The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-04
SECRETARY M,cULLoc1f.
H'publlcan Criticism Of Ills Tnr1r Ideas.
" 5-'SH m Dcclh rnA N Er.o rrn,l,r RI ans

t'publlcnni lCriiicism Of His Tnrir Itlena
| Ia li Declared u Frse.rrader.
WAsIlISuroS, Dec. 3.-Republicans yen.
cral|y are reluctant to express decided
opinions in regard to the positions Of Sec.
retary McCulloch and the President, who
is understood to sustain him in the main.
They are both surprised and somewhat
puzzled over the situation, and the leaders
seem inclined to reflect at some length be.
fore committing themselves decidedly,
The most pronounced protectionists do
not approve OF the recommendation Of
Secretary McCulloch.l They call him A
free.trader. One OF the Democratic Sena.
tors who has long been committed to rev.
enue reform, saws: n ~ lIi51y Il II iitfli II
IT would seem to me to be avery i'm.
polite thing for the Democracy at this
short session to attempt 10 revise the tar.
III III accordance, with the very belated
recommendations of q Republican secre.
tary Of the Treasury. It ID the, tail end OF
tho Congress and Of the administration.
There is no time to attempt Systematic
revision, and iot that matter there seems
to beno reason why We should attempt to
fy.a nominally Republican kite..ni..i /,
The opinions OF the pronounced b, otec.
tlonlsts upon this subject are, perhaps
we'll illustrated by statement Of Senator
Blair, OF New ampshire. He said. .9i1,i7: ]:
II do not think Secretary iNicCullocl,'s
views are Of any Importance any way. He
Ii simply n free trader! The country will
s. tcnoush Of free trade in, the next four
years, whether it comes from our party or
the Democrats. But il they want to put
free traders into the Treasury that is their
affair" 'iStaiifisiisS isS AZ Az Fi:i' 7fIT.. !
Senator Hill. Of Colorado, says the tariff
recommendations OF Secretary McCulloch
will not meet the approval OF the people Of
Colorado. ~. 3; - & - T''.s,yt :
"They are high tariff people, he said.
For my. part l nm in favor OF duty so
high hut vesy-little any XII lfof' goods can;
BE- imported. That's theikind Of tariff |
inelieyein, and the people represent be.
1 Senator Maxey, of Texas, says l; the DEM:
ocrats ought to circulate NlcColloch's re.
port among the people He .has asked,
he says, forall tho copies he can get, in.
tending to send them QUITO enlighten peo-
pie Oh the turiif17 Most OF the Republican
Senators and prominent: members prefer
not to be quoted on the subject Of McCol-
loch's report They cannot approve its
tartf utterancea, and tlity:do not care to
publicly criticisc them. q '.:. IA tt.:s
Their reluctance to. speak is due to the
iact that they; desire to commit, :at least
informally, before declaring what might
be taken us the Republican position, 50
fur as congressman can establish it. The
revenue reformers are pleased with the
report. Senator Saulsbury says the people
demand tariff reform, and TINT Secretary
McCulloch has sense enough to see that
the demand cannot be resisted much
longer. Senator Groome considers Secre-
tary McCulloch a Democrat on revenue
questions. - 5i,5t Lfssl;s RS Z
& The Republican Senators, as a rule,
want to carefully rsad the report before
commenting upon it. 3: N }355f;55,.