The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12
TEST VOTE is TAKEN
SENATE MAKES A SHOW OF HANDS
ON THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.

Proposed Amendment Changing the Houi
Rate to the Finance Committees Raj
is Adopted by the Close Vote of 30 to 81
Which is Taken to Mean That the Car
Gus Will Is Supreme From This Tim
Forth-Vote Taken After a Day Spent i
Opposition Speeches - Fir. Allison l.,
plains at Length.
Washington, June 1.-THE first ties
vote on the sugar schedule was taken il
the senate late today, resulting in th'
adoption of the Republican caucu:
amendment changing the house rate BY
the clase vote of yeas 90, nays so. The
affirmative vote was made up Of twenty
nine Republicans, one Democrat, Nc
Emery of Louisiana; one silver Republic
can, Jones of Nevada, and one Populist
Stewart of Nevada. The negative vote
was made up of twenty-five Democrats
three Populists and two silver Republi-
cans 1t was the closest vote so far TAX
en- on an issue Of Importance and was
having the sanction of the caucus was
assured of adoption. The vote was TAX
en- after day spent in speeches on the
effect of the sugar schedule The main
speech of the day came M. Allison, in
charge of the bill, and was in the nature
OF an answer TO the charges made
against the sugar schedule as whole,
and a defense Of il. Mr.. German (Md)
spoke against The schedule and the en-
tire bill, pointing out that its effect was
70 burden the people without opening up
10 us new foreign markets. Mr.. White
reviewed the records of Republican SEN
ators on the sugar schedule during the
debate on the Wilson bill, arraigning
them for inconsistency. Mr.. Caffery
Ga) and Mr. Stewart (Nev) also spoke.
the former against ana the latter for. the
pending schedule, after which the vote
was taken The first paragraph Of the
sugar schedule was not finally disposed
up 10 the time Of adjournment.
THE SENATE IN DETAIL.
Washington, June 1.-THE continu-
ance of the debate on the sugar sched-
ule in the senate served to swell the at
tendance considerably today.
Before the tariff bill was taken up,
Mr.. Harris CKansas) introduced res
olution reciting the status OF affairs re-
dating to the Union Pacific railroad and
expressing the sense of the senate that
the secretary of the treasury should take
steps 20 pay off the liens prior to those
OF the government and then to operate
L, !
pelient, to adopt foreclosure proceed
ings in the court. The resolution went
over
The tariff bill was taken up al 12:15
and the consideration Of the sugar sched-
uIe resumed.
Mr.. Jones Dem., Ark began the dis
cussion by placing in the record a state
ment Of a sugar expert showing the
price Of each grade Of sugar. the rate
of taxation on each, under the Wilson
act and under the proposed schedule.
Mr.. Turpie Qnd.) in behalf of the
minority OF the finance committee, gave
notice of a new amendment to be Of
fered as an ADDITIONAL paragraph to the
internal revenue provisions placing a
tax OF per cent on estates OF decend-
ents when the inheritance amounts 10
$1,000 or more and IS not for the ber-
eft Of a religious, charitable. educa-
tional or like institution. The tax is to
be in force for five years from January
l, 1898. Then the question reverted 10
the committee amendment striking out
] $4,000 cents and substituting l 95-1OO
cents
CAFFERY ATTACKS THE TRUST.
4 vote was about to be taken when
Mr.. Caffery Na..) took the floor and
read newspaper account of the growth
and development of the sugar trust
The extracts read by Mr. Gallery were
very long and gave in detail the profits
OF the trust by years, its absorption of
lesser sugar establishments and the in
ternal business affairs of the organiza-
zion.
Mr. Gallery then took up the question
as 10 the amount of raw sugar required
20 make a pound of refined sugar. He
asserted that a reliable expert claimed
that the government figures and est
mates were furnished by trust officials
and were partisan.
Mr.. Caffery went on to saw that q
countervailing duty Of 3S-lGo cent on
German granulated sugar was ample
protection TO the American refiners. The
latter held the cane sugar industry in
the hollow Of their hand, with complete
control of the American market. with
the German sugars kept out. and. in his
judgment the differentlal OF $4,000 cent
on German sugar was ample against
them.
Returning to the general features Of
the schedule, the senator sa.d this bill
proposed 20 give more 10 the sugar trust
than the Wilson bill, and that gave too
much.
The sugar trust" said he. lis the on
ly gigantic trust in the world which
rests entirely on legislation for It's sup
port. BY legislation II controls the cane
sugar product Of The world. and whenev-
er il thrusts its hand into the legisla-
live hall there is always faint. a kind
of malo5or arising from its efforts 70
get leg station in lis own behalf. and If
IL appears from a reasonable showing
tina, what the trust asks is TOO much
Il should be refused
Mr.. PlaH tColn.l aroused Mr.. Caffery
10 another indignant protest against the
repeated limitations thrown out by the
other side TIA he waned protection for
the sugar producer.
Your position" said Mr.. Plat. "is
free trade for the refiner and protection
for the producer
i have stated, and repeat Z again -
replied Mr.. CaffeCy. his voice rising IN
Ill il fairly rang through The chamber