Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-24
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the burdens it imposed. But like all
oppressorS, il grew more and more cN'
acting. sudac;ons aud blind until the
patient jade tired out. and is now in II
state OF rebellion.
For many years the farmer has
starved himself to fatlcn the proiec-
zionist, assured that there would come
a b~utchcring time when this outlay
would return. lie has followed the
ignis fatuus ofspccions arguments and
alluring promises that this burden
would be removed. lie has been how
cred over aid tondlcd by pickpock-
cts, who distracted him with pro-
hihition OF whiskcy while he was
robbed. But, while the population
doubled in number farms diminished
one half in value. While the farmer
paws double for all the ucccSSarics Tor
farm use and consumption his own
products are reduced in price, and his
eyes are opening. The proicciionists,
too, see that their ship is sinking, and
the instructive rats have already COM
mcnccd TO leave.
rhcy had Il bad fright the other day
when Mr.. Buttcrworth deserted.
| They arc fast losing in the North and
West, but to gainta temporary respite
arc about to exercise their brain and
money from their present vantage
ground of power, infcttercd by scru-
piles add bold with the success o flong-
practiccd deception, Protection, Of
course is the soul and prep of the re-
pablicau party. and the means sought
TO perpctuatc it is a federal election
law, IT is not concealed that it is a
purely partisan measure bnt the fol.
lowing by Speaker Reed at n recent
banquet explains the matter conciscly.
'Thc only wise course is 10 take into
federal hands the federal elections.
Let us cut loose from the state cleo
tions; do our own registration, our
own counting, II own certilication.
Then the nation will be satisfied. The
Southern states can by themselves
grapple with the problem whether q
state can permanently cnthrone injus.
tice, Freed from all right of interfer-
ference from the North, within their
own state rights they will have the
power for which they have longed, the
power to work out their own peculiar
problem themselves"
So the G O. p. cares nothing for the
negro whose wrongs it has been her
aiding so loud, They may be bullicd
and cheated and murdered as it has
been claimed they have been treated
heretofore at State elections; just SO
that their votes arc recorded for pro-
lection high tariff and the republican
party in the federal contests. For
greater security Senators Sherman,
IIoar and others advocate making the
tenure of election officers for life.
Others wish to charge the judiciary
with this dntv: hut so far no n has
been able 10 devise any practical Dill
that didn't run counter to the consti.
tuition. This additional election will
involve an extra expense of ten or fiji.
teen millions, but tho tariff men and
salaricd officials will regard that as a
small sum well appropriated if it ans
wcrs their purpose.
In the House the tariff debate last
week was no better than a squabblc,
the amendments being regularly voted
down as they were offered. In the
Senate Mr.. Teller d~cnouccd The Win.
dom silver bill in vigorous terms and
PROMISED That witl:frcc coinage wheat
'would go up to $l.lo. lie didn't say
that it would go to that price in Liver.
pool. where the worlds price is made,
but virtually confessed that imitation
was the object. This billwill be voted
on "Wednesday and will pass the House
all right. But wait until It gets TO the
Senate. Senator Allison is waiing for
it. The west will show its teeth. lie
says that he is profoundly convinced
that the conditions have changed, and
will handle the Mckinley bill so that
the author wont know it, when he
sees II.
AT an evening session Of the House
last Wednesday :l39 private pension
bills were passed. AS these claims are
invariably first rejected for want of
satisfactory proof, after careful EXAM
nation by the Pension Bureau il
would seem that the House had devcl
oped n remarkable capacity for bust
ness, to dispose Of so great an amount
| of il i'm so short a time.
At n joint meeting of the Senate and
IIonsc committee on migration, II. j.
Dciley made an argument in favor of
the bill to restrict migration reported
TO the committee. lie is secretary of
the American Defense Association
which Inns a membership Of 100000
who approve the bill.
Representative O'Neil, Of Mass, in
troduced a bill IN the House. amenda.
tory Of the Contract Labor law, in.
creasing the penalty for the violation
Of The law TO $500 forfeit, now imposed,
The Government has decided to
send back at its own expense 81 Chi.
namen who were struggled through
Mexico. II was feared that il they
were sent back TO Mexico they would
be allowed to find their way back hero
again.