Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-08-02
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possibly be in 4 more demoraliEiHg condi'
iion than they are prominent Senators ATE
openly protesting against the tariff bill, and
no republican Senator has so tar dared to
Lake a speech upon it for fear that the bill
may be so radically changed that the speech
could be quoted against the party in the
campaign.
The fight between the friends of Mr..
Blaine and OF Speaker Reed grows more
bitter every day, and will, without question,
be to the death. The anti Blaine republi-
cans are openly sneering at the foreign pol
icy OF the Government, which writes lin.
go letters to foreign ministers for the
public perusal and sends secret orders to
Jismantle the Revenue cutters with had
been fitted up, especially to carry out our
alleged policy in Behring's Sea.
Mr.. Harrison mas been appealed to come
to the rescue and it is stated that he has
promised to send n special message to Con-
gress suggesting a compromise upon which
his party may agree.
Commissioner OF Pension Raum is to re-
cei,e a coat of whitewash from the House
committee on Pensions, the republicans
having decided that to be the easiest way
of stopping the ugly talk about favOritism
and other crookedness in the Pension Office,
The public will not be so lenicnt il Repre-
sentative Cooper can substantiate his char
ges, AMI he is positive that he can.
1t having already become apparent that
the high price of bullion silver will make
the new silver law a dead letter, Senator
Morgan has introduced a bill for the free
coinage Of silver. 1t is the same bill which
the Sentte has once passed but it is by no
means certain that the republicans win
again support It.
Senator Frye has received another letter
from Mr.. Blaine on the reciprocity question.
The protection" theory seems to be
playing out. What the republican party
will scare up for an issue at the next cleo.
ton is not apparent. Mr.. Blaine's letter
was an absolute free trade document. al
though not to be too sudden, he suggested
the extension Of commercial liberty only to
the countries of this continent. He gives
Senator Frye the credit of having more
sense than the other republican senator's.
and thus excusing himself for addressing
his letter to him, He says that this nation
is fond OF sugar, and that the revenue col
lected from that article last yeat was S5S,
100000. It's the subject of debate in the
Senate at present, and Senator Aldrich and
his colleagues on the Finance committee
are trying to agree on a reciprocity amend
ment to the Mckinley tariff bill, but do not
want to have it labeled "Blaine's scheme"
1t stands there yet as unfinished bust
ness" The most common sense view of
the matter was rendered by Senator Vance.
He said that the removal of unnecessary
taxes was u matter of wisdom, and that TO
continue u collect them was not to be
thought Of for n moment. But those who
would think so ''w0uld reckon without
their host" That had been proved by the
history Of the tariff commission Of 1882,
which had utterly ignored the wants of the
people, and thought only OF the wants and
wishes Of the manufacturers. What the
people desired was q common sense reduce
ton OF the revenue, and a corresponding
relief OF he payment OF taxes but. the TAX.
ing of of two cents a pound on one hand,
and the payment of two cents q pound on
one hand, and the payment of two cents a
pound to the sugar producer. on the other,
was not the way TO do it; under that sys-
TEN the taxes remained and the people had
to pay them. Agriculture supplied 70 per
cent of the foreign exports OF this country,
and the arrangement of the tariff presented
such trade from being quadrupled, by pre-
Guiding other nations from exchanging
their products tor those Of America ; and
that the only possible effect of the McKin-
ley bill was to aggravate the evil.
But referring to Mr.. Blaine's letter, he
said that if it were important to extend
American trade to Central and South Amer.
lea, it could not be unimportant to extend
1t to the European continent, where the
wealth aud POPULATION was ten times as
great.
The poor old Mckinley bill cannot lind a
friend. Senators Allison and Pierce are
down on 1t, and everybody is ashamed to
be identified with it.
The Lodge federal election bill is also out.
The subcommittee of the Senate have SO
mutilated 1t with amendments that it will
hardly be recognized.
The nice little scheme which Mr.. Blaine
hatched up to have Congress charter an In.
ternational American bank, with his per.
sonal friends and political supporters as OF.
iicials. stands very little show Of being en-.
dorsed By Congress.
Senator Morgan, a member OF the Senate
committee on Foreign Affairs, says there
will be no war with England but that if
there should be, Russia would. iu honor
bound, be compelled to become our ally. o.