The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-07
NO BEET SUGAR BOUNTY
Action Taken by Republican Sem
ss%1zs-.s ators in Caucus.
is POSTPONED TILL DECEMBER.

IL viii Come Up an Independent Meas
ure the First Thing After the Meeting of
Congress President Mckinley and
Party Return to Washington from Cam
tOn-SufIered from the Heat on the
Journey-Condition OF Senator Harris.
Washington, July THE Republican
senatorial caucus Tuesday decided to
not again present beet sugar bounty
amendment to the tariff bill, and Sena-
tor Allison was authorized to have
the amendment offered by Senator AL
len tabled. There was also a general
agreement to take up the Thurston beet
sugar bounty bill as an independent
measure the first thing after congress
meets next December
The discussion in the caucus bore en-
tirely upon the question of policy in
postponing the bounty matter and there
were several brief speeches bearing on
both sides of the suggestion that it should
go over. Senator Aldrlch was the first
to make a general outline Of the course,
which was ultimately agreed upon, in
Guiding the postponement Of the entire
question until next December.
Motion Made by Morrill,
The motion to this effect was. how
ever made by Senator Morrill,, after q
motion made by Senator Davis to
stand by the finance committee in with
drawing the amendment had carried.
Senator Foraker suggested that the en-
tire question should be left open. leav-
ing each Republican senator to cast his
vote i'm the senate as he should choose,
Independent Of party affiliations. He
said, in making this suggestion, that an
effort to lay the amendment on the ta-
BILE might lead to flibustering tactics
and cause more delay than would the
opposite course of permitting the amend
ment to go to a vote on its merits. This
view was antagoniZed however by 9TH
er senator's, who said the Democrats
would hold the bill up indefinitely as
long as there was any possibility of the
amendment passing, and that the only
way of insuring a speedy vote was for
the party as a whole to support mo-
ton to table This opinion was so gen.
eral that Senator Foraker did not press
his motion and no vote was taken up
on it.
Held Out Quite Stifily.
Senators Thurston, Perkins, Gear and
other western senators held out quite
stifly for the incorporation of the
bounty provision I'm the tariff bill, but
when the decision was made against
! them acquiesced in it gracefully.
When the senate resumed considera-
tion of the tariff bill Tuesday Senator
Bacon made personal explanation of
| his vote Monday for Senator Mills
amendment to impose a tax of per
cent. on all manufactured products. He
! had, he said, given the amendment his
| vote without due deliberation. If the
imposition of such a tax could be con-
! fined to the sugar trust and other gi-
J gantic concerns existing in open viola
} ton of the law it would, upon medita-
| ton, commend itself to his Judgment,
| but as it would touch every village and
hamlet in the land and lay its hand up
I on the most humble he frankly aVowed
J his regret for the vote cast Monday.
! Senator Bate then took the floor and
| delivered a set speech against the Dill.
The Pettus amendment to the tariff
bill to prohibit the sugar trust from I'M
! porting sugar was lost-26 to 80.