New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-16

fly and to every breakfast table throughopt d Ine
with wa'e er 5 stock bp 19 a pei
cent and upon the other half Y Eng LANE Teady
for dstrbGton at their own viii amons their
| stockholders-aggressve defiant almost domih IN
two was minor interest Of the beet sugar pro,
| ducers. small. however. as hardly TO enter mo
nGsr The McKpey ac t the duty upon refined
sugar Ghe product OF the TrusO amounts TO %
cents on the 100 pounds-6O cents upon the face
! Of the bill and onetenth dnerential as TO all COON
tries that impose an export duty ana a. VI III
| eliminating duty and as Germany Is the only coun-
try that sends TO us the refined sugar that com
petes with product the duty upon refined suea
under the Mckinley act amounts Iractcady u ,h
really to 90 cents on the 100 POUNDS. NOR u.e
and which Is so often placed antitheucaIS asa y
the bill as IL passed the Senate In regard 10 tafln
surarMund d the hi as originally reported by Mr
Wilson from the Committee on Ways ana Means
refined sugar Nhe product % the TrusO was .
cents on the 100 pounds with the raw material
G a. S was er tn yea4 npon h raw ~
the South The House OF Represen'atives struck out
I raw and refined That bin was sent to the Finance
Committee and taken charge Of by sub-commttee
eaS eaa Mr. rNs vance nee ne senator from
(Air Jones) and myself.
MIR. VEST WAVES INDIGNANT.
II has been said that are the creatures OF the
Sugar Trust. The liars and slanderers and libeers
the miserable creatures who live upon the gar
bage and filth of public life and whose bread has
been breathed upon by infected lungs-dared to
make this statement about men who have gone
through those five months of labor and anxiety
and humiliation in order 10 do their duty 10 their
party.
Here is the bill to be proposed exhibiting ~
printed and brought to the fun Committee OF FL
&c ~ 1,,la all
and agreed upon It, 1t commences with eighty
degrees under the polariscope test and imposes
up TO 100, without any differential at all in
favor Of the Sugar Trust. 1t gave revenue duty
this trust. which is said now to dominate that
committee and the Senate; That biz upon the
mittee was taken out OF our hands and put before
knowledge or consent and for three days We
wrangled and disputed in regard TO the terms of
The end en-, of that discussion was~and if any sena-
tor here denies it. let him rise in his seat and say
it better bill than the Wilson bin in the way of
tariff reform. lowering duties upon wooen goods.
lowering duties in the metal schedule and the
Mr. Yills~Re4ueing duties $1,000 go COO -, m
friend from Texas says
Mr. Gray. Dem. Del)-And with more ad
Mr.: Nest-And with more ad valorem and fewer
specifics; and 1t came nearer TO my idea OF what
been enacted since the Walker tariff of l.iG. At
the end of these three days of miserable wrang
ling and reorganization We were turned out OF that
caucus with the intelligent and definite instruc-
Democratic votes and could be passed by the Sen
ate. To that task addressed ourselves. The
result is seen IN the pending bill.
NOT FIGHTING GORMAN's BATTLE
shall speak of that bill in a few moments. but
desire now in passing to say that much Of it--a
very large portion of twas agreed to by sim
ply In order to escape the humiliation OF going back
To ne Democrats Of ha ed win
at all 1t is we'll known that we are assem-
bed in the Senate Of the United staes that In this
chamber were some six or seven Democrats as hon
est as l. whose motives 10 not now llnpugn but
with whom differ radically and essentially In re-
gard 10 the tariff. 1t has been said that we have
made a fight here for the Senator from Maryland
Mr Gor1nan) against the President. In 1882 wrote
body in favor Of Mr Ceyea G omnnten 3 for ms ms
~ Incy. u was written 20 the Grystone club.
sonal relations with the senator from Ma ar
no; support him for the nomination bGcans. he di
not represeni iny views In regard to tariff reform.
to the silver question. ! was prepared to support
him FOR the nominatlon-and OF course for
foremost representative OF what believed right in
Iesar1 10 ,ns tarin question So have fought for
am neither Of the house OF Montague nor Capn.
ift: OF York nor Lancaster I shall nght under any
right. no ma ter IN whose hands the stan OF that
%hy De do not follow a RG WScn Sw
bs st ne Is G aaa I'm. an njGst upon neber II
ought to be achieved by the democratic party in the
! Pursuing what was saving in regard to the sugar
Guy the result OF our abOJs IN regard was scen
in the provisions Of the Tariff bin which have been
passed the Senate. and under circumstances which
convinced many OF us tina; the margin was 80 slight
grea, ar zee IN It's cornpositon ''''
N-'.sON BILL IMPOSSIBLE
1t has been said repeatedly that there never has
been a time-and this has formed the staple Of the
editorials Of the metropolitan pr7ss-Lhat a bill. Ike
the Wilson bill in its provisions. substantially and
generally. could not be passed in this Senate II
has been asserted that nothing but pure cowarlice
~ sinister IN NOUS 1y KEPT ~ rom reporting b
ard which would have forced certain Senator's into
the open, az the expression was. AMI who then would
not have dared 10 vote against H. II there is a
Senator here to-day upon either side OF this chamber
wto believes that the Wilson bill or anything equiv
aent 90 1t could have been passed In the Senate AT
a a., time ! ask him as a personal favor to rise in
hi; place and say so. applause
The tie 6eg5nhnng giving time and labor at the rk Of
' Time nea 10 me W9rk before methere never
nave been enacted in,o law. Senators from the
upon that bill as murder in regard to the interests
VI their constituents and fought II to the death The
complications growing out Of the sugar interest as
sieied them in their opposition to ii; and with no
ruies In the Senate. and with majority OF one pos
sibly Of two. and at the mercy of The mInnriiv Z,
was as impossible to have passed that bill as for
me to-day to carry this Of marble of upon one
ure and / shall - w '
=. Nothing extenuate.
nor dught set down in malice"
WHAT HAPPENED IN CONFERENCE.
When we came into conference with our brethren
IN the other houee after the first dsagreement-and
II Is unnecessary to go behind tha-I stated myself
and make that remark in order 10 assume the full
responsibility. when the conference first assembled
mat 1t was useless to go any further with the bill
or with the disagreement between the two houses
until We had disposed Of this Medusa head OF the