Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-29


men in the state deeply interested IN hay
ing the present unjust law, enacted by
republican legislature. corrected.
No BETTER example than our sugar |
tariff legislation can be given of the con- |
trasting policy of our two national parties. |
The one-tle tariff reformers-deprecate
taxation except for the necessities of the |
government; the other, the ''protection-
lists, abhor il unless it is in the shape of
bounties TO favored monop)ies. The
Mills bill was entitled IAN act to reduce
taxation" the Mckinley bill is appropri
ateIy entitled IAN act to reduce revenue.
UNCLE Hon TAYLOR didn't propose to
get entangled in the republican convention
so he found it convenient to linger in the
west inspecting woods in ii private
car on a pass at 10 cents mile
while Hoard Rublee and Payne
squirmed about in vain endeav0r to pro-
duce platform on which their poor old
party might walk into power Hoard's
subtleness ~ this particular strongly
smacks Of a lingering ambition ON his
part for gubernatorial honors.
1HE canvass in Pennsylvania is becom-
ing very interesting, State Senator Emery,
who made II number of serious charges
against Delamatcr before his nomination
by the republicans, has joined the ranks
of the independent republicans, support
ing Mr. Pattson, the democratic nominee.
He declares his readiness to substantiate
every charge be- has made As Delamater
is Quay : man Friday, 1t will not be sur
prising if Senator Emery makes good all
he has said Republicans are hocking to
Pattison standard every day, and though
he may not win the republican majority
will be- cut down to a very narrow mar
gin.
Quay carries his point The tariff bill
is to be passed The force bill goes over
till De, cmber he meaning of this is
that the few bcneGciarles of the tariff are
eager TO he getting the rich haul which
its extorti0n viii enable them 10 take in.
There are millions IN it for the Pennsy-
vania mill'onuircs and those millions are
to come from the farmers, laborers and
the n-manulacturing classes. Quay
wants that bill made law before the
whirIy nd Of wrath comes that is to smash
flat the republican party this fall. lie knows
that with the law IN force the tariff will
stand though the people are unanimous III
.ursing it, until the senate can be reyoIu-
tionized, and the few for whom it is made
can reap colossal fortunes before it is dis ,
turbed
TnosE admirers of MIR Blaine who are
considering him the sole inventor of his
reciprocity plan, and plunging into all
sorts Of cxtravagauces in consequence,
would do we'll to remember that the prin-
ciplc Of the plan has fought It's way to the
popular favor now manifested against the
stoutcst opposition of Blaine; and the
plan itself is much older than his ad-
vocacy of it, They treat Senator
Edmunds resolution regarding the
sugar duties as showing the conversion I
Of the Vermont enator' to Blaine pol
icy. and remarkably significant because
of his wclllno yn personal dislike of
Blaine But as the New York Times
points out, Edmunds introduced a resou-
tion precisely similar to this more than
two years ago when Blaine was shouting
mt the top of his voice against letting down
any of the bars to foreign trade Instead
Of converting the Vermont senator, Blaine
may have been converted by him
TIE DELUGE OF PENSIONS.
The New York Tribune is nightly
alarmed at the rush for pensions under the
free for all bill put through this congress.
Ii SAYS the opportunity for granting pen
sions to unworthy applicants and upon
wholly insufficient evidence Is enormously
increased. One case, which it declares
to be typical of Il large class. is given
as illustrating the case with which
an unworthy and fraudulent claimant
may be placed upon the roll of honor,
even after the commissioner of pensions
and the secretary of the interior himself
have denied the application In the IN
stance mentioned the approval OF three
subordinates was accepted rs setting aside
the secretary veto, and in the words of
the Tribune, pension was allowed to the
tune of several hundreds of dollars from
the date of the soldiers discharge, and
pension for life was granted
The claim agents are in clover. Pen
sions to be got for the asking, The least
worthy were first to apply. The claims
outnumber all expectations.
The G,t under which this deluge of pen
sions pours out of the bureau, like the
dam-hurst of he Conem2ugh pond is the
same act substantially that Mr.. Cleveland
vetoed amid the applause of nearly every
leading republican organ in the country.
1t was promised to the soldiers hy the re-
puhlcans, as I'm inducement for their sup
port Of Harrison II is causing vast
flood of money to flow from the treasury.
rs the payment of this hribe. No wonder
the organs stand appalled, at the magni-
tude and recklessneSS Of this out pour of
money.
Oar foreign market for breddSt,frs |
gror$ Hd,rotctr. Great Britain is c.rcyt- |
ing ererg perrC to secure her bread sup |
plies from India, and the rapid crpdn
sion Of the chcat AREA ia Russia qireS rs |
pe,cc,1id competitor in the markets Of |
EUROPE II becomes rs, therefore, to use
erc,g opportunity for the ertemSion Of oar
mark,t on both Of the Ame,ricdH continents.
Secretary Blaine's letter TO Senator
Frye.
Rcpudiates all Republican Measures.
St. Paul Pioneer Press, (repl: The
Wisconsin republican convention adopted
a platform which is signihcant-and will
probably be more significant 10 the Mckin-
Ieyites than to any other tlasS-for its
omissions Ii makes not the slightest
alusion to the tariff bill but does speak,
and approvingly, too, of the proposed