Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
The Trust 10 Omnipotent, and the Tariff
Hi il Passed.

1879 ~ s'"S'
The President of the United States, and
the Democratic House of Representa-
sives, have surrendered to the sugar trust,
and the Senate tariff bill becomes a law.
BoTrke Cochran, that distinguished and
bold Democratic leader, says that the
passage of the bill lis the most disgrace
In chapter in American history Mr.;
Jericho falling before a blast of wind
yielded to n force much more tangible
than that which sent the House of Repre-
6entatiyes scurrying into an abject, cow
ardiy, self-confessed betrayal of the prin-
ciples which they profess
Ex-Speaker Reed says: 1T Is useless
10 comment upon the performances in the
House today. 1t fifty concludes a long
and d~isreputable career. From Mr.. Will
sons lame opening to the speakers I'M
fortunate and unjust ~allusion to Mr..
Cochran il was all of a piece-a struggle
unsightly exhibition. The House dealt
with a bill that was not before it-lent
itself to ''peridy and ~dishonor," as the
President says; and not only did il, but
dug down for the chance. That parlia-
mentary law was violated is a small af-
fair, for it has not been unusual in this;
nut that they should proclaim with their
voices that they were to fight trusts and
m~onOpolies, and then go into a course of
action which made trust shares go up
four points the very day il was adopted,
demands that severe Reproduction should
accompany false pretenses. AS for the
little bills rushed through. the subterfuge
rs too transparent for even a moments
consideration. 1t is pure humbug. They
pass a bill taxing sugar and coal and
then pass dummies pretending to repeal
III, and all the same day"
Representative Burrows of Michigan
characterizes the bin as "a most infamous
piece of legislation. in that it protects spe-
cal industries, trusts and combines, but
the method of its consummation is even
more offensive. and is without a parallel
m legislative history. This constitutes
simply a mask behind which the Demo-
cratic party attempts TO conceal its real
purpose of free trade. that il may deceive
the people in the approaching election"
The Inter-Occan says: by action Of a
Democratic President, Of a Democratic
Senate and of a Democratic House of
Representatives, the people will ne taxed
at the rate of S40,000,000 or so a year
for the exclusive benefit of the sugar
trust; but with such absolute power as it
possesses the wonder is that it has not
taxed us more severely. 1t could have
had the sugar duty doubled had it asked
for i. -,
Romeo were the letters emblazoncd on the
Latin banners: The American ensigns
should bear the inscription, -. T., Il.
s. Sugar Trust, President and Senate.l
But first and greatest is the trust"
The Chicago Tribune says: Three
Presidents before Cleveland waged bit
Ter war with the other end of the ave-
nue., Jackson, Tyler and Johnson. Hen
ry Clay was the German of both the
Jackson and the Tyler contests, with this
very important difference-he was beaten
both times. The country approved the
jackson fight, for he was fighting the
opposition, party. but il has always de-
tested Tyler, who, like Cleveland, got up
q row in his own party. AS for John
son, lie, like Cleveland, was beaten to
q jelly, but he had n two-thirds majority
In both houses against him., and his de-
feat, while il was a triumph of a great
principle, reflected no particular credit up
on the generalship of his ~victors. 1t was
reserved for Arthur +. German TO lead
what seemed a forlorn hope and achieve
In parliamentary wal as signal a victory
as that won by Gen. Jackson in New Or
leans"