The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-03
LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON.
Reed Rsvsrses Himself in the In,
teress Of His Monopoly. Dicsa-
tators and Bosses.
THE GREAT SUGAR TRUST.

Hsv lite Neg sssit The - ste cad
kesV o~t ct rsi.,s-yAs Cssts@ psisss
T"sdSisg Of The Cosvss-Tiiimss LIE
nssds Ans,h'r Inv sstig ssies Iiuis
story Of the Dur, an Public Haiiarns
BiIi.
Special to the Caucasian
wAsHINoroS. II. c., May 3lst. lss..-
The senate has given the whole week
TO the consideration Of the tarir bill.
About the usual progress IN the con-
siderAtion Of the bill has been made
The House has not been IN session ex-
cept TO adjourn for three days NJ n
time.
Speaker Reed, however, was put in
. very awkward position 81 the last
meeting OF the House on Thursday.
He was forced 10 reverse himself to
prevent the consideration Of the Gu
ban resolution. Mr.. Lewis, a repre-
sentative from the State OF Washing
ton, offered a resolution requiring the
House to take up and consider the Nor
gan Cuban resolution, aud made the
point that under the rules and practice
Of the House and other parliament
bodies that such q resolution WAS a
privileged question. He quoted the
rules Of the House to show that all
questions relating to the governments
foreign policy were privileged. He
also quoted numerous precedents in
the Eoglish parliament and in our own
Congress to sustain his position, and
then drove the nail home by quoting
Speaker Reed against Speaker Reed.
In the fifty-secOnd Congress, while
Mr.. Crisp was Speaker, Mr.. Dipgley
offered a resolution concerning the re-
latiOns OF the United States to the
Hawaiian Republic, just formed, after
the dispOsing Of Queen Lii. Mr.. Ding.
ley claimed that his resolution WAS
privileged and was entitled to imme-
date consideration, without being re-
ferred. Mr.. Reed made speech sus-
tanning the position Of Mr.. Dingley.
All Of this was quoted by Representa-
tive Lewis, yet Speaker Reed, with
stolid indifference, cody reversed his
position and ruled that the resolution
was out Of order. The general verdict
is that Reed has been put in q hole, and
that he cannot Justify the reversal of
his position. The same influences
that controlled Cleveland in the Gu
ban matter seems to be controlling
Mckinley and Reed. 1t 10 generally
understood that it is the Sugar trust
and the ROthschilds, who are the hol-
ders of Spanish bonds, who have die
tated the cruel, -inhumaD, and I'M
American position Of this government
in its relations toward Cuba. 4 day
of reckoning is coming.
SUGAR KING HAvKMYKR.
For weeks the newspapers have been
full of ugly charges to the effect that
the Sugar Schedule in the pending
tariff bill was dictated by the Sugar
Trust, and that it would result in put
ting from ten to fifteen million dollars
per year, extra profit, into the Golfers
of that gigantic trust. In the mean
time Mr.. Havemyer, the millionaire
President of the Trust, has been on
trial for refusing to answer question.
put to him by the Senate investigat-
ingcommittee, appointed to investigate
charges of corrupt influence beinS
used to secure the sugar schedule in
the Wilson Democratic tariff bill; but
the court found q way to keep the mil
liOnaire sugar king out of prison by
deciding that the Senate had no righ
to ask such questions as Mr.. Have
myer refused to answer. In short
the court found technicality to keeE
the rich offender out of prison. Lei
it be remembered that the question
which M. Havemyer refused to an
swer was an inquiry as to how mucl
his trust had contributed to campaign
funds or used in any other way to in
) fluence the action of Congress-. Th,
chief purpose of the investigation wa
} to get this information. II the Sen
ate has no right to ask such questions
then it has no right to Investigate
; any body or anything. Yet Havemye
goes free while the American peOpl
must continue to pay . fifteen million
dollar tribute to a most insOlent an
oppressive trust. The majority of tn
American people believe there wa
something rotten in the Wilson bill
: and something still more rotten il
, the present Dingley bill.
TILLMAN DEMANDS ANOTHER INVEST
: CATION.
/ Senator Tillman has offered a reso
luton, based on the above condition.
, calling for the appointment of com
mittee to re-investigate the suGa
scandal in the Wilson bill and tn
charges of corruption in cOnnectio
3 with the present bill. The South Car
olina Senator boldly stated that theI
3 were reasons to believe that corruI
: influences secured the sugar schedul
in the tariff bill passed by his party /,
q we'll as in the sugar schedule now pro
a posed. That while he regretted to be
= lieve that his party had been upde
. the influence OF the sugar trust, yet
was in the interest Of good governmer
! that the truth should be known ar
D that every offender, whether DemOcr
t tic or Republican, should be brOugI
:, to the bar of Justice. The speech vi
h a strong and severe arraignment ar
! created no little sensation. 1t is vel
;; probable that the Investigation will
- ordered.
t PROTECTION FOR THE WHEAT AND CO
TON FARMER.
Il Senator Cannon has introduced
"a amendment to the present tariff b
- providing for an expert bounty Of t.
= cents on every bushel of wheat 2
. ported from the United States and O
L cent on every pound OF cotton 2
y ported. The effect of this amendmel
q. if adopted, will be to materially raj
Is the price of both wheat and cotton.
ID will mean protection to the farm
Just as the import duty on sht
means protection to the shoe man
facturer. Mr.. Cannon took the Do
20 ton in offering his amendment ii
pc the American farmer suffered as mu
10 from foreign competition as did t
y, manufacturing concerns of Ameri
~ He said, however, that the true way
sc give relief to the American farm
was by a proper financial system;
lance there Was no hone of 1etti
this from the Republican party, th
he the Republicans should carry tn
n own principle Of protection to its 10
r. cal conclusion and protect the Anne
m can farmer by giving him an exp
bounty. II the Democrats supp
this amendment it will very probal
Oh be adopted. 1t 10 understood Il
m Senator Tillman and Senator But
BY and others will make speeches in fa'
ht of the amendment.
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