New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-07
nAnG1lNN or NEcTIoXALISM

"Thn N.w-York World has taken a canvass
~ the House and announces that m" great ma
i,ri,v Of the members are rc>Oui"iy "lr'"s'r ~
any ,exatlon f,r The benefit II the Sugar Trust.
II This poll Of members be- approximately cor
rect Il proyrs that sugar Will be- restored 10 the
free list and various provisions inad" TOT "'
hrncnt Of the Trust stricken out IN" close
votes taken I'm the Senate on III" sugar schedule
o,. Indications that the combination 81 forty
thrce Senators cannot be- held together against
fr.e sugar for which there was a majority "i
123 I'm the House last January. The hl "t H''
es auctioncd of by Senator Jones III MS lr1'-
,lcol huslnesslike way cannot stand IN he maj
revision of the Conference Committee. Inc
Iouisiana Senators have already lost the SIX
uonths' bountles and they are now menac"d
with the removal OF the duties ana win Tree
counetitfon on raw aud refined sugars lh'y
hovn sold themselves out without obtaining II
qnarnntee from the majority in both houses for
the delivery Of the goods. In the end they may
hnve to vote for n conference bill which VIII
leave their planters without bountlcs and with
out protection
"Tbe World" has not attempted 10 take poll
Of the House on the question OF free coal and
free iron ore but II strongly urges the restorh
tion Of both ores 10 the free list. There were
largo maiorItcs In the House for these Demo
cratic policies and II IS not impossible that with
the Administrations powerful aid the Confer
ence Committee may insist upon having the
duties taken off Then there Will be another
rcnudIation Of the terms OF the Bill Of Sale, by
which the votes Of Democratic Senators from
Alabama. West Virginia, ohio, Maryland and
other States were purchased The Louisiana
Senators are likely to have much congenial com
many In the final lodge Of sorrow over the sacr
fee Of the interests OF agricultural and mining
States The combine answered the requirements
of n Senatorial auction but that practical man
Of business, Senator Jones, was not authorized
TO sell out Democratic principles without re-
serve The Senatorial bidders are already
awakening TO the fact that II was fools auc
ton. and that they were dupcl into bargain
which could be torn up and broken through by
the House
How striking Is the contrast between the
action Of a Republican Congress in protecting
Southern Industries during 1890 and the APP
preaching betrayal OF Northern industries by
the Democratic Congress Of 1894. When the
Republicans put raw sugar on the free list they
did not leave the Louisiana planters without
compensation There were no votes 10 be had
for the Republican party in that State but boun-
ties were substituted for the duties and the i'm
plcation OF scctionalism was avoided. There
was not Southern industry that was sacrificed
In 1890. although there was no prospect Of gain
| ing any votes In that quarter either for Repub-
! canism or for Protection In 1894 the lOuisi-
| ana Senators have shown their willingness TO
sell out the Northern Industries and TO abrogatc
| twenty treaties provided they could have pro-
| lection for the sugar and rice of their State;
and other Southern Senators have been equally
| hostile and treacherous TO the manufacturing
interests Of the Nation after securing special
exemptions for their own States. II the BIZ Of
Sale be thoroughly revised by the House and
these private bargains repudlated, these Sen
ators will be suitably rewarded for their folly.
| Democracy neither learns nor repents II was
never more sectional than II Is to-day, when
there is coalition Of the Solid South and West
ern Populism against the East and the central
Northern States. The Republican party alone
stands for comprehensive. progressive National