The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
Defeat of an Attempt to
Decrease the Duty
on Sugar.
Senator PettigreW's Antitrust
Amendment Is Also
Beaten.
Significant Action on the Tariff
Schedule Taken After Some
Interesting Debates.

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.-The
Senate to- day, after nearly five hours
work on the tariff bill, got away from the
sugar schedule and entered again on the
agricultural schedule, resuming at the
paragraphs relating to dairy products.
Two important votes were taken, one on
LIndsay's anendme to the rate on re-
fined sugar, 1 $40 cents a pound instead
of l 95-100, and one on Pettigrew's anti
trust amendment. The first was defeated
by majority of three. The second was
laid on the table by the same majority.
The vote on Lindsay's amendment was /:
Ayes 50. noes 80. Two Populist Senators,
Butler and heitfeld, and two silver Re-
publicans, Mantle and Pettigrew. voted
aye, and one Democrat, McEnerny, voted
no.
In the discussion on Lindsay's amend
ment some amusement was caused by
White Of California, who read passages
from the speeches of Re publican Senators
when the Wilson bill was pending. In
these speeches the Dem ocrats were scored
severely for putting a duty on sugar, and
the right OF free breakfasl-ta bic was Ge-
manded.
The export bounty clause in the sugar
paragraph was struck out on the sugges-
ton of Allison that the same thing was
provided Tor in a subsequent portion of
the bill (section - and the proviso as to
the Hawaiian treaty was reserved for fur
ther consideration.
At this point Pettigrew offered his anti
trust amendment. The amendment was
criticized unfavorably by Democrats Pet
tus, Chiffon and Morgan, and denounced
by one Republican. Hoar, as "folly and
abominatiou through and through" 4"
Hoar said he expected when he came to
Washington TO do all in his power to
check and control the evil at which the
amendment was aimed, but did not think
the tariff bill the proper place for such
legislation. 1t should be special bill by
itself He pointed out how three or more
people engaged in wool manufactures in
Chicago could enter into a prohibited
com mbination for the very purpose of
having this proposition put into effect
and having wool placed on the free list
There never was, he said, a scheme pro-
posed in the widest fight of imagin alton
that would put gam bling speculation and
trusts so completely in the control OF
schemers.
NeiSonI WnlIe IaVOrlng the principle OF
the Pettigrew amendment, found such
radical defects in it that he could not give
1t his support
Allison appealed for postponement of
the matter.
PettiErew declined to withdraw the
amendment, and said if there were any
merely technical defects in it they would
be remedied.
Allison moved to lay the amendment on
the ia BILE, which was agreed to-35 10 80.
Two Democratic Senators. McEnerny
and Morgan, sided with the Republicans.
AS soon as the vote was announced Petit
grew gave notice that to- morrow he would
offer an amendment providing that none
of the increased duties in the bill shall
apply to any article ths sale or manu-
facture of which is controlled by trusts in
this country.
Pasco and Chiffon gave notice of amend
ments in the same line.
Two paragraphs in the agricultural
schedule were agreed to.
The Senate, after a short executive ses-
sion, adjourned till IL o'clock tomorrow.