The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23
Trouble IN THE RANKS.
TIE HERALD.
salt Lake City, Utah

There is trouble among the Repub-
Iicsn Senators; or, rather. there is con-
sternation in their ranks. Courageous
old Senator Stanford cannot see eye to
eve with the others in tariff matters,
and he is just brave enough to decline
to be driven By his party to sanction
what he believes to be wrong. On the
18th a Republican Senatorial caucus
was called to consider the holiday re-
cess resolution, and Stanford took ad-
vantage of the occasion to say
that he could not vote for the
tariff bill, as he did not re-
gard it as proper measure
Naturally his announcement created
CONSERVATION, for by voting against 1t
he will kill the bill, so narrow is the
Republican majority. Experience has
proven the futility of efforts to change
the Senator when his mind has been
made up and his decision announced;
and what to do now the Republicans
do not know. They realize that in
order to pass the bill they must modify
it materially, and to do that would be
to confess that the Democrats were
right in their measure.
After the caucus Senator Stanford
was seen by a reporter, to whom he
talked freely. Some of his objections
to the bill wers telegraphed to The
California papers, as follows. 1t
matters little that is opposition is
wrong from Democratic standpoint;
it is opposition, and it promises to de-
feat an iniquilous measure within the
party. Here is some of what the
Ser ator said:
The bill is not satisfactory to me, be
cause in my Judgment if it became law
it would iDjuTe several industries IN Cali
fornia of great promise. In the hrst pace,
the bill cuts down the present duty on
sugar one half. 1 consider that there is no
longer any doubt about the successful
IN .nufacture of sugar in California from
beets, l. seems to me that in few years
the raising of sugar will be one OF the most
important occupations in c California. In the
future Think 1t will be as valuable 10 the
State as the cultivation of the vine for the
making of wines l have peen informed
that the Alvarado beet-sugar factory, with
its old-fashioned machinery, is now pro-
ducing sugar from beets probably Inc
experiment at w dtsonville has established, |
In my Judgment, the success of that under |
taking l do not think can afford TO vote |
for the reduction of the tariff on sugars.
l dislike very much to separate myself in |
q matter of this kind from my party, and
shall DO so reluctantly, but [ feel at present |
that it is unnecessary to make this cut in
sugar, and it would be very harmful to the
S ;Ste 1 represent. If the Republicans de-
sire to reduce the reVe lue Jney can make a |
sufficient reduction By taking off the in
Iernal revenue tax on tobacco and whisky. !
Il would certainly be better for the c)untsy |
10 relieve those two domestic industries
from the burden of taxation than 10 destroy
CT cripple tee m nufactura of sugar.
The oil also REDUCES the tariff Oh oranges,
lemons and lines. This however, can
easily be r3medIed. l should like very
much 10 have attached to the tariff bill
provision 10 fTee our sweet wine makers
from paying tx n spirits used to t1r1ty
the wine for expectation; l consider this
great Injustice 10 our hHme winemakers, as
our sweet win c6n be ought, taken %
FIalce. fortified and returned hera aud s0li
CHEAP r than we can fOrtify them IN thls
country l have asked the finance com
mittee of the senate to permit me 20 appear
before them and prasen. the OBJ ScIlons
which have to the Dill