The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-12
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT II.

NcN the Republican COngrcssrnen LoOh
at Ne Mckinley Bal.
The Philadelphia Press, the leading
Protectionist crgan Of Protectionist Penn.
sylvania, has taken the trouble to inter.
view 100 Republican congressman on the
Mckinley bin 0f this number al de-
clared themselves ready to vote with
MI. Mckinley for his bin in Its present
form; 11s believe that the bill win b
made satisfactory to the Republican
party and passed, and Z are not sure
about this.
MI. Coleman, Of Louisiana, who Is the
only Republican member from the Gull
states, Is very much disappointed w
the sugar schedule, and says he will vote
against the bin 81 IL stands If it should
be the last act Of his official life. The
California Republican members are also
opposed to the sugar schedule.
Mr.. Lodge, Of Massachusetts,, who
used to have sound convictions on the
tariff, but whose convictions long ago
melted away under the necessity 81
making himself solid with the party, will
vote for the bill because he thinks il
suits the whole Republican party.
How easy and convenient to have ones
unru1y convictions turned over to the
party for safe keeping, or else to cast
them out at the window altogether II
they become unmanageable and hinder
ones political prospectsi
Some Of the noble band Of high tariff
politicians find fault with this or that
feature Of the bill, and are evidently
afraid that they will injure themselves
at home by voting against the interests
Of their states; but, in obedience to the
latest form Of the high tariff dogma, that
protection Is So broad, national policy
which must be swallowed whole and
nothing said by states whose industries
are sacrificed, these Disconnected mem
bers viii resolutely shut their eyes and
gulp down their physic. Senator Hig.
gins, Of Delaware, for example, '.haa
doubts" az to the wisdom Of the vast in
crease on tin plates. Delaware Is great
fruit growing state, and Is largely en-
gagged in the canning industry, which
would be seriously crippled by this tin
plate duty for the private enrichment Of
n or two prospective manufacturers al
Pittsburg. Delaware Is q low tariff
state, and that fact is evidently troubling
the senator's peace Of mind.
But Senator Moody, of South Dakota,
who Is just now trying his prentice
hand at national legislation, evidently
overloohs the t'broad, national charac.
ter" Of protection. He would like to
have a duty put on tin for the protection
Of the tin mines Of the Black hills in hia
state. But this fiedgling senator appar.
emily does not read the official organ Oh
his party. The New York Press has re.
ported that these tin mines Of South Da.
kota have been grabbed up by q British
syndicate for $4,000, 900, and it claims
furthermore that tin can be mined in the
Black hills much more cheaply than
across the water. The ''broad, national
policy" would In this case, therefore, tar
the whole country In order to swell the
pile Of british gold" of this. Black hills
syndicate, and have not good protection:
lists taught us by all that is holy that
British gold" Is a most wicked and dan.
gerous thing2
Senator Pierce, Of North Dakota, also
s~howssigns that he hasno yet cut his sen.
atorial eye teeth. How refreshingly child.
like and innocent he must be to support
the Mckinley tariff bill because he
thinks It wilprotect hs,farmer constitu-
entst"' ~,
But Representative Butterworth, Of
Ohio, who sometimes has CLEANS of wis.
dom ON the tariff question, plainly init.
mated his dissatisfaction with the Nc.
Kinley measure. In view Of this new
tangled revision" Of the tariff, by piling
up high and higher duties, Mr.. Butter.
worth asserts the necessity for a revision
that means revision. Nothing short OF
that" he says, Twill suit tho country" =
But poor Mr.. Butterworth is like the
voice Of M crying in the wilderness; he
viii not lead his party into ga revision
that ean revision" Whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad"