The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-15
VEST BREAKS LOOSE.
With His Promised Clearing Up
of the Senate Sugar Scandal
Talks Of Liars, SIanderers and
Infamous LibeIlers."
Declares His Endorsement Of Cleve-
land as Against German.
CBy Associated PrcssD

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator
Vest undertook his promised clearing
up Of the Senate sugar scandals to-day
In the form Of a speech on Mr.. Harri5s
motion to refer the free sugar and other
new revenue bills to the Committee on
Finance.
slightest doubt that If the bill was re-
ferred to the Committee of which he
was acting as temporary Chairman II
would mean the death of the bills. 1t
was well known that the Committee
Was now politically a tie, and with the
prospect OF the disappearance of quo
rum in a few days nothing could be
done with the bills at this session.
lie referred to the SANDERS that had
been INDUCED in against the Senate and
Senators IN connection with the sugar
schedule. He was opposed to the one
eighth diferentiil but he mad voted and
would vO;e again for that one-eighth
"ather than submit to have the Demo
cratic party accused and convicted Of in
competency. He was most unfortunate
ne said, In that he was compelled again
TO indulge in criticism of the President,
under whose nag ne was sun ready to
hRnt tor the cause OF tariff reform to the
death.
Ne referred Indignantly to Mr.. Cleve-
'and's letter In support % the House bill,
ahd ranged aIonBside OF IL the letter uI
secretary Cariis.e, presented to-day,
Wnlcn, ne declared, proved CunclLsNeiy
have caused Il denciency OF S3OOJOOOO.
mat letter, he SAID, with great display
of feeling, vindicateu the position OF the
Serale. he denounced the seif-consti-
tod
sogues who had sought to pull down men
IN nigh PAGES" VINO HAD assaiiei tne
senate and Senate bill. The Senate HAD
been made the scapegoat.
Mr.. Vest proCeeucu wiIh great indlg-
nation to describe the position in which
he had been placed during the last five
months. He mad not an enemy in the
world, he declared drama, icaiiy, whom
he would place in the position he had
occupied, to be criticised. denounced.
blackmailed and driven in order to pass
a bill Tor the relief of the country that
was distorted by the views of those who
selfish standpoints. The rules of the
Senate were responsible. he said
No wonder" said he, with uplifted
hand, that the public declares the Sen
we sit here day after day. while alma
macs. statistics, even novels. are read
to us under our rules and we are power
less to help ourselves, There was reason
Let u.s." he continued. look at the
sugar schedule. the rock around which
TIE cross currents and eddiss of Discus
SION have boiled and seethed. In. one
section OF the county lay Louisiana,
with its sugar plantations demanding a
revenue tariff on sugar. | would rather
have given them protection than any
Of the Tilted states. At the IN" oth "G" end
OF the United States was that great
monopoly, the Sugar Trust, taking toll
from evry breakfast table. With $50
cent. dividend on half its stock and II
FER cent. on the other half, and paid IL
Quarterly, 1t was aggressive defiant,
aye, dominant. Betwcet these two lay
the interests Of the people--the con-
Mr.. Vest then proceeded with his de-
scription of the difficulties in connection
He sketched the effect on tle Trust of
the protection of 60 cents on a hundred
pounds given by the Mckinley bill and
the enormous power developed by the
trust N virtue of that protection. Under
me Wilson bill, as reported to the House
rom the Committee. II contained a duty
ana bounty When 1t was In the House
'ommittee prepsre der.eh hi, mich ,hs saSe
no differential benefit to the Trust
And yet" said Mr.. Vest with bitter
ness, they they, gall us the creatures of the
The Senator paused for moment. and
then with intense earnestness added |
Liars slanderers lbellers"
And when the Finance Committee had
completed the BILL" continued Mr.. Vest,
1t was taken out of our hands before a
Democratic caucus without our knowl-
'dge or consent If | misstate the re-
suits let Senators arise In their seats
md point II out. At the end OF three
lays OF miserable wrangling and recrim-
nation We were turned out and told to
prepare bill which would command the
support of forty-three Senators. We
hereupon set ourselves to that misera-
Die task
Mr.. Vest said he would not enter into |
he charges that the Senate was a party |
0 the fight between the President ami |
NE Senator from Maryland tGorman. |
lie Nesp had his strong differences with |
hat Senator on the tariff. and he had |!
written a letter long ago to the Grey |
tone Cub, stating his objections to the |
'olicy OF Mr.. German and supporting !
ir. Cleveland in his position on revenue |
eform.