The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-07
ANXIOUS TO GO.
Closing Days of the Long Tariff
Fight.
The Necessities of the National
Treasury.
A POTENT FACTOR
To Impress the Need of
Tariff.
L POTENT FACTOR

WAsssISGroS. Aug = Especial -
Ono would need the pen of q Nacaulay and
the pencil OF q Mast to give any kind of an
idea Of tho movements II the house of rep
resentativcs during the trying days in
which tho tariff bill has been so periIous-
y near its final defeat In the morning
the current would ell seem to run one way,
and the staly7arts wore full Of hope that
tho senate cOnferees would yield before
night. In tho evening there would be
gloom and muttered curses, but, just the
same. y Grim determination to hold out.
When Hlr Springer started his paper for
siglcrs Of Z call for q caucus, there was
quito rush to sign it. Next morning it
was known that the speaker and commit
tee ON rsllcs condemned it severely, ard
several western members quite fell over
each other IN thcir haste to withdraw their
names. 1t would 10 such a manifest inn
propriety,'' said 1Ir- Tracey, that Won
der any one failed to SEQ it az the START
n Potent Factor.
The necessities of the treasury were then
brought II IS Z potent factor to impress
tho ctaIrTarts that they OUGHT to yield at
once. On tho 1st of July, 1890, tho gold
in the treasury was $13t, O92, O74, year
later Is was S53, Geo, COO less, and the next
year still less, and SO on to July /, 1893
when it was but 500, J19, 933. 1t was then
tho scare began, but on tho 1st of July
this year the amount had SuDk to q little
less than 500, 0GO, 900, and it is now but
little above $50, Geo, 600. Nevertheless the
stalwarts refuse to scare. i would rather
have tho issue than the bill, = was a com
mon saying among western Democrats,
meaning that they could mako better
fight in their districts on the issue of presi-
dent versus senate than on the senate bill
enacted into law And if the reports are
anyway near the truth this view is cor
rect for protests and representations have
poured in by thousands, all dcnOuncing
ii he
bers to stand firm Even from portions of
Senator Germans state most savage de-
nunciations OF him have been sent to mem
hers
There's nothing in all this, - said John
De Witt Warner. 1T Is the rule ii all at
tcmpts to get rid of an old abuse for have
/ not read That when the devil gOeth out
of 4 then it toareth him?' Now,
here's the Sugar trust pretending to stand
in with the planters and claiming that the
difTerential Is for the good of the planters,
and just look ct this advertisement, OK
hiDiting q paper, (which it publishes every
week Here's a horrible picture of the
Acarus sacch2Ii, which, they say, IS in all
kinds of sugaT except their kind of refined,
and they warn tho people against the
planters sugar. I tell you if that Sugar
trust, instead of getting differential- had
to pay tho government One-eighth-yes, or
One-quarter-Of cent a pound on all 1t
refnes it could still make money and con-
with this he laughed even moro cxuberant-
" than usual. Ordinarily when Mr.. War
ner talks to n reporter he only laughs at
the end of each long sentence, but when
he is fighting mad he laughs all the time.
Through ali these days of distraction he
has been laundering against the Sugar
trust like Cicero against the oppressOr 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 1st Of August said Mr.. Doolittle,
for on that day our great interstate fair
at Tacoma was opened, and from all &C
counts it is . far greater success than any
one had anticipated. Tho buildings are
very fine and substantial, as the fair is to
last till late in tho fall, and all tho first
class exhibits from the Midwinter fair at
San Francisco Gro already there The
mountain states generally join in it, espe-
cially 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 tho islands of the
Pacific there arc important exhibits We
are bound to do great things, you see, in
spite of the tariff bill. 1T will 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 his racket IS that it keeps us
here when we could enjoy ourselves SO
much at home
The indiana mon also got nervous, as
their state convention comes on the 10TH
and their constituents arc literally flood
ing them with protests - dom believe
tho people will turn out to hear speeches
this fall, 4" said one. There is too much
discomfort. They arc tired and Disguised.
Tho only thing to do is to see them at their
homes, and we must go to them frankly
and saw You sent Us to Washington to
do q certain thing, and we have not done
it. To have tried and have done about
Ealf of it, Now let's Lavc another battle
and try for the other half y One of the
curious features Of the racket has been
that the factions from cast and west who
were SO much ut outs Oh silver and other
things are united on this. The New York
and Brooklyn members arc quito as stall
wart as those from Missouri and Arkansas
Early IN the dispute Mr. Coon bs said TO
your correspondent; TOO many OF you
men in tho gallery have been predicting
the surrender Of the house. Now, L would
not take that position if L were you, for
this house IS getting its nervo up. OF
course We have some weak Nom bers-there
are always some-fellows anxious to 60
home, but tho trend Of sentiment IS not
that way Let us set into 2 caucus with
IA opportunity for FREQ talking, and the
stalUarts will drive the timid men quickly.
This house is not in mood to surrender. +
The other Fellow.
tsAnd what about the senator"
$40 v9I1 remember that cartoon of
Nast's in the days Of the Tweed ring reve-
Iations-tbat one where all the mem bers
Of the ring were standing in a circle, each
pointing to tho one behind him and say
ing. He did it?' We'll, if you'll notice,
you will sec that il IS just that way in
the senate till you get to German Every
man IF then, s-vs that he favOrs q frcer