The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-15
SUGAR TRUST DAY TN HOUSE
WINNERS GREATLY STIRRED
M BITTER DEBATE.

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WAsaIN0roN April Ia-This was sugar
! trust day in the House. Practically tbs
entiFe day was devoted TO a discussion
Of the aHRiTS % the sugar trust. especially
the crooked trail tina, IL has blazed in the
New York custom house.
In the course of the debate Represen-
iaiive Rainey Of Illinois. who rojO'ces in
his Democratic craftsmanship. made a
charac,eriFsie spseoh. dragging IN the
names Of Attorney General Wicker~hAm
and Henry W Taft. brother Of the Presi-
dent. whose firm. Strong a Cadwalscier.
had Al one time. he charged. acted a.
counsel for the American Sugar Refining
Company Mr. Rainsy's speech was full
of ugly insinuAiiona.
The wisdom Of the sugar trust in
applying in the hour OF its greatest siTess
to the firm Of strong a CAdwalader.' said
he. ia now apparent. There are facts
in connection with this that might be en-
barra~aing in the event Of a OngressiOnal
stigAtiOn.-
A dramatic incident occurred in the
debate when Representative Herbert
Parsons of New York rose to reply tn q
bitter denunciAtion % his IA her. John
r. Parsons whom Mr. Rainsy referred
Tn ~ tn. -dirrctor Of the infanl - os the
sugar trass' Before the Diet aye had
b...n concluded Mr. Parsons had a sc'ss-s,i
in frank say reports mat have been
circulated thai the sugar trust hal
financed the New NorL Republican, county
committee during Mr.. ParsO1-'s admins
traitor The House Vas greatly stirred
up over the discussion.
Tn. procsr,i,ng- 20 the day started "a
tam-ly enough Representative Olrn=ted
of Pennsylvania. chairman - the Cow
mit'es On Ins'IiaF Affair." r-ISr'ad the
resolution infru,luced Nv Representative
Martin 81 Colorado calling on the Ss-cT--
,arv oG War for c,-rtAin Information b-aT-
ing ga the acluisitiOH ~ the sugar trust
~ Large tract az , riar lands ia the Philip
psnes Gr Martin b,.lieys-- that this
land vas transferred Ca the sugar trust
illeEally and Ia a speech made in the
hours recently he char g.d that Attorney
G-n-ral Wick -rShAm vas responsible for
IN. opinion unds~ which tn. trust had
come into IDo-~.---.ou ~ th.--.. lands NJ
Martin had also TAX .n mains To paint "ut
IN. relation 10 ia. -lxa- tri-t of the Law
firm to which NJ Wick Graham had b..-
loa9ssI
TN nation 81 Mr. Olusts,i the Martin
resolution ~ A. tabled nv a vote Of Iti to
I2i. tsO in-lre.-ni Republicans. Me=-r-
Murdock oT kan-As and Poindexter 80
Washington. siding ~,th the Democrats
Then ~n-'Ied the prOc--CingS that pre-
oipitatei the bitter debate % tbs. day and
ended with the passage Ut a resolution
requesting the President. -n not incou-
pAtible with the public interests "a iU-
form the public what facts II Anv now
exist which, make inexp-dient an ex-
animation Of the operations oC the sugar
trust by a committee &c Congress
Representative Hill a.! CJnn-cticlt
chairman 20 the Committee oa ENpsndi
lures in the Treasury Department. started
tho hall rolling He reported a resolution
from he committee which was submitted
a. a substitute for a resolution presented
some weeks ago by Representative fitz-
gerald % New YOrk The substitute.
called upon the President in -H~-t 60
inform th. HOUSE n tber- - any good
rrason Shy a HON--s COMMITTEES should
not prubc the Affairs ~ the sugar trust
Representative Fitzgerald made q point
- order against the substitute resolution
r-poTt-d by Representative Hill he
tass-,i he Po,nt On N. ground ths' the
resolution invited a mere "Npr"-S-sun ~
OPINION A. 10 the sdvi-abiiity - inan'Ting
INTO Inc aha ~ - the sugar trust
with all due respect 20 th- President
Said Mr. Fitzgerald. i am not interested
10 his opinions IN THIS css- What I am
after aud ~nar I want the HOuss To- call
for 10 the facts
The po,nt - order ~as -ustainasl
The Fitzgerald resolution them came AZ.
4 posnt - order niads. against II Nv
Representative Hill wa- Overrul.-d A
test vote ga a motion for tb" prevsou-
question: made 10y Mr. Fitzgerald demon
strat,-i that th. R-pulJl, cans wO,Ild not
c0,Int~nanc- driving the probe into the
sugar trust. ins-much - the Pr--idsn'
~ his annual m'--~as- had inf oTuns.i
Congress that such an invest CATION
mi xht. by giving immunity aud Othsr-
~ls-. prove an -tnlsarrassmsnt ia s.cur1nx
convictions
Representative Hin had told the Hons.-
that after ConfeT~n'.. with th.. President
he wAs convinced that " Congrrss,onaI
btbhtNN NSFe NnrONn upon inquiries
nov being made by the Treas,Ir, Depart
ment and the Department 81 hIstire ths.
Governm~n''- efforts 70 convict those
who are guilty and recover moneya
would he defeated
The Fitzgerald resolution was finally
put through with an Amendment leaving
Il Discretionary With the President a. 70
whether he shall tell the House WHY he
regards an inquiry into the sugar trust
a. inexpedieut The President will reply
that a Congress inquiry would SERIOUSLY
hinder the INQUIRIES Of the legal oficrVs
~ ~" Government and in all probability
defeat the aims OF justice
The kainev fireworks GA me in the course
81 the debate on the Fitzxerad resolution
his speech was even more spectacular
than that which he delivered . year or 40
ago. IN which he charged that Charles p
TAR was enRa Red In a scheme Of explota-
ton IN Panama To-day Mr. Rainey
brought into the discussion the M me %
Henry ". Taft. another brother Of the
President. His purpose vas ~ieNr. al
though hts charRe- were not specific
Ne made an effort 60 show that the sugar
trust vas seeking 70 curry favor with the
Administration by employing az counsel
the law hTn - which Henry " Taft n q
member and To which Mr. Wickersham
once belonged
In beginning his ~peech Mr. RAinsy
referred tn the Attorney General a. .
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