Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-06-17

sza a}'tion. In fact the
- line to kick Speaker
s 8 y many and 1t Is only a
osr;. n time when he will I've kicked
y h not necessary 10 suppose that
1setary Blaine Is prompted by jealousy
Speaker Reed, to account for his dis
<rproval Of him. 1t IL only necessary
= remember that Mr.. Blaine has always
1en credited with views of his own
zlpon party and public policy, which he
- been wont to find respected II not
3 ellowed by his party, to account for his
nEeadincss to accept always Speaker
Ids views, which have not had any
her origin than Speaker Reeds will
~. Blaine as a self-rcspecting man and
zNIfilc statesman must refuse to train
Sbedicntly I'm Speaker Reeds squad.
We are entirely disposed to believe
/ that Secretary Blaine is not willing to let
4 Speaker Reed take possession of him
: nelf, the administration and the party /;
\ Speaker Reeds methods of procedure
make him as obnoxious to his party asso-
clates as they do to his party opponents.
!; The latter indeed are much the most
q %c0mfortable under them seeing that they
Z nan denounce them freely and that they
3 cen comfort themselves with the knowl-
a edge that they but aid them to over
throw the party of the speaker before
ne people. The speakers associates,
4 h0wever, must fume inwardly, con-
epndemn him privately and await the
gschancc to secretly dispatch him.
!; M The speaker Is certainly thorn In
& ne side Of his associates. There Is no
q ether king when he Is about. He runs
! things rs independently of his colleagues
& ~ Of the Democrats. He issues his ukase,
md brings all serfs to their knees. He
c01lmnnds the machinery Of the House
& md its party majority feels compelled
II - dance ms he sings, and the minority
can but look on at the performance.
The power Of the House seems to he
& S0mpletely surrendered TO the commit
4 tee on rules, on which the Democratic
two are so helpless that 1t is not thought
{ necessary to invite them TO the meet
1ngs. The committee is ruled by the
& speaker, who has put on II rulable as.
Il oociAtes, and so has made himself, with
the power of the speakership, the auto
4 0fot of the House from which ht
H eoeks the control of the admins
3 fEnti0n. And Blaine kicks naturally
Ee proposes to retain some Of his idea,
0p0n public policy though they bt
II CoNnter 10 those Of the House. He ven
& tures to mildly state one position In q
utter which he addresses to n Northern
Il lkiend upon the subject of the sugar
duty. He says that he is opposed Il
4 Admitting sugar free, unless we can get
- equivalent from the South American
Sna ions whom such admission will bene,
~. He says this with degree of good
y sense, which the people will recognize
and which is In sharp rebuke to the
legislation which proposes the bene.
hction to fcNeign countries con
tained in the House tariff bill
1--WE ought to have in exchange for free
sugar from certain countries a free maE
ket for breadstufis and provisions, besides
u various fabrics from all parts of our
country. In short, we ought to secure
h IN return for free sugar market for
w, ,OOO,0 900 or S70,000,0O0 worth of our
products. II will not require rccip.
rocity treaties TO secure this great boon.
Tho tariff bill can contain all the nec-
essary conditions. The legislative power
3 n able to secure the desired end Within
4 the last twenty years we have given the
+ countries south of us free admission for
nearly $6O,OO0,000 worth of their pro
ducts without receiving penny's ad.
vantage In exchange. If sugar be now
made Internationally free we shall have
given to the Latin American countries
free admission for $l50,000,O00 of Their
products. 1t is time, think, to look
out for some reciprocal advantages. We
B are a very rich nation, but not rich
enough to trade on this unequal basis. y