The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-12

| Mr.. White remarked that the present
caucus rule on the Republican side
| showed that the Democratic senators had
very distinguished imitators.
A STRANGE SIGHT.
1t was a strange sight to see senators
/ Ieglslate in the interest of a trust which
/ they had unsparingly denounced. 1t would
/ seem that debts were being paid to these
I creatures of inordinate power, and ii at
least strengthened limitations which had
I been made.
Mr.. White closed at 2:45 pm, and Mr..
FRYE (Maine) was again able TO put the
amendment to vote.
Mr.. German of Maryland obtained
recognition for brief speech. saying in
! conclusion: The only possible excuse for
this bill is that there is not sufficient
revenue in the treasury
Mr.. Stewart (Nevada) asked Mr.. ALI
son to state before the vote was taken
whether this bill gave the refiners greater
advantage than the present law.
I have no doubt" answered Mr.. Alli-
SON, that excluding the countervafiing
duty, this bill does not give greater ad-
vantage to the sugar industry than the
Wilson bill"
Mr.. Allison proceeded to make a general
statement. He said that thus far SEN
ators had been discussing decimal figures
and statistics without considering what
lies at the basis of this and all schedules.
We have been tainted with the bounty
on the other side say they will support
a sugar duty on the theory that il is
tax for revenue only l wish to disclaim
any responsibility for this duty as rev.
enue duty. If that were its only object it
should not have my vote
Mr.. Allison proceeded to point out the
changed conditions since 1916. In the days
of his boyhood very little pure white
sugar was seen. Now, no sugar came on
the table of the rich or poor that had
not gone through some process of refin-
ing The refining industry of this coun-
try was entitled TO some protection. He
he nd a
schedules.
A DODGER
do you believe in protection to labor
or to capital?" interposed Mr.. Tillman of
South Carolina.
That is a generality" replied Mr.. Alli-
son, TO which the senator well knows
my answer. 1 believe in protection 10
American labor. but l believe in protect
ing American capital also" 1t was the
policy of this bill, he said, to do what
Europe had done-establish the produc-
ton of sugar in this country and keep
the Sl00,000000 annually paid for sugars
by our people at home Recalling the
criticism of the Republicans for their
abandonment of the bounty system, Mr..
Allison said that this system had been
adopted to encourage the sugar industry.
1t had failed first, perhaps because OF
the rapid and unexpected strides made
on both the beet and cane growth: and,
second, because the Democratic party de-
cided TO do nothing to encourage the sys-
tenn.
WITHIN A FRACTION.
The schedule might not be arranged
precisely as it should be. but it was con-
fessedly within a fraction of other sched-
ules. If senators on the other side could
show that there was an injustice, he
would. he said. try to deal with 1t in a
spirit of justice.
tariff bill to afford any material relief to
the country, as there was a cancer OIL
financial contraction which was eating at
the vitals of the country
Mr. Caffery replied briefly to Mr.. ALI
son and then the vote was taken, amid
great expectation, resulting, yeas 81, nays
80. as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Burrows. Carter. Cullom
Davis, Deboe, Elkins. Fairbanks, For
aker, Frye. Gallinger, Hanna, Hans
brough. Hawley, Hoar, Jones (Nev.), Nc
Bride; McEnery. Mcmillan, Mason. Mel
son, Perkins. Platt Comm, Pritchard,
Proctor. Sewall. Shoup, Spooner, Stewart
Wellington. Wetmore and Wilson,
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler; CAT
Faulkner. German. Gray, Heitfeld Jones
(Ark), Kyle Lindsay. Mallory. Mantle,
Mills. Mitchell, Morgan, Pascoe, Petit
grew, Pettus, Roach, Tillman, Turpie'
Vest Walthall and White-3O.
Mr. Jones of Arkansas then moved an
amendment striking out the words 'on
all sugars" in line 20, page 6S, which went
Mr.. Allison asked if an agreement could
he reached for IL a m. sessions, beginning
Monday.
would he given next Thursday or Friday
Mr.. Hoar gave notice of a new section
to follow paragraph pos providing for the
appointment by the president OF a com
mission of five persons who shal lnVesu-
gate and report at the next session OF
congress on the most advantageous
methods o. producing and refining sugar
and what method will give to the con-
sumers sugar at the least cost.
At $40 D. M the bill was laid aside ana
tho senate went into executive session,