Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-20
HOT FIRE FROM THE REAR.
From the New York Sun. !

Hut FIRE FROm THE REAR.
From the New York Sun.
The spirited resolutions adopted
by the Cattlemen's Association of
Central Texas, at their convention
at Waco, had better be kept from
the Hon. Roger Q. Mills for the
present, unless the health of that
statesman's nervous system has
been pretty well reestabllshed.
The principal feature of Mr..
Cleveland's surplus reduction mes.
sage, next to the general recon.
mendatiOn that the internal rev.
enue taxes be preserved, related to
the duties on wool. The Presidents
ideas concerning free wool were in
corpOrated by Mr.. Mills in his tariff
bill. The Caltlemen's Convention
was held IN the heart of Mr.. Nills's
own district, and among the pro.
ducers who, with only two dissent.
ing votes, adopted the resolutions
Of which we speak are Mr.. Milrs
own constituents, whose votes sent
him to Congress.
The preamble TO the resolutions
adopted by Mr.. Mills's constituents
holds him responsible for a tariff
measure which retains the duty on
fencing wire while removing the
duty from the hOcks the fences en-
close; which puts hides on the free
list, while retaining the duty on
manufactured leather; which does
not materially interfere with the
duty on woollen goods, but wipes
out the tariff on raw wool; and
which, in short, would destroy the
cattle and wool raisers' interests
The resolutions then 90 on to de.
clare thai Mr.. Mills "does not rep.
resent the Ninth district nor the
State of Texas in his position, and
that his course tends to destroy the
material industries of his cOnstit.
uency.r We quote further from
the text Of the resolutions adopted
by Mr.. Mills's woolralsing constit-
uents:
ave deprecate the course of Mr.. Mills
and put ourselves on record in hearty con-
dem nation Of his conduct and his bill
eve consider his action IN rendering
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industries of the East and North and with
holding 1t from the struggling industries
of his own constituency, undemocratic,
unpatriOtic, and unrepresentative.
1--WE condemn the Providence speech of
Mr.. Mills wherein he guaranteed protec-
ton to the Rhode Island people aud
agreed to rob the Texas people.
"Forsaken by our Representative. we
urge upon our Senators and Representa-
tiyes in Congress to work against the
Mills bill, and we call upon all good men
from other states to protect Texas, if her
own Representatives fail to do so.
"Protectlon on raw wool is purely a pro-
lection to the producer. the farmer, As we'll
as the sheep man, and should be main
tanned; and, finally,
"lf Mr. Mills persists in and urges the !
proposed removal Of the duty on wool and |
hides, it IS the sense of this, a representa- |
tive body OF his constituency, that he alb |
dictate his seat, and hereafter we will with
hold onr support at the ballot box aud
This sort Of talk from his own
Democratic constituents is not es-
calculated to hasten Mr..
Mills recovery. He broke down
rom overwork and nervous excite.
nent in the attempt to produce a
Dill which should depart from Mr..
Jleyeland's specific recommends.
ion only so far as was necessary,
n his opinion, to bring 1t within
he limits Of the possible in the way
If tariff legislation. In that arduous
Undertaking he had the sympathy
" all charitable persons, but the
train was too great for his physi-
al powers. His unfortunate col
apse has tor weeks delayed the
progress of tariff reform on the line
IdOpted as a compromise between
ilr, Cleveland's suggestions and
he plain dictates OF political com
non sense. just at the time when
lr. Mills was regaining nervous
enough to lead in person
he battle for free wool, he receives
rom his own constituents a sharp
eminder that their interests, too,
ave certain claims upOu his con-
Iteration. He suddenly dlscOv.
rs that there is somebody besides
he Ohio wool growers who would
nfler by his plan OF tariff revision,
nd that this somebody else lives
nd votes right in his own district p
! Texas, and is in all probability 9,
powerful to prevent his n
detection to the Fifty first Con. OIL
ress. In the case OF a statesman K
Ike Mr.. Mills, sick from Overwork o.
nd worry, harassed by conflicting
liluences, pulled this way and that
Y a divided allegiance, committed
70 far to Mr.. Cleveland's theories
} Withdraw now with grace or even u
ecency, and yet constantly sensi. d,
e of the requirements of practical fe
)litics, can there be imaged a more OF
situation ? :. =,
tOr, however thoroughly Mr..
ills may be devoted to the tree
ade ideal, and however willing to
'crifce himself for the sake Of free
ade principles, he mast know
lat the most ardent free trade
atesman, if once elected to stay
home, like Mr.. Morrison or Mr..
rank Hurd, Is thereafter in a posi- n,
On to render very little service to ca
o cause. ~