Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rrom o,lr reruInr eorrespondent.

could not wish him to occupy a
more hnniIiating position than he
does at this writing. He has been
defeated in the fight with the Cor
man. b rice combination which he
himself invited, and he has now to
choose between signing, vetoeing or
allowing 10 become law without
his signature, the senate tariff bill,
which he characterized in his letter
to Mr.. Wilson as 'sundemocratic,
perfdious and dishonorabls." Ii he
followed his personal incllnations
he would veto the bill and try to
keep congress in session until he
could force a bill though that was
nearer free trade. But there are
weigbty reasons why he is not like.
ly to follow his personal ordinations,
the first of which is the universal
demand from the business men Of
all sections aud all parties, that the
bill be allowed TO become law,
bad as it il, that they may have a
chance TO do business, even if it be
poor business. The Hecond, and
probably the most weighty reason
with Mr.. Cleveland, is the know
ledge that the senate would refuse
to pass any bill that he was known
to wish passed.
The pop gun tariff bills for free
iron, coal, sugar and barbed wire
which the house passed and sent &c
the senate, are nothing more than
excuses to aid free trade democratic
members Of the house TO square
themselves with their free trade
constituents. The only Que of them
that tou!d possibly get through the
senate is that providing for free
sugar, and that one the administra
tion joins the sugar trust in opposing
Secretary Carlisle and the agent oil
the sugar trust are both working In
concert to prevent the passage Of
the free sugar bill, the latter trying
to frighten those democratic senators
whose votes are not controlled by
the sugar trust, by representing that
the money to be collected through
the tariff on sugar is absolutel,
necessary TO save the administration
from another issue of bonds. Thi,
argument does not speak well fo
Mr.. Carlisle's opinion of the lntelli
gence of the democratic senators, al
every intelligent reader of the news
papers knows that the treasury vii
not for long time to come collec
any tariff on sugar, for the on,
simple reason that the sugar trus
has supplied itself with all the raw
sugar il will mead for months, in
order to escape the payment Of the
duty. The real reason why the ad
ministration is opposed to free sugar
is that it would knock the sugar
trust out of the two cents pound
which it proposes to add to the
price Of sugar.
1t is an open secret here that
Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle
advised Mr.. Cleveland to sign the
tariff bill and lot congress adjourn,
leaving the democrats to make the
best they can individually Of the
surrender of Mr.. Cleveland and the
house, when they take the stump fol
the Congressional campaign.
Senator Vest made another savage
attack on Mr.. Cleveland in a speech
Wednesday, during which he let the
cat out OF the bag as to his sore
Readiness, he hasn't been given any
pap. He also argued that Secretary
Carlisle's letter against the passage
of the popgun tariff bills proved
what has along been contended by
many Of the democratic Senators,
that Secretary Carlisle favored the
senate bill and not the Wilson bill.
Republicans consider the work Of
the session done, aud so many o t
them have gone home that the sen.
ate is already without quorum and
likely 70 remain SO. 1t is probably
because of the knowledge that moth.
ing can he done that certain demo-
cratic senators have become SO very