The Globe-republican., 1890-03-26
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Special Correspondence TO the GLOBE RE-
PUBLICAN.

w ASh1NGxONs De W NOdICu SCIUs
"You must excuse me from anything
in the form of an interview concerning
the Mckinley tariff bill said Speaker Reed
this morning. II can only say that the
bill is perfectly satisfactory to myself,
and believe that it will be perfectly sat-
isfactOry to the people of this country.
democrats as well as republicans. after
it has received consideration. been de-
bated and amended in the House. You
will of course understand that any bill
which is prepared by committee and
brought before the house for discussion
must be amended and in that manner is
generally improved. No matter how
hard committee may work upon any
bill a perfect measure cannot be expected.
Eyyaye est hmmanxm. Whatever the hand
of man touches is inherently imperfect.
Nevertheless. the Mckinley bill is in nay
indgment, as near perfect measure as
could be framed by any committee.
Speaker Reed is a very conservative
man, and although very strong paIfi-
san he is always fair even unto his polit-
ical adversaries. He is also fair with
himself and with his party, and hence
his statements are always reliable. The
bill az reported from the committee on
ways and means is not satisfactory entire
ly. any more than it is to the democrats.
In spite of all the ridicule which was
heaped upon him when he uttered the
famous sentence. General Hancock was
right when be- stated that the tariff is
local ISSUE Every locality in this en-
tire country has its hobby upon protec-
ton. 1t is almost. if not quite, impOs-
siblc to satisfy every section in the form
alton of bill. But when measure has
been brought forth by committee after
mature deliberation, it is usually very
good framework for the House to work
upon, and the people may be assured
that despite all the partisan wrangling in
debate which will ensue during the next
few weeks, the majority in the House of
Representatives, that is the majority of
both parties, will ultimately formulate a
bill which will be of great benefit to the
country.
One thing is especially manifest in the
bill as it has come from the committee,
and that is that the interests of the farm
ers have been carefully considered in
every particular. Adequate protection
is furnished for hay, lumber. eggs, butter
and every other farm product which has
to compete with the products of foreign
countries. Even Congressman Hatch, of
Missouri, the democrat who was chair
man of the committee on agriculture
during the last three congresses, has been
obliged to admit that the Mckinley bill
deals exceedingly fair and with candOr
and honor toward the farmers.
1.-The poor We have always with you."
is scriptural quotation well known in
every household. Out of our sixty-five
millions of people probably not less than
fifty millions are poor. Certainly ten
millions of our people are very poor and
some of them are to be found in every
Therefore it may be said
that in every household in this land
where the fathers and mothers and chill
dren earn their food by hard labor, there
will be rejoicing over the reduction of
the tariff on sugar. Sugar is not a lux
ury but commodity. 1t is necessity.
The tariff upon it has been so long main
tanned and the lobby was SO strong for
the maintenance of that tariff that the
people had begun to believe that it was
impossible to reduce the tax upon it.
The republicans in the ways and means
have dared to do that which
their democratic predecessors had not
the courage to do; aud every toiler in
this land will appreciate both the cOur-
age and the patriotism of the republican
party in this particular.
The lenten season is almost over and
Easter Sunday is very near. hope that
my next letter may be tinged with some-
thing of Joy and sunshine of the bright
spring season. According to the author
lied time and season of the church the
mortal choir will echo the angelic chOirs
in singing hallelujas to the Lamb, filling
the universe with praise, for that ''He is
Risen.'' 1t is time and season of hap
piness to all the civilized world, for it
both commentaries the triumph of the
Savior over death, and is at the same
time the signal for the DOMINIC of new
bonnsts and other spring forgery. Thus
do our wives. sisters and sweethearts
business and pleasure with a
sprinkling of religion. For
deep piety, and good judgment of colOrs
and styles. God bless the women.
THE gentleman whose name is Mudd
was the victor in contested election