Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-13
ANOTHER DAY OF IDLENESS.
.MlllcEnerN Mo of Louisiana, Makes
 = ..s His Maiden Speech.
DEPENDS THE SUGAR TRUST
West of Missouri, Again Takes the Republicans
 (p.t0 Task-Lindsay Also Takes a Hand m the la Argument, Which Barred Legislation.

schedule was again the subject of demo- 1cratic assaults il he senate. There was . no progress made. Only one amend a, ment was voted on and that was defeat- ed. When the senate adjournsd the o amendment of MT. Lindsay, of Kentucky, [ to strike out the differential on refined Sugar was still pending. MT. Vess tried. early in the day to prod the republicans .etinto a detailed defense of the schedule, but they declined the challenge. The : most sensational feature of the day was. sp the speech of Senator MclEnery, Of LouL- Jana, who yesterday voted with the re- pubicans for the sugar schedule. It was B his maiden speech in the sk4ate. He. E openly avowed himself prctectionist, and as a democrat justified his position upon the ground that tariff views should y not constitute a test Of democracy. He moreover, defended the sugar trust, whose interests, he argued, went hand in hand with the sugar planters. The republican senators showed much inter est in his remarks. They crowd>d about and listerIsd attentively to his two hours, speech. MT. McEnery bitterly denounced - the corporation which controlled the new method for baling cotton. The interes, s, of this company, he declared, were di- rectly opposite to the interests or the ,,0planters.
 r At 12:15 D. m. the consideration of the tariff bill was resumed in the senate to- . day, the pending amendment beang that D of Senator Jones' of Arkansas, to strike. ,, out in line 20, page 63, the words Ion all sugars"
 s. s1 Mr.- Vest, of Missouri, took the floor f and called upon the majority to answer the declarations made by the minority 4 that the present sugar schedule gave large increase of protection to the sugar trust His side, he said, had made the direct issue. The sugar trust was now ma pp1 tered stock. Its officials had admitted It.,
 In view of this fact it was due the mi nority and the country that an explana- ton should be made by the other side. But what was the reply of the ma ajority to the challenge of the minority? It was that leaving out the countervailing duty of 3-8c. there was ITO increase But what he wanted to know was what it was with the 3-8c. included. By what sort of legerdemain was it to be excluded, he asked.
 MT. Vest repeated his statement of Wednesday tlhat the protection on 96 de- grees sugar was increased by the cau- GUS amendment over the original senate amendment cents per 100 pounds. It was 66 cents in the schedule amendment yesterday against 33 cents of I(he present law. That schedule, he insisted, was ut- teHy indefensible. The only excuse he had heard advanced was that of Senator Allison yesterday that e1e duty was inn-
 
 the sugar beet industry.
 "Oh, Mir. President" cried MT. Vest, in conclusion, "our experts may be mis- taken; we may be in She fog ringing our bells but repeat what I said the other day. that there is one set of men in this country who will not be mistaken. With in four hours after this schedule was reported sugar stock went up $6 share from SIS to SPA. Last night it closed at 125A Does anybody believe that Wall street does not know what protection this schedule gives to the trust? The cry in Wall street Is, "The trust has got all it wants. Up with the flag of protection that pub;s money in our pockets
 MT McE1nery democrat. of Louisiana, who yesterday voted for the sugar scted- ules followed Mir. Vest. It was his maiden speech in the senate, and much interest was manifs sted as he began.
 Several od the republican senators moved over and took seats on The demo- cratic side. Tn opening he referred to the denunciation of the sugar trust as cor poration which was crushing the life blood ou. of the consummer. But that trust was not the only organiza ton. ne sad, which was meeting with the con- demnation of the people and helping to reduce r.hem to beggary and starvation. He declared there was a trust that sought ito throttle the people. Beside 1t the su- gar ETust oppression and exactions were insignificant. It was the trust that con- trolled new process for baling cotton. t the cotton. of the country. It's interests were directly opposed to those of the cotton planers. The interests of the sugar producers. on the contrary, went hand in hand with those of :f1e sugar trust. The interest of both was bound up to- gdther. If the differential of refined su- gar was not maintained blow was struck at ehe producer and every bag factory would be closed.
 "I do not see," shouted MT Moline ry, in stentorian tones, "the needs of bring ing down the sugar trust in the interest of this bill. Why should a sword be run through the body of an infan. to reach the body of giant? It Is not brave, muny or courageous.
 "Consfdering the vast interests Louis iana has in rice and sugar" continued Mir. McEnery, considering the output of her salt mills her lumb+r and sulphur is there any reason why the democra tic party of my state should not be commit ted to protection? Not high protection, but such protection as is consistent with revenue for revenues Also. draw issue wsth the republican party. l do not be- leve that either party Is desirous of iIs- posing unnecessary burdens upon the peopie.tsss
 MT. McEnery at some length recalled his political career to show that as far back as 1864 he occupied the same posi- tion asfppw occupied by him.
 "Callshs what you will" said MT. Me- Emery, pro tee don, revenue duty with in- cidental protection or anything else, large amounts must be raised. and there is no reason why industries of the south should not be protected"
 He said he had a right as a democrat to havestfe platform of 1892 carried out, but 1t was not. There was no doub; of the constitutional rights to lew duties for protection. He stood with Jefferson ard Jackson on the tariff.
 He then proceeded to read a carefully prepared argument in favor of the pro- lection of home industries. The republi- cans appeared to be highly gratifiei at the Louisiana senator's protection att.- tude. sfs
 Mir McEnery scored those democrats of The south who sought protection of their local interests. but twho opposed . protection as al system for the whole country. Hesdid not desire. he said. to lmpeach the knifh or intrGrzy of denec- racy. He eo18bt to demon5trate. h. aid. that tariff laws did not constitute ihc