Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent. }
Washington July %, 1892

I1uIEin lOF IcpttDllCdu pcfSSlclCS
1t has won another great victory
over the Anticipated ideas of mess
backed democracy, and compelled a
majority of the House to uphold the
National honor by voting for the
Worlds Fair appropriation. Let
10 one forget that had itnot been for
the persistency Of the republican Sen
ate in demanding that the House
pass that appropriation and the vO-
tcs of the solid republican member
ship Of that body aided by progress
sive anti-HOlman dem Ocrats the eX-
position in which the President had
by the direction off Congress invited
the nations of the world to parrish
pate would have been crippled if not
entirely ruined, by the democratic re-
fusal to render it national financial
aid Everyone of the lO7 votes in the
House against the Worlds Fair APP
preparation was cast by a democrat,
or by an third party man
and the fillibusterers all belong to the
same crowd.
The same spirit which prompted
the votes and the fillibuStering
against the Worlds Fair appropria-
ton controlled the House when it
struck out the Senate amendment to
the Sundry Civil bill, providing for
the purchase OF q site for new gov
eminent printing office.
Decent democrats were so ashamed
of the cowardly attack upon Commits
sioner Raum contained in the Enloe
resolution asking for Gen. Raums dis
missial from office on evidence that
had been fully cOntrOvered, that
they refused to aid in bringing it to a
vote in the House, and the miserable
tizzel was ended.
Cairman Carter, OF the National
committee had an extended conference
ing to the general conduct of the
campaign.
Senator Aldrich, ofRhode Island, de
livcred one of his calm, conservative
and convincing speeches this week, on
the report of the committee which
has been engaged in investiga ting the
effect of the tariff on the cost OF liy-
ing and wages in this country and
Great Britain. He began by sta
teinG that the lines were more
sharply drawn in the present cam
paign than ever before, the republi-
cans favoring q continuance OF the
protective tariff, and the democrats
dcnOuncing protection as a fraud and
as being unconstitutional. He gave
notice that the friends OF protection
proposed waging an aggressive war
fare upon the revolutionary doctrines
ished by democratic leaders, arc now
for the first time openly avowed. He
then recited the democratic state
ments-misstateme would have
better expressed the idea-maGe dur
ing the last Congressional campaign
charging that the Mckinley tariff
law would result in greatly increa-
sing the cost of living in this country,
This charge has been completely re-
futed by the nOn-partisian investiga-
ton of the Senate committee, OF
which Mr.. Aldrich was chairman
and Senators Carlisle and Harris the
democratic members, which shows
that since 1890 there has been Il stea-
dy decline in the cost of living in the
United States and an increase in
Great Britain, and that at no time
in our history has the earnings OF
measured by their power to purchase
the comforts and necessaries OF life.
as they are to-day.
Senator Vest made week attempt
to reply, using the Homestead labor
troubles as an argument against pro
lection. and asserting that the value
of farming lands had deteriated I'M
der protection, which assertion
brought instant denialS. as to their
own States, from a number OF repub
lican Senators, including Paddock
of Nebraska, Davis. of Minnesota
and pettigrew. of North Dakota.
If Senator Palmer, of illinois. ism
careful he will get himself drummed
out OF the democratic party. He so fan
forgot the policy OF that party. the
other day, as to say ON the floor OF
the Senate, that he did not believe
the republican party was responsible
for such events as the Honest ead
tragedy.
The unanimous vote by which the
Senate confirmed the nomination oi
Mr. George ShiraS Jr., to be associate
Justice OF the Supreme Court, proof
positave that the Washington sensa
ton mongcrs had been engaged in