Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
= NEW SUGAR SCHEDULE
Changes Agreed Upon by The Repub-
llCan Senatorial Caucus
yhr Abrogatiop of the Hawaiian
Treaty Discussed. HUT No Con.
ciusion Reached.

WASHINGTON, June S.-The Re.
publican caucus today was well
attenued, nearly every Republican
senator In the city being present.
Great interest was ma infested In this
csutu va bec4u . II was known that an
effort was II be made to secure new
sugar scheiuie W hich all Repu blican
senators cJuld support. Senator
Aidricb, o. RhoGe Islnnd, was present
and after the caucus adjourned, said It
was very successtul Rud that he felt
Ihat the Rapubiicans were yoii G to
stand together on all schedules OF the
| Dill ana that an agreement would be
| reached where differences of opinion
/ existed.
Almost the entire time VI the caucus
was devoted TO consideration OF the
sugar schedule. Other features over
which there were differences were not
reached.
No agreement was reached In regard
10 tine Hawaiian treaty ana the COM
mittee ia expected to report some
amendments or provision which
will not leave the matter in any
uncertain condition or absolutely
abrogate the existing reciprocity
treaty.
An important feature OF the caucus
was the determination reached to vote
together as n pnrty. which insures
favorable action on all contested
schedules and the passing OF the oil
as approved by the majority. This
| determination was rescheI upon a
| suggestion made by Senator Thurstop,
| which led to the most interesting incl
| dent OF the caucus. There had been
| several references to the meeting as a
"conference." Mr.. ThurstJn objected
| to this designation, saying that conief-
ences never bound any one anu thai
| he wanted It definitely understood
| whether this meeting was TO be bad
| lug or friendly Chat without iurthef
results, for II Il was not to bind all
| senators on all schedules he would not
agree TO abide by the decision upon
the sugar question. So.
| This speech brought Senator Hanna
| to his feet with an earnest plea for
| party harmony and uniteu effort on
all the features OF the bill. He re- erred
to the a9psrent divisions at prese mt ex-
| isting in the Senate and said 1t was
high time that u perfect understand.
ing was reached.
| Senator Thurston then put his eul-
gestion ia the shape OF motion to the
effect that the agreement OF the caucus
should be- binding upon all Republican
senators and It carried by large ma
jority.
Vest said the Bacon anne dment
woulu be adopted, as the Republicans
would vote ior 1t because 1t forwarded
the scheme for breaking up the solid
South. Vest said he wouII not have
voted for the Chicago plstf0rnn II II
had meant what Bacon claimed for IT,
Jones Arkansas) opposed the amend.
meni, arguing along ths same lines as
Mr.. Chiffon. He said The msnfactur-
ers, before the bill passed., would Insist
upJn an inc rtased comps nsatofy duty
on manufactured cUtt0ps, and the
Democrats who supported the Bacon
amendment would have no answer to
make to the request.
The senatorial caucus today voted to
stand together on all schrdules 10 the
tariff bill. The caucus instructed the
finance committee TO report new
sugar schedule, 10 be all specific, and
on all sugar which has gone through
process of refining one and 05.lo0 OF
a cent per pounu duty, Instead oil
one cent and S75.l000 OF one cent per
pound, rs provided by the House.
Coarse raw suyaIs from the Philippine
islande and Java are to be admitted nj
ont-,enth OF cent lets than other raw
LIARS.
The abrogalion OF the Hawaiian
treaty was discussed but no COL
c.usion reached when the caucus AZ.
journed.
rhe text OF the new sugar schedule
Is as followt:
Sugars N i above 10 Dutch standard
Ia color, tank bottoms. syrups OF cane
Juice, meiada, concentrated meiadi
and concentrated molssses, tested by
! the polarisoope cot above s6 degrees
one cent per polnd, and tor every nj
diiionai degree shown by the polsrit