The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-08
arments tor ladies and children, Who'll

valorem, now 40 cents per pound and
40 per cent. ad valorem.
Weddings, cords, dress trimmings,
braided buttons, etc., of wool, 80 per
cent. ,ad valorem, tow 80 cents per
pound and so per cent ad valorem.
All carpets, 80 per cent ad valorem,
now ranging from cents per yard for
hemp or jute, 10 40 cents per yard and
40 per cent. ad valorem, for Axminst-
er and other high grades.
50 Endless belts for printing machines
80 per cent. now 20 cents per pound
and 80 per cent ad valorem.
There items will give general idea
of the bill. 1 was talking last night
with two Of the ablest democratic pol
iticians in Washington. These gen
tlemen thought general tariff reduc-
ton of S3O,0OO,000 or 10000, 900 with
revenue reduction of about 100000
was possible. This bill as it stands
can not possibly pass the House. re-
iterate. The reductions made by the
bill;aggregate S52,O00,00O, divided as
follows:
Free ..-..ZZ,OuO,OV
Chemicals. ...75O,ooo
China and glass. ,oO0,ooo
Woolen goods ,25o 900
Sundri 100000
i@'ooo'ooo
Prov slons.. .........'foo'ooo
Cotton IoO,ee0
Jute, hemp and 100000
The Republican Senators are going
to try to make party capital ofa mother
dependent pension bill and will food
the country with their speeches made
in the Senate on the bill. If such a
bill should pass, the President will
no doubt again veto it. 1t is too late
for anything like the bloody shirt issue
to be reissued in National Campaign
and it is strange that the Republican
fossils in the Senate cannot see it.
l begin to think that no sort of an
educational bill will pass this Con
gress. l understood Mr.. Cleveland is
opposed to any such measure. His
veto would undoubtedly decide the
fate of any educational bill. With
the House Committee on Education
antagonistic to the measure, it would
be virtually impossible to get major
ity large enough to overcome the veto.
I think it would be sound policy for
our people to 60 to work and perfect
their own scnool system, without
waiting for Federal aid. From what
/ have heard in the past few days,
| that looked for Federal aid will never
come. 1t is time wasted to wait for
it. The Blair bill is as dead as Hec-
tor. Any tom-foolery the House re-
Committee is worse than nonsense and
will be done by members with the
purpose of hood wlnking too credu
lous constituents. The time is near al
hand when constituents will not be SC
easily hood winked. With railroads
telegraph, and independent papers
the intelligent constituent often knows
as we'll as his Congressman what. mea
sures are feasible and what are not.
was IN favor of the Blair bill at first
purely because 1 wanted the money il
North Carolina That bill will never
become law Mr.. Henderson's bill
would have been a good substitute
but expect the President would vetC
it, and the country would sustain tht
veto. Mr.. Simmons offered an edu
cational bill worthy of the brain of &
traditional philadelphia lawyer
But thereis no hope for it, in my
opinion.
In the mean time, June 9th ap
proaches, and the Democratic Hous,
has done precious little work of nat
ional Importance so far. 1t has bill
enough on the Calender, of course
but the introducing of bills and get
ting Fourth of July speeches printed
in the Record is not work. Both ar
meant solely for the benefit of the con
stituents of each individual member
and are simply made with an eye sin
gle to the incumbent's re nomination
The last time | made an estimate ther
were about 5000 bills on the Hous
Calender, and the majority of then
will stay there. And nobody know
this better than the Congressman VIII
r offers them. The real work befor
this House is to fix a compromise tar
iff bill and pass it. If this is not don
the party will be in most undesir
: able predicament when it nominates
national ticket in June.
The names of Vice Presidential can
didates are legion. Cleveland is al
? most the universal choice for the hea
of the ticket GRANVILLE.
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