St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-02
THE TARIFF AND SILVER.


resesented by Mr.. Cleveland in the
presidential chair and Democratic
majority in the congress, is under some
measure of obligation to Senator Cam
eron; something of a novelty, by the
way, for if On any other occasion he has
served it, it escapes our memory. He
has favored US, however, now by con
trlbutlng his mite to the other mites of
fact which go to establish two PROPOSE
tons; first, that the Mckinley tariff was
the result OF bargain between the Re-
publicans and the silver state senator's;
and the second is that the silver pur-
chase bill, under all its DISCUSSES, was a
measure cut from the same cloth as that
of McKinley's. designed to protect"
the silver miners just as the sugar
bounty was designed to protect the
planters.
The senator's speech is a curiosity.
In reading it we get the impression of
gloved dude, with eyegiass in position,
tackling topic somewhat too big for
his brain power and treating it in true
Jaw, doncher nav" manner. But. all
that aside, there was something in
what he said that is worth noting. If
his purpose was to give information,
there was no need of his saying that
pennsylvania has not, as a rule, been
ignored in national legislation" and it
was clean Supertiuity to say that "her
interests have counted for still more"
When, however, he says that the silver
purchase bill was compromise in
which the silver miners, the manufact-
urers and the gold men acquieSced," he
confirms that very notable story which
Senator Jones told recently of how he
brought Mr.. Sherman and the other
senators 20 the support of the purchase
bill by intimating that he silver miners
wanted their share of protection; that
they would get it in this bill, and that il
they did not get it they would not sup
port the Mckinley bill.
Having made that bargain, then, it is
evident from what the senator further
said that he is going to stand by it now,
and that he regards it essential to the
safety of the protected interests of his
state that he does So. In this we fluid
the reason for a position which antag-
onizes the popular opinion of his state.
He said: ''If silver is sacrificed the
manufacturers will be responsible for
it, and in that case l take it for granted
that the silver states will revenge
themselves by throwing their weight on
the side of reduction of the tariff.
Our manufacturers might flourish on
low silver and high tariff, but they
must perish on gold and low tariff"
Further on he sal d: 81 will vote to help
them Colorado and Nevada) and, in re-
turn l will ask their help to assist the
other weak interests that are struggling
against such heavy ODDS" Protection
in Pennsylvania stands by protection in
the silver states because it wishes the
rub reciprocal when needed.
But this connection between protec-
ton in the form OF a tariff and that of
silver purchase does not rest alone on
this sapient senator's admission. In
the heat OF the sparring which took
place between Senator Wolcott and SEN
ators German and Aldrich, the former
referred to Senator Aldrieh as 1.-The sem
ator from Rhode Island, having pro-
tected in this congress every petty Yam
kee notion that has asked for prOtec-
tion." thus betraying his chagrin and
anger at the willingness of other pro-
tected interests to throw overboard,a as a
sacrifcial Jonah, his especial silver in
tereSt.
Thus little by little these selfish
sehemers fall out, and, in doing so pull
off the mask of philanthropy with which
they have disguised their real purposes
and objects, and reveal to the country
their selfshness and greed III all its
nakedneSs.