Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-12-11
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
Little Prospect for Immediate Action
on That Subject.
The New Treaty viii Jasan-Ihe Iar'h-ho
Public tilFar.

QuaYrciing as was dntlclpatt0 Ou tht
opening day members Of the Democratic
party in the Louise were still muttering %
to what they were going to have 10 sa5
about the administration. but so far there
has been no concerted nr serious attack
upon the president, and beyond few
chance expressions it Is not believed there
will he any. IL is understood Speaker
Crisp will do everything In his power to
choke OFF unpleasant debate, He feei>
friendly enough Ia the administration t"
save it all the humiliation heessn- BESIDES
since congress met there has soeu - great
deal OF talk among the Democratic leaders
and men Of influence Ia the effect that they
aust ell turn IN and help save the party
Bitter words and reopeEing of old wounds
will not aid in rchabilitating Democracy
and winning future battles. 1t Is pointed
our that the president set good example
by rcfrainins from the use Of single re
ptuachfi.i unpleasant word in his mes
sage Though he had been disposed ~
srraign certain Democrats for their rec
re.!n,s to what he deems the true princi
pies If hls party. he says not word Ia
that ,ii'.z ton.
NJ siop- For Financial Legislation.
Since the message came out and has
bean tharuughly discussed 1t becomes more
IL in.arf apparent that nothing Is to be
dnnc 10 the way of financial legislation.
A. ~ -, announced some days ago in these
dismal, li,r Iiir president and Mr.. Carlisle
wcfr willing 10 make some concession to
the ST, lion of the party which docs not
L.iICir IN their ideas nf currency and
tii,ai.,.' and this concession In the Shape
nf = r,s;s,4i ri Tn. tax on state back clrcu
IafIu,i ,arriu- -.'ine weight with It. But
- ar"e unt AIRY enough and a. yet there
arr nu -tans ~ Willingness to take up the
aiiDirt-it,;iJn curreuc, plan qua push IL
th,aii, :-oIrte ut the ijeIuucIatic leaders
In t:s,. hn,Is. think they can take care oil
ti," u,gastit.' IL that h,,dy. and efforts In
that direction AZ already ntnAinG. hut tits
considered >ettird nothing .ao he Cane IN
the senate In fact, Li,' seIrstc IL gong u
be I.torc antagonistiu t. the LreCtGviis than
it ever was hfnre
The navy Japanese treaty Il likely 70 at
tract s.,rnc attention before Tie esssion is
over A remark able fact In connection
with this treaty Is that the United States.
which MAS the first nation to mako Il trca
ty will, Korea, H. also The first to recognize
Japau nS an .uiial, as IA member with full
hunors If the great family Of nations III"
eauanaf ion Of ilIi, tiict Luay he found III
terr,ting Japan has no tarifi law.
Though she has - pal lament, IL has never
enacted O law placing duties upon imports
All duties levied are fixed by treaty with
othc, nations This is the method pursued
by Insignificant or ~ developed powers
and is not commemorative with the dignity
of n reilly important power The right III
tau imports is sovereign right and should
be eyercised IA such. independent OF treaty
with foreign nations, just as the United
States, Great Britain. France. Germany
aud all tn. other powers exercise 1t.
In, the negotiations for this treaty Sec
rotary Gresham voluntarily suggested thai
the japanese government should make Its
own tariff laws. and this government did
not care to prescribe what rates 6f duty
should be levied Oh exports from the Unit
ed States to Japan That was the business
Of japan and with il the United States
properly had nothing to do All Mr.,
Gresham conteiitd for was the favored ma
ton clause. by which the duties on Amer
lean goods shall he as low as those from
any other country. This recognition nj
japan rs the equal Of the United States
Immensely pleased the japanese minister
something to do with Japan's willingness
to have peace negotiated by the diplomatic
representatives of this country.
RELOCATED to the Rear.
Some surprise was oppressed today
among q party Of congressman who were
discussing the outlook for the great parties
that the president had not said more in
his message about tariff reform. You
would think from tho message, said one,
that there never had been such thing
AZ tariff reform or a campaign for tariff
reform in this country. 1t is true the
president did have a few lines about sugar.
and in O mild sort Of way said he was in
favor of free coal and iron ore, but he han
died 1t Just as he did other routine mat
tiers. The fact is, and in this know
voice the sentiments Of many congressman
who have been out among the people, the
tariff question is being relegated to the
rear, not so much by Mr.. Cleveland or the
politicians as by the people themselves In
the first place, the people are tired of tariff
talk, and in the next place the cheap pro-
duction of most manufactured articles i'll
this country is making the matter OF tariff
! comparatively uninportant. Iron bars
are within 10 cents ton as cheap in
America as in England. There is differ
once of only 81 a ton in the best steel.
Fabrics we are producing almost as cheaply
! here as they can 60 abroad. So it Is with
nails, many articles Of hardware, window
| glass and a great variety of manufactures.
| The tariff question appears to be settling
itself"
There Is Nothing to Hinder.
| The story, pretty generally circulated