Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-13
MAsnrNsroN. Sept. 9. 1890.

But when the Southern Senators asked
for an amendment 10 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. This is Just tho
sort of sectional legislation that has
created a ''solid South" and as long as
the one continues the other is likely TO
remain. Ii is n bad rule that does not
work both ways.
The anti.l,ecd republicans, and there
are lots fem, arc kicking" vigorous
", because they say that the Repnbii.
can Congressional Campaign commit
tee is being used to boom The Speaker
for the Presidency. There is no Ion
| ger any doubt of Reeds having SHE'D
his castor into the Presidential ring,
and the weaker candidates, including
Mr., Harrison, arc becoming panic.
stricken AT the prospect. They fear
the power of the big man from Maine
whose shadow is beginning to obscure
all of thcm. The democrats would ask
nothing better than Reeds nomina-
ton; they believe that an ovcrwhclm'
ing majority Of the people ofth's c"tn-
try are opposed 10 the un-Amcrican
methods by which he has tyrannized
over The House of Representatives.
This week will see the outrageous
one, sided traih bill passed by the Sen
ate. A number of the republican Sen
ators have shown a temporary spirit
OF independence in voting against sec
tions of the bill which Disseminated
against their constituents; but their
courage ended there, and through fear
of the party lash they will s%tultity
themselves by voting for it as a whole.
The reciprocity amendment is 4 dclu.
sion and a snare, and is only recipro-
city in name, Us experience will DEM
opstratc, 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
mcnt by the consumers of the United
States Of the money contributed by
protected manufacturers during the
last Presidential campaign to the re-
publican corruption fund, Fortunate.
ly tho voters of the country will have
IN opportunity in November Of eX-
pressing their opinion of such meth
DDS,
Representative Breckenridge, of ar.
kansas, has been illegally and unjustly
deprived of his scat in the House, but
as he expressed it in the closing words
Of his speech 81 take al 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 rcbuke the meth
DDS by which you reached that con-
! clueiom."
me scnnual plies up on Commis.
stones OF Pensions Raum, but he docs
not resign, nor do his superiors in Of.
flee give any sign of asking for his
resignation, although common dceccn-
cy should have caused them to do so
as soon as he unblushingly acknowl-
edged having borrowed $4,000 on
notes endorsed by pension attorney
Lemon, But there is worse to come.
lie has been engaged in some business
transactions worse than the rcfrigera.
tor company, Of which II of his
wculd.be udges- Representative Smy-
ser Of Ohio, is a large stock holder,
and Representative Cooper, who first
formulated the charges, is in possess
sion OF the facts, and he intends to see
to it that the public has them, cven ii
the republicans on tho withdrawing
committee shall refuse to investigate
them.
The speech of Representative Ken.
ncdy, an Ohio republican, charging
Senator Quay with being q fcl II and
a modern Judas !scariot, may have
been strictly true-many people believe
that it was-but the floor of the lIouee
was no place for it TO be made, and It
would have been well had the House
adopted the resolution expclling Ken
nedy which Representative Boatncr Of
Louisiana prepared, but was dissuadod
by his democratic colleagues from IN
Producing, The speech will. it is said,
be "rcyiscd" before it is printed in the
Congressional Record, but that is no
p~alhatlon of the otfcnsc against good
manners committed by Kennedy. An
expulsion or two would have a won
dcrful effect upon the manner of tho
House.
The conference report Oh the River
and IIarbor bill has been adopted by
the House, but il is hardly probable
that the Senate will act upon 1t before
next week,
Secretaries Windham and Tracy edo
not speak as they pass by" because OF
tho assignment of a naval officer by
the latter against the wishes of the for
mer, to certain duties In connection
with tho Light House service.
Senator Edmunds has not up TO
date called up his recess resolution.
There will be a lively time when he
docs.
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