Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-03-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CURRENT DISCUSSION AND NEWS
AT THE CAPITOL

Brice not Aiding Hni-Chairman springer's
Dark Room Annex-New Third Party
Pension Bureau getting the Annual In-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Report the
Bill to Amend the naturalization Laws
MIR. Reed the Most Popular Man In WASH
ington-Senator Proctor's Proposed
Amendment to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and Comments.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Mar. L., 1892
A hot debate Oh the policy and effects
of reciprocity broke forth in the senate
Thursday. Mr.. Hale's resolution of
January 10, calling for copies of the reci-
procity treaties made undo the last tariff
act, was taken up, and Mr.. Vest Intro
duced an amendment asking the secretary
of state to inform the senate what had
been done about negotiating reciprocity
treaty with Mexico. and addressed the
senate in reply to Mr.. Hale that the dis
cussion of the question wOuli become
the leading issue in the coming campaign
Reciprocity with the South American
states has been tminently successful and
oi"V 9"eeSeS nao W.. oio"SHv "oouo W
the iact tnat tnose states produce tropl-
Cal fruits which do not enter into COM
petition with the farm products of the
United S ates, and that of itself favored
and even necessitated reciprocal COM
mercial intercourse. But with this in its
favor, he would undertake to show that
in the months of reciprocity with Brazil,
the largest of the South American states.
so far from there having been an in
crease OF Exports Oh farm products from
tne Ohl'eo o.ates' there nao peen de-
crease OF such EXPORTS ana mat the only
increase 10 exports from TINS country to
brsZll We're IN agricultural implements
ana mac' merry on whlcn brazll ana not
cuatge nuly oelore. MI. vest denied
thac !he democratic party Is opposed to
poIcy OF reclproclsy;l 1t is only opposed
to sham reciprocity, and he arrangement
farmer IN the least. In reply, Mr.. Hale
said that he did not propose to be drawn
into general discussion of the weak
ness or merits of the Mckinley tariff bill,
which he believed to be sound, strong,
good measure, and the sense of it's merits
would increase the longer our citizens
studied it. He said he was not at all
surprised al the opposition of the senator
from Missouri to all reciprocal measures,
as the school of thought in which he and
his Democratic colleagues had been
reared from childhood did not believe in
reciprocity with countries which could
furnish articles not produced in the
United States. but what they believed in
and wanted was absolute and simon-pure
free trade. He went on to show that
the imports of flour alone into Cuba
since the reciprocity treaty vent into
effct had increased from 2720 bags 10
1880 to 62,371 bags in 1891 +; while the
imports from Spain had fallen from 49,
$50 bags in 1890 to none in 1891. The
Republican party started the reciprocity
scheme with good faith and believed in
1t. 1t Is doing good work and if it is
to benefit the country the senator from
Missouri (Vest) ought to support it in
stead of belittling it and prophesying
evil and bankruptcy from it.
The following editorial appears in
The Lima Ohio Times, the local Democrat
ic organ, which is particularly friendly to
Senator Brice: "There seems to be
determination on the part of certain
Ohloans and others from other states than
New ork to draw Senator Brice promi-
nenCiy INTO Cne Hlll-CleVeiano HSnC as
from the truth. Senator Brice has taken
no part in the contest, because he be-
lieves it is matter for the people to
settle. The tripartite alliance of which
he is charged with being member ex-
lists only in the imagination of some
nolitical fanatics who think the moment
8 mon ohtoins INCONVENIENCE in no1;t;o, no
ne ot,,aam,, Ponnnoo al - 60
nusC ua1ula.ly pecvne u1slouesC. Aslu y
from the !acC tnaC ne Will not DelleVe IL
right for him to take on semblance of a
dictator after the manner of Quay, it
would be the height Of fOllv for him TO
ollv himsalf IN the side Of either of the
o.aDo+iannan NOW nrono;non+lu ,Mont;onaJ
sou H w p nr:nOy :-e
tiOn The chances AGAINST the success
OF either Is not less IMAM SIX TO one, ana
declaration for either would be little
removed from political suicide for any
one occupying the position of Mr.. Brce
as chairman Of the Democratic national
oornn,;ttoo ond saot in tho limited
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