The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-10-12
KYLE MT Aberdeen


plete Review Of Senator kyle's speech ID
that city, in which it says:
Bat in his discussion of the tariff was
where he shone especially as an apollo
gist for his quondam friends. lie de-
tended the hybrid offspring of B'ice,
German, Vorhees and the sugar trust
with vehem-nce worthy OF cause
more dear 10 the hearts of his deluded
Populist constituents. The measure
which Democratic president charac
,erized as being stamped with "perhdy
and fraud" ..iishonor' and corrupt bar
gam and sale, aud which a Democratic
president would not slul.lty himself by
signing, was good enough bill Tor him
this nesting OF Democracy.
He told the Populls,s that they made
altogether too light of the tariff; that it
was in no sense Of the word dead issue,
but that, on the contrary, it affected
everything they ate, drank, wore or III any
way consumed. 1t was not the most
important issue before the people, in
the senator's opinion, yet he used more
than'lour-ii -iifths Of his time talking tarih
alone 1t may be that the censure heaped
upon him for voting for dear sugar and
cheap wool, tor dearef products OF the
south and cheaper products OF the
north, induced him to enter upon 50
tedious an apology, but if such was the
case 1t must be acknowledged that he
succeeded in making sorry showing.
In relating to his vote on sugar he aimed
to defend himself solely on the ground
taat he had acted honestly-a defence
,ha, counted Tor nothing because most
men. barring the Popullsts, believe that
the vast majority Of their fellows are
honest. He acknowledged that the
sugar trust had gotten too much, more
than was intend ID. The trust only asked
for oue-quarler OF cent on refined sugar,
SO he reasoned with prescience beau,l-
ful to contemplate that il the trust only
asked Tor that amount surely one-half
Of it, or one-elght Of a cent, would be
Just about right. One-eighth OF cent
was therefore granted by his vote anu
trust stock doomed as never before.
Nothing was said concerning the duty
on raw sugar, the trusts chief concern,
while the attempt to show that increased
price in the cost OF raw sugar would
dep etc the pocxetS oi the trust, who
in turn would not raise the price to
almos, painful Mr.. Kyle may keep on
explaining until the end Of his term, but
he can never convince the people OF
South Dakot that the increase in the
retail. price of sugar, from twenty and
twenty -one pounds of granulated for a
dollar to only sixteen for dollar, is to
their interest. People generally will
feel disposed to accept tie only explana-
ton he attempted, that he was honest in
what he did although mistaken. but they
will scarcely forgive the disastrous error
Of judgment. He regarded the sugar
bounty OF the Mckinley law as bind
ing moral contract between the govern
ment and The planters, yet he voted for
It's repeal on the final passage OF the bill
because the bill! was the best compromise
upon which the Democrats could agree
among themselves The bill could not
have passed without his vote-he had
the absoute power to dictate terms yet
because the bill was the best that Demo-
crazy could produce, he swailowed it.
bounty repeal and all.
MIR. Kyle also stopped to tie senl'e
Argument that because Republicans
danominated the raw sugar tariff US a
tax, all tariff must be tax. He also
argued along the same lines in refer
ance to cloth schedules couldn't get
nwsy from sugar and wool to save his
life. He contended that if the tariff
was not u tax English exporters would
be compelled to give their cloth away
and pay a bonus besides tor the privilege
o! sending 1t this country in the event
that the tariff exceeded the price OF The
cloth, rs was the case in 4 few instances.
Evidently the senator was trying to be
fog his audience. Tor he must have learn
ed during the past two years that some
times the tariff is a lax and sometimes l,
is not. He is exceedingly dull if he
has not learned in the excellent school te
which the state is sending him, and pay
ing him well ior. attending, that the tariff
must of necessity be tax when
the production Of any article in. this
country upon which the tariff is lev.