The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-18
H0AR AND TILLMAN.
THESE SENATORS LOCK HORNS
ON THE SUGAR TRUST.
The Debate in the senate Continued on the
Sugar Schedule-The Proposed Amend.
sment Decreasing the DifKereutial-Sesa-
tor Tillman Insists Upon His Sugar Trust
Investigation-A Monster Petition foz
Cuban Recognition in the House.

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tor Tiliman Insists Upon His Sugar Trust
Investigation-A Monster Petition for
Cuban Recognition in the House.
SENATE.
Washington, June H.-When the tar
If bill was taken up Senator Allison OBJ
fained an agreement that the daily ses-
sions Of the senate begin at II o'clock
a. m, on and after Wednesday mex
This was conditional on the fact that
the senate adjourn each afternoon at
, o'clock.
Senator Allen, Of Nebraska. then re-
verted to the colloquy, last Saturday,
in which he held that the right and
duty Of the government was to take le-
gal steps to dissolve the sugar trust. He
argued that injunction, quo warrantO,
and other legal process could be in
voked against the trust. He next spoke
in favor of abrogating the Hawa
treaty.
Senator Pettigrew, Of South Dakota.
followed in support of his amendment
proposing hat articles made by a trust
be put on the free list. He asserted
that it was a serious question how the
present government by the trusts, and
Cor the trusts could be thrown off.
When Senator Pettigrew concluded,
the senate was brought back to the
pending amendment by Senator Lind
say. to STRIFE out the distinction as
to the Dutch Standard, in the first par
agraph Of the sugar schedule, placing
all sugars on an equality at l cent per
pound and three hundredths Of a cent
additional for every degree above 10
The amendment va 15featcd.
Senator I0ar, Of Massachusetts,, Of
fered his amerdment for the appoint
ment by the president Of a commission
of five members to Investigate into the
subject Of SUGAR production the
best means Of supplying the American
market at the least cost.
Senator Allison suggested that TINS
was such an important question that it
ought to be considered by the finance
committee.
Senator HOar agreed TO the refer
ence Of the amendment to the commit
tee and this was done.
Snator Tiilman, Of South Carolina,
then answered Senator HOar. He said
he had the deepest respect for the in
tegrity Of the senator from Massachu-
SEIIS. Ibbi PEI maps IL ldii b'tICiiiC 'b'
lOus in his long service, as was indl-
Gated by the statement that the best
ppOple Of both parties treated with con-
tempt the statements that there was
irregularity in making the sche-
dule. But, said SenatOr Tillman, when
published statements were made that
senators We're in touch with sugar bar
ons, when circumstantial evidence was
at hand that a huge monopoly levied
trjhIItn on the n1h1ic hat the Amprl-
can people were helpless in the grasp
of this octopus. then it was strange,
indeed, that any senator should assert
that the people treat with contempt
these charges. On the contrary, he de-
clared, the peOple wanted an inVeSti-
cation; they wanted the honor of the
senate indicated or the men who
slandered it punished. For hat rea-
son, Senator Tillman said, he had con-
templated an mendmen to senator
HOar'S proposition so that the com
mission would not only inquire into the
mere machinery of sugar making but
also whether the sugar trust has used
undue means to control legislation and
to get at the root of how it is, and why
it is that the American senate can't
touch sugar without getting cOntami-
mated
Turning to the South Carolina sena-
tor. Senator HOar said there were sOme
men who seemed to think that down
beneath the body of the people there
was a great mass of seething people
eager for extremes. He knew the char
acter, purposes and opinions of the
men who get their living from the
farms and factories of Massachusetts.
He had sprung from a Oma his as
sOciations had been with that class and
he knew what they were thinking
about. They are" he proceeded inn
presSively. simple, sincere, honest, lib
e~rty-loving. God fearing men. They
thing no evil, and the appeal to vile
passions falls on deaf ears with them
w the senator permit me?" broke
in Senator Tillman.
Senator Hoa went on without paus-
ing. THE men who make up the farms
and factories We're the same through
OUT he said. Their kinsmen had
turned westward. building up a new
empire there, a larger and a more glo-
rious New England. And I hold
concluded Senator Hoar that to the
great body of these people, these
charges are not only preposteTous, but
infamous
Senator Tillman again was ready
with a reply. AS to the seething mass
Of ignorance as the senator from Mas
achuset nae designated the masses,
said Senator Tillman-
But the Massachusetts senator
promptly interrupted him. Il deny
hat statement" laid Senator Hoar. 81
said just the contrary and my state
ment is perverted"
Very WELL" answered Senator Till
man, You are the last man I wOu
be willing to m~isrepresent to his face
While he claimed no special mission, he
went on, yet he claimed to have come
from the farm and from the people
and to have come to the senate more
recently than the Massachusetts sen
atOr. He knew, he said that the only
thing infamous in this transaction, in
the view of the people, was the re
fusal to investigate" and this effort to
hide behind the senatorial toga-" II
{ n senat persisted in this, hen it wa
edisgraced before the people. Public
charges had been made that briber,
was abroad in connection with thi:
subject. And unless you investigate
you stand convicted" asserted the sen.
ltOr.