The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-29

Most Fruitless Sessions of Con-
gress i'm the History of the Coun-
try-SOt a Single Important Act
Promised-The Standard Oil Con-
tribution-Those Duncan Appoint
ments and Why.
Especial to The Caucasian.l
Washington, d. c., Aug. %, 1912.
Congress finally adjourned on
Monday evening, after one of the
longest sessions in the history OF the
country and also one of the most
fruitless sessions. Not a single i'm
portant act was passed which the
Democratic party promised to enact
If they were put in power.
The Democrats had complete con-
troll of the House, and besides they
were given notice early in the session
| that they would have the support of
| the progressive Republicans in the
tlal reform measure. Therefore, we
see that the Democratic party was in
a position to pass at least any meas
ure that was advocated by the pro-
gressive Republicans. The fact is,
that the progressive Republicans are
advocating more reforms than have
ever been offered by the Democratic
party.
The fact that the session adjourns
with nothing done, simply shows that
the Democratic party was trying to
| make political capital by Offering
measures that they knew would not
be adopted and refusing to adopt
| measures that they knew would not
be adopted and refusing to adopt
measures that had met, or would
! meet, the approval of the progressive
I Republicans.
One Striking Illustration.
One of the striking illustrations of
the proof of this statement is the &C
tion of the Democratic House in re-
fusing to agree to a Senate amend
ment to the tariff sugar schedule that
would save the consumers over TWEEN
ty millions of dollars a year The
facts, briefly, are as follows:
The Democratic House passed a bill
pretending to make radical reductions
In the tariff on sugar, and made
loud claims about how much such a
bill would save the consumers of
America. The House bill, however,
did not strike out the part of the
Aldrich tariff bill which gave the
greatest profit and protection 20 the
sugar trust, that is, the iniquitous
| Dutch standard color test and the su-
gar deferential duty. These are the
two features that the sugar trust have
strenuously contended for in every
tariff bill and SO far have succeeded
In keeping it in every tariff bill,
whether passed by a Democratic or
Republican Congress.
It will be remembered that the
Wilson Democratic tariff bill passed
under the Cleveland administration
contained these two iniquitous pro-
visions for the benefit of the sugar
trust. 1t was developed soon after
wards that the sugar trust made large
contributions, in equal amounts, to
both the Democratic and Republican
| parties.
When the House Democratic sugar
bill reached the Senate, the progress
sive Republicans in the Senate at
once offered amendments eliminating
the Dutch Standard color test and the
deferential and they succeeded in
passing the bill with these amend
ments. This bill was returned to the
| Democratic House and the House re-
fused TO pass it.
Thus Congress adjourns with a
Senate bill before Democratic
House that would reduce the profits
of the sugar trust twenty million dol
lars a year and save that amount to
the consumer. This proves that the
Democratic House is either controlled
by the sugar trust, or else that they
are incompetent to handle the af-
fairs of the people OF this great coun-
try.
The Standard Oil Contribution.
Just before the adjournment of
Congress, Hearsts magazine publish
ed proof of the fact that the Standard
Oil Company had made a contribution
of $4,000 to Senator Penrose for
some purpose that seemed to affect
legislation.
| Senator Penrose at once arose in
the Senate to explain that while the
contribution was made to him, that
he accepted it and used it for cam
paign purposes In Pennsylvania. He
| further stated that five times the
amount that he received for Pennsyl-