Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-06
ALL ANXIOUS TO GO.
Closing Days Of the Long Tariff
Fight in Congress.
Treasury Nseds-Mr. Warner Sores sugar
Jrust-The Presidents Views.

One would need tho pen OF u NaCI~i"!
and tho pencil of Mast to give any k1ha
Of an idea of tho movements in the mouse
of representatives during the trying days
in which the tariff bill has been SO perllous
" near its final defeat. In tho morning
the current would all seem to run one
way. and tho stalwarts were full OF nope
that tho senate conferees would yield De-
fore night. In the evening there would De
gloom and muttcrcd curses, but, just inc
same, q grim discrimination to hold out.
When Mr.. Springer started his paper Tor
sicners of q call for caucus, there was
quito a rush to sign it. Next morning 1t
was known that the speaker and commit
tee ON rules condemned it severely, and
several western members quito fell over
each other in their haste to withdraw their
names. 1T would be such manifest i'm
propricty," said Mr.. Tracey, THAT Won
der any one failed to see it at the start.
A Potent Factor.
The necessities Of the treasury were then
brought in as potent factor to impress
the stalwarts that they ought to yield at
once. On the 1st of July, 1890, the gold
in the treasury was $1S4, O9s,O74, a year
later it was So3, 600, 900 less, and the next
year still less, and so on to July i, 1898,
when it was but 500. $40, 1873. 1t was then
the scare began but on the lst OF July
this year the amount had sunk to little
less than sos, 900, 900, and it is now but
little above 500, 900, 900. Nevertheless the
stalwarts refused to scare. Il would
rather have tho issue than the bill, " was
common saying among western Demo-
Gratis, meaning that they could make q bet
ter fight in their districts on the issue OF
president versus senate than on the senate
bill enacted into law. And if the reports
are anyway near the truth this view Is
correct, for protests and representations
have poured in by thousands, all denounc-
ing the senate bill and calling on the mem
beers to stand firm. Even from portions of
Senator Germans state most savage de-
nunciations of him have been sent to men,
bers.
.'Theres nothing in all this, said John
De Witt Warner. ut is the rule i'll all at
tempts to get rid of an old abuse, for have
VIC not read that when the devil goeth out
of man then it tearcth himp Now,
here's the Sugar trust pre-. ending to stand
in with the planters and claiming that the
differential is for the good of the planters,
and just look at this advertisement, ex-
hibiting paper, (which it publishes every
week. Here's horrible picture of the
Acarus sacchari, which, they say, is in all
kinds of sugar except their kind of refined,
and they warn the people against the
planters sugar. l tell you if that Sugar
trust, instead of getting differcntial, had
to pay the government -eighth-ycs, or
one -quarter-of cent q pound on all it &c
fines it could still make money and con-
troll the business in this country" And
with this he laughed even more exuberant-
ly than usual. Ordinarily when Mr.. War
ncr talks to reporter he only laughs at
the end of each long sentence, but when he
is fighting mad he laughs all the time
Through all these days of distraction he
has been laundering against the Sugar
trust like Cicero against the opprcssor Of
Africa.
To DO Great Things.
The Republicans, of course, enjoyed the
racket but many of them grew anxious to
get away. ''We wanted to be at home by
the LIST of August" said Mr.. Doolittlc,
''for on that day our great interstate fair
at Tacoma was opened, and from all ac-
counts it is far greater success than any
one had anticipated. The buildings are
very fine and substantial, as the fair is to
last till late in the fall, and all the first
class exhibits from the Midwintcr fair at
San Francisco are already there. The
mountain states generally join in it, cs-
pecially Oregon, Idaho and Montana, and
so does British Columbia. So it is not
only an interstate but an intercolonial fair,
and even from Alaska and the islands of
the Pacific there are important exhibits.
We are bound to do great things, you see,
in spite of the tariff bill. twill hurt us, of
course, but Washington is too great and
rich in natural resources to be held back
by the Democratic party. The really mean
thing about this racket is that it keeps us
here when we could enjoy ourselves SO
much at home"
1.-THE Indiana men also got nervous, as
their state convention comes on tho 18th,
and their constituents are literally flooding
them with protests. Il don't believe the
people will turn out to hear speeches this
fall, " said one. There is too much dis
content. They are tired and disguised
The only thing to do is to see them at
their homes, and we must go to them
frankly and say: You sent us to Washing
ton to do q certain thing, and we have not
done it. We have tried and have done
about half of it. Now let's have another
battle and try for tho other half" One Of
the curious features of the racket has been
that the factions from cast and west who
were so much at outs on silver and other
things are united on this. The New York
and Brooklyn members are quite as stall
wart as those from Missouri and Arkan-
sas. Early in the dispute Mr.. Coombs
said to your correspondent: ''Too many of
you men in tho gallery have been predict
ing the surrender of the house. Now, 1
would not take that position If were
you, for this house is getting It's nerve up.
OF course we have some weak members
there always arc somc-fcllows anxious to
go home, but the trend of sentiment is not
that way. Let us get into a caucus with
an opportunity for free talking, and the
stalwarts will drive the timid men quickly
This house is not in mood to surrender. &"
The Other Fellow.
"And what about the scnatef"
''Do you remember that cartoon Of
Nast's in the days Of the Tweed ring reve-
lations-that one where all the members
If the ring were standing in q circle, each
pointing to the one behind him and say
ing, He did itt' Well, if you'll notice, you
will see that it is Just that way in the