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

Ths NH Passed the other Day Con-
denied ~ Western Republicans

aemed ny Western Republicans.
Tho Mckinley bill 10 reduce the
revenue by increasing taxation Il
drawn TO relieve the discomfort Of the
capitalists. but the inevitable result Is
TO broaden. deepen and embitter the
discomfort Of the people.
This discontent finds only an occa'
sivnai expression In the House OF Rep
rcsentativeA The Democrats have for
all practical purposes been excluded
from debate. No adequate discussion
Of the monstrous measure OF taxation
has been possible in the face Of Reeds
ruling and McKinley's demands Now
and then some Republican frees his
mind as Butterworth did. as Me-
Kenna did and as Henderson did. but
these outbreaks. instead Of warning
Mckinley OF danger ahead. determine
him TO 80 on regardless u the here
after.
But the debate Of the bill continues
in the public press. and before the pcc-
Pile. The working-men and the farmers
are manifestiny a new interest in the
subject and they will make themselves
heard in the next House.
The Chicago Tribune is the leading
Republican newspapers Of the Northwest.
During the campaign Of i>ss 1t declared
that the Republican platform meant a
revision and reduction OF the tariff.
1t insisted that the words used by Me-
kinley in the platform were to be taken
only in Pickwickian sense. and that
the interests Of the producing classes
would be entirely safe in the hands Of
the Republican party
"Things hcy changed" since 1ssA
Mr.. Mckinley, who wrote the platform.
has interpreted IL BY his tariff bill. IL
Is useless for the Tribune to squirm;
the bill means exactly what the plat
form meant. except that il does not
abolish the whisky and tobacco taxes.
Otherwise NcKinley's bill consists
beau titully. line by line. with Mckin-
ley's platform; il is as big as life and
twice as natural" In every line there
is robbery. and the two combined. the
platform and the bill. are an open def
ance OF public opinion and denial Of
the ordinary rights Of property
Our Chicago contemporary Is alarmed
at the results OF its own work. Ii
brought Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin to
the support Of the Mckinley platform.
but II denounces in the most bitter
terms the Mckinley bill. The Tribune
declares that the new tariff schedule will
advance ten per cent the price 81 such
neccssar.es Of life a. clothing. leather.
tinware. carpets, cutlery. hardware and
tools This advance in price results in
taxing the consumer s.3.. $50. 900. as
against a reduction in sugar OF SO. 000.-
600. The Tribune should see that from
this sugar reduction we must dedu a
bounty Of -. 500 600. 70 be paid TO the
sugar planter. and Sia. 500. 900 bonus paid
to the sugar rcfner. or so. 900. 900 in all.
We have, therefore. these figures:
Higher prizes 80 .eaAnO
Sugar duties ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. JA-oue0
Ioral....,..- .......--... s->s $4,000
This is the actual amount Of increased
taxation i'm posed by the bill. Contem-
plating these figures the Tribune ex-
claims Indignantly:
And there are Republican Western mem
bers. oyerawed and tcrrorized BY violent,
greedy. rapacious minority. who are thinking OF
voting for this bill under the caucus lash.
which viii transfer tens of millions from the
pockets Of their constituents TO those OF East
ern manufactures who already have all the
protection they need or more. How will these
Western members justify their betrayal OF
Western interests when they get home among
constituents whom they have helped TO rob.
They would do wisely TO think Of that before
they vote
IF they have lost al sense OF right and wrong
have they also lost all political sense, Can not
they see that by pass ng this bill they are play
ing directly into the hands OF the Democrats.
that the opposition OF the latter TO the abomi-
nable bill is formal and that they long TO have
II pass in order that this fall they may 90 be-
fore the consumers and exultantly explain to
them the tariff revision and reduction Of their
political opponentss These Western Repub-
leans elected as protectionists should hesitate
long before they abandon their party creed and
become tarin prohbitionists'
Had the Tribune been as fair and
frank in lsss. when discussing the Nc
kinley platform as 1t Is now in dis
cussing the Mckinley bill, the betrayal
OF Western interests would not have
been possible. The bill simply fulflls
the promise OF the platform. One was a
dream; the other is an actual condition;
together they are ''the riot OF the tjpsy
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