The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05
Current Events.

Current Events.
The tariff question Is not settled after all
"A trite remark, but one which tariff re
formers and pretectlonists Will do well to
remember So long as Class-privlleges
created By the tariff, exist, the question will
always be an unsettled one; and the hight
against them will continue until they are
finally remDyed,--fOr they will he wiped
out in the end. 1t is rs sure as fate
Recognizing the fact that this end can
only be attained when the principles 81
protection and Of a tariff for revenue shall
be brought home In a comparative manner
10 the great body Of the people, the Iarill
Reform Leagues of the country still main
tain their organizations, aud continue their
active work of spreading the truth"
On last Tuesday evening the Mass.
Tariff Reform League held its annual ban
quet which was largely attended The
notable features Of the evening were a
letter from President Cleveland and an
address by Secretary Fairchild OF the
Treasury. The President after expressing
his regrets ut not being able to be present
wrote:
$50 long as the advocates Of tariff reform
ADD eciate the sentiments In which our In
situations had their origin, so long as they
apprehend the forces which Acne can
guide their operation; so long AZ they, In D
spirit of true patriotism, are ccnsecrated
10 the service Of their country, temporary
defeat brings no Encouragement. Ii but
proves the stubbornness Of the forces Of
combined seifisbness, and dlscloses how far
the people have been led astray, and how
t. al. it,t Of lad III -
In their behalf To lose faith In the intel
ligence of the people Is surrender and an
abandonment Of the struggle. To arouse
their intelligence and free II from darkness
and delusion gives assurance Of speedy
and complete victory. In the track os re-
form are often found the dead hopes of
the pioneers and the despair Of those who
fail in the march. But there will be nei'
the: despair nor dead hopes Ia the path OF
tariff reform; nor shall lis pioneers fail to
reach the heights Holding fast their
faith and rejecting every alluring overture
and every deceptive compromise which
would betray their sacred trust, they them
selves shall regain and restore the patrmo,
ny of their cOuntrymen, freed from the
trespass of grasplng encroachment, and
safely secured by the genius Of American
justice and equality"
In the Senate, the same question has
been the leading topic Of consideration
aud debate since the "a, when Congress
reassembled A vote on the bill will be
had, by agreement, on the 2lst inst. aud
the committee having the bill in charge
are working hard to complete the changes
and amendments to be- made 10 the origi.
nal bill, taking special care to have the
bill AS perfect a. possible from republi-
can standpoint In order that having re
crived the endorsement Of the Senate, II
may be made the tariff bin Of the WAYS
md Means Committee of the next house
and pressed 10 Its final passage rs soon as
possible utter the meeting OF the next Con
gress. The most serious snag the commit
tee has encountered of late Is the lumber
tax. Though Allison, the father Of the
bill, denied that any reduction IL Contem.
plated on that article Of prime necessity,
nevertheless IL was h uted that the com
mittee would make n reduction Of $50 per
VI at the solicitation Of the senators from
the lumberess States This, Of course, i'm.
mediately raised a row among the senators
from the lumber States, who threaten to
oppose and defeat the bill if any such
reduction is made Republican members
of the house are also up in arms and de-
mand that If any change is made In the
,ariif on lumber 1t shall be Increased and
not reduced. 1t Is safe o. say the western
farmer is not going TO get free lumber
this trip"-the tariff Is being "reformadr
aud revised" by its friends! In the de
bate the democrats preserved their record
hV off rim "a m N. In.
came up for consideration but were all, of
course. defeated by the usual party vote
20 to "a
Cabinet making still continues In the
newspapers, with increasing Interest AZ the
An of March comes nearer. The Blain.
laos sun expect that gentleman will be
given the State department, and indeed,
seem To consider his appointment as a
matter OF course. Mr., Blaine himself ar
rived In Washington on the 81, and began
putting his house there In order for taking
up his residence az the capitol again His
friends VIM. Walter Phelps et M,-pro-
less that he knows nothing as yet of MIR.
Harrisons plans
One anxious feature of the cabine, max.
Ing Is the boom" started by Gov. Porter Of
Indiana. A regular literary bureau has
been organized at indianapolis TO provide
the country press with leading editorials
urging Porter's advancement ~ cabine,
position; and the President elect is fairly
Hooded with marked copies. The s,np,i
lar coincidence that SO many were identl-
Cal even down TO the punctuation was sus-
picious and only the simplest investigation
was necessary to find out the secret of II.
AS Harrison and Porter are not on the hest
OF terms-and for some time did moi
speak as they passed blythe "boom" is
very likely TO have collapse.
A number OF State Legislatures have
already begun their work Of grinding ont
laws good, bad and vicious; and several
governors elected In November have been
inaugurated this week. The inauguration
of Governor Hill of New York was the