Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-12-14

/ of Texas These would all be fit and
capable men, and they would repre-
/ sent the states of New York, Ohio,
I Illinois, Wisconsin, Virginia, Georgia,
\ Missouri and Texas On the republic
an side he will undoubtedly place Mr..
I Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Me
/ kinley, of Ohio. And he will need
/ then to give New England at least one
representative, probably Mr. Ranny
or Mr.. Lyman; and the far west
another, who ought to be Mr.. Auder
son, of Kansas, who made his mark
! in the last house.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
I Looks Like Indianapolis and New.
( ASHINGToN, Dec. IL The lobbleS
to might are flled with delegates and
their friends. The friends" are
the workers and some of them are
very hard ones. 1t looks tonight rs
though the Indianapolis people were
away ahead of all the others and that
Indianapolis would secure the con
>ution John z. New is also ahead
tor the chairmanship The Chicago
people are still confident though, and
if Dragging is at all effective, they
will get the convention They held
meeting tonight The canvass
showed that eighteen delegates can be
relied on for Chicago on first ballot
There are many whose second choice
Is Chicago. The number OF commit
teemen is forty seven, and twenty
four necessary for choice The
/ Chicago committee hopes TO win by a
combination with Indianapolis, prob
ably on the chairmanship If the
supporters of Chicago combine are
for New, Chicago may get il.
There is no indications that Arthur
has manifested any desire with
respect to location. The committee
assume, however, that he wishes
Philadelphia That is the Eastern
city upon which Arthur'S strength IS
concentrated. Consequently all the
Federal officials, except those who
are avowed Logan men, favor the
East, as we'll as Filley, of Missouri,
who wants to be postmaster. The
Chicago men claim that they have
only SIX more votes to secure to win.
DORSEY.
a few days ago it was reported that
Steph IL w. Dorsey would attend the
meeting of the committee for the cX
press purpose of eXcorlating john A.
Logan, against whom he Is especially
bitter because the Illinois senator left
his name out of resolution of thanks
rendered last January to the men who
saved" Indiana. Dorsey is not like
~ to be here Latest advIces are that
he is BUSY on his ranch in New Mex
| lco, and cares little about the meeting
. of the committee or the qualification
of personal revenge at present. In
deed, it would matter little If he We're
here, as the Arkansas delegation is
determined to oust him from the com
mittee. The delegation will hold Il
meeting tomorrow, and indications
are that ex-senator Powell Clayton,
of Arkansas an opponent of Dorsey,
will be selected as Dorsey's successor
Hewitt on the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. Congress
man Hewitt in an interview said to
day: . | believe that there should be
a reform in the tariff. 1t should be
equally distributed. The recent revi-
sion only made matters worse. For
there is no great demand, was taxed
35 per cent, and the tariff increased
to 40 per cent. This was entirely
unnecessary and unfair. The tariff
on iron rods was S25 per ton and il
was reduced to Sill The result was
that all the mills in this country were
shut down and thousands of employees
put out of work. The tariff en- steel
rails is SIS when S12 would be suili
cient. If our manufacturers should
be unable to supply the demand
the buyers would, by using the
foreign material, be compelled TO pay
so much more than was necessary. In
revising the tariff let it be distributed
III a manner that all trade will be
equally benefited, and not make
reduction here and an increase there
in order to benefit one trade in par
ticular and at the same time III jure
another.
There is a surplus of revenue.
The government collects more than it
has use for, and there should be re
duction. But how and where | am
not prepared to say until | have can
vassed the whole field.
What do you think Of Mr. Car
isles eiectionl'' asked the reporter.
Il have already said that have
great confidence in Speaker Carlisle,
and believe that he viii pursue most
conservative policy. Mr.. Carlisle is
one of the most honest and able men
tkat / have met, and | believe that he
will pursue a patriotic and Judlclous
course
What is there in the cry that he
is a representative of the southern
elementl'
1T is not true. Mr. Carlisle is a
representative of the people, and al
though / did not vote for him, ! tn nix
that his election is wise one.
notice that your paper is
urging me as the chairman Of
the committee on ways and means.
/ will state that | am not candidate
or aspirant for that honor. ! think
that Mr.. Morrison is the man who
should be chairman of that commit
tee. He is an able and conscientious
man. and can fill the offics judicious
Iy. ] think that / can do as much good
in the way of tariff reform as mem
Der of that committee as | could as
chairman"
do you believe that the tariff ques
ton will have an effect upon the pres
idential contest"
most certainly do. Men have
been sent to Washington for the pur
pose of urging tariff reform, and
they cannot afford to neglect their
duty. The tariff blunders must be
corrected. If the democrats turn
their backs to it they will be defeated.
1t is question of the utmost import
ance, and it will not do to wait until
times are dull and then institute re-
form, but it must be done now while
business is prosperous. and when it
will do the most good
A BIG FRAUD.