The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-26

Wafc1 the Business Of the Eoassrr NAV
adjust itself upon = loser pane oF
wages With safety ard proceed win
wh&teTer lefs 70 as ef TIE
industries of The cswntrv. Thar issa we
must 1lsmlsz absolutely frorz oar minds
1ae iacs - tie hlsi l. not a EnAsity. Let
u oe understood do not SAY this under
nv oNn authority. / desire 70 keen sae
opinions of the Democratic leaders them
selves uron that subject"
Mr. Reed then quoted from the re-
marks of Dir. Wilson IN the house and
Mr.. Mills in the senate to she's
that the tariff bill as passed is
one step in the march toward free trade.
Mr. Reed. continuing. said:
'Iow many errors. how many mis-
taxes aad olunders there may ae ia the
tariff bali as IL has finally reached the
president. and which have not vst been
discovered. can only Be canieo.gres.
have not permitted myself 70 comment on
the ScSndaious stores or evea the visible
scanda! connected With tne Passage a the
tax upon sugar. But u Is due to the eoun-
try that the aspects which are commented
upon should ee carefully and fairly dealt
sith. The house og representatives saw
nt 10 not only abolish the sugar hountv.
but also 10 take of the duty connected
with the sugar tariff. When the bill ar
rived IN the senate ~ was engaged in the
task OF passing bill which dimin-
ished the revenues s75,0Oo.o0 Ii
then became necessary, IN the opin-
.on Of al ln'eiiisen. people, TO Pa:
was TO be persisted in. Thereapon
tax was proposed upon sugar OF 90 per
cent, with n ditereRtiaI OF one-eirhth Of
cent FOR the sugar refiners. and still an
other dlfierentiaI 10 protect them against
the export sugar countries which paid an
export premium. This was a bill which
passed the house. Anticipating. in fact
lar IN every possible way they endeavored
70 relieve themselves from she bur
den Of the vote which they had
just given, and therefore awaited
themselves OF the extraordinary powers
which resided in the house, and by
course of action entirely unprecedented
they provided that bin might be intro
duced into the house giving free sugar.
which bill could not be amended. should
not be debated over half an hour. and
might then be passed. and accordingly
this was done. OF course thl. was a pure
farce. Everybody knew il. no matter
how they voted upon this subject. The
senate voted to put on the bill an
amendment authorizing the continuance Of
the bounty which had already been
granted under the Mckinley act and
which was promised TO the people of the
country for period of ten years This
the Democrats refused 10 adopt so their
popgun bill and all the rest of the
popgun bills slept the sleep in which
they knew they would rest. The
only valid action which the house
performed with regard 10 the trust
has been to furnish them with almost in
finite wealth. for Mr.. Wilson himself. on
the floor of the house, gave the figures
which showed that in all probability the
bill for which he was voting, and for
which he was demanding votes, and which
he finally carried. gave to the sugar trust
$l0.o0o0oo every year outside of the pro-
lection TO refining.
81 desire 10 point out TO you the fact
that at time when the revenues of the
country are decreasing. when il has
already been necessary To put out $50. &C.,
COO of finterest-bearing bonds, the expendi-
tures OF the first session of the Flfty-third
congress. with both houses under Demo-
cratic rule. have exceeded the expenditures
of the first session of the Eifty-nrst
congress by s24. .o00. The chairman of the
committee on appropriations has endeav-
ored TO make figures which would Indicate
that the first session of the Fifty-third
congress. which was Democratic, was
$29,0Qoe00 more economical than the ses-
sion OF the kIfty-second congress. the
house of whfess was Democratic alone.
But comparison OF figures will show that
the pensions for that session of the Fifty
second congress were $3.50. .000. 600. while
those of the Fiffy-third congress were
$i51, ,O00. 600, which makes this difference
of SO 600. 000. In other words, they have
deprived the pensioners of SO oo0. 600, the
exact amount claimed by economy"
Nebraska Democrats Discussing Fusion.
OMAHA, Aug. 25.-Nebraska Democrats
held conference in Omaha today 10 dis
cuss fusion with the Popuilsts. The ques-
tion uppermost was whether the party
can consistently indorse the nomination
of Judge Hoicomb. There is a strong senti-
ment among the Jacksonian wing of the
local wing of the Democracy favoring
such a course. but the idea IS being
strongly opposed by many prominent
Democrats, who urge the nomination OF a
straight Democratic ticket. Those Who
look with favor upon Holcomb contend
that the straight ticket. If put up. would
mean the election of the Republican
ticket. No decision was reached and an
other meeting viii be held next week.