The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-07
The Beet Sugar Bounty
Plan Laid on the
Table.
NO ANTITRUST CLAUSE.
Amendment Voted Down
Despite the Effort Made
by Mr.. Pettus to
Save 1t.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The final
vote on the tariff bill will be taken
in the senate before adjournment TO-
morrow, definite agreement, assented
to by all parties having been reached
at the close of the debate today. The
agreement is as follows:
That debate on the tariff bill shall
proceed under the five minute rule
after L p. m. tomorrow, and that the
final vote on the bill shall be taken
before adjournment.
Mr.. Allison did not ask that the
hour for the vote be set, being content
with the positive agreement that it
should be some time tomorrow. The
limitation Of speeches after l D. NJ. to
five minutes, will bring the debate
within narrow limits. The announce
ment by the vice president that the
agreement was perfected led to a gen
eral exchange of congratuIation among
senators.
During the day the antitrust ques-
tIOn was debated at length and Mr.
Pettus' amendment on the subject was
defeated SO to 26. Mr. Allen Neb)
again offered the amendment for a ia
bounty on beet sugar. 1t led to Lively
and somewhat personal speeches from
the two Nebraska senators, after
which the Allen amendment was
tabled, 81 to 8, the Populists and silver
Republicans being the only ones
recorded against the motion to table
AS soon as the bill was taken Eu
Mr.. Bate CTenn) was recognized. He
made a general argument against the
measure from the standpoint, as he
announced; "of fair trade and free sill
ver.' The senator analyzed the bill
in it's bearing on the agricultural in
dustry saying it was designed to fool
the farmer by giving him fictitious pro-
lection on his products, while real
protection was given to all the articles
consumed by him. He criticized the
steady extension of the protective
policy, saying the slogan of the day
was "a tariff for robbery" instead Of
a tariff for revenue" 1t arrayed us
against the world, making the United
States the Ishmael among nations.
Mr.. Pettus (Ala) then offered his
amendment, declaring unlawful the
Importation Of sugar by any trust or
combination, operating in restraint Of
trade or for the purpose of advancing
the price of sugar. The amendment
also provided for the forfeiture of
sugar so imported, and directed the
attorney general to enforce the for
feiture, and to prosecute trusts and
combinations. The senator spoke at
length in support of the amendment,
referring to the gradual absorption of
wealth in the hands of vast concerns.
Mr.. Morgan spoke against trusts,
saying he favored the amendment, but
would attach to it another and more
far-reaching proposition. He thought
seizure and confscation provided for by
Mr. Pettus amendment might, as in
the case of the sugar trust, enable the
trust to put up the price of sugar,
pending action in the courts, and he
suggested a modification which pro-
vided for the immediate sale of ar
ticles seized.
The vote was then taken, and Heit-
field voted with the Democrats in
favor of it, and Messrs McEnery and
Stewart against 1t.
The Chiffon amendment was then
lost, 2S to 33. Mr.. Caffery then offered
an amendment to strike out all the
differential on refined sugar which was
lost, 2S to 94 Messrs. Heitfeld and
Teller voted aye and Messrs. McEnery
and Stewart no.
After the amendment had been lost.
Mr.. White (Cal) raised a laugh by
reading from the record of the debate
on the sugar differential the statement
of the present secretary of state, Mr..
Sherman, to the effect that the sugar
trust needed no protection. Il had
rather cut off my right hand said the
senator from Ohio, than vote a single
cent of bounty to that corporation
Mr.. Chiffon moved an amendment
limiting the drawback on refined sugar
to the amount shown by the polariscope
when the raw sugar is first imported.
Lost.
Mr. Allen then brought forward the
\, Co.. 100
and supported the amendment. AT the
outset. he was involved in contest
with Mr.. Chandler, who read from the
record a speech by Mr.. Allen denounc-
ing the protective tariff and declaring
that 1t was unconstitutional to impose
taxes on one class to enrich another.
In view of this speech, solely to pre-
vent the consumption of time and to
avoid long debate, Mr. Chandler said
he appealed to the senator to let "the
senate pass this bill of prosperity and
plenty in place of the bill of perfidy
and dishonor passed in 1894"
Without replying to this appeal, MI
Allen turned his attention to Mr.. All
son. 'I ask the senator he said
what, if anything, occurred in the Re
publican caucus TO lead to the aban-
donment of the bounty amendment"
Mr.. Allison replied that the COMMITTEES
on finance had offered the amendment,
but it was firmly met with the state
ment from the other side of the cham
Der that the amendment would delay
the passage of the bill. For this
reason the amendment was withdrawn
80 that l understand the RepubH-
can party surrendered to a threat of
flibustering; it has taken fright al q
threat to delay" pursued Mr.. Allen.
"Oh, no. Mr. Allison explained. TT
is very important that this bill should
come to vote, and in case of sharp