The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-15
HIDES TOO TOUCH
Ti,,man's Pitchfork is Blunted
Against Senators.
GETTING USED TO PRODS
THEY NOW LAUGH Al IHh
CRY OF THIEF.
A ROUND OR TWO WITH HoAR


Sugar Trust Steal as if Nothing
Were Observation-Disclosures
Amendment Defeated.
Washington. June 14.-The Senate de-
bate on the sugar schedule OF the tafih
hill proceeded to-day with only one OIL
xarting incident to relieve the monotony
;nto which the discussion has lapseu'
This was the sharp exchange between
Mr. Hoar, of Mass, and Mr.. lllllnah'
.f s. c.. representing the two extremes
.f senatorial procedure. Mr.. I1llman
again referred to published charges Oh
;rregularity in connection with the sugar
schedule, and asserted that the SENATE
.o,,ld stand convicted before the Amer
;can people if it failed TO lnVesugate
.ho charges. Mr.. Hoar calmly ana I'M
pressiyely repelled this statement'nls tone
.,,5 language being calculated as re-
bnke. He declared that the vague
charges of irregularity were not ohls
0na- sS+o-o,,s bnt infamous. Mr.. Tlllman
liberated that Senators would stano
convicted by the people IL thes sousn'
10 hide behind the Senatorial toga. MA
.uison an charge of the bill, made an
other speech in defense OF the scneuuie
rrasanting tables which he declared prov
"a that, the sugar rehners received iess
,,rotction under the Senate schedule lhah
under the existing law. Mr. fettgre"'
IS. d. spoke at length ID Iasor oA aiis
amandment TO place On the Tree AiS'
articles controlled by trusts, severely al-
-aign;no the various large trusts. Nj.
Auen (Neb.), urged legal procedure
,,a;nst the trusts. Only one roli-cah
.ecnrrpd during the day, on Mr. Lhhu-
sav,s amendment to place ali sugars on
+ba same basis. This was rejected %
90 Mr.. McEnery, tDem., La-l, Young
,.Sith the Republicans in the negatiVe
ard Senators Pettigrew and Mantle, Win
49, Damocrats in the affirmative.
Wban the tariff bin was taken up MI.
.,,;son obtained an agreement that the
80 soss;ons of the Senate begin at IL
~ ON and after Wednesday next
This was conditional on the IacI tlia' sle
Senate adjourn each AFTERNOON a.
o'clock. .oa 80 tho
Mr.. Allen, (Neb), then reverted 10 Tue
colloouy last Saturday III winch he
held that it was the Tlght ana uue! u
the government to take legal steps "
dissolve the sugar trust lie arsueu
that Injunction, quo warranto' ana oonel
local process could be invoked against
the trust. ohro-
Mr.. Allen next spoke in favor Oh aoio-
eating the Hawaiian treaty
Mr.. Pettigrew, $. D., followed III sup
,or+ of his amendment proposing tnt1
articles made by trust be put on 'he
60 LIST He asserted that 1T was
serious question how the present sof
ornment by the trusts, ana iof
s.,.e+s, could he thrown off. There were
t.,,s+s i'm coal sugar, Old, glass, steei,
chemicals. crockeTy, and ali other graz
s+ahlas- sitting competition ana set1ins
- tho rule of the monopoly. NO darlh
III, would be successful, he said, without
some defense of the people against Tue
.r.,s+s and such a bill would meet Wlth
ronuIar condemnation. AS protec-
t;nr,;S+ no offered this amendment, De
1;or,;no that with it the tariff bill could
10 defended against assaults.
yybon Mr.. Pettigrew concluded the
c,oto was brought back to the pendlng
amendment by Mr.. Lindsay to str1Ke oul
- a;r+;nn ntion as to the Dutch standard,
IN the first paragraph of the sugar scneu-
.,Io placing all sugars on an eduaii's ~
uIe' aar@ p nor mound and 3.l0o cents ao-
,..;ool for every degree above 20. 1he
amendment was deIeaOeu' A.: ,o,a-
Nr Hoar. (Mass.), offered MS ",e :
- Cor tbe appointment by the Iesi @
5o.,+ of q commission OF nVe hieihoelS
.os4ioate into the subject OF sugar
oauction and the best means Oh sappis
tho American market at inc ''''
cost. of royanue from
,aor had been a subject OF con'eh1.ol'
&C 1r,o wears in England ana tiiis 49,
Io- ue did not think any consiuerapie ~
of the people believed lhat 'ie
pm Rod framed these ana Ioflnel
me- ~ 1.hodules were impelied py any
90 4Lon honorable motives bul Tue
o'lle ,,ho make these tariffs are met oS
.,ht,o o,a conflicting questions whi.h ,
ia olraadv broken down one Oh LIZ
Soaa+ors fIr Aldrieh) MIR. Hoar ursed'
tborefore that his proposed commission !,
.,-o,ld command the best talent ol tne
oo,,,trv in presenting to the Senate 'he
fullest information concerhlhs ;r.,;n
Naxt to the development of our virgin
u,beat fields the development OF the
sugar beet would be the greatest pooh
40 agriculture. Revertng again to pup
l;shed statements of irregularity IN CON
nection with the sugar schedule, MT.
Hoar said that, although it had been
suggested in the press that somebody had
III cfa a
are received by serious people through
tempt"
Mr.. Allison suggested that this was
such an important question that it ought
to be considered by the Finance COM
mittee.
Mr.. Hoar agreed to the reference of