The Globe-republican., 1894-02-16
CURRENT COMMENT.


uCleveland's Hawaiian supporters
in the senate are getting restless under
the well-bestowed name of the ''cuck-
DOS. Iowa State Register.
UThe treasury deficit is only S.
293, 453 for the month of January. At
this rate the debt will soon be entirely
wiped out - according to democratic
arithmetic Traveller.
cylinder the democratic programme
everything must be free or the idle
workineman cannot get a bit of it.
When there are no wages with which
to buy, everything should be free
n. Y. Tribune.
The modern democratic philan-
thropy expresses its desire to help the
workingman by making diamonds
cheaper for him. What the working
man wants now is chance to earn his
bread and butter.-N. Y. Tribune.
Mr.. Wilson admits that all the
changes in the tariff have been against
the protected industries. which is
another way for saying that they
have all been in favor OF the foreign
free-trade manufacturers N. Y. Re-
corder.
The democrats are split on the
bond, income tax. silver and Hawaiian
questions, and they have arrayed the
country against them on the tariff is
sue. No party at any previous period
in all our history ever got into such
trouble as this in the first year of its
power Louis Globe-Democrat
Wilson and the tariff reform crowd
are very indignant at workingmen who
are asking work and wages instead of
full doses of tariff reform" Wilson
& Co seem to think the working mill
lions they have robbed are ungrateful
because they do not bow down and
worship the political bandits of con-
gress.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
This is the era of reconcile ation.
Corbett and Mitchell, Sullivan and
kilrain. Bismarck and the kaiser hav-
ing kissed and made up. the only OBJ
stacle to its becoming perfect millen-
ium of good fellowship is the fact that
Cleveland is still whetting scythe
blades for Dave Hill in the white house
back yard.-Philadelphia Press
There is nothing in the present
situation to indicate that Mr.. Mckin-
ley made any mistake when he an
nourced that his bill had settled the
tariff question for ten years at least
So far as Mr.. Wilson's wonderful bill is
concerned, it has disturbed nothing but
values and the prosperity and content
nent of the people.-N. Y. Advertiser.
IThe republican party admitted
raw sugar free. 1t put small duty on
refined sugar. The object of this dis
elimination in favor of the raw ma.
the sugar in this country SO as to give
employment to labor in this country.
The democratic party is in favor Of
having the refining done abroad. That
is the difference. Iowa State Register.
The democrats in the house seem
inclined to let their partisan feeling
get the better of their patriotism in the
discussion of the presidents Hawaiian
policy. Present indications point to an
Endorsement of the course of infamy
pursued by Cleveland, Gresham and
Bloun. by the democrats in congress,
even though it has been condemned by
hundreds of thousands of patriots whom
they represent Leader.
uThe democratic party is now di-
vided in congress into
Free traders.
Prof. Wilson's followers
Free traders in verything that does
not hit the particular congressional
district.
Tariff for revenue only.
Free traders and income takers
Revenue tariff and no income tax.
neutrality-suspicious..
Cuckoos.-Toledo Blade.
~The Wilson bill is stroke for
kind of free trade which will cut of the
resources of the treasury. Prof Will
son declared that it would reduce the
revenue from the custom houses BY at
least $65, 600 900 The changes made in
the bill since it was introduced will
tend still further to lower the receipts
1t is safe to say that on the basis of i'm.
portations for 1898 the tariff bill in its
present shape will cut down receipts to
the extent of 10000, OO0-Cincinuati
TimeS-Star.
Cleveland's Trsckery.