The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
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other disgraceful chapter In the dis
graceful history of congressional sugar
scandals WAS written this week. The
thoroughly up-to-date brigands do not
rob individuals upon the public highway;
They stand in with those who control
the making of q new tariff bill and util-
ize their advance Information to make
fortunes by specializing in the stock
market By giving it out that the tariff
conferene committee had agreed to
compromise sugar schedule that WAS
more favorable to the sugar trust than
the Dingley schedule sugar stock
WAS pushed up sufficiently high to make
thousands of dollars for those who
bought before the rise and sold at the
highest point, and there are good rea-
sons for the belief that members of both
branches of congress were among those
who did so.
A prominent Republican was asked
when the tariff bill would get out of con-
ference, and he replied disgustedly:
when its schedules can no longer be
profitably worked on the stock market !"
1t is remarkable how often the asser-
ton is heard that the conference is be-
ing purposely prolonged for speculative
purposes.
Jerry Simpson had to smile when his
resolution for the appointment of Sc
lect committee of five to investigate the
sugar trust and its relations to congress
sional legislation was r, ferred to the ju-
dietary committee of the house, which
has not been appointed yet.
Probably the majority of the senate
committee on foreign relations seek to
ease their consciences by such "hot-
| stuff" as the report made this week on
the resolution directing the president to
| demand the release of three Americans
who are in Cuban prisons, having been
captured on the steamer Competitor.
| They know the house will not act on it.
Senator Tillman never loses an oppor.
tunity to remind the country of the con-
| tempt he feels for the Democracy of ex-
| President Cleveland. The latest occur.
red during the debate which resulted in
the insertion by the senate of a clause
in the general deficiency appropriation
bill limiting the cost OF armor plate for
naval vessels to $500 ton. Senator
| Tiilman referred to the remitting of a
fine that was imposed upon the Carnegie
Steel Co, by the secretary of the navy
for furnishing bad armor, 10y the preSi-
dent, when he was interrupted by Sena-
tor Allen who remarked: "And it was
Democratic president who remitted
that fine" Mr.. Tillman turned to the
gentleman from Nebraska and said with
studied politeness: please don't leav,
out 'so-called' in referring to the Democ
racy of that president, as it hurts my
feelings to hear him referred to as
Democratic president. AS for his re
mitting the fine, ] have never sought Il
fathOm the mystery of how he tried t,
override law and decency by that ac
ton"
The senators do not enjoy being snub
bed by Mr.. Mckinley any more thar
they did being snubbed by Mr.. Cleve
land, as they have very plainly shown
J IN their private talk to each other sine
1t became known that Mr.. Mckinle,
had decided not to furnish the senat
with the correspondence with Great Bri
tain relating to the Seal fisheries, askel
for in a senate resolution unauimousl,
adopted nearly two months ago. Copie
: of the correspondence have been pre-
= pared, but this week ii was decided no
I to send 1t to the senate, on the groun
that 1t would be incompatible with tn
| public interests to do so. As an add
tional reason for not complying with tn
respectful request of the senate, official
say 1t was feared that a publication G
I the correspondence might result in max
ing the English mad. Probably uni
queneSs of this excuse is expec ed t
make up for its lack of plain. everyda
common sense. Meanwhile the admin
istratlon has made public its instruC
toms to Ambassador Hay, which charg
the government of Great Britain wit
trickery.
Republican senators resorted to FL
, clustering to break quorum in order I
o prevent vote On the Pacific Railraa
= resolution of Senator Harris, of Ksns
, which Senator Morgan declares will saw
4 the people of this country $50, 900, ,OOC
4 II adopted In time to prevent the com
o mutation of the scheme started durin
\ the last administration to get possessio
of the road through an alleged reorgar
izatioD and purchase, not to mentio
what will be saved to other creditors an
to stockholders. Republicans wer
afraid to kill the resolution by n direc
: vote, so they resorted to such rounds
bout methods of doing it as refusing I
i vote, thus breaking a quorum Unde
l the senate rules counted quorum
doesn't go. NJ.