Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-24

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pleting its consideration of the sugar
schedule Of the tarLf bill, except the
provisions relating TO Hawaii which
went over. This schedule has been
( the storm center of the entire bill and
with 1t disposed of there is now bet
/ ter prospect for speedy action ON the
4 bill as a whole. AS agreed to the
/ schedule places on sugar not above
I No. 16 Dutch standard one cent per,
I pt und and 03 of a cent for every de
/ gree above 70; and on sugars above
! No 1G Dutch standard 1856 cents per
pound; but on sugars testing below 81
/ degrees i of cent per pound shall be
deducted Only one yea and nay vote
/ v as taken during the day, it being on
/ the amendment of Mr. Lindsay (dem.
/ XVI to make the rate 1.2S cents per
( round on sugar above No. 16 Dutch
standard The amendment was de-
/ feated 90 to 35
/ The Pettigrew amendment relating
| to trusts was then taken up and dis
cussed at length. IL developed good
deal Of divergence in opinion on both
sides of1he chamber, the two Alabama
senators Morgan and Pettus) Joining
Mr. Hoar in the opposition. Mr.. Allison
asked that 1t go over, but Mr.. Petit
grew said that he felt like having the
issue now unless overruled by the
senate. He said that his antitrust
policy had been a plank for the fepub
I f., Eg, lima of hn
Louis convention, when 1t was left out
of the platform. Whether it was
purposely left out in behalf of the
sugar trust would be disclosed by the
vote he said The Pettigrew amend
ment was tabled 80 to 80. Jones
(Nev) silver popuist, Morgan and
McEnery, democrats; voted with the
republicans while all the other popu-
lists except Pettigrcw voted with the
democrats. The tobacco schedule was
then passed over and consideration of
the agricultural schedule was resumed.
he butter paragraph was agreed to
as reported.
Senator Gallinger, from the COM
mittee on pensions reported favorably
the bill granting a pension to survl-
vors of the Indian wars of from 1892
to 1912, including the Black Hawk,
Creek, Cherokee, Seminole and Sac
and Fox disturbances.
Washington, June l6-At 5 o'clock
this afternoon the treaty for the an
neXation of the Hawaiian islands
reached the senate. That body at
once went into executive session and
as soon as the doors were closed, the
message of President Mckinley ac-
companying the treaty and the treaty
itself were read. In one part OF the
chamber there was a group of senators
no will bitterly oppose the ratification
of the treaty. Among them are Messrs.
Gray, Mills, PSsco, White, Caltery,
rettgrew and McEnery. There was
some discussion as TO when ,he treaty
IN, ght be considered, and Mr.. White
asked If it was the intention to push
| it at this session, and a reply being
made that it was possible, the Cali
/ fornia senator SAID: Il desire to an
nounce that | am prepared to stay here
all summer to prevent ratification,
which | consider very bad PROPOSE
| ton" 'I'll join you" said Mr.. Pet
| tigrew. The treaty is a simple docu-
! ment of six articles based in its essen
4 tlal details on the treaty negotiated by
| j. w. Foster during the administration
of President Harrison. The islands
are to be coded practically without
+ conditions, leaving the United States
\ to pursue her own course with refer
once to their management. Haw ali
will first be treated as a territory. The
/ United States government assumes
! the 100000 debt of the islands. Be-
| fore the executive session the senate
disposed of Is pages of the tariff bill.
( Washington June l7.-Today the
senate made greater progress on the
tariff bill Tnan any day since the de-
bate opened Two entire schedules
covering twenty pages were completed
l. molly the schedules on spirits wines
auC beverages, and the schedule ON
manufactured cotton goods. This
hrLgs the senate 80 the flax schedule
with the important wool schedule
standing next The portion of the bill
passed today is substantially the
same as thai reported, all the commit
tee changes being unimportaut. while
the opposition amendments of Messrs.
JCues tArkD and \ est MOO were
systematically rejected by majorities
Varying from . TO TO- Mr.. Allison rep..
larl secured the addition of Q new
Paragraph to the cotton schedule vita
&c view q ccmpensating cotton manu-
facrurers for the recent action of the
senate in placing raw cotton on the
duriable list The additional para
graph provides that on all cotton
yarns finer than No 10 single. and
goods manufactured thereof. the duty