Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — RADICALS GET IT ALL. [ARTICLE]

RADICALS GET IT ALL.

Overwhelming Majorities Declare for Ko Duty and No Bounty on Sugar. Washington special: The fight to amend the sugar schedule of the Wilson bill was made in the House Monday. It opened immediately after the reading of the journal, eccirding to the agreement by which three hours were set aside fOr this purpose. Before the fust amendment was offered some di-cussion was had as to whether the amendment should lie to each of the three sections of the Wilson bill schedule separately—the bounty provision, the duty of five-twentiiths of a cent on refined su ;ar above No. 10 Dutch standard, and the duty cf '0 pier cent, on sugar candy and confectionery : nd of 15percent.cn grape sugar. Fending an agreement as to the mo’e of pi-G----teiuro. Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, withrew the amendment p.nding with reference to reciprocity with Canada on fico c:al. Then, after fuither consultation,tho sugar men, repio ented by Mr. Blanchard, withdew tbeir first prepos tion ard asked that the time be divided into three parts, an hour for there in favor of the b unty provision, one for those who favor the bounty provision of tho McKinley law. and an hour so • those who favor a duly on sugar. Mr. Mcßr.c objected lecauso this arrangement gave no time to those who were for fi oo sugar arid no bounty. It was finally agreed, however, that the Louisiana members who were mest interested should have an hour, and the i emainder of the House should tako chances of recognition of the Co air during the other two hour-.

The fir t amendment was that offered by Mr. Mcßae (Dem., Ark.) to abolish enti elx the sugar bounty. In tupport of his amendment Mr. Mcßae said that he proposed to aboliffi entirely the sugar bounty and leave sugar on the free list whore it was placed by the McKinley law. A time when, the Treasury was bankrupt and Ihe Secretary of the Troasury was proposing to borrow money at 5 per cent, interest was no time to pay a special b.unty to any irtorest. He had no personal feeling against the section of the country to be affected, but he did not conceive that a Democratic Congress would perpetuate this, the most vicious provision of the McKinley bill. The bounty would costthe people of the country, said Mr. Mcßae, as it stood, $50,00(1,0(K). The bounty last year cost $10,(411,000. * He cor.tonds that the bounty was unconstitutional and un-Democratic, and should be abolished. The Mcßae amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority, 135 to 69. This action abolishes the bounty on sugar. The vote was then taken upon the amendments to section 181, providing for a duty on refined sugars. Mr. Robertson’s amendment, providing for a duty of from 1 1-10 cents a pound upward on sugars testing by the polar.'tope not above 75 degrees, was offered' as the first amendment. To this Mr. Warner of New York offered the amendment to place refined sugar, dutiable in the bill at i cent a pound, on the free list, and after quite a lengthy parliamentary discussion, the vote was first taken upon Mr. Warner’s amendment to abolish the duty on refined sugar, and by a vote of 137 to 52 the duty on refined sugar was abolished.