The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15
TIE DEAL Is CLOSED.

So the deal is closed. The infamy Is
consummated and congress, Grover
Cleveland and the people of the United
| States are in the hands Of the sugar
| trust. To talk about excuses or justin
cation is simply an absurd waste of time
| To enter the plea that the bill as 1t goes
| to the president IS better than no leSIsla-
ton is not only contradictory from
Democratic standpoint, bat puerile, cow
ardly and contemplate. Out of Cieve-
| lands own mouth it is pronounced a per-
fidioUs measure. He is on record as say
ing that it is an ignominious surrender
of the friends of tariff reform to its most
on the floor of congress by Democratic
leaders as a complete sell out
to blood-sucking monopoly. The
king of this monopoly had the
brazen impudence to go before con-
mittee, appointed to prove that members
were innocent OF taking Doodle, and
testify that he had used 81, 900, 900 for
the very purpose of influencing legisla-
ton. Regardless of the finding Of this
committee, the evidence could not be
more conclusive and complete. With
the trust it was a plain business affair.
Willing as they were, to sacrifice princi-
pie, and buy with cold cash the votes
which were to be cast by the time
honored champions of free trade, they
simply picked their men and went for
I in h,,cI * ta
result: bound, sold and delivered TO
a combine which Will exact tribute
from every man, woman and
child entitled to the rights of an
American citizen. Sugar is the one
article which enters into the supplies of
every person from the pampered mil
lionaire to the nations wards-the stall
fed Indians on the frontier. For that
reason, and that only, was it selected as
the aTticle.which would yield the great
est revenue from which to defray the
expenses of the government, and here
the infamy rises 10 the surface. Here
the cloyen foot reveals the character
and designs of the crowd who were to
show forth the beauties of their plan for
running the government with all staples
on the free list. 1t sets up in characters
of living light the whole posse, from the
most iIliterate hayseed from the
rual district to the executive himself,
knew what was to be the outcome, and
that all this blather about redeemlng
party pledges was so much play before
the foot lights-so much blowing of
sand into the eyes of those who honestly
gave them their votes, believing there
would at least be an honest effort to exc
cute their wishes.
Now that the plot Is revealed the pub
lie is able 10 turn on the search light and
read their intent and motive from what
has been done. The voters of the coun-
try will surely not be deceived by the
placing of few articles on the free list
and lowering the schedule on others.
a very simple mental cal
is all that is needed
to show that the aggregate revenue from
sugar viii foot up far more than the
amount saved BY thsse reductions, and
it falls with telling force on those who
pay it. The plain problem was: GLOW
shall the danger of another bond issue be
averted:" Thesugar combine dropped in
to the ring with scheme made to order, (
with the additional incentive of a few
millions of profit to those who were to
pass upon 1t. 1t was consumated. then
and there, and from that day every
move in congress, and every transaction |
in the private business of the trust, has |
confirmed it. In proof of this, /
the purchase of many millions of !
dollars worth of raw sugar before the |
bill is passed, is conclusive. But argu- |
ment is useless, and words are only SO |
much tautology and waste of time
There is not township SO remote where |
the voters are so ignorant, that they will |
not comprehend the depths of this in
famous sellout.
Luckily the day of reckoning is not /
far distant Synonymous with the |
fading flowers and falling leaves of this |
year of grace 81 will wither and die the
fame and fortunes of the most treach-
arOus compact of pilfering. trading
that ever disgraced the Ameri-
can congress.