The record-union., 1894-08-14

on that point?' aEEed Dingley (Rep.) of
Maine. L understood him to say the
sugar trust had already imported a hum
dred millions WORTH of sugar. If so, in
asmuch as only Sl04 900 worth of
sugar was imported last year, Will not
all the revenue we get from sugar under
the operation of this bill for the first
year be missing?"
81 did not intend to give the figures
that one hundred millions of raw sugar
had been imported" replied Wilson.
81 stated that | had been informed that
the sugar trust had Imported about that
amount, and | even heard it stated that it
was in excess of that amount. 1t has been
put at 44S,00 tons by gentlemen who pre-
! tend to know
''Is it not true" asked Hurd. ''that
whatever may be the bonus to the sugar
trust in view OF the passage of this law,
would not the trust reap still larger
bonus under the operation of the McKin-
| ley law if it were still left in force ?"
They would not do so Immediately,
| but under the operation OF that law from
year to year they would certainly reap q
larger SUM-"
''Mr. Speaker, in answer to these ques-
! tions have simply to say that under the
/ rule adopted by the House. immediately
after the passage Of this bill we hope to
present and pass bill putting sugar on
the free list. Applause on the Demo-
cratic side. The question is now raised
! whether this is a Government of the
American people for the American peO-
/ pie, or Government OF the sugar trust
! tor the benefit of the sugar trust, and this
| House Will show the people, I doubt not
what its position is on that question, and
the Senate will show the people its posi-
| ton. L will reserve the residue of my
! time"
! Wilson spoke but ten minutes at the
| opening of the debate. He then reserved
the balance of his time. and Mr.. Reed.
the leader of the opposition, took the
| floor. He aroused his followers to the
| highest pitch of enthusiasm.
| "Mr. Speaker, / am somewhat reluc-
tant to address the House. but my feel
! ings are divided between two emotions"
! began Mr.. Reed. zone is an emotion Of
regret for the Democratic party and for
| its position, and the other is feeling of
regret for the country and its position,
| too. As far as the gentleman from West
| Virginia is concerned and his compa-
triots, there is not the slightest necessity
of my commenting on the difference be-
! tween this scene OF sorrow and the tri-
umphal procession which carried him
out of this House. Laughter.] He is
not so Joyous now, having been carried
out in another branch, and more effect
ually. Continued laughter. II is for
tunate for the gentleman from West Vir-
ginia and his compatrIots that they have
had to contend with gentlemen of SO
much more capacity and skill. Undoubt-
edly the House conferrees mean well.
| Undoubtedly their Intentions were hon.
orable, but they were no match for the
gentlemen whom they met in the upper
! branch. They were not SO skiilful as
those men.
"Why did our conferrees come back to
US, gentlemen, without as much as the
name of the bill they transported across
this building q month ago. 1t will be
known in history as the German Brice
VS.. the Wilson bili Laughter and APP
! plause on the Republican side. And
not dead on the field of honor, either.
| [Renewed laughter and applause on the
Republican side.
1.-THE gentleman from West Virginia
and his compatriots are before us now.
not as the triumphal reformers marching
| to glory at the sound of their own sweet
voices. They are little babes in the
woods, and it will be found pretty soon
that they were left there by their uncle in
the White House. LGreat Laughter and
applause. [ can hear the humming of
the pinions of the little birds bearing the
ballots that are TO bury them out of sight.
Laughter on the Republican side. But
their fate is of small consequence.
Their disappearance is the least of
this event. l told this House,
speaking on this tariff question, that one
of the great misfortunes of attempted ac-
ton would be the fact whatever basis
was reached it would not be permanent
basis, upon which this country could do
business. All that was only an effort on
their part to do something-an effort
which they were going to continue-and
the gentleman from West Virginia will
SOM signalized their departure from his
frnt fuli ohnnt iS hai cfo
in the onward march; so not even con-
tent with this Senate, not even content
with the attacks ii makes upon their in
terests, these gentlemen, while they feel
their personal discredit by submitting to
the bill, announce to us that it is only
the herald of future attacks upon the
business industries of this country.
Great God, has not this country suf-
fered enough during the last twelve
months, that these men should come
and assume that their ravages are to be
continued? l tell yon when the people
get an opportunity to express their opin-
ion of you, you will listen to them more
intently and with sadder hearts than
you have to-day, even. Not content
with what you have done, you have
threatened the people of this country
with yourselves again. Laughter on
the Republican side. We shall not
write its epitaph. That was done by
nearer and dearer parsonage. That
has been done by the man whose name
must be affixed TO this bill before it can
be a discredit to the statute books. His
name must be affixed. He tells you this
bill is an instance of perfdy and dis
honor. We have nothing to do in the
next campaign except to read the
testimony of your Chief Magistrate, un-
der whose protecting wing the Commit
tee on Ways and Means of the House
lxo, iir-01 hot Iii
any moment whether they were a COM
mittee OF the House of Representatives or
a committee of the Executive Repub-
lican applause.
''Out of your own household has come
its condemnation-nay out of your own
mouths has your condemnation come
for we shall read that bold and uncom-
promising declaration of the Chairman of
the Committee on Ways and Means that
we were TO sit here until the end of our
term to put down the sugar trust. What
do we have instead? We have PROPOSE
ton to fire one of those popgun tariff bills
for which the gentleman from Illinois
(Springer) was deposed from the Ways
and Means Committee. Laughter on the
Republican side.l His successor, after
filling the atmosphere with his outspread
wings, finds his nest in some other birds
premises. Republican laughter Why
not resign, if you were to adopt the action
of the other person? l congratulate the
gentleman from Illinois (Springer) on his
personal triumph. [ wish I could con-
gratulate the country upon something,
and will insist upon the speedy depart
uresof incompetency." Applause on the
Republican side.
Mcmillan (Dem.) of Tennessee followed
Mr.. Reed He began by calling, in con-
nection with Mr.. Reeds prophecy of po-
litical disaster to the Democrats of the
House, the overthrow of the Republican
House, after the passage of the Mckinley
bill In lSQ0 ftar criticisinp Reed for