Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-09

Mr.. Cleveland believes in the
fectly frank with the men. and allowed
them to know when his business justified
an increase of wages and when he could
not. He has the confidence OF laborlng
men and of business men. he is good
man for chief executive Of Wisconsin,
and the Inter Ocean predicts that he will
in November reclaim the executive shoes
for the Republicans of that state.
MIR. Villas. the Modest Statesman.
The New York Tribune on Mr.. Villas
craftsmanship: Villas said the Presi-
dent, go to the capitol and make a speech
setting forth that / am lofty, majestic,
tender cautious and wonderful: that my
mind is continually Illuminated and d.
rected by the pure white light OF an up
right purpose, and that. III short am
the greatest man now living in the world.
1t has been done before, but for some
utterly incomprehensble reason it has
apparently got to be done over again.
1t would doubtless be a pleasure and adj
vantage to you to assert that you are my
personal friend, and under the clrcum-
stances [ have no objection. SO the sena-
tor from Wisconsin rose in his place and
said all this, and Il good deal more which
it is unnecessary to repeat. The point to
which we wish to draw public attention
is this, that, though he acknowledged
that he was proud of the inestimable hon
or, privilege and blessing of association
with the President OF these terms. he de-
clined to vaunt the friendship which he
was permitted to describe. thereby set
ting an example of seF-abnegation as
rare as it is precious. Running over hastily
the list of gentlemen who are known TO
have sat up nights with Grover Cleveland,
Il ,Nt -
made such sacrifice, at once delicate and
heroic, as Mr. Villas We cannot say that
the craftsmanship of Mr.. Villas is of the
sort that nations thrive on. but his mod
csty leaves nothing to be desired
Cleveland and the Trusts.
In speaking of the two powerful trusts
which are working under the protection
of President Cleveland, the Chicago
News. Independent Democrat, prints the
following from its Washington CORE
SpOndent:
THE President has assumed a very
singular attitude toward the bill. and his
friends among the tariff raformers in
Congress are wondering what it means.
He seems anxious that the sugar sched-
ule should not be interfered with, and
that coal should so on the free list. This
bears out the theory That has prevailed
so long that the sugar schedule as pre-
pared by Mr.. Carlisle was the result of Il
bargain made with the trust during the
last campaign. and that the President will
not stand in the way of its fullllment.
His anxiety to see coal on the tree list
is not unnatural for Secretary Lamont.
ex-Secretary Whitney and his intimate
friend, John r. Russell, Democratic can
didate for governor of Massachusetts last
fall are the principal owners OF the Nova
Scotia mines, which would be able to
dump all their produce into New England
Of fnr hn
at profitable prices were IL not lor the
duty on coal.
''iThosc mines were purchased by Whit
ney. Lamont & Co. through Charles u.
Bell. a banker of this city, who. by the
way. is Il brother of the inventor of the
telephone, and. like him. a son-in-law of
Gardiner G. Hubbard. Bell got them an
option on the property until after the
elections i'm November. 1892, and when
it was found that the House had seventy
or eighty Democratic majorty they re-
yarded it as absolutely certain that coal
would go on the free list, and bought the
mines.
interests of the company before the con-
ference committee, and goes over to the
white house to smoke Il cigar with the
President nearly every evening. But he
has very little hope of winning his tight,
for Mr.. German, Mr.. Gibson and Mr..
| Camden own coal fields in West Virginia
| Mr. Rrice has large mines in Tennessee,
and a number of other senators are equal
" we'll interested. They have votes and
he has not.
Facts of History Relating to the Demo-
cratic Party.
As a chapter of history, the following
from the Cincinnati Gazette is not only
interesting. but instructive. 1t shows how
the Democratic party has always been
insincere on the tariff question, and how
all its aims have been to catch votes on
the pretense of inauguratlng tariff re-
form. The facts of history i'll the article
are recalled at this time with Il good deal
of force:
The Democratic party in its national
convention. in its platforms and i'll its
leyislat has never been sincere on the
tariff question. 1t was not sincere when
it elected Polk against Clay: it was not
sincere when it nominated CaSS against
TAYLOR: it was not honest when it adopt
ed the Walker platform: it was not sim
cere when it elected Pierce: it was dis
honest when it nominated Buchanan. the
representative of Pennsylvania quasi
protection in Cincinnati In not one of
those great contests did it represent what
the Courier-Journal claims to be free
trade principles Its aim throughout was
to catch votes and thus carry elections
on the pretense of reforming the tariff.
In the halls of legislation it was never
sincere 1t had in Congress what was
known as the Randall wing of the Demo
cratic party. That was the power that
controlled legislation. Randall was pro
lection Democrat. and coupled with his
ability was honesty. He forced his party
to adopt his views. James Buchanan,
the last Democratic President, prior to
Cleveland. who was nominated as Il com
promise between divided factions. IN Il
message to Congress caused by the imam
cia straits of his party, recommended III
creased duties on imports, thus concedlns
the failure from treasury standpoint
and the standpoint of our industries, OF
the Walker tariff The war caused a
termination of all free-trade theories.
1t then became question OF life or death
to the nation Money was needed to sus-
tain the government in its great
est emergency. and the Morrill, tar
| if was adopted. The war ended, the ma
| tional debt largely reduced internal reve-
| nue. taxes largely abolished, the Demo