The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-15

and a Kind of People Who are Parties
Iariy Hard to Fool, at That-How Ii
Sugar Schedule Fares Ia the senate.
Washington, June 1.-THE senate d.
bate on the sugar schedule of the tari
bill proceeded today with only one d
verting incident TO relieve the motono
into which the discussion has lapsed
This was the sharp exchange betwee
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts and Mr.. TIL
man OF South Carolina, representing tn
two extremes of senatorial procedure
Mr. Tillman referred 10 published char
ges of irregularity in connection witt
| the sugar schedule, and asserted that IN
senate would stand convicted before tn
American people # il failed TO invests
gate the charges. Mr. Hoar calmly anc
| impressively repe1led this statement, hi:
tone and language being calculated a!
a rebuke He declared tnat the vague
| charges OF irregularity were not only
preposterous but Infamous. Mr.. Allison
in charge Of the bill, made another
speech in defense Of the schedule, pre-
senting tables which he declared proved
| that the sugar refiners received less pro-
/ lection under the senate schedule than
under the existing law. Mr.. Pettigrew
| 6. d. spoke az length in favor OF his
| amendment TO place on the free list ar
ticles controlled by trusts, severely ar
raigning the various large trusts. Mr..
A aI,xra
against the trusts. Only one roll call oc-
Cured during the day, on Mr.. iLndsay's
amendment to place all sugars on the
same basis. This was rejected, 26-29.
Mr.. AlcE,nery CDen-, Lap voted with the
Republicans in the negative. and Sena-
tors Pettigrew and Mantle With the Dem
ocrats in the affirmative.
THE SENATE IN DETAIL.
Washington. June 1.-THE tariff de-
bate is not proving strong attraction
in the senate and the attendance in the
galleries today was small.
The tariff bill was taken up with 1T
tie delay for morning business and Mr..
Allison, in charge of the bill, asked for
an agreement that the daily sessions of
the senate begin at IL a. m. on and af-
Ter Wednesday next. Mr.. Vest of Mis-
souri, preferred 10 have the agreement
conditioned On an understanding for
daily adjournments at p. M. Mr.. Al
lison stated that there would be no diff
ficulty about that and the agreement for
early sessions was effected.
ALLEN OPPOSES TRUSTS.
Mr.. Allen OF Nebraska then reverted
20 the colloquy of last Saturday in
which he held that it was the right and
duty of the government to take legal
steps to dissolve the Sugar Trust. He
argued that 1T was undouDted that in
junction, quo warranto and other lagal
processes could be invoked by federal
courts against state corporation en-
gagged in interstate or International
trade. If Havemeyer and his associ-
ates went to New Jersey to procure a
charter as a mere shield to improper
proceedings the act was fraudulent, the
charter void and the federal courts had
jurisdiction over the subject. Why,
therefore, should the senate waste time
and haggle over the sugar schedule and
the Sugar Trust when the courts offered
q real remedy for dissolving this gigan-
tic monopoly.
Mr.. Allen spoke n favor Of abrogat-
ing the Hawaiian treaty. The senator
said that the sugar investigation. in
which he took part, disclosed that Have
meyer ard Claus Spreckles had had an
agreement by which Spreckles controll-
ell the territory west of the Missouri
river. while the territory east Of the Ms
souri, was subject 10 ''t,le for2ys Of the
American sugar trust" His vote. and
ne believed the votes of the Populist sen
a:ors. would be cast 10 cancel the Ha-
waiian treaty. as q means Of developing
the beet sugar industry Of this country.
PETTIGREW. ALSO.
Mr.. Peatigrew Is. ID followed in
support Of mis- amendment proposing
that articles made by a trust be put on
the free list. He asserted that i: was
a serious question how the present gov
eminent by the trusts and for the
trusts could be thrown of There were
trust in coal. sugar. oil. glass, steel |
c-ockery. chemicals and al other great |
staples. sitting competition and setting /
W the rule Of the monopoly. No tariff |
bill would be successful. he said. without |
some defense Of the people against the |
trusts and such a bill would meet with |
popular condemnation. As a protection |
ist. he offered This smeninent, believ- |
ing that IT. WITH the tariff bill, could |
be defended against assaults, He con-
tended that the aneniment would not |
seriously diminish revenues, as ne bill |
WAS not framed - get revenue from |
trust articles. the American markets be- |
ing in effect turned over TO the trusts. |
AIr. Pettigrew gave the details OF the !
Of the many extensive |
trusts. beginning wi.h the Sugar Trust. |
whose annual profits he put al $4,000 !
that he had supported in the last cam
paign a man who had the courage 10 |
3voW his opposition u trusts.
SOCIALISM OR DESPOTISN.
He charged tina; the trusts in the last /
,anlpaign al opposed Mr.. Bryan's cleo 1
ion. and that many Of them closed down I
,one of their factories 10 influence .heir /
x0rkmen. lie named eleven trusts and 1
;aid they were capitalized a. $s32. .000. 200 /
;nd b0Laed al $is,eOo.oDOs HAl-e represent
ny az actua. investment of only SILL
$4,000.
lie spoke Of The trusts as modern pi-
-a,ss" The assertion thai If the anti
rust amendment pravsiied the revenue
designed 70 be provided fo- by the tariff
,i1 would collapse. re said. was absurd.
.nd BE submitted figures = show ;hat /.
ne proposed duties O. articles controlled
~ these eleven trusts. based en- -5res~at
mporta,ious. would BE but $s.o00.0 .0,a.
II some remedy against trusts was Roi
adopted. then sac extreme remedy %
oNrership would laorn IN as