Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-15
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. June Is.
SENATE,

In tho course OF the cnaplalns open
ing prayer to the Senate to-day he In
voked "Open the doors of we'll re
Quilted toll to the unemployed, ano
bring the long expected prosperity te
every household"
Mr.. Gallery, with tinge of humor
presented petition from the sugar
planters association of Louisiana "pro
testing against Mr.. Caffery's statement
that the Wilson bill gives enough pro
lection"
The consideration OF the sugar seized
ule of the tariff bill was then resumed
the pending question being on Mr.
Lindsey's amendment to paragraph
FOG, to strike out 1.95 cents and substi
tute 1.8 cents per pound on sugar above
number 16 Dutch standard.
Mr.. Gallery referred to Mr.. Lindsay's
statement yesterday that the figures
furnished by Secretary Carlisle as to
the amount of raw sugar required to
make 100 pounds Of refined sugar came
from the officers of the sugar trust
Such q statement, coming from the
Kentucky Senator, was worthy of full
consideration, said Mr.. Gallery, as il
overthrow the entire calculation ou
which republicans were relying.
Mr.. McCaffery controverted Mr.. AL.
lison's assertion that the cost in the
United States was greater than in for.
eign countries. He said this was q
grave question for the people and the
Senate should not add to the favors re-
ceived by an overgrown corporation.
The vote was then taken on Mr.
Lindsay's amendment and it was dis.
agreed to, yeas 80, nays 35. Mr.. Nc
Emery voted with the republicans in
the negative, and Messrs. Mantle and
Pettigrew with the democrats in the
affirmative.
Mr.. Allison moved to strike out the
retaliatory clause. In this connection
Mr.. Vest criticised Mr.. Allison's figures
given yesterday es to the differentials,
saying they were complete abandon
ment of the position originally taken by
Mr.. Aldrich. The net result of hls
table,, MIR. Vest said, was to show the
relative protection on sc degree sugar
to be: Wilson law 81 cents per hun
dred pounds; Dingley rate Al cents; Aid
rich rate As CENTS pending caucus rate
AZ cents, showing, he declared, pro
J lection Of 10 cents per hundred pounds
greater in the pending schedule than
the protection of the existing law.
Mr.. White also criticised Mr.. ALI
sons figures, saying they were incor.
rect throughout. Mr.. White again
turned 10 the records OF republican
Senators on former sugar schedules.
He quoted Mr.. Hale's statement four
: years ago as to the poor mans break
fast table, adding sarcastically that
that same breakfast table was to be
turned over to the modern autocrat-
the sugar trust. Mr.. Aldrich was also
quoted, amid amusement, that the
democratic Senators were 80 hopelessly
under the influence of the sugar trust
that the American people were humil-
lated.
Mr.. Tillman remarked that be
thought this showing justified his word
"villiany" for which he had been
chided, in referring to the sugar rates.
Mr.. Allison's motion striking out the
retaliatory clause in paragraph BOG
was then agreed to without opposition.
The proviso relating to the Hawaiian
Islands was passed over.
Mr.. Allison moved TO insert new
paragraph as follows That the duties
on molasses, clayed, jaggery and other
sugars testing not above 81 degrees by
the polariscope shall be one.tenth Of
one cent per pound less than those i'm
posed by the preceding paragraph on
corresponding tests of sugar.
The paragraph was agreed to without
objection.
Mr.. Pettigrew desired to have his
amendment relative to trusts voted on
rs part Of the sugar schedule. and felt
like having the issue now, unless over
ruled by the Senate.
Mr.. Vest remarked that he had not
supposed there was any difference
among parties on the propriety of this
amendment. 1t was time to dispose Of
| it now, otherwise the whole sugar de-
bate would be reopened at a later stage.
The sugar subject was source of
calumny, scandal, and irritation and
there would be no peace until it was
disposed Of. 1t was understood, he said,
| that the republican caucus had referred
the trust amendment to the republican
members of the judiciary committee,
but no legal question was involved and
Senators should meet the issue here and
now.
The amendment reads that all articles
on the dutiable list shall be admitted
free of duty if they are manufactured
or their sale controlled or the price af
fected BY trust or combination to in.
crease the cost of said article to pur-
chasers by preventing competition or
otherwise"
Mr.. Pettigrew said that this anti
trust policy had been a plank of the re-
publican party up to the time of the st.
Louis convention, when it was left out
OF the platform.
Mr.. Hoar said he expected to do
everything in his power to check the
evil complained Of But it had no
place in tariff bill, he said, and should
be dealt with as separate measure.
Mr.. Hoar insisted that the amend
ment was an determination" through
and through. There was never
scheme, conceived in the widest imagl'
nation, couched in terms like this,
placing the commerce of the whole
country at the mercy of any three un-
principled adventures.
Mr.. Pettus said he begged his demo-
orot;o oeeooistes TO ''pO slow" on this