Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-08-02
Missouri Behind Cleveland
NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE
STATE IN LINE WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND THE
HOUSE.
Mr.. Cleveland Thinks All Democrat
ic Senators Save iIitt viii Vote
for u Good Tariff Biii-The
Presidents Views.

the Presidents correspondents Is
the Hon. Elijah H. Norton, OF Mis-
souri,, late Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the State. Judge
Norton informed the President in
his brief note that the people OF Mis-
souri, had elected him TO every office
he ever sought from them, that the
last Office he ever held was that OF
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
to which he was elected by a major
lty of $4,000. Judge Norton said
that he understood the feelings and
sentiments of Missourians, and es-
pecially the Democratic people, and
that he felt warranted in saying that
90 per cent of the Missouri Democ-
racy was solidIy behind the Presi-
dent and the House Of Representa-.
tives in the fight with the Senate.
He expressed the hope that the
President and the House would
stand firm and compel the Senate to
respond to the demands of the coun-
try.
The President has received other
communications from Missourians.
In fact, as stated before, there is
scarcely a county in any State in
the Union that has not been heard
from. So thoroughly convinced is
the President that the sentiment Of
the country is behind him that he
feels certain that if the House will
remain firm, remain in session,
continue aggressive and insistent on
its rights and privileges, that the
Senate will have to surrender. The
President does not think that any
Senator elected as a Democrat, with
the exception of Hill, of New York,
will vote against a good tariff bill.
He wants the conferees on the part
of the Senate, all four of whom are
good Democrats, to agree with The
House conferees and report a good
tariff bill to the Senate and have a
contest there in the open. Until
this is done the President will not
believe that the tariff reform Sena-
tors have done their whole duty.
There is reason to believe that the
President would prefer the defeat Of
all tariff legislation at this session
to the passage by the House of the
Senate bill.
The President, it is understood,
argues that the Senate bill is SO
: odious; that it smells so much OF
trusts, combines and corruption,
that the people will reject it with in
} dignition and punish the Democrat.
ic party for formally agreeing to it.
The President is not opposed to the
sugar duty. He looks upon sugar
as one of the best revenue producing
articles that could be named in the
t tariff bill.
He is opposed, however, to the
dlfierential duty in favor Of the re.
%tiners, but would not object to a
flat ad valorem duty on all grades
of sugar. The President, too, would
not object to Il reciprocity arrange.
ment regarding coal, but he can find
no excuse whatsoever for iron ore
being on the taxable list. The Pres
J ident also is bitter in his opposition
to some of the duties in the Senate
schedules. He thinks that pig iron,
steel nails, structural iron, WOODEN
p, and cotton manufactures, glass and
numerous other commodities, are
much too highly taxed in the Sen.
ate bill and ought to be reduced to
the House level. The President in
formed a member of the House to-
day that the Democratic party would
be ~disgraced If n House Of Repre-,
sentatives with so Democratic ma
jority should approve the Senate
bill. The Speaker of the House
and the Democrats of the Ways and
Means Com Mite are as a unit with
the President. They believe that it
is the duty of the House to remain
in session and keep up the fight
until the last day of Congress, if
necessary.