paid enough of the debts of war. In
1865 The public debt was $4,000 O0. 600.
Since then s195, 100000 of bonds have
been issued. This generation since
that time had paid an average of $780,
100000 year. total of Sc. 579. $50. sos in
principal and interest, exclusive OF
millions of dollars of war claims. After
some further debate by Mr.. Turner
Dem, Ga in reply to Mr.. Reed. Mr..
Wilson closed the general debate with a
brief speech in which he denied that lie
had SAID that Germany bad not discov-
cred diseased meat among cur exports.
Sporadic eases of disease would natur.
ally he discovered, but putting together
Germany's protest against this duty be-
fore the massage of the tariff act wit h