St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-05
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For three days the senators have
talked on the sugar schedule, and are
yet as far Off. apparently, from a de-
cision as they were when the discussion
began. Throughout the debate the
hand of Hayemeyer has been plainly
visible, and the check book of the sugar
trust was IN evidence in the speeches
and votes of not few. 1t is very evil
dent that if the trust has not absolutely
purchased all the votes it needs i'm Or
der to impose duty upon sugar or to
grant bonus. it holds an option upon
them. and can close the deal whenever
such il course may serve its interest,
why IS 1t the sugar schedule should
call for such deliberation as has been
granted il? 1t concerns intimately but
three states in the Union, and yet more
time has been wasted over it than over
any other article on the schedule. Lum-
Der is an important product of dozen
important states, and the product is
worth many times more than the value
of the sugar. and yet the senate was
able to dispose of it within an hour.
There may be combinations in the lum.
Der trade. but there is not monopoly,
as there Is in sugar; and hence there
was no attempt to corrupt the senators
in its interest. Lumber was placed Oh
the free list, where ii of right should be
as one of the prime necessaries of life.
and where sugar should also be for the
same reason.
The senators manifest strange in
difference to public sentiment in this
matter. Assuming an air of superior
ity over the common herd, they are
guilty of acts that would shame the Or
binary footpad. Boosting of superior
virtue, their hands are constantly ex
tended to grasp the brides that are Of
fered them as tire price of their BETRAYAL
of the peoples trust. And these brides
are liberal. They may not ia all cases
be cash dividends, but in some are in
the nature of pledges of Influence, to be
exerted in the future TO secure re-
election or promotion. 1t is no secret
that in many of the states the tariff
monopolists can control the legislatures
and dictate who shall be returned to the
senate. This fact has prompted not
few of our statesmen to barter away
their manhood, and become the willing
tools Of corporations as rapacious as
they are gigantic, as unprincipled as
they are wealthy.
The people are watchful of the
course of the senators on the tariff bill
generally, and as regards sugar espe-
cialiy. There have been many ugly
rumors afloat, and some direct aecusa-
| tons of corruption and attempted cor
ruption have been made. The senate
has so far taken cognizance of those
charges by instltuting an Investigation,
which has been conducted behind
closed doors and with an evident pur-
pose to keep out the evidence tending
to convict. But enough is known to
| convince the public that the attemp.
has been made. and the conduct of
some of the senators, heretofore loud
in their protestatlons of desire for
reform in the tariff. leads to the pre-
sumption that it has been successful.
| The sugar schedule should have been
disposed of in an hour. Ali the issues
! involved have been well understood
for months. and doubtless every senator
upon the floor has made I'D his mind
how to cast his vote. The discussion
SO long drawn out is merely a klind
designed with the hope of deceivlng
the people into belief that there
was something to be gained by debate.