Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-02

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| house adjourn out of respect to the
death of Mr.. Lisle of Kentucky. This
action on the part of the speaker
| shows that it is the intention not To
| permit the house to vote down the
sugar trust schedule without rejecting
| the entire conference report, which
would defeat the bill. There is no
doubt that it is the purpose to retain
the Su ar trust schedule in the bill
An excuse will be given that the bill
could not pass the senate without that
schedule. A close canvass of the
house shows that there are not twenty
democratic members who are willing
TO say they will vote against the bill
II 1t becomes necessary to do SO TO de-
feat the sugar trust schedule. What
ever else may happen, it is pretty GER
tain that the contract made by the
democratic managers in the national
caMpaign with the sugar trust will be
carried out
AS northern democrats have had an
opportunity to consider the. action of
the speaker in appointing the tariff
1t. voorhees,. of Indiana, represents
the only northern state, and, judging
from the condition of his health and
his complete inactivity while the Will
sOn-GOrman bill was before the finance.
committee. of which he is chairman,
and also While the bill was before the
senate, his activity and influence as a
Of
will be nothing.
voorhees, does not represent his own
state, as the votes cast this year prove
beyond question, and he does not rep
resent his own declared convictions
early in the session. He it was who
vociferated that he would never con-
sent to grant protective duty for the
sugar monopolists, and but for his vote
in favor of it the surrender to the
sugar trust could not have been re-
ported, nor could it have passed the
senate.
Win less stiffness of principle than
wet dish rag this one senator is the
sole senator or representative to stand
for northern democracy in the framing
southern democrats, two of whom hail
from Tennessee, that imperial manu-
featuring state, will shape and frame
the conference report, for it is not to
be expected that the republican con-
ferees will be allowed to influence the
action Of the committee in the least
degree. What has been denied to
thpro hitbartp will not no .r,.a rto1 ,,oVy
In a recent issue of the Louisville
Courier-J Journal Colonel Watterson al
lowed his feelings to explode in this
fashion,:
'They do say they have been hav-
ing a few more elections scattered
round through the country, and the
grins on the faces of the republicans
grow wider and wider and their lips
smack more loudly in anticipation Of
the return of the years of the fatted
kline.
Let up ON elections.
Boycott elections.
Abolish elections.
Blot elections out Of the constitu-
ton and swipe the word out of the
dictionary.
Some people never know when to
stop. Nothing is more disgusting
than carrying things too far-carrying
elections especially.
There are thousands and thousands
Of folks in this country who are Just
plumb tired out at the mere thought
of an election.
Say, what's the good of elections,
anyhow? They amt so ALFRED funny
as some idiots seem to think"
In the senate on June %, Senator
HOar tried to aid Senator Vest in pre-
serving the credit of the United States
by eXempting incomes from govern
ment bonds from taxation; but Mr.
Vest resented the proffered aid, and
charged that his motive was, like that
Of Senator Hill, to defeat the bill
81 think" said Mr.. Hoar, advent Of
the democratic party into power, with
the senator from Missouri and the SEN
atOr from Texas, and the senator from
Arkansas as its financial representa-
this country percuniarily than the re-
bellion itself"
Mr.. Vest-I am much obliged to the
senator.
Mr.. Hoar-I do rot speak, OF course,
of the infinite woe and wretchedness
and suffering occasioned by the loss Of
life and health on both sides in that
SIR roll II Of hn
DANGER to the last hope Of public
libert, n the face Of the earth which
was occasIC cd by the attack on it in
which the pr from Missouri and
his associates took t>"rt; have moth
ing to say about that-that has gone
by; but so far as the cost in money, IN
the destruction of property, in the
destruction of credit, in the misery Of
poor and honest households, In the
starvation Of men VINO have been &C
cllstomed to comforts and the pleas
ures and the delights of human life,
this years work Of the democratic
party has been two-fold worse than
the four years Of the rebellion itself.
I hope the bill will be defeated
Whether it is defeated or not / not
only hope. but | know, that it's authors
will be hurled from power whenever
the American people can get at them.
A LIvERYMAN'S MISFORTUNE.
Alfred Robbins Has His Foot Fear
fully Crushed.