Show IDE SE WEEK tariff debate drags along platt riles the dems on sugar democrats fight shy of such a sore point amendments agreed to washington may taft seventh week of the tariff debate in the senate began today bills to pension the widow of hear admiral macneal fairfax at a rate of a month and increase the pension of major general doubleday to were placed on the calendar under the agreement one hour was devoted to the consideration of abo bills on the calendar platt said that despite the fact that for years the chamber had rune with democratic denunciation of the trust the democrats excepting one had agreed so he understood and in caucus had voted for a prohibitive duty on benned observation on the sugar trust ruffled some of the democrats and ho was soon engaged in a controversy the duty in this bill said harris interrupting the connecticut senator is a reduction on refined sugar in the mckinley bill from to ol 01 1 per cent per pound this bill makes no such deductions retorted platt decisively then all sugar experts in thi country are wide of the mark said harris allison aalde the ad valoree valorem provision in the bill in view of the great between the value of raw and benned sugar certainly would afford protection of three cent before the differential of vi of a cent was reached vest called attention to the fact that the mckenley law gave raw free to refiners and then gave the latter a protective duty of 14 1 per pound alaison insisted however that the great difference in the price of raw and benned sugar gave the renner the benefit of at least three tenths of a cent under the 40 per cent ad valoree valorem duty before the was imposed at all A discussion of the guear schedule wan adroitly diverted by senator vest intha debate about american wages finally gallinger Gal lineer got the floor and proceeded to read editorial great democratic dallies denouncing the surrender of the democratic principle made in the jones amendment at the conclusion of Gallim ierg remarks jones amendment fixing the duty on aluminum 4 of 1 cent was to without division as was the next jones amendment fixing the duty on carbonate ammonia 20 per cent af sal ammoniac t 10 per cent and eul of ammonia at 20 percent the next finance committee amendment the duty on bone charcoal suitable lor decolorizing at cent was also agreed to jones offered an amendment to place a duty of 1 cent per pound on rude borax and hanging the duty on refined borax from 20 per cent to 2 cents the amendment was agreed to jones offered an amendment to transfer refined copper from the free list at 10 per cent ad valoree valorem va lorem this was also agreed to it was then 10 minutes of and alliton suggested an executive session while jonea suggested that the senate sit an hour longer tonight harris rejected both in view of the fact said he that the senate has only consumed one hour in abe discussion of this article on which the eyes of the republicans are fixed with such intense interest tills article of chalk I 1 think the united slaves senate take a rest and I 1 move atiat the senate adjourn carried the house washington may 14 this was district day in the house and several unimportant bills were passed the resignation of Ke aarnes colip ton of maryland was laid before the house after which a bill was passed authorizing the ii raddock A homestead bridee company to build a bridge over the river at homestead pa the house adjourned |