Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-16
stlNiug Debate.

The Republican leaders In the House
have contended that the tariff debate
cannot be advantageously prolonged
aud they have ordered II to cease on
Wednesday next at noon. The major
ity of the body has achieved entire con-
troll Of the proceedings by their rules
and their speakers interpretations Of
them, and the minority has to take just
what liberty Is given them and be con-
tent. The Republican bosses having
made up their minds that their party
should pass the Mckinley bill
without amendment, 1t Is just rs well
that the vote should bs reached
at once the debate will not affect
the result, and the time for taking the
popular will will come afterward. Here
debate will not be stified and here the
truth will make an impression. The
speech which Mr.. Butterworth made
ESCAPED the strenuous efforts Of the
Republican leaders to strangle II. They
are heartily of opinion that Its utter.
ance was a mistake. But the general
sense of the country Is that 1t came
nearer to exposing the exact truth upon
the tariff than any speech delivered upon
either side. 1t was an expression largely
outside of party lines and feeling. IT
was the effort of sensible Republican
to tell his honest conviction upon the
question of tariff protection, and he told
It with q party bias, it is true, but with
out party malice. 1t will make deep
impression upon the country and under
its objection the Mckinley tariff bill has
a hopeless chance Of popular approval.
The discovery Of Mr.. ingalls, use Of the
sermon OF Massillon will have the good
effect of turning attention TO masterpiece
of French literature and one Of the most
impressive and forcible of arguments for
the Immortality of the soul.
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WITH Won MCltke as backer the new
chancellor, Caprivi, can get about as much
money for the army as Bismarck could have
secured, but the military bill brought for
ward by the government seems to have
been comparatively moderate measure,
providing only for an increase OF eleven
thousand mon and iifty -four batteries. The
French army will, by recent increase. have
seventeen thousand more men aud five
thousand more horses. On peace footing
France will have under arms 520,5iS men
and n, 1884 officers.
The German government recently caused
TO be published extensively the following
Official figures, showing the military ex-
penditure of the great powers during the
past three years: France, a little more than
five milliard marks "a milliard Is a thous-
and million and mark about twenty-five
| cents); Russia, three milliards and quar-.
| ter; Great Britain, two and one hall mil.
liards Italy, one and one-quarter milliards
| Austro- Hungary, nearly one and one-hal
milliards, and Germany, 2,430, ,0O0,0 90,
marks.
| A VETERAN Republican leader in In
diana Is Mr.. John Overinyer who has servot
In the tho Legislature, AS speaker Of thu
| House, has been secretary of the Seiate
chairman OF the Republican state commit
tee and delegate TO tho national convention
of 1888. This gentleman has raised a breez,
in Indiana by the following explanation
Of his political position: ~ have not changed
at all. Tho Republican party or its leader
have changed and discovered a new theory
which we knew nothing of formerly an,
which is not Republican In principal ut all
The issue Of high protection IL n new on
and was not heard of and made no issue u
to 1850. II may be said the tariff issue wa
raised In 1876. AZ to that the Democrat
platform came out square for n tariff 70
revenue only, but tho campaign switches
of on other grounds, Conkling in q mas
terly speech making the bloody shirt th
issue in 1850. The Republican platform
declared for incidental protection, but nov
you see the Mckinley bill Is for protection
with the incidental or no revenue at all
They care none for tho revenue. Cleve
land was right. and the Mills bill was
very moderate measure ana will soon be y
considered generally"
The party of surplus distribution an
high taxes may find the ground slippin
| from under them in Indiana.