The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-14

osfsst.s 10 exp.slh the merits aor dvsIk
upSn tie demsr.ts Of sheooo odd srnend-
Pm enss 10 this bill. whieh this ho2se Ia
Abaat. ~ necessity. 20 eoncsr< in PeEpAps
| could not do Justice - yss - the .rasr.fs
Of .tSsscasss by 4tssnSion has rlscs~ssF1ly
bsen 50 sseassily, directed soe the dswsrits
that itexoGEd req IsressnFns erpsFiefssa 30
learn whstefhs nerits are Lan%s Ter and
sppIsuse. Bat whatever the fne.saFe OF
shortcomlnxs Of tbs tsll In It's present
form. " hafeyer jbsrtts denlsrits in many
ssehsdnIss, this DO know. shat IL ii bet
oteE Than the Nc Kinie7 laEt fDeNaocraSsc
applaussl ansl doeknox,e tnat y paTs
pzFer.eofShe country, snt il does clip tbs
wings Of the gigantic nonopoiiss s-5Q are
now oppressinRS them and bkeEking
iegisIataons Democratic appkansss ae.
risivs cries ono the Republican side.
Take sven these bortions OF the
bill over (which this scohtest between
the two houses has been Saged take iron
esand c3asS upon whickewe have COP
fronted. aad to,a certain exsent nnsucsess-
fully confronted. the great raiIroad sys.
tens 81 the copntry, We have redaced
both nearlya50 per cent Below the Achiu~
ley bill Take Shee sugar scheduie, over
which the greatest Of all contests BETS cen
the two houses hasebeen waged. Vicious
Is IL may be- bus3ensor1e 20 the people a.
~
be. il tselcss vicious less favorable 70 tbs
trusts. 'Iess burdensome 10 the people than
Is aths Mckinley daN, under which the
trussh has crowns 50 great az 60 ovsrshadSN
with rs power the American peopLe- IL
for no other reason than th@, those who be-
.,ss. ths ;ss sannS. .' sass the i
they cannot DO that which the
people commissioned them 10 do
theY must taks the best they can
get and stsp as tar as TREY can. n1ay fiIed
some fustl fiestien for an unhesifauug
choice between the two bills"
81 should like TO ask the gentleman"
interrupted Hudson. Pop, Of Kansas.
whether be has In vestigated so fully as
TO be able tostate definitely that this bill.
as amended by the senate. wiz fnrDish
sufficient revenue 20 meet. the entire ex-
psnses ofthe government"
"That Is q question, replied Wilson,
(which no man. perhaps, certainly not i.
cap answer in definite Language. but I
have no difficulty " hstever in sayisg that
when the schedules Of the bill, with the
senate amendments, get into normal
operation, they will produce sufficient,
and more than sufiicienk revenue for the
support Of the government / should add
70 the answer, perhaps. that in the begin
ming the bill win. perhaps, not produce as
much revenue as wiilresnit from 1t later
on under its ordinary workings, because ]
am informed. whether il be true or not
do not know. that the sugar trust, In an
ti-ipation Of the passage OF this bill. has
imported about sI0o. 100000 worth. or. it
has been said. even more than that quan-
tity of raw sugar"
''Wnl the passage Of this bill In your
judgment save The country from further
issue OF bonds ?" asked Hudson.
81 think l have already covered that
question in my p<evious answer. It may
be that for the first few months of the
operation of the bill. because Of this accu-
mutation Of raw sugar 10 which fnst re-
ferred, the revenues Of the government
viii not be sufficient TO meet the expenses
Of the government But II lie my belief, IN
view of the large smout of imported goods
In bond and also in view of the fact that
there will be large ifnportations when the
tariff rates are definitely known and fixed,
that IL the necessity does not exist today
il viii not exist after the passage of this
bill"
"Will the gentleman pardon me Just ON
that point" asked Dingley. 81 under-
stood him to say that the sugar trust had
already imported 500. 100000 worth of
sugar. If so, inssmuch as only s1o4. O00. 600
worth OF sugar was imported last year, will
not al the revenue We get from sugar un-
der the operation Of this dill for the first
year be missingfs
II did not intend to give the figures that
500. 900 900 Of RAW sugar had been i'm
ported" replied Mr.. WILSON, 1T stated
that I had been informed that the sugar
trust had imported about that amount.
and T sren heard it stated that il was in
excess of that amount 1t has been put At
$4,000 tons by gentlemen who pretend to
know"
as it not true" asked Hura, s.that
whatever may be ths bonus to the sugar
trust In vlew az the passage Of this Law.
would not the trust reap larger bonus
usrtier the UpsFsrfoti OF the Mckinley law
II Il were still eft in fesce9s'
sThey would not do so immediately.
butuader tbs operation Of that Law from
year 70 year they would certainty reap a
lagger sum. Mr.. Speaker, In answer TO
all Of those questions have simply TO say
that under the rule Just adopted by the
house, immfddatsly following the passage
OF this bill. We hope to present aud pass q
bill putting sugar on the free list. TAp-
plause on the Democratic side. The ques-
tfon Is new raised as 90 whether this is a
government of the American people for
the kmerican people, or government Of
the sugar trast for the benefit of the sugar
wust, aud this house will show the people.
doubt not, what its position Is on that
question, aud the senate will show the
people It's position. will reserve the resi-
due Of my time"
NIB REFp's SPEECH.
Wilson spoke bat ten minutes at the
opening of the debate. He then reserved
the balance of his time, aud Reed thu
leader Of the opposition, took the floor.
He aroused his followers 20 the highest
PITCH Of enthusinsm. Reed said:
II am somewhat reluctant to address.
the house, but my feelings are divided be.
tween two emotions. One il an emotion
al regret for the Democratic party and for
its position, aud the other is feeling of
regret for the couatry alfd its position.
TOO. As far as the gen ileman from West
Virginia Is concerned and has conlpatriots.
there is not the slightest necessity OF my
commenting on tho difference between
thus scene Of sorrow and the tFiumph
procession which carried him oat OF this
house. Iaugater.i He is not 30 Joyous
nov, having been carried cut ia another
bran0sh, aud more eflectuAlly. CONTINUED
lArgh@r. IL Is unfortunate that tue gem
tie1nsn from Vest Virginia aud his COM
patriots have bad % contend With
gentlemen Of 50 much more capacity and
skill Undoubtedly the house conferences
meant VEL. UsdoubtedIy their snten.
tons were honorable, bat they we're 40
match Tor the sentlemen whom they met
ia the other braneh. They were not SO
skiilfal as those men. Why our eosfsrces
came back 90 "a, gentlemen, without as