Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-25
A TREATY VIOLATION.
Discriminating Duty Against All Grades
Of German Sugars.
Prospect Of Contest Between Sugar Trust
and the Meat Packers.

The greatest battle ever fought in the
snate will come on after the holidays"
I'D prominent senator today. 1t u TO
ca contest between tho Sugar trust on
he one side and the meat packers of the
;cst on the other. 1t will be a struggle
whic, there will be millions at stake,
nd no one can foresce the outcome. Up
this time the two interests are not in
irect conflict. What the packers want
srepeal of the discriminating duty against
icrman sugars. They want this stricken
II because the Germans are up in arms
bout It, They claim it violates the treaty
4 1928. That is not what hurts the pack
rs and shippers of cattle and dressed beef.
Nhero the shoe pinches them Is that Ger
amy, by way Of retaliation for the tax
kainst her sugar. is shutting out our
.ef Markets to the amount of many
lillions year are endangered by this re-
aliatory policy, and the rich packers OF
Chicago have undertaken to remove the
nurse Of the quarrel. Now, the Sugar
rust does not care much about the one
cnth of cent pound discriminating
llty, but they do not want the sugar
IIcstion opened at all. They are afraid
lay consideration of that question will
tad TO repeal OF all the tax or Of the dis
Eliminating tax as well as the differential,
nd a; the latter gives them three or four
billions year clear profit it may be easi-
Y imagined 5hey will fight with all their
hight.
Secretary Gresham Admits 1t.
"A feature Of the case which is attract
hg much attention." continued this sena-
br, is the admission by Secretary Gresh-
n that this tax against Germany's sug-
ir does really violate our treaty with Ger
hany, or, to be strictly accurate, our
teaty with Prussia concluded in 1928.
tic seems to be right about it too. The
i,crinan government has protested against
his violation, and the president has asked
,lngrcss to remove the Objectionable tax.
| happen to know that the president did
1ot make his recommendation to this
fleet stronger, with the explanation of
he situation, because he did not want to
ldmit in u public document that we had
.otually violated our treaty obligation"
For some reason or other the people of
tlis city do not like tho high buildings
bow so common in Chicago and New
York. 1t was rumored few days ago
hat the Blaine house on the square oppo-
- syndicate who intended to tear down
hc famous old red building and erect in
IS place u modern apartment house of Is
or go stories One of the Washington pa
Sars took the matter up and protested
.eainst it in vigorous terms. 1t assured
.lrs. Blaine of its great respect for her
ind reverence for the memory of her dead
husband, but intimated that all this
,itrEt hn aLo bn
Tere to be degenerated to the service of
pne of those modern skyscraping, light
Icreening, air darkening monstrosities of
which Chicago and New York are SO
proud. There is one such building in
Washington already, nnd only one, and
.hc people here continually find fault with
Il.
Neglected Heroes.
Efforts are to be made to induce con
tress to appropriate money for statues of
trant and Chase 1t is somewhat remark
fblo that not single statue of General
grant exists in the Capital City. There is
not even a bust of him except in private
Lallorics. The only statue of Lincoln in
b public place Is miserable excuse for a
statue displayed on the top Of an awkward
column in front of the District courthouse,
Uub u sppb iOt ~ ihti'
s statue of Lincoln by Winnie Ream in
The capitol, but it is not satisfactory
either. 1t seems pity that the two great
pst heroes OF the war-Lincoln and Grant
should be without adequate marble
sommcmoration in the national capital
There is no statue Of Sherman here, nor
Df Sheridan.
Tho suggestion has been made that La
,f tN. Ia Tn
House, should be devoted to o collection
Of fine statues OF public mon. 1t now
contains the French memorial to Lafayette
sent over three years ago as IL gift of Paris
artists and the bronze equestrian statue
Of General jackson, but there is room in
1t for four or five more memorials TO the
great men of the past.
Senator Turpie made a great speech on
ihe Nicaragua canal bill a few days ago
10 was atteutivcly listened to, as he al
ways is. There could not be greater con-
srast between two men than between the
5wo senators from Indiana, and this Is
particularly noticeable when they make
speeches. Senator Voorhees, is great big
man, robust and aggressive. He makes
the sort OF speech stranger would expect
him To make. He is bold, loud, vigorous
.0mDatant. At tllneS ne larry foatS, ie
hurls his words in ponderous sentences as
II they were cannon balls whose effective
ness depended upon the force with which
they were thrown. His voice is strong
md deep. Senator Turpie, on the other
hand, is little man of mild manners and
retiring disposition. There is nothing
bold or aggressive about him. When he
makes speech and becomes earnest, his
thin voice draws itself up to a soprano in
an effort to reach effectiveness. 1t fairly
cries and screechos. When he tries to get
u little denunciation into his already at
tenuated tone, the result is very much
like the snarling of a cat But Mr., Tur-
pie is great lawyer and an interesting
speaker for all that.
They Get the Rattles.
There is new disease here called 1.-THE
senatorial rattles." When senator gets
the 'rattlcs, people who are not abso
lutely forced to associate with him keep
rs far from his person as possible The
malady Is contagious, but only senators
tatch it. The principal phase manifested
In its early stages isexclusiveness, an un-
willingness to see people in the reception
f