The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13
But McEneryChampions
the Principles of
Protection.
Opposes All Party Associates.
JuStifieS the Votes He
Is Giving.
Defeat of Jones' Amendm ent to
Strike Certain Words Out of
the Sugar Schedule.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 12-Dem-
ocrats had the Senate deba'e ali to them
selves to-day, but the protective principle
was champoned by one of them as
strongly as it could have been by Aldrich
himself. 1t was McEnery who had the
| courage to oppose all party associates and
/ justify the votes which he had been Civ
| ing on the side of protection. 1t was his
| first speech in the Senate. 1t was curious
| to see dozen Republican Senators seated
in a low in front of where McEnery stood,
| listening with strained attention as he at
| tackled deiantly his Democratic associates
| and declared he would vote for any meas
ure that would bring prosperity TO his
| State, regardless of party principles.
| The speech was followed By a vote on
the amendment offered by Jones of Ar
| kansas to strike certain words out of the
sugar schedule, the effect of which would
| be to diminish slightly the profits of sugar
refners. The amendment was defeated
| by a majority OF three only.
Another amendment was then offered
| to have a uniform duty on all sugars,
| whether raw or refined. This was offered
| by LINDSAY, and advocated by him and
| Caffrey. No vote was reached when the
time came for adj urnment, but notice
| was given by Morgan of an amendment
| i'm posing per cent on the profits made
| in buying and selling stocks and bonds.
The debate was opened by Vest, who
challenged Allison, in charge of the bill.
to state uneQuivocal!y the effect of the
am eGdment to the sugar schedule adopted
yesterday. Vest asserted that it largely
| increased the protection TO the trust.
Senators might be in the dark and might
ring fogbells as uch as they pleased, but
spectators in Wall street knew what this
legislation meant. Sugar stock had been
selling at l18 when the caucus amend
ment was reported, and the day afterward
it was selling at 124. Did anybody be-
lieve those Wall-street spectators did not
know what protection of the trust was?
| He had heard but one excuse for that
| outrageous legislation, and that was the
statement made yesterday that the object
was solely tor the purpose of pros pering
| the great agricultural industry of beet
sugar. That industry was prospecting now.
McEnery, replying in defense of the
schedule. said: "a worse trust than sugar
was the Great American Cotton Company
that controlled the new process Of baling
cotton to the injury of cotton planters
while the interests of the sugar-producsrs
went hand in hand with the interests of
the sugar trust"
He charged the Democrats with incon-
sistency IN favorine protection for local
interests while opposing it for general in
terests. He spoKe nearly two hours.
In the course of his speech Caffsry ex-
pressed the conviction that the artificial
ssv Nf hA
would be great evil to those engaged in
! it, because as soon as the stimulant of
| protection vas Withdrawn the industry
would fail.
The Senate at 80 o'clock adjourned
| until Monday.
Allen gave notice of amendment to the
| tariff bill as follows:
THAT all surplus derived under this