The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-08

uhciehtiui III iHe present. law, the STATE
ment of the present secretary of state,
Mr.. Sherman. to the effect that the sugar
trust needed no protection. 81 had rath-
er cut off my right hand" said the sena-
tor from Ohio, than vote single cent of
bounty to that corporation"
Mr.. Chiffon moved an amendment limit
ing the drawback on refined sugar to the
amount shown by the polariscope when
the raw sugar is first imported. Lost.
Mr.. Allen now brought forward the
amendment for bounty on beet sugar,
and took the floor to support the amend
ment. He appealed to the senator
(Chandler) to let the senate pass this bill
of prosperity and plenty in place of the
bill of pertidy and dshonor passed in
1891.
Mr.. Allen then turned his attention TO
Mr. Allison.
IL ask the senator" he said, what. if
anything, occurred in the republican
caucus to lead to>the abandonment of the
bounty amendment
Mr.. Allison replied that the finance
committee had offered the amendment,
hut it was firmly met with the statement
from the other side that the amendment
would delay the passage of the bill. For
this reason the amendment was with
drawn.
80 then, | understand the republican
party surrendered to threat of filibus-
tering; it has taken fright at threat
of delay pursued Mr.. Allen.
"Oh. no." Mr.. Allison exclaimed. 1T
is very urgent that this bill should come
to vote and in case of an amendment
causing division we do not wish either
to press or oppress unduly."
Mr.. Vest also exclaimed that when the
bounty amendment was offered he went
to the republican side and informed sen
atOrs there would be protracted de-
bate.
Mr.. Allen proceeded to criticisc republ-
can senators for abandoning the amend
ment, declaring they had no right to be-
tray their trust and abandon PROPOSE
ton to which their platform pledged
them.
"'rhe country ought to understand" :"
said he, that this is Il purely spectacular
performance. II performance intended to
amuse, if not to deceive. 1t should know
our republican brethren called ON the
democratic brethren to help them out: if
the democratic brethren could be brought
forward to scare them, then they were
willing to take to their heels
Mr.. Thurston of Nebraska replied
briefly to his colleague Reviewing the
former sugar bounty law, he declared its
repeal was an act of perfdy and dis
honor He regretted therefore. to turn
to the record and find that OH the vote to
repeal that law the first name recorded
in the affirmative was that of Mr.. Allen
of Nebraska.
Again he found on a second vote for
some measure of relief from the sugar
trust, the first name recorded in the
negative was Mr. Allen.
In 1891 pOpuistic legislature in Ne
braska repealed the beet sugar bounty
chapter of the state law, and a demo-
cratic governor approved it. In 1893 Il
republican legislature restored the bounty
to 5-S of a cent pound over the vote
of Il popuist governor. HolcOmb. Then
when the populists came into power again
they promptly repealed the bounty law.
So much, said Mr.. Thurston. for the con-
sistency of his colleagues criticism. The
republican party in the tariff bill has
taken sugar from the free list. where it
was placed in part through the vote of
his populist colleague.
ing he had entered the state at a time
when the government was bankrupt, and
when such IL course was imperative to
reduction of the expenses, avoid bond
issues and put more money in the truas-
ury. He had voted for the Wilson bill
repeating the bounty bill because it con-
tanned the income tax and other beneh-
cent features.
He admitted the republican legislature
of Nebraska had given 5-S cents bounty
on sugar, and had then failed to make
an appropriation to pay the bounty.
Among other things. Mr.. Allen said SJ3S.
600 had been literally stolen from the
treasury of Nebraska under the last re-
publican administration and the state
treasurer stood convicted and sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary.
Mr.. Allison moved the amendment pro-
viding sugar bounty be laid on the
table. The motion prevailed, 81 to 3.
The negative vote was cast by Allen,
Butler, Harris of Kansas, Heitfeld, Kyle.
Pettigrew, Stewart, Teller and Mantle,
populists and silver republicans.
/ Referring to the vote, Mr. Teller said
he wanted it to go to the people of the
northwest that the republican party
might have placed bounty on beet
sugar, as there were the votes TO do it.
Mr.. Allison now came forward with a
request for an agreement for a hnal
vote tomorrow.
Mr. Pettigrew interposed an inquiry as
to whether white pine lumber would be
left at 81 per thousand feet. He de-
sired some assurance that the rate would
not be disturbed otherwise he would
have to object to an agreement.
Mr. Allison gave assurance that the
committee would not make a change and
the agreement on the vote was then
adopted
AT 6:10 the senate adjourned.