Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-26

tfrom our Regular Correspondent,

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"Protection for all, or for none.
That is the motto the Republicans il
the House have inscribed upon thu
banner under which they will make
the tariff fight. After careful consid'
Grafton they have como to the con
clusion that 1t would not be fair &c
the interests Of the thousands who
will be deprived Of protection by the
Cleveland tariff bill. should it ever
become q law, for them to vote with
the fifty or sixty Democratic Repre-
sentatives who are trying to get pro-
lection for certain industries in their
respective districts, by amending the
bill They will wsrk to defeat, not
10 amend the bill. II the dissatis-
fed Democrats are patriotic enough
to vote with them against the entire
bill, we'll and good; II not, let their
constituents take their dose Of free
trade along with the rest of the coun-
try.
Mr.. Cleveland has no, made q sin
gle new friend for his Hawaiian poll
cy, which has few enough old ones,
heaven knows, By his tardy answer
to the demands Of Senate and House
for the papers in the case. Notwith-
standing the great mystery with
which the administration has sought
TO surround the whole business, there
is little 10 either the special message
Or the accompanying documents that
was not previously known, and abso-
lutely nothing that excuses the ex-
iraordiuary policy Of the administra-
ton. II blood be shed in Hawaii,
and the latest news seems 10 indicate
that il will be. the American people
viii rightfully hold Grover Cleveland
responsible for it.
Democratic Representatives are al
ready going home in droves for the
Christmas holidays; they want to as
certain what their constituents think
OF the Cleveland tariff bill.
"Uneie Joe" Cannon aud other Re-
publican members OF the House com
mittee on appropriations gave Com
missioner Loehren, OF the Pension
Bureau, very bad half hour when
he appeared before the committee to
endeavor to explain the reason for
the dehsicncy appropriation OF $780,
600, which he has asked for to nav
special Examiners. "Uncls Joe"
tried hard to get him to give SEN
sihle reason for suspending q man 5
pension before its illegaliiy was in
yestigsted, bat he didn't succeed, for
the same reason that . sixteen year
old child doesn't believe in Santa
Claus there isn't any. Mr.. Cannon
and Representative Lacey, of Iowa,
made telling speeches against the sd.
ministra,ion pension policy in the
House Saturday. A member from
Georgia appeared to be about the
only friend the policy had.
Speaking of pensions, William A.
Taylor, late Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, has pre-
scented a memorial to Congress, ask
ing that the treatment of Ohio pen
sioners by this administration be in
yestiga.ed. Mr.. Taylor does not
mince words IN saying wha. he be-
heves such an investigation will es-
tsblish as incontrovertible facts,
among others, "that the government
has been placed in false and cruel
attitude by its accredited and author
ized agents and representatives; that
the Pension Office was deceived into
this false attitude by = conspiracy Of
saeb audacity and magnitude as to
stagger belief" Mr.. Taylor does not
say SO in his memorial, but, IL there
WAS conspiracy such as be charges,
the chief oonspirstor was Grover
Cleveland. Mr., Taylor SAYS further
in his memorial that the charges up
on which Ohio pensioners were sus-
pended were "a part of that conspira-
cy" and were made "without investi.
cation or a desire to investigate"
The Democrats OF the House com.
mittee on Invalid pensions, OF which
Representative Martin, of Indiana, is
Chairman, to which this memorial
was referred, made an unsuccessful
attempt to prevent its being made
public, but Mr.. Lacey, Of Iowa, made
- part of his pension speech.
The secret is out. For a time those
not in the secret were at a loss to un.
derstand the action OF the House
Committee on Rules, in reporting
continuing orders giving the right OF
way TO the bills for the admission 10
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