Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-12-15

apparent, as u VIII from the time they
take control cf Congress AMI the gov
eminent, that the cam Jaign promises
they made are impossible aud impracti-
cable. There is no gong behind the
increase Of PSI per cent in the wealth of
the country since it passed under the
control Of the republican party, an in
crease unparalleled by the history of
any country in the world But the
parts Of The message thai hurts the
democrats tie most are those which tell
them ttat in accordance with their
promises ,hey are exoectd to over
throw the protective system AMI inagu-
rate a tarriff for revenue only, and that
teirogression in the prosperity OF The
country win be 8 crime; they do NOT
I ike to be reminded Of those things.
The restrictions upon fraudulent vot-
I ing. in tie present federal election laws
are few enough and weak enough, but
the democrats are in such an almighty
hurry 20 remove them that forgetting
tue present republican majority in the
Senate bill has already been intro
dueed in both House and Senate 10
repeal them all. Senator Hoar truly
says that when these laws are repealed
'all that will be necessar} in great
cities like New York and Chicago. and
in many of the States. will be for the
democratic managers, before an cleo
ton. to declare what majority they
desired, and such majority will be re-
turned. 1t would seem, if this policy is
to be carried out, to be pity to put
the people to the expense of an cleo
ton. The democrats are figuring
through the repeal of these laws to con-
tinue in power indefinitely. They cal
culaie upon permanent solid south
and large enough manufactured vote
in New York, Chicago and other cities
to give them permanent control of a
majority of the electoral college What
a beginning for the great democratic
era of reform, and how pleasing must
be the prospect TO those who have al
lowed themselves to believe that any
thing good or wholesome could come
from Il party with such record as the
democratic party has.
circumstances alter cases" in poll
tics as in every thing else. The very
democratic Congressman who talked
widely about impeaching Secretar,
Foster when he says that if it becomes
necessary he would not hesitate to use
a portion of the 800. 100000 gold re-
serve fund in the Treasury to meet the
obligations of the government, are now
themselves saying that if there is
deficit in the Treasury after 1t passes
under democratic control this reserve
fund can be used to make it up.
There appears to be good many
democrats in Congress who have such
short memories that they have already
forgotten that they declared in their
national platform and upon the stump
that protection to American industries
was unconstitutional. Some of them
favor protection secretly. others openly
Among the latter is Representative
Boatner of Louisiana. who saws of the
tariff bill to be prepared by his party;
There should be incidental protection
for certain American industries, and |
believe that President elect Cleveland
will make known when the proper time
cones that he favcrs this system of
tariff.
The republican Senators held a con.
ference this week, not to decide upon
anything, but merely for an exchange
of views as to what policy they should
follow in dealing with the legislation of
the session, One of the subjects dis
cussed was whether the House bills for
the admission of Arizona and New
Mexico, now on the Senate calendar,
should be passed. No conclusion was
reached, as there were quite number
of Senators who had not made up their
minds on the subject. 1t will not be
surprising if later conference shall
decide to take up and pass these bills.
1t may be set down as certain that
there will be no tariff legislation of any
kind at this session, there is no disa
greement with the President in believ-
ing that the proper course is to leaye
the tariff in its entirety for the demo.
cratic Congress to wrestle with.
1t is probable that the Presidents
recommendations Tor additional re-
strictions on immigration and for the
establishment Of national quarantine
viii BE acted upon at this session.
Bills looking thereto have been intro
duced in both House asd Senate
There are indications that Canada