Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-04-12
THE DEADLOCK IN WASHINGTON.

The deadlock in Washington is the
first test of strength between the free
traders and the protectionists. The di-
rect tax bill which is supposed to be
under consideration was passed by the
Senate few weeks ago. 1t is bill to
refund certain taxes collected directly
from the loyal States during the war.
the other States having paid their pro-
| portion of the whole tax With Mr.
Randall's vote the Republicans of the
Committee on Rules succeeded in Sc
curing the adoption of a motion that
this measure should be presented to the
House in days set apart for the consid-
Grafton of bills coming from the Judici-
ary Committee. The Democratic men,
berS of the committee, with the excep-
tion of Mr.. Randall, voted against the
consideration of the bill. Mr. Carlisle
and his free trade friends do not oppose
the measure because it is unjust We
believe that there is very little dis
pute concerning its merits. All fair
minded men agree that the States
that have paid disproportionate share
of taxation should have the money re-
funded to them. The free traders are
contending to keep the surplus unduly
large with the hope of being able to
force the protectionists into adopting
their free trade bill for the alleged re-
| duction of the revenues.
This is the meaning of the deadlock.
which has existed in Washington since
last Tuesday. The country is threaten
ed with commercial disaster by an un-
healthy surplus which is becoming larg-
er and larger every month. The one de-
mand is made upon Congress, and which
is insisted upon by all people, rich and
poor, employer and wage-earner, mer-
chant and manufacturer, is that the
surplus shall be reduced There are
two ways to reduce the surplus. One is
by an increase of expenditures, and the
other is by reduction of taxes. The
Democrats to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, there is no one who advocates a re-
duction of the surplus by extravaganza.
Yet the surplus would not be so large as
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its expenditures in certain necessary and
just directions. This bill provides for
an expenditure which ought to be made.
But the Democrats refuse because they
insist that the surplus shall remain to
threaten the business interests of the
country unless it can be reduced by tax
alton. There is only one certain way to
reduce the surplus by decreasing taxes,
and that is by the abolition of the inter
nal revenue tax. But the Democrats in
siSt that this method shall not be adopt
ed. They will not consent to a reduc-
tiOn of the surplus except by an attack
upon the protective system. If the sur
plus is to be reduced at all with the con-
sent of the Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives, it must be by
lowering the rates of tariff duties. 1t is
true that lowering the rates may not
lower the revenues. The Democrats
know that the revenues may be increas-
ed by the change of rates proposed by
the Mills bill. But they do not care.
What they want is free trade, and an
issue for the campaign. Therefore they
have refused to reduce taxation in the
only practicable way, and therefore they
are filibustering against the Direct Tax
bill. They are keeping the House in a
deadlock to prevent the reduction of the
surplus. They are inventing methods
of obstruction which will some day come
home to plague them. The free traders
this time, at all events, are in a minori-
ty. Tne Republicans have shown an un-
expected strength and are led with great
ability. There IS every reason tG expect
the defeat of the Mills bill by the House
in view of the Republican strength de-
veloped in the pending struggle. The
Democrats may succeed in their efforts
to maintain the surplus, but they will
fail to pass their tariff bill.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN OHIO.
SteuDenvllle Herald
At the close of the regular exercises
at the high school yesterday, an oppor-
tunity was given the visitors to make re-
marks upon the occasion, and Captain
John F. Oliver called attention to the
fact that while the whole State would in
a manner observe April 7th as the day
upon which General Putnam and his
company landed at Marietta, it ought
not to be lost sight of that upon ground
now embraced in Jefferson county there
was settlement made two, or perhaps
three years before. This was combatted
by Cashier Charles Gallagher, of the
Steubenville National, who is probably
the best posted man in the city on the |
early pioneer history of this part of the |
country. He held that the settlement |
in Warren township was not regular or
legalized and consequently should have
no historical standing. There appears
to be no doubt that John Carpenter, who |
owned land on Buffalo Creek in Brooke |
county, w. Va, did establish a block |
house and make a clearing near the
mouth of Short Creek, this side of Port
land, as early possibly as 1871. His
brother, George, who had considerable |
celebrity as an Indian fighter, as in fact |
did all of the old pioneers, also erect
ed a cabin near the mouth of Rush Run
in 1885. The report made by Ensign
Armstrong, who was sent out from Fort
Mcintosh to dispossess the settlers on
the land along the west side of the Ohio
river, makes it certain that previous to
April l, 1885, there was settlement at
the mouth of Short Creek, having local
government with two Justices of the
Peace. This settlement was made by
EnOs Kimberly, who subsequently laid
out the town of Warrenton; Robert Nc
Cleary, father of the venerable Joseph c..
McCleary; John McElrOy, John Humph-
rey and Others. About the same time
John Tilton, after whom Tiltonville
was named, Charles Kimball and others
occupied land farther up the river where
Tiltonville now stands. These settle
ments were certainly irregular and un-
authorized, but so were the settlements
made in West Virginia and Kentucky,
and that made in Warren township
should be on the same level. 1t was the
prudence, courage, bravery and strength
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