Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-23
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY es, 1890.

Omco Oh tUDl1C0COn. 1ZS-lZO M0gG second
street Los Angeles. Telephone No 156
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 2s, 1890.
Republicanfsm, the Tariff and Ex-
travagance.
Our Republican Congressman cannot
afford to dodge the responsibilities resting
upon them in reforming the tariff laws.
The issues must be firmly met, or the
Republican party, in the agricultural
States, will suffer for the neglect.
Among our experienced Western Con-
gressmen, who are true to the protective
principle, but who also we'll understand
the demands of their constituents. there
are fears that the policy of large ex.
penditures and small changes in the
tariff will obtain. We hope not, for
should this policy be pursued by the
party in power it would endanger the
stability Of the protective principles. The
people know too well that they have
suffered by the contraction in the cur
rency caused bv too much revenue be-
ing collected, they know that the Demo-
cratic party refused to make any con-
cessions in order that the tariff laws
might be changed by the last Congress !;
and now that the Republican party has
full control, if the tariff laws are not
changed, but great expenditures applied
ss the remedy, the result will be uHcer-
tain, perhaps disastrous.
The above delivery is by Republican
paper, the Omaha Republican. 1t is a
strange delivery, or would be if it were
not so strangely old. 1t embodies tn 9
very essence of true Democratic doc
trine. 1t is true TO the logic of facts to
the core. It echoes the real feelings OF
tens of thousands of Republicans in the
West. Yet there is no more hope of
their party needing for a moment any
such call than there is that the sky will
fall and that they will be able to catch
larks. And yet this is really the only
living issue at this time between the two
national parties. And yet again, once
more, these Western farmers remain Re-
publicans in spite of all these facts. 1t
only shows how welded to their party
idols these farming sons of Ephraim are.
Inexperienced politicians like Mr.. Cal
vim Servetus Brice, of the State of New
York-Ohio, during the campaign
of 1888 chased rainbows all over
Michigan, Wisconsin and all the States
Of the West, under the delusion that the
farmers would see their trus interests,
cast off their political shackles and be-
come free men. Even the rainbow
chasers know how it was. Ephraim clung
to his idols as of yore.
There is no hope that the Republican
Congress at this session, or the next
session, or any other session, will take
one cent off the tariff schedule that will
curtail by that much the profits of the
Eastern manufacturers who contributed
the corruption fund to buy up Dorsey's
blocks of five and elect that excellent
man BENZ. Harrison President by
fraudulent votes.
~ To do full justice to ''the party in
power" it has been trying its hand in
committee work at this very business,
and we have its own word for it that the
task has been abandoned in despair
One struggling infant industry" was
taken up after another, but the moment
the hand of the despoiler has laid on the
protective tariff bottle SO soon did the
infant set up such howl and 80 loud did
the dry nurses in attendance scream that
the effort had to be given over. Not
only the individual infant gave it's indi-
vidual ''sorrows Words" but the whole
nursery made perfect bedlam, bowling
each for all and all for each.
There are the glassmakers, for ex-
ample. 1t is but short time since the
proprietors of this industry caused a
great strike by cutting down the wages of
their half-starved workmen. The industry
is protected from so per cent. to 1872
per cent. Some month or 80 ago some
of the largest establishments declared q
dividend of thirty-fve per cent. for the
past year. Yet the tariff cannot be re-
moved from glass, and fruit growers
must 60 handicapped in their packing
operations and see their products rot,
and the markets for preserved fruits
given over to England. Yet California
is Republican State, if we are to Judge
from the last election.
But the Republican paper at Omaha
refers to the policy of "large expendi-
lures and small changes in the tariff !"
The verdant Green who edits it hopes
this policy will not obtain in his party.
Then his party will go to it's own funeral,
for that is the essence of Republicanism
After this committee referred to above
had learned that the bottle could not be
taken from the lips of one protected infant
without raising the very devil, the plan
was hit upon of taking the internal reve-
nue. off of tobacco, $50 as to reduce
the revenue to the requirements of the
Government, and prevent the accumula
tion of the surplus. So far good. 1t
will be remembered that two years ago
when the discussion on revenues and
surplus was going on there was a
net surplus in the treasury of 500, 900, 900,
and gross surplus of $132 ,O00, 900. That
was when the Democratic party had been
"the party in power" for nearly four
years. Well, this committee of the party
now in power went to look up this sur
plus, and behold it was gone! Oh, yes.
they had been buying up bonds
30 the committee went into a
little bookkeeping operation. 1t was
forv,d that e1o oo0 900 L !. 4 L~... ...:d -.