The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
A CASE OF SELF-BUNCO.

Yesterday morning the Sentinel published
following captions: Wilson Stock Up"
Chairman in Command of the Tariff Sit
%uation," Each Day Strengthens the Re-
formers Position and Weakens the Chances
of the Combine Half of the alleged dis
patch from the Bureau of the Sentinel
is the general press dispatch, and very little
of the text warrants the peans of triumph
sounded forth in the headlines. Turning to
the other Democratic papers which have
specials from Washington, the general tone
of all of them is that it will be the Senate
cations, but the essential features of the
German bill will be agreed upon by the con-
ferees, and that bill will become a law.
All of them agree that the Senate sugar
schedule will be, if it has not already been,
agreed on practically, and that all that the
House conferees are now trying to get is a
provision by which the duty on coal and
ores will be diminished year after year
until they are free. The conclusion at which
all these correspondents arrive is that the
Senate position is impregnable and that the
House conferees VIII yield. Such being the
case, it is not quite fair in the Sentinel to
misrepresent the situation. The result,
when it comes, will be the Senate bill or
none. This being true, what is it TO gain by
nraJ;ot;,c. +bot ooy+Lf,r lie the Wilson
bill, with it's free sugar, is possible? If its
Washington correspondent had been after
news, Wednesday evening, he would have
gone to Mr.. Bynum and got from him what
the correspondent OF the Chicago Record OBJ
tanned, namely, II understand the confer
ence m has practically agreed upon
the Senate BILL" Moreover, as the Senate
bill is to be adopted. it does not seem that
the Sentinel has anything to gain by having
it's Washington bureau send such state
ments as the following:
If the Senate conferees were not towards
the tariff question would soon be settled.
If they acted upon their own responsible
ties instead of allowing German to dictate
TO them in two hours the conferees would
agree. Let them make a report with the
Sugar Trust differential of one-eighth and
free coal and iron and see whether German,
Smith and Brice would be against the bill.
Maryland has no sugar to protect and hard
ly any coal. Sullivan county, Indiana, pro-
duces more coal than Maryland. New Jer-
sey has no sugar, except the Sugar Trust,
to protect and not a pound of coal; yet Cor
man, Smith and Brice say to the Senate
conferees: IF you dom protect the Sugar
Trust and the coal barons We will vote
against your report" AND The Senate con-
ferees are cowardly enough to obey. 1t is
claimed thOnOn that some of the Senate
conferees have made concessions by the
German bill, and If they don't stand for
what German wants they, too, will have to
give up their portion of the tariff grab.
Vest was given a heavy duty on lead and
zinc ore, and Senator Harris, 1t is Well
known, has taken care of the coal and mar
bic product of Tennessee.
"Cowards" is a harsh epithet to apply to
Voorhees,. Vest, Jones of Arkansas and
Harris, the Democratic President pro tenn.
of the Senate. 1t may be uncomfortable at
some time in the future TO have accused
Senators German. Brice and Smith of cor
rupt motives. 1t will be infinitely more en-
three-fourths of the Democrats of the House
shall have made the German bill a law
after it has declared that it was passed in
the Senate to carry out a corrupt bargain
with trusts, because it makes every DEM
ocrat in the House a party 10 the fraud.
There is danger that as editor that immac-
ulate, but wholesale fee grabber, Attorney
general Smith. in his virtuous impetuosity.
is getting the Sentinel INTO the midst of
shoals and quicksands.