The times., 1897-06-13
The Senate's FavOritism to the
Great Sugar Monopoly.
JONES' AMENDMENT BEATfN
Mr. McEnery Discusses the Sugar
Schedule and Makes Defense of
His Course in Voting With the
Republicans Lindsay Argues in
Favor OF His Amendment.

| since the recent caucus, has presented the
| legislators charged TO call it By mild
namel with favoring the greatest monop-
| oily in the United States. if not in the
world. 1t appears to the outside world
! that this majority has concluded that 81
| lence is the only way to evade the tre-
| mendous force of the arguments of the
| minority. The silence and stolidty of the
! Republican machine in the Senate are evil
! IDENTITY assumed not because of desire to
save time. hut because of that prudence
! which dictates that they shall avoid the
| adversary with the hope of fighting some
| other day.
1T was a foregone conclusion that the
| amendment introduced by Senator j. K.
| Jones would have been defeated 1t wa;
defeated by a vote of 80 To %, the vote
| being the same as that on the test vote
OF Friday, with tue exception that Sena-
tor X yle was not present.
After the defeat of the nendment the
Democrats Continued the fight on Senator
Lindsay's amendment, which after con
siderable debate went over until Monday
one of the special features of the debat.
was tire speech Of Senator MeEncry, the
only one of the Democrats who voted with
the Republicans on the test vote OF ri
day, and who voted against the Jones
amendment yesterday Mr.. McEnery ia
weighed bitterly against the American
Cotton Company. which he characterized
as a great monopoly intending TO get
the whole South III its grasp.
Spari.,i interest attaches q his
ments about this company, because its
president is said 10 be Mr. John seailes,
secrctary of the Sugar Trust, and because
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is a director
in the company. Mr.. Jones reply to Mr..
McEnery Will be found elsewhere I'm The
Times.
There was little time lost after the con-
venng cf the Senate The prayer was
by the Rev. Hugh Joinfstone, u. d, pastor
of the Mctropolitan 81. E Church, his in
vocation being partly for peace and CON
cord among the legislators. After the
introduction of, several resolutions, the
tariff debate was,resHmed, and the amend
ment nf Mr.. Jones was taken up.
Mr Vest beganby saying thatthe answer
of Mr.. Allison to the charge that the
caucus amendment had not increased the
intelligence. The Senator from Iowa
said he believed there was an Increase CT
3s cents. which is the discriminating duty
put on III the shape of export bounty.
included in the estimate, hut leaving that
out there was no increase.
What sort of-andlf use the word in no
offensive nse-ahat Sort of legerderuain
is that. ] repeat now. and challenge
al hot
between what is known as the Aldrich
amendment and the existing bill, upon
96-degrce sugars, OF B points, or about )
cents
Mr. Vest then took up the excuse offered
by Mr.. Allison that the increase Of favors
TO the trust was intended to increase beet
culture. he submitted the testimony of
Mr. Oxnard. the head OF the beet in
dustry,'' TO show that even under the OBJ
noxious Wilson bill the industry had pro
duced 20 600 tonsin 895 and 81, 900 tons
in 1896
Mr.. Oxnard was quoted as saying that
the taking off of the bounty would as
sassiuate tie beet sugar industry Mr..
Vest said that perhaps the country did not
know what was going on. Senators even
might be lost in the forest. They might be
was one class OF men who always know
what to do after Republican carcusses-
the gentlemen Of Wall street. This was
demonstrated only d few days ago in the
rise n sugar stocks
MIR. McEnery, whose speech has been
looked fos ri to with some interest. began
with attention from both sides Of the cham
Der. He all the way through defended os-
hi bis
So cents differentaI.
One of the first things he said was that
there had not been a suggestion hat he
had heard on either side OF The Chamber
which was not in favor of the Sugar Trust
IN favor of It's great wealth and power and
influence aud elections He affirmed that
the Trust received more benefit by the
Wilson bin under the ad valorcm than it
would under present legislation
There had evidently been a desire TO so
niysiify and Confuse the bill 10y amendments
and arguments that when it went To con
ference the ad valorem duty would be re
stored
Mr.. McEnery then launched out INTO
savage attack on the American Cotton Com
pany, greater monopoly than the Sugar
Trust intended to control the baling OF all
the cotton of the south He hoped that there
would be legislation to Check this trust
before the session closed 1t was the duty
OF the Senate to strike blow at this enor
nous growing trust and power.
The attack Oh the American Cotton Com
pany is said to have been inspired by the
allegation that its head is John Searles,
the secretary of the Sugar Trust 1t was
stated that 1t is tle plan OF the company to
get Endorsements gof its patent for baling
from boards Of trade in the coun-
try, and also from the other
side of the water Another allegation
is that, il there can be secured an as.ee-
ment TO receive for export no cotton ex-
cept thatbalelin accordance withthe boa rd
OF trades Endorsements, all cotton must go
to the presses OF the American Cotton
Company, which, as Mr.. McEnery said,
would establish presses all over the cotton
growing country.
Mr.. NcEncry proceeded with his sargumens
and con suncd great deal of time in ,le
scribing the eetindussry of the Northwest,
and the cane industry of louisiana He
said that he occupied the position today
which hc occupied in 1894 The great ques-
ton was revenue and ample revenue be-
cause no one will claim that the prospective
expenditures could be decreased, There
should be no dirninution of expenses as to
shipbuiiding and coast dcfenses or in the
appropriations for rivers and harb0rs
Mr. McEnery devoted considerable part
of his remarks to giving his construction of
the Democratic position on the tariff. He
asserted that Tilden, the Democratic stand
a r6-ha or i'm I