Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-15

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commission
+ ant of the country In presenting 70 lne
senate the fullest Information concern
ing sugar. Next to the ueveiop,nens y.
our virgin wheat fields tne asveIu ,..,taat
!, of the sugar beet Woutu oe ths eiS.
good to agriculture. $500,
Reyerting again to the published state
| ments of irregularity in connection "t.n
! the sugar schedule. Hoar saia 'nas "a,
| though Ii had been suggested N the
/ press that somebody had been pslpinf
! senator's, these statements are receiver
| by serious people throughout the COUNTY
| with absolute contempt.
Allison suggested that this was sueh
an important question that II ought 10
| be considered by the finance COMMITTEE ~ :
! Hoar agreed to the reference OF ,ne
| amendment to the committee an" this
| was done.
| Tillman, S. O., then answered Hoar.
| He said he had the deepest respect Tor
| the integrity of the senator from Mass''7
chusetts. But perhaps he had pecoine
| callous in his long service, as was ihui-
Gated by the statement that the best pee
ple of both parties treated with contempt
\ the statements that there was irregularlly
in making the sugar schedule Bul, salu
/ Tillman when published statements were
| made that senators We're in touch VITA
| sugar barons. when clreumstantial evil
dence was at hand that huge monopoly
| levied tribute on the pubic, uidt tne
| American people were helpless in the
grasp of the octopus. then il was strang I
l
| that the people treat with contempt THESE
| charges.
on the contrary he declared, the peo--
pie wanted an Investigation. they wanted
| The honor of the Senate indicated or the
| men who slandered ii punished. For tina t
| reason. Tillman said, he mad conteH-
| plated an amendment to Hoars propos :
| zion so that the commission would nor
| only inquire into the mere machinery OF
| sugar making, hut also whether the
| Sugar Trust has used undue means 70
| control legislation. and to get at the root
of how it is and why ii IS that the Amer
| lean Senate cannot touch sugar without
| getting contaminated.
| Hoar was again on his feet and speak
| ing with great deliheration made his re-
! Spouse To Tillman. Turning to the South
| Carolina senator. Hoar said there Wers
4, some men who seemed to think that
| down beneath the body of the people
| there was a great mass of seething peo-
/ pie eager for extremes. He knew
| through and through the character and
| purpose of the men who get their living
| from the farms and from the factories
1 of Massachusetts. He had sprung yeo-
| man, his associations had been with tina |
| class, and he knew what they We're
| thinking about
..They are" he proceeded impressively,
| simple sincere. honest, lberty-loving,
/ God-fearing men, they think no evil ana
| the appeal to vile passions falls on deal
| ears with them.
/
| in Tllman, but Hoar went on without
pausng. The men who make up the
| farms and the factories We're the same
the country over, he said. Their kins-
men had turned westward. building up a
new empire there. a larger and more
glorious New England. And hold
concluded Hoar, that to the great body
| of these people these charges are not
| only presposterous but Infamous.
| Tillman again was ready with a reply
AS TO the seething mass of ignorance as
designated the massed. said Tillman. but
the Massachusetts senator promptly IN
terrupted him.
Il deny that statement said Hear
II said just the contrary and my state
ment is perverted"
..Very well" answered Tillman. ''yoa
are the last man | would be willing TO
ImiSrepresent to his face.
/ While he claimed no special mission. he
went on. vet he claimed TO have come
from the farm and knew the people and
TO have come 10 the Senate more re
Gently than the Massachusetts senator.
He knew, he said. that the only thing
infamous. for this transaction In the Vie.V
of the people, was the refusal TO lnyestl-
gate and this effort to hide behind the
senatorial toga. If this Senate persisted
in this then it was disgraced before the
people. Public charges had been made
that bribery was abroad incohnectlQn
gate you stand convicted, asserted the
| sena tor.
After this diverting incident. the SEN
| ate came hack to the bill ana LINDSAY
moved to strike out l 95-100 cents and in
| sert $40 cents as the rate on sugar. He
argued that the rate of the bill was too
high and gave exceptional advantage to
the regners. This drew from Allison an
animated defence of the paragraph. The
Senate paragraph differed from the ORR
ginal House provision, he said. in one
| particular. viz: the substitution of 1.9o for
! ISIS. which difference amounted to only
7-10 cents per 100 pounds.
| He asserted that the ascending scale OF
| S-100A cents on each degree above - was
| not an excessive benefit to the reiintr.
| The senator submitted tables showing.
he said. that the dinerential under the
Wilson law was greater than that of the
| Senate provision now under considerd-
ton. He challenged contradiction TO
| these tables, for he declared emphati-
| cally that he was tired of these aecusa-
tons tE9t the committee had increased
by 30 or 60 per cent. the protection to the
sugar refiners.
| When Allison referred to the fact that
the committee had pursued very largely
the Democratic finance committee. Till
man remarked: do you emulate the
| colleagues three years ago?'
| II did not indulge in epithets. | did
not say villainy.' answered Allison.
NO, | said it, responded Tillman i.
Lindsay asked Allison how it was. il
| the refiners received so little informa-
ton that Sugar stock had advanced from
| ) to 10 points. standing on Sa turday at
| l26 Allison replied that he was not to
| be drawn into the issue. He said the
! serious question was TO provide such du-
!, ties as would keep the refining of sugars
in this country instead of sending II
abroad
Allen asked If there was any part OF
the sugar schedule which would not con-
| fer some benefits on the Sugar Trust,
: Was it wise, Allison answered. to turn
| over the business of sugar refining to
| ,,ff,. ,fYI a
tial must be allowed our refners to keep
{ the business from being done abroad. 1t
was plain to him that unless a duty was
| any thing else, then senators might fold
( their arms on the protection principle
as no one could tell how soon foreign
capital and labor would do the refining
now done in this country.
Caffery again criticized the Sugar
| Trust, pointing out that 1t needed no pro-
: | lection. according to its own admissions
| Everywhere he said, was felt the bale
full influence of the trust. 1t invaded the
| Senate and wherever ii went it blasted
, and shrveled and burned. 1t ought to be
| put out of the domain of legislation. he
| asserted.
The bill was laid aside without a vote
on the pending Lindsay amendment. and
at $40 the Senate held an executive sos-
sion, adiourning soon after.
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