The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
A PROTECTION DEMOCRAT.
NrENERY OF LoUIsIINl DEFENDS
HIS VOTES ON THE II L

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WARRINGTON. June lathe debate in the
Benate to-day did not como mp In point Of inter
cst to that OF preceding days. Democratic Sem
ators had It all to themselves; but the protective
principle was champtoned BY ono of them as
strongly as II could have been by Mr.. Aldrich
himself. 1t was Mr.. McEnery Of Louisiana who
had the courage TO oppose all his party pssocl.
ates and to Justify the votes which he has been
giving on the side OF protection. 1t was his first
speech In the Senate and that fact lent nd.
ditional Interest to IT, II was curious 70 500 q
dozen Republican Senators seated In the area In
front of where Mr.. McEnery stood. and listening
10 him with strained attention as he attacked
dohantly his Democratic associates and declared
that he would vote for any measure that would
bring prosperity to his State. regardless of party
principles. Tho speech was followed by q vote
on tho amendment offered by Mr.. Jones OF
Arkansas to strike certain words out Of tho
sugar schedule, the effect OF which amendment
would DO to diminish slightly tho profits Of the
sugar r~onners. and the amendment was defeated
by majority Of three only.
Another amendment was then offered, the ef-
feet OF which would DO to have q uniform duty
on all sugars, whether raw or refined. This
amendment was offered by Mr.. Lindsay tDem..
Ky.) and was advocated by him and Mr.. Gallery
Dem., La.l. No vote was reached when the
time came for adjournment, but notice was
given by Mr.. Morgan Dem, Ala.) of an amend.
ment imposing q tax Of 2 per cont. on profits
made in. buying and selling stocks and bonds.
The debate was opened by Mr.. Vest tDem.,
MOI. who challenged Mr.. Allison, in charge Of
tho bill, to state clearly and unequivocally the
effect of the amendment adopted yesterday to
tho sugar schedule. He CMr. Vest, asserted that
Il largely increased tho protection given to the
Sugar Trust. Testimony had been read yester-
day from the principal officers of the trust that
tho trust was now making 81 per cont. net on
its watered capital. He had charged that the
legislation gavo TO that monopoly such an
enormous increase, and the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Ailison) had replied that the amendment
did give an increased protection if the dis.
eliminating duty on bounty-paid sugar was in
cluded in the estimate, but that otherwise there
was no increase. Not once had the Senator from
Iowa undertaken to tell the Senate the effect of
the amendment II the export bounty clause
were kept in the bill. BY what sort OF leRerde-
main, Mr.. Vest asked, had the Senator exclude d
that export clausei Experts might be wrong,
Senators might be in the dark and might ring
fog bells as much as they pleased, but the specu-
lators In Wall street knew what this legislation
meant. Sugar stock had been selling at 11s
which the caucus anne ndment was reported and
. day afterward 1t was selling at 12A. Did my
body believe that those Wall street spectators
d1dsn0t Know WnAt tne projection 10 -tHe truSC
was .. He had heard but one excuse for that
enormous and outrageous legislation. and that
was the statement made yesterday by the SEN
ator from Iowa that the object was solely for
the purpose OF prospering the great agricultural
psrinS now. He repeated what he had said the
other day. that there WAS one class of men who
understood the effect of this legislation;
Mr.. McEnery, (Dem.. La.E, the one Democrat
who has been voting regularly with the Repub-
Leans on the sugar schedule. made his first
-A- L. H. Cana . m tn Af.n.N n bfa ~ III
said that IA worse trust than the Sugar Trust
was. the Great American Cotton Company, that
the injury of the cotton planters. while the in.
terests OF the sugar producers OF the United
the Sugar Trust. He went on to discuss in detail
the particulars of the sugar industry, his desk
being foSe hs diiM,sh,sPsSSihhsi s . qs Dara0ts b Sra nss.
the sugar schedule should succeed, the effect
Louisiana. and sugar beet interests all over the
country. He gave the aggregate imgsonrtastion Of
and argued that that enormous amount could
have been kept at home: as sugar could be PRO r.
manufacturer of beet sugar to an amount equal
to the raw sugar now imported by the sugar re Re-,
coanfry OF $40. factories. at a COS. Of
$3.50 600, 900, and there could be no doubt
1 aSa,a T be est PFSIRs66 Dr@ Witt the t1 Tsst i fnf!erits
which the State OF Louisiana had in the ~cultiva-
ton OF rice and sugar. in her saw mills and her
salt mines, WAS there. he asked, any reason for
doubling that the Democratic party OF that
State was committed TO protection ] He had
and had express those Views. and not only had
there been no dis 'cnting voice heard. but his
ports, received with an outburst OF applause"
Mr.. McEnery charged Democrats with incon-
sisse %bile IN OPPOSING IaSsifnRfi It P for general i0 int teees .n'e II
Il was a good thing to protect the fruit and
lumber interests Of Georgia and + south caroli ma
why was it not equally. good. he asked. to pro-
t sUd a The %Ea 1gInSS RIM th Interests 9,rm;r Of ,N New York X
the Westi He declared for himself that he
would. regardless OF party principles. vote for
Louisiana as we'll as to the whole country.
Diverging from the tariff to the ansnSiHl cues:
there would be no restoration Of confidence and
prosperity until tho mints were opened to the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
Mr.. McEnery spoke for nearly two hours. and
then the vote. was taken on the amendment OF:
the paragraph the words and on all sugars
leaving It to read on sugar above No. i6 Dutch
S1snaSso Of IN rea S \ l Mn,c een hsi per ET poun adr@uH Th g
s~mendment was reiected-yeas 20; nays. 30;
two two s hlUep'Rss ep psbhsSrs ' tMsntl s" and af Pettirr sR1
voted aye and one Democrat (McEnery) voted
Mr.. Lindsay Dem, Ky.) moved to strike GER
tain words out OF the supar schedule. 80 as to
make the tax upon all sugar, whether raw or
under the bill three dollars and a half OF protec,
tion would BE- given r. to every dollars worth q
Sugar Thlbcu IL INC CuIlCu Sbdteb ~ proposed
to make no war upon that proposition. but the
point which. he made was that the Sugar Trust
did not need and was not entitled TO protection;
and that, II it did need protection. the conditions
were such that 1t ought not to receive it.,
Mr.. Allen Pop, Neb) inquired whether the
Sugar Trust could not be dissolved by the Gov
erSment under a wit Of qn9 wsrrsntS; -,
writ could not be applied by the Government tC
the Sugar Trust, as It was a State New Jersey
corporation.
Does tho Senator from Massachusetts pre-
tend" Mr.. Allen asked. that its charter can
not be dissolved when, 1t monOpolizes interstate
lido not pretend anything" Mr.. Hoar replied
with an air of annoyance. 1T is unciyil to ash
me whether ] pretend 30 or So"
81 did not mean to offend the Senator" sale
Mr.. Allen. Il simply meant TO give 1t as m!
opinion that there Is no question about tn,
power of the Government to dissolve such a cor
poration, regardless OF where IL gets 1t charter
whenever IT engages In international or inter
Mi. Lindsay went on with his speech
and gave figures to show that. with IN,
prices yesterday of raw sugar and rehne'
sugar, the refiners had more than 25 pc
cent. profit. In exclamation of the DurDOse O