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Show now, he said all tlicy wanted. They ttuiiiiphod by the vot,.3 taken today, 1. ,V"t lul tlu'ir l,0cts millions and millions of dollars. Quay's iinii'udnii'iit was rejected Provision paragraph tX that in ease ot an export duly l.oin-j imposed by any couutry the sugars from that conn-try conn-try shall be subject to duties under the existing law, was, alter discussion, withdrawn. Quav moved to include sugars made from Maize stems among sugars for which a bounty of two cents a pound is tojie paid; rejected. The next qestion on the linanee committees com-mittees a mlnieiit to include maple sugar among those for which bounty is to ''V Pill(t was agreed to, yeas ISO, na'vs','. All other amendments referring to Maple sugar wore agreed to and the time for tiling notices, in connection without claims for bouutv was tixed as prior to Julv 1st' instead of January of each year, l-'rye offered an "amendment to pay a bounty of a cent a pound on sugar from imported molasses. There was. lit; said, a capital of two or three million invested in it. The business gave employment to 400 vessels, paid over $tll,()ll() a year to them, and there was also an extensive cooperage coop-erage . connected with the business and the whole industry would be destroyed de-stroyed by the bill as absolutely as if struck by lightning. ill! CONGRESSIONAL. J ; .. SENATE. amiisgton, Sept. 8. Tho senate JJi morning agreed to the conference rt on tho river and habor bill with-iivision. with-iivision. The bill nqw goes to the ident. ill ic tariff bill was taken up, aud do-' !l on the bill and amendments t o be 1 cd to thirty minutes for any sena-;"" sena-;"" m any one subject. After a number rbal amendments were agreed to, r nb offered an amendment imposing per gallon on distilled spirits. He ,rjt ho offered it because he believed it M be necessary to have an addi-al addi-al revenue thus provided ($24,508,-to ($24,508,-to meet the requirements of j,. government. The reduction " revenue which the bill as ,f issed the house would effect, has i estimated at $71,000,000. Bythe Jiatinu of the tobacco tax in tho T' te, that reduction has been dimin- iltu sixty millions, qualified bythe ii- 'what ambiguous statement from liuanco committee, that if importa-- importa-- were kept up on the present scale, vithstanding the increase of duties, 1 1 reduction of revenue would bo only f" .it $30,(100. Plumb went on to give J- Mime of tho appropriations for the ' and to argue that the appropriate appropria-te fr future years would not fall short i'' iose for this year and would, in re-I re-I to pensions, etc., largely exceed ii ii- In fact, lie should be greatly vriscil, if iu the next three years the meat on account of that law would t amount to $5,000,000 a year. i-rrv asked Plumb how many appli-"ii appli-"ii had already been received under new pension law. Inm!) gave the number at over four dretl thousand. neki-cll There will be between 500,-m 500,-m 700.000 iu all. lumb said he had no doubt there I'd he 700,000 to 800,000 applications ' i' that law, and the appropriations ;r it would amount to at least sixty ll0s a year within the next three or f years. ' estated the expenditures of the niment at $4.")0.000,000, its revenues "0,(100,000 and said the deficit was as sure as the rising of the sun. ilson, (Iowa), opposed the amend-Jt amend-Jt on the ground that it would put W.OOO into the pockets of men who wd to having 100,009,000 gallons dis- 'wes, opposed amendment, because increased tax would not apply to hsy on hand which would be thus 'reeiated in price to the amount of ents a gallon and also because ho 1 not admit by implication that the ! '"iig bill would result in a deficit. modified his amendment mak-" mak-" apply to all whisky hereafter pro-"d pro-"d or withdrawn from bond. The 'ndment was rejected; yeas lays 39. Vance moved to the duty on card 'fings from SO to 25 cents per square .', Rejected. ?e siuiar section was then taken up, immediate subject under considera-1 considera-1 being the finance committees '. idment to the paragraph imposing l es on all sugars above number 13 standard? 'a-rnian argued against the amend-nt amend-nt and in favor of the house propo-n. propo-n. which would allow all sugars !,er-No. 12, Dutch standard (includ-I (includ-I cood qualities of brown sugar used by the people) to come in ";"f duty. I,e amendment was agreed to, yeas na.vs 12. The next vote was on the a,e amendment to he same para-;pn, para-;pn, increasing the duty six-tenths of r nta pound, instead'of four-tenths a the house bill. The amendment agreed to, yeas 29, nays 23. uay offered an amendment fixing ues between Xo. 13 and Xo. 16 at ; "f a cent a pound, between No. 10 o. 20 at 6-10 and not above 70 at 1 ierson moved to amend Quay's ' aament by putting the proposed ot one cent a pound on all sugar Zl0: T0' at 8-10 of a cent a pouud, i ean of 1 cent. Quay modified his foment as suggested by Mander- rman opposed the amendment as f e interest of sugar refineries, giv-.em, giv-.em, ai absolute monopoly. w' also oD0Bed. it, Ketiners had |