The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-12
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ON DANGEROUS GROUND.
The Dissolution OF the G. o. r. il Now
Only q Question OF Mouths.
Power Is often more fatal than the
lack Of it, and the Republicans at Wash
ttngton seem to have gotten themselves
into : pretty pickle They have not
chosen the straight and narrow path,
and consequently they have wandered
very deep into the wilderness. In their
effort to revise the tariff by increasing
its wrongs under the pretense Of alleviat-
ing them, they have incurred the just
wrath of every section OF the country
They have found it impossible to gradu-
ate the evil with such nicely that no
map can say that he does not endure .
more grievous weight than is inflicted
upon his neighbor, and in consequence
they find themselves very nearly at
their wits, end for remedies.
Since the Mckinley tariff 4abomina-
ton was proposed to an astonished pub
lilo, protests against the manifest and
startling OWLS Of the bill have been
pouring in. That it would create a
tariff for prohibition, and not for rev
enue, is becoming evident even to those
who do not usually disturb their brains
with this very important but sometimes
yexfng question, and since the people
have begun to recover from the surprise
caused by the bold iniquity OF the
measure they do not hesitate to make
known their opinion in decided words;
bringing grief to the hearts of those
who cling to the decayed doctrine that
the Republican party, like the King,
can do NO wrong
The sugar-makers first raised the cry
of bad treatment. Louisiana, Kansas
and California have sounded the slogan
Of battle. Republican members from
sugar districts say that the party lash
may be laid hard and often upon their
backs, but they will not respond to its
sting, as they can not neglect the in
terests of their constituents for the sake
of party fealty. If this bill goes
through they claim that their districts
will be ruined, and it will have to be
said that the Republicans did 1t. We
suspect, however, that some of these
gentlemen talk a little too loud, and
when the time of action comes will vote
| Al. T. 1.e4o I.
lican party has ever been well-disci-
plined one, and allows littlesrebellion in
its ranks. But neither their adherence
nor their detection can smother the dis
content in their districts, and the sancti-
fed Republican party must answerfor it.
The Republicans might withstand the
sugar question If that was the only
evil, but as misfortunes never come
singly, they are oppressed by a. cloud
Of complaints caused by this bill Of
theirs. Delegations from all the great
cities representing the canning inter-
ests are hurrying in an angry multitude
upon Washington to protest against the
placing Of such heavy duty upon tin
plate. Verify. when Mr.. Mckinley sees
them coming he will flee like the ostrich
and hide his head in the sand, for he
knows that he can make no sufficient
answer to their reproaches.
In slang pariance sugar and tin are
correlatiye terms, and, perhaps. the Re-
publicans hope to neutralize evils by
cutting the duty down on one and put
ting it up on the other, They abolish
the major part Of one revenue tariff and
double another, and while they are
wrestling with those who object to such
wonderful way of doing things, they
must take turn with the hide men.
In these days of her old age and fault
finding New England picks many flaw
in the high tariff which she formerly
thought came direct from Heaven to
bless and enrich mankind in general
and New England in particular. and our
Republican brethren find themselves
unable to crafty her wishes. With free
hides New England manufacturers have
built up large export trade in manu-
features of leather, and they have made
their part of the country the center Of
our leather interests. Since the Nc
Kinley tariff bill was proposed they are
all in tremble with indignation and
fear. II this dlty is placed on hides
what is goingato become of their BUSH
ness? Prompt to act, they are sending
protests by the train-load to Washing
ton, and as the loss Of six Republican
districts in New England is threatened,
it is said that Mr.. Mckinley will not be
able toIwithstand the pressure, and will
with the majority vote to strike out the
hide clause from his bill.
These are only the three more inn
portant propositions for which the Re-
publicans have been hung upon the spit
and roasted over the Goals by their own
brethren. They are compelled to en-
dure the evils of lead ores and other
such things until they must wish that
the tariff and all its belongings were at
the bottom Of the deep blue sea
Added to the responsibilities OF such
an cratic tariff measure as that pro-
posed by the committee are the evils OF
their pension policy. Whoacan ever
lead them outsof the mazes into which
their devious course has led them? Hav-
ing promised hundreds of mil lions moro
than the surplus could furnish or the
country would endure, how are they
going to release themselves from the
weight OF their obligations?
A better party than the Republican
could scarcely escape from such diffi-
culties. The pension system and the
tariff system are sufficient load to
wreck any ship The thousands Of
complaints against the Mckinley bill
show what an artificial and unnatural
structure the high tariff Is It IS i'm
possible to construct it so that all people
may be treated alike. 1t Is the most
gigantic Instrument Of fraud and OPP
preston ever devised, and the growing
intelligence Of the human race revolts
at both its theory and its practice. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.