Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

special AOlEtH pblAtHNF'
NAsmNGToN, June Is, 1894.
It matters little what the verdict of
the senate investigating commit tee may
be, as the estimouy OF Mr.. Hayemeyer,
president of the sugar trust has made 1t
certain that guilty as indicted will be
the verdict of the honest people of the
country regardless OF political lines.
Mr.. Havemeyer clearly estf bhshed the
tluth of the charge that the sugar trust
had been a liberal contributor to the
democratic party aud he actually had
the audacity to complain of Senator Hill
because he refused to join Secretory
Carlisle and Senators Brice, Smith and
German in getting the sugar trust what
it wanted from the senate. About the
only charge connected witt the scandal
thai Mr. Havemeyer threw no light up
on was that concerning the speculation
IN sugar stock by senators. He SAID he
knew nothing about that, but that had
been previously proven III other dlrec-
tions. He told the committee that the
trust had made about S35,OO0,0OO dur
ing the last three years and that the
present sugar schedule Of the tariff bill
would add at least one cent pound,
perhaps more to the price of sugar. His
statement that he came to Washington
last winter for the purpose OF CONTROL
ing the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
was as glazing an example of unblush-
ing effrontery as was ever seen IN the
capitol building. He spoke ds though
the controlling of congress and state
legislatures were common affairs with
thu sugar trust.
The sugar trust people are very much
alarmed lest their bargain with the adj
m lnistration and the democratic sena-
tors be repudiated by the house, and,
unless something can be done to quiet
the democratic opposition to the
schedule, in the house, there may prove
to be ample foundation for their alJrm.
Leading democrats IN the house are now
openly announcing their intention to
try to beat the sugar schedule, and the
solid republican vote will go agan it.
This is the date that was announced
weeks ago by the democratic managers
of the tariff bill for the passage of that
me- assure by the senate. They now see
that the announcement was premature,
and so anxious have they become to get
the bill assed that they have proposed
to the repub leans to abandon forty nine
pages of the bill-containing the adj
ministrative features-in order to save
the weeks discussion that would GER
tanly be required to dispose of it. if the
republicans would agree to aid them in
hurrying the bill to vote. The prop
osition has not been accepted, because
there are reasons for believing that the
democrats will abandon that portion of
the bill, anyway, to save time.
The greater portion of this week has
been devoted to a discussion of the wool
schedule, and the republican senators
me- cilesslv poured argument after ar
gument into the d emoralizen democratic
ranks showing the injustice, even from
free trade point of view, OF putin 6
wool on the free list, while articles
which the sheep raisers Of the country
are compelled to buy have at the dicta-
ton of trusts and a half dozen demo
cratic senators been given protection.
1t is not surprising that no democrat at
tempted to defend the wool schedule.
1t is indefeus,ble. 1t will destroy an
American industry in which, as Senator
Sherman truly said, one million Ameri-
can farmers are interested and no ben
eft will be derived by anybody except
the sheep raisers of Australia and South
America 1t is doubtful whether vote
will be reached on the tariff bill before
the last of the month, as the fight on
the income tax, which promises to be
bitter, has yet to be fought.
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