Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-28
SHALL SUGAR RULEo
THIS SEEMS TO BE A SALIENT
QUESTION JUST NOW.
The Trust seems Intent Upon Con.
trOiiiuE Governmental Policy
>i'ver Sentiment D'veloptng In
the East Of Snc.
charine CroO&sdneSs Futile.

rIoHl OuE regular CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1897.
Whether this is government bv.
OF, and for the people, ora govern
ment by, Of, and for the sugar trust
Is question that will soon be de.
termlned. Not satisfied with holding
the people of this country up to the
extent OF eight or ten million dollars
a year through the sugar schedule OF
the tariff bill. the trust is seeking to
prevent either the administration or
Congress doing anything that will
help Cuba. Although Mr.. Mckinley
has been reported to be opposed to
the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
he Is acting with the trust to
throttle an expression of the almost
universal sentiment of the country in
behalf OF Cuba through Congress and by
the aid of Gar Reed he has so far sue
ceeded. Representative Bailey and
the other Democrats and Populists in
the House made stout fight to pass
resolution declaring in favor of the
recognition OF the belligerency of the
Cubans at the same time the appropria-
ton OF $4,000 to feed starving Ameri-
Can citizens in Cuba was made, but
the most they could do was to frighten
the Republicans into recalling all
their absent members and to compel
many Republicans to vote against
their honest convictions in order to
please Mr.. Mex inley and the sugar
trust. Republicans talk mysteriously
about Mr.. Mckinley having a robust
Cuban policy, but when pressed they
acknowledge that they don't know
what it is. In fact, there is con-
siderable grumbling among the promi-
nent Republicans because MIR. McKin-
ley has not taken them into his con-
fidence as to his intention towards
Cuba. The House can do nothing az
long as it wears the Reed muzzle.
Mr.. T. E. Wardner, the well known
Boston editor and publisher was in
Washington this week comforting with
prominent silver men in Congress.
He reported the silver sentiment in
New England to be greatly on the in
crease, owing to the eyes of merchants
and manufacturers having been
opened by the continued fall in prices,
and said: 1.-THE silver feeling in the
large towns, always strong. is increas-
ing rapidly and will make itself felt in
the next Congressional campaign.
Skilled labor is more than ever in
favor OF silver. The shoemakers of
Lynn, Haverhill and other places are
almost to man bimetallists. The
Typographical Union is nine-tenths
for silver. There will be at least six
silver Congressman in the next
Massachusetts delegation, and the
chances are pretty good that the next
legislature will contain a silver ma.
jority. sincerely and honestly be.
lieve that if Massachusetts were to
vote tomorrow she would cast her lot
on the side of bimetsllism as against
the gold standard" Many business
men. Mr.. Wardner said, had given I'D
hope OF any relief through the tariff
bill.
The presence of Ex-senator Ingalls,
and Bob Fitzsimmons in Washington
at the same time caused some wag to
start story that Ingalls, had taken
the job Of press agent for the prize
fighter. Although he denies it, there
is reasons TO. believing that Ingalls,
is after Mckinley pie.
Senator Tillman says he intends TO
see that there is an investigation of
the new sugar trust scandal. He
gives HE reasons in the following
language: "The Senate cannot afford
to let this matter rest where it is. We
cannot ignore the charges that have
been made. The principal thing for
us TO find out is what influences were
back of the adoption of that schedule
by the Finance committee. As far as
speculation in sugar stock by Senators
is concerned, / know of no reason why
Senator has not the same right to
risk its money and gamble in stocks as
other men, provided he does not do it
on secret and advance information
which is not accessible to the public.
and provided il is not at time when
his vote in the Senate would influence
the course of the market" Mr.. Till.
man says he will wait a reasonable
time to allow some older Senator to
offer resolution providing for an in
vesrigation before doing so himself,
but that the investigation will certain
~ be made, if persistency on his part
will get q resolution ordering it
adopted.
No greater farce was ever enacted
in Washington than the imprison.
ment of Chapman, the sugar broker,
which was begun this week. He is
supposed to be in prison as punish
ment, but there is mighty little punish.
ment about it. He has costly fitted
up bedroom and an Office adjoining;
his meals are prepared at swell hotel,
and he has waiter from that hotel
detailed to wait upon him. He re.
ceives callers and entertains them all
the time, and can do about ANYTHING
he could do in hotel except to leave
the Jail. This is an injurious farce,
too, because it increases the belief,
already too prevalent, that there is
one justice for the wealthy and quite
another for the poor. Dem.