Sharp County record., 1890-06-26
KING CAUCUS TRnInn
Republican Tariff Reformo.
Vote Their Honest AffalA

Republican Tariff -Reforr
Vote Their Honest sentInasii,,aI
, During the debate on the Mae.
bill Mr.. Benjamin Butterwo.%.SS %Ski'sI Z
Of Cincinnati said: WI" Re-
Iregret that tine members q, -,
means committee have taken n. '1e sar 4,
time Of the House with amendrI.aai a,i 'ne liz
clusion Of that free conference btss wSjas 70 tas
sary. We have not had time to 'su asau Sasrsss,
sensus OF opinion even on this sido o'vure WI. D
to enable US to legislate intelIisouU..,N :. Ne b.,
good CT the country. Iregret tba, ,Ia'9 tG
measure should be seeminp,y ~, :. ~ ), lnpctn
Of minority OF majority, for d. do ua. ,rs s'',a
that the ark Of the Republican coOvo0 on lu' ltia
by any high demand Of the Rennh,Slaa RI,saaai u
placed in the keeping of few. aa Nqk
This is true. 1t is a caqo =,
minority, active, energetic srS ~IS'e
scrupulous, under the control S .
Eastern manufacturers, has cce,,., y
dragooned a disunited, inert my my
each of whose members wanted =.
to fail and each of whom was af,,a %
vote against it. A disciplined miD.a. %
claiming to be the sole autbo,i,0,
pounder of the party creed on tba
question, a minority which has l.si ~
it, pushing it on and keeping II y.
its work, the sharkish plutocrats =. y
East, who are greedy for larger n',,l 7
and who do not care what becOms, @
the consumer Or the Republican ~, !
so that they get the plunde--spp'a. ny
minority, so inspired by the free ma
the words treason and "traitOn'S i
the vague terrors of the caucus and . !,
lash of the party whip, has fO,r.i x
faint-hearted majority, which had \.
the courage of its convictions, to bat.
the interests of its own constituents \ h
do the will of the bull-dozers. =
A majority of the Republican ma, d
bers of the House know that the McTt q
ley bill is wrong as a whole and iOnr /,
of its parts. They know that its NJ 4
sage will be unwelcome to tbei, NJ II
stituents and will work them gre,r, 4
! harp, and yet they voted for it tn,
did so in the hope that the Senate !,
either shelve it or so amend it as nhb
the wickedness out of it. They hopdin
ther that if those tactics which succA.
ed in the House succeed in the SEMI
and the bill passes there the presint
will brain the abortion with his vpn
How much better it would be trs.
country and for themselves If NM
Western members had less hOOen
more courage. Had they the msnhu
to vote what they believed the Nsts p
would not have seen for the h
time in its history the spectacle h
time of profound peace, with no imwi
ing hostilities, with no heavy ward
pressing down on the revenues, with
great surplus in the treasury with. e
overfowing revenue and no need tGl
ditional money, of Congress passg 4
bill so increasing the tariff duties N
make them almost prohibitory anil 4
add hundreds of millions year toll Z,
burdens of American consumes VIII (,
they had for years been clamonlg q
relief and declaring that the dutisl
ready imposed on them were too E7
Gus to be borne.
This is what comes of protects
majority allowing itself to be buldn "A
and overawed by a tariff prohibits
minority which is seeking to impm n
the party a creed which it has N4
adopted. Chicago Tribune (Repl