The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-03-10

At last the Wilson bill has been re-
ported back from sub committee to the
Finance Committee of the Senate. Sug r
iron ore aud coal are restored to the duii
able list, and number of other changes
are made, mostly minor in their charac.
ter. Notwithstanding The caucuses and
conferences which have been held, it is
doubtful whether the Finance Committee
will forward the bill to the Senate in a
shape favored by enough members Of
that body to pass the measure. Ever
since the bill has been in custody of the
Senate there have been strong efforts to
amend it in the interest of the industries
various Senators. In the abstract, the
Democrats of the Senate might denounce
protection, but when they found the
business interest of the States placed in
jeopardy they dropped their theories and
took action upon the condition that
confronted them. The Senators from
Louiolaua III paielCuidi luuBuL Iae tIoo
sugar provision of the Wilson bill and
after hard work succeeded in having the
duty partially restored. Senator Hill
Murphy, MCPHERSON, Pugh, Brice, and
Smith also antagonized free trade features
in the bill. The Democratic press has be-
come so alarmed at the indications to be
noted on every hand that the party is los
ing the confidence of the voters that
urgent appeals are being made to Congress
to pass the Wilson bill at once, no matter
what its provisions might bs. The
uncertainty as to the character of the
bill when it shall PASS Gf it ever shall
pass) has paralyzed industry, and the
Democrats feel that, even among them
selves, the Mckinley bill, with it's alleg-
ed atrocities would be gladly vel
coined in preference to the doubt and
depression now prevalent Republicans
are encouraged to believe that the differ
ences among the Democrats in the SEN
ate are irreconcilable and by 'courtesies,'
which practically make debate illimitable
they may be able to stavo eff action on
the tariff until after the Novembe
election. which is expected to sweep the
Republicans back into Congress. Should
the Republicans prevail in November
it is felt that the Democrats could, under
no circumstances, agree upon a low tariff
bill prior to the 4th of March, when the
present Congress dies natural death.
THAT "CULMINATING ATROCITY.'
THE spectacle OF Democratic Senators
stoImiug the rooms of the Senate Commit
tee on Finance in the hope of securing pro
lection for industries fostered in their own
States By the Mckinley law, is divert ng,
to say the least. A little more than year
ago they were making the air vocal with
their cries against the whole theory of
protection. The Mckinley law was the
sum Of all villainies. Such fierce phrases
as robbery the eliminating atrocity of
class legislation fostering no industry so
much Us that of the Sheriff dd cdptdndtn1,'
orator and bris:led in the editorials Of the
Bourbon press
"Now, the very men who lead in the cry
against the Mckinley law are lying awake
O. nights scheming some method by which
the 'iniquities Of the Mckinley bill to legal
iz9 robbery may be perpetuated and main
taineJ. They rather like the class legisla
tiyn,' and unless many of its features are
incorporated in thew ilson bill they threaten
to defeat it.
1.-THE spectacle of the Democratic party in
the present tariff situation is about the
elimination of humiliation for that orsani-
cation. This is the lame and impotent con-
clusion of the Democratic warfare upon the
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