Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON, June Z, 1897.

If Shakespeare were alive end writing
alb eut the sugar tsust scandal he would
probably make Puck say, "What towards
these Senators be- instead of "What fools
these mortals be. The Tillman resolution
has not been reported to the Senate, but il
is dead, killed by the fears of some Senators
and the absolute cowardice OF Others. An
Investigation is not wanted by either the
sugar trust or its legislative servants, and
there are enough Senators so wrapped IN
what they are pleased to call conservatism
and respect for the honor of the Senate who
will join in voting against the resolution
when it is reported to the Senate to defeat
it. Senator Jones, of Nevada, who is chair
man of the committee to which the reso-
luton was referred, has acted rather Queerly.
He first told Senator Tillman that the
committee would report the resolution
faYorablY, but now he is opposed to that
action and has fallen back on the stock
excuse that it is too important matter to
be hurriedly acted upon. There is, however,
one consolation in the situation. The
sugar trust may escape the exposure that
would follow thorough investigation, but
it will also lose much of the money it
would have gained by the sugar schedule
it had inserted in the tariff bill by the Re-
publicans of the Senate Finance Committee,
as that schedule is as dead as a last years
bird nest. How favorable a schedule the
trust will be able to secure is yet to be
seen. 1t is fighting hard, and the subject
is one upon which crooked work can easily
be done, as a sugar schedule is of such a
technical nature that it requires careful
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