Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent. |

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Democratic magnanimity was strong
ly contrasted with Republican selfish
ness when the Southern Senators voteC
with the northwestern Senators tt
place binding twine on the free list
The great grain producing States are thu
largest users of binding twine. Bu
when the Southern Senators asked fol
an amendment to the tariff bill placing
cotton bagging, which is used by the
cotton producing States on the free
list, the Republican Senators voted
solidly against it. That is just the sort
of sectional legislation that has created
a ''solid South" and as long as the one
continues the other is likely to remain
1t is q bad rule that does not work both
ways.
Tire anti-Reed Republicans, and there
are lots of 'em, are kicking" vigorous
ly, because they say that the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign commit
tee is being used to boom the Speaker
for the Presidency. There is no longer
any doubt of Reeds having SHE'D his
castor into the Presidential ring, and
the weaker candidates, including Mr..
Harrison, are becoming panic-stricken
at the prospect. They fear the power
of the big man from Maine whose
shadow is beginning to obscure all of
them. The Democrats would ask
nothing better than Reeds nomina-
tion; they believe that an overwhelm-
ing majority of the people of this coun-
try are opposed to the unAmerican
methods by which he has tyrannized
over the House of Representatives.
This week will see the outrageous,
one-sided tariff bill passed by the Sem
ate. A number of the Republican
Senators have shown temporary
spirit of independence in voting against
sections of the bill which Disseminated
against their constituents; but their
courage ended there, and through fear
of the party lash they will stultify
themselves by voting for it as whole.
The reciprocity amendment is q delu-
sion and snare, and is only reciproci-
ty in name, as experience will demon
strate; or else the high protectionists
in the house would not LAS they have
done) have promised that the House
would accept it. The bill is nothing
more nor less than an official repay
ment by the consumers of the United
States of the money contributed by
protected manufactures during the last
Presidential campaign to the Republi-
can corruption fund. Fortunately the
voters of the country will have an op-
portunity in November of expressing
their opinion of such methods.
Representative Breckenridge, of Ar
kansas, has been illegally and unjustly
deprived of his seat in the House, but
as he expressed it in the closing words
ofhis speech II take an appeal to the
people, regardless of party, in the dis
trict ! have the honor to represent, on
the broad ground of common honesty,
and In November they will reverse your
conclusion and rebuke the methods by
which you reached that conclusion
The scandal piles up on Commission
er Of pensions Raum, but he does not
resign, nor do his superiors in office
give any signs of of asking for his res
ignation, although common decency
should have caused them to do so as
soon as he unblushingly acknowledged
having borrowed $4,000 on notes en-
dorsed by pension attorney Lemon.
But there is worse to come. He has
been engaged In some business transact
ions worse than the refrigerator COM
pany, of which one of his would-be
judges-Representative Smyser of Ohio
is large stock holder, and Represen-
talive Cooper who first formulated the
charges, Is in possession Of the facts,
and he intends to see to 1t that the pub
lie has them, even If the republicans
on the whiterwashing committee shall
refuse to investigate them. lp,,