The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-13
Speech by the Louisiana Senator That
His DemagogicaI Brother Demo-
Gratis VIII Not Soon Forget.
DEBATE ON THE TARIFF BILL
REPUBLICANS DOING LITTLE TALK
ING, AND ALMOST READY TO VOTE.
No Action Taken at the Caucus on the
Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty.
Features of the Discussion.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Nc
Emery of Louisiana, gave his colleagues,
Senators Jones, of Arkansas. and Vest of
Missouri, roasting this afternoon that
they will not soon forget, and that will
probably call forth replies from those gen.
tlemen. Both Jones and Vest have been
thrusting and jabbing at McEnery for his
votes with the Republicans on tariff ques-
ticns, and they were particularly bitter
against him on account of his stand for
sugar, one of the sacred institutions of
Louisiana. He got back at them in great
shape to-day by calling attention to the
fact that while the interest of the Sugar
Trust was identical with that of the cane
and beet sugar producers of the United
States, yet the senator's named were them
selves (in association with Sugar Magnate
Searles) heavily interested personally in
the Cotton Trust, a corporation that seeks
to monopoliZe the business of driving tens
of thousands of men in the cotton belt out
of their occupation as cotton batters and
packers. This infant monopoly has al
ready provoked bitter opposition in the
Mississippi valley and is worse hated all
ready than the Standard Oil, Sugar or any
and all of the other trusts in existence
Senator McEnery's speech was a "scorch-
err" and it was greatly relished on both
sides of the chamber and by the galleries
The Republicans in the Senate are going
ahead on the theory that silence is golden
They are letting the Democrats do all the
talking, and an analysis of the record for
the past days shows that fully three
quarters of the time Of the Senate is taken
up in the delivery of Democratic speeches.
This avalanche of opposition CAB does not
change a vote, and it's only view is to
lumber up the record with a flow of Ian
guage out of which it is hoped at some fu-
ture date to manufacture campaign mate
rial. Occasionally a Republican senator
will reply in correction of some especially
raw misstatement or in explanation of a
point where light is needed, but they sell
dom have anything to say beyond the orig
inal explanatory remarks when a new par
agraph is reached. This one-sided debate
is wearing on the Democrats, and they are
beginning to display i'll temper 1t is
thought that by the middle of next week
the Democrats VIII ind themselves pumped
out and permit swift action on the remain
der of the bill The Republicans. If left
to themselves would pass the bill in five
days and send it to conference.
The upward course of Sugar prices sets
at rest whatever doubts may have existed
as to the effect of the passage of the Sen
ate sugar schedule. Many Republican SEN
ators are aghast at the blackboard reve-
lations of the past few days. They really
believed that the trust was going to be
disappointed over the Senate action, but
the skyward fight of quotations has dis
abused their minds on that point. Honest
minded senator's are feeling very uncom-
Portable, and although it is the common
understanding that the latest sugar sched-
ule represents a compromise between the
House and Senate and will go through both
branches, it is more than probable the
House schedule will be finally incorporated
into law. The extraordinary favors con-
ferred in the several Senate propositions on
the Sugar Trust is taken by many Repub-
lican leaders as gross abuse and subver-
sion of the protection principle, amounting
almost to a crime perpetrated under the
protection flag, an emblem supposed to
stand for the encouragement and develop
ment of infant industries" and not for
the fattening of giant combinations