The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-03
HE IS NO MOUTH-PIECE.
Mr.. Blaine Did Not Reflect the Presidents
Views on the Tariff.

Views on the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The Republicans
are very badly demorlized over their tariff
bill. The New York Tribune today attacks
Mr. Blaine because of his advocacy of re-
ciprocity with South America and limited
very broadly to the Premier that he should
let congress alone, and that he did not
know very much about the subject, any
way.
Considering that the Tribune has been
the faithful organ of Blaine for years, it's
attack on him today created sensation
among politicians of all parties in
Washington. The editor of the
Tribune, Whitelaw Reid, is our
Minister to Paris!by the grace of Mr.. Blaine
and that his paper should attack the sec.
rotary of state creates very general surprise
and establishment. The Democrats, of
course, are enjoying the fun with ghoulish
glee. The Republican papers and politicians
that are expected to treat both the president
ank Mr.. Blaine very courteously are finding
it nifficult to state the position of both gen.
tlomen without denying one of them.
The Democrats who have noticed that
.
until after the president had sent to both
houses OF the congress measure in which
he tried to express his doubt of the prac-
ticability of Mr.. Blaine's reciprocity pro-
gramme are wondering why it is Mr.. Blaine
that has chosen so inauspicious a time in
which to impress his views upon the SEN
ate. The house has declared for free sugar
The senate has approved of much that the
house did, and it is perfectly apparent that
1t will not be possible to secure reversal of
the decision arrived at by both houses.
Some of the Republicans who do not take
Mr.. Blaine's view of the advantages to be
secured by reciprocity treaties with the
southern hemisphere are talking privately
with good deal of spirit about the effort of
Mr.. Blaine to include the president with
himself in opposition to parts of the Nc
Kinley bill Mr.. Mckinley and the pres
dent have both permitted it to be known
today, and repeatedly for several days, that
the impression that the reports from Mr.. |
Blaine were creating was wrong. The presi- |
dent approved what Mr.. Mckinley has
done. Indeed, it is understood that he was
aware of whatwas proposed to be done with |
all the important schedules before the COM |
mittee Of ways and means had completed |
the schedules, and thatit was upon his ap- |
proval chat the duty on hides was not put |
in the bill.
There is disposition manifested by soma |
of the Democrats IN congress to regard the |
attitude of Mr.. Blaine as not unlike some |
of the Democratic revenue reformers. Like
them, he is disposed to regard the sugar |
dates as revenue duties and as useful for
any good purpose to which they can be put.
Theu he is for free lead ore. He is also for |
free wool by reciprocity, and the Democrats
do not see why freer trade would not be as
under the name of reciprocity
US under any other designation.
If an opportunity is given to
The Democrats in the house |
to discuss Mr.. Blaine's recon-
mendation, of which there is no dou't, he
may receive encouragement from the Demo
cratic side. The president has, for the first
time since he has been in the White House,
shown disposition in this matter to make
use of the newspapers to let it be known
exactly swhat his attitude is toward the
tariff bill of the house and the senate. He
does not want TO have anybody get the i'm
preston that Mr.. Blaine is speaking for
him, and he says, fiat footed, that he is for
The bill as it passed the house.