The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
LAWRENCE 7. NEAL TALKS.
OTHER QUESTIONS THAN THE TAR
IFF CAUSED DEFEAT IN OHIO.
The Democratic Leader Crfticises the
Administration for Suspending PEN
sions-LiI<es the Wilson Bill But Not
the PrOvisO Concerning Sugar.

COLUMBUS. O., Dec 6-The Hon.
Lawrence T. Neal, defeated by Mr. Nc
Kinley, and the author of the plank in
the democratic platform to the effect that
protective tariff is unconstitutional, has
been approached repeatedly since the
election 10 say something about public
affairs, but only consented today TO talk
about the Wilson bill. He said
Il have not examined in detail the
provisions of the bill, but the bill as a
whole. with the exception Of the provision
relating to the bounty on sugar. meets
with my hearty approval. / feel graft
fed that the democratic members of the
ways and means committee had the
+ courage to prepare such a bill, but am
sorry that they felt constrained TO make
any concession whatever on the sugar
question. 1 hope the bill will be speedily
passed by both houses of congress, but
that it will be so amended before its
passage as to repeal outright the pro-
visions Of the Mckinley law authorizing
the payment of the bounty of cents
per pound on sugar. The payment of
such bounty is radically wrong and I
am not in favor of palliating a wrong.
or recognizing it even for limited
I
save to the people the $4,000. 900 now an
nually paid as bounty to the sugar pro-
ducers Of the country. 1 especially COM
mend the bill putting coal. iron ore,
lumber and wool upon the free list"
do you consider the bill I'm accord
with the tariff plank Of the Chicago
platform written by yourself?"
Il do with the exception I have
named. l regard it as step we'll taken
in fulfllment of the pledge made to the
people by the democratic party in that
platform.
"A failure to enact this bill or some
! bill tending to reduce the tariff to a rev.
enue basis into a law in the near future
will. in my judgment, impair the strength
of the democratic party and endanger
! its prospects for retaining control of the
| government"
Mr.. Neal said it was absurd to claim
that Ohio in the late election indorsed
the Mckinley law. The people were
| controlled in their final action by other
| questions
''Ninety-five per cent of all changes in
votes from the democratic to the repub-
| lican party can be charged to the PEN
sion question. and for this the admin
| lSlIdllON dl w dSDtlEAOn Was uletllA re-
| sponsible. The action of the pension de-
! partment in the matter OF suspensions
| was utterly indefensible. The demo-
cratic party to regain the confidence Of the
! old soldiers and pensioners must do that
! which ought to have been done years
| ago. pass "A service pension law giving
a pension to every honorably discharged
union soldier. Such a law will forever
| take the pension question out Of poll
| tics. The sooner ii is passed the better
THE new order known the A. +. A.
was the factor that most largely con-
tributed to the change i'm the votes Of
| the remaing ; per cent. Of democrats who
voted the republican ticket. The princi-
/ pal cause of the large stay-at-home
vote i'm the democratic party was the
general dissatisfaction and disguest with
the action Of President Cleveland and
his subordinates in retaining republicans
in office and keeping democrats out
Ninety per cent of the democrats who
stayed at home did so l am satisfied on
this account
THE delay in the senate in acting on
the silver bill, the closing of factories
and depressed agricultural interests and
! kindred causes Influenced the other 10
| per cent of the non-democratic voters
That the tariff was not the principal fac
,or IS shown by the fact that it, as a
reported free trader, received 400 or
4,S00 more votes than any other candi-
date on the democratic ticket"