The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-13

Repuhlican Tariff Heformers Afraid %
Vote Their nonest Sentiments
During The debate on the Mckinley
bill Mr.. BENJAMIN Butterworth lkep)
OF Cincinnati said:
regret that the members ~ the ways and
means committee have taken up all the limited
time ~ the House with amendments 70 the e.
clnsior ~ that fires conference which was ncces
sary We have not had time 70 secure con-
Sfn~ns ~ opinion even ON this side 81 the House
10 enable Us 70 icgislate inteiiigently Tor the
good or the country. regret that 80 Important
4 measure should he seemingly IN the control
Of d minority 81 majority. for do NOT believe
that the ark a. the Republican conycnant was
hy any high demand % the Republican party
placed ia the keeping Of few.
This Is true. 1t is q case where .
minority. active, energetic and UNI
scrupulous. under the control Of tho
Eastern manufacturers has cocrccd and
dragooned a disunited. inert majority.
each OF whose members wanted tho bill
10 fail and each OF whom was afraid TO
vote against IL 4 disciplined minority.
claiming 10 be the sole authorized ex-
FOUNDER OF the party creed on the tariff
question. a minority which has behind
il. pushing it on and keeping II up to
is work. the sharkish plutocrats Of the
East. who are greedy for larger profits.
and who do not care what becomes Of
the consumer or tho Republican party
so that they get the plunder-such
minority. 50 inspired by the free use OF
the words treason and traitors. by
the vague tcrrors Of the caucus and the
lash OF the party whip, has forced
faint-hearted majority. which had not
the courage Of lis convictions. TO betray
the interests OF its own constituents and
do the will Of the bull-dozers.
A majority of the Republican mem
beers Of the House know that the Mckin-
ley bill Is wrong as whole and in most
OF its parts. They know that its pas
sage will be unwelcome 10 their con-
stituonts and will work them gricvous
harp, and yet they voted for it They
did so in the hope that the Senate will
either shelye ito SO amend il as TO take
the wickedness out oft. They hoped far
ther that il those tactics which succeed.
ed in the House succeed in the Senate
and the bill passes there the President
will brain the abortion with his veto
How much better it would be for the
country and for themselves il these
Western members had less hope and
more courage. Had they the manhood
70 vote what they believed the Nation
would not have seen for the first
time in its history the spectacle in
time OF profound peace, with no impend.
ing hostilitics, with no heavy war debt
pressing down on the revenues. with
great surplus in the treasury. with an
OVERLOOKING revenue and no need for adj
ditional money, Of Congress passing
bill SO increasing the tariff duties as to
make them almost prohibitory and to
add hundreds Of millions year TO the
burdens OF American consumers when
they had for years been clamoring for
relief and declaring that the duties al
ready imposed on the N were too griev-
GUS to be borne.
This is what comes OF protection
majority allowing itself to be bulldozed
and overawed by tariff prohibition
minority which is seeking to impose on
the party a creed which IL has never
adopted. Chicago Tribune (Rep.).