The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON

have dden Rough shod over thefs
DIM er .tic colleagues in The
House who wanted protection for
the leating industries OF their dis.
trict, and free trade for the rest of
the country. The adoption OF
amendments 10 the Cleveland tar
iff hill, abolished the proposed slid
ing bounty on domestic sugar and
placing all grades Of refined sugar
GU the free list, were apparent, but
not real, defeats for the democrats
OF the Ways and Means commit
tee. II is plain now that the dem
Ocrats Of that committee intended
from the first to betray the sugar
industries of the country, and that
they knew perfectly well when
they adopted that sliding bounty
clause of the bill that majority OF
the House would strike it out. The
free traders OF the House also won
victories by defeating the amend
ments to put duty on coal and on
iron Ger.
That the object of the free traders
is to force the income tax through
the House, in spite OF democratic
opposition, is now as plain as the
nose on your face, ard, although
the democratic "kickers" are max.
ing lot OF noise, 1t looks as though
they would succeed. Republicans
are calmly looking on while these
progressive steps towards free trade
are being taken, believing that the
nearer the Cleveland tariff bill is to
an out and out free trade measure
when it is sent to the Senate, next
week, the more certain 1t is that 1t
will be torn all to pieces, If not act
ually defeated, In that body. DEM
ocratic msmbers of the House who
do not like the bill are discussing
the probability of carrying motion
to recommit the bill to the COM
mittee when the time comes to
vote, but they cannot possibly do
that without the solid republican
vote Of the House, and that cannot
he had for any such purpose. The
republicans will help to defeat the
bill, but not to continue the uncer-
taintv by recommitting it.
Congressman Sibley, of Pens yl-
vania, a democrat who has populist
tendencies, remarked TO Congress
man Hendrix, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
a democrat who has protection
tendencies, just after the House
had voted to put refined sugar on
the free list, Well, this is fee trade
with a Vengeance" "Free trade
nothing" said Hendrix, angrily
s'its h-ll.'
If the administration has no bet.
ter expectation of financial helI
from congress than that which Il
based upva the bill Senator Voor
hees says heis preparing 1t is to bt
pitied Dan Voorhees, has been q
member On the Senate committee
on Finance for nearly seventeen
years, but he has never IN all thai
time fathered single financia
idea that was sound and practical
and a man doesn't often change hi
ideas after he reaches Dane age
although they sometimes pretend
to do SO, in order to get something
Senator Teller, who has beer
quoted by some democrats as ia
voring the democratic tariff pro
gramme, sat down very heavily Oh
such statements when he spoke a
follows: "The Industrial depress
ion at present is fearful. The stu
alton l fear will become still worse
for there is hardly ray of sun
shine the whloe world over
That Is what makes the pres
ent programme of the democratic
party SO ridiculously absurd, ant
the issue of bonds amusing. TIL
Secretary of the treasurery esti
mates the yearly deficit to be abou
$7S,OOO,OOO, and he proposes to is
sue $5O,000,000 worth of bonds t
meet the present needs of the gov
eminent. 1t is but temporar,
expedient, drop in the buckle
and only means further increase Il
the public debt, with no provisio
for its payment. The tariff tinker
propose to cut down the revenue
of the government almost to fire.
trade basis. The effect OF this wi
be to make a greater deficit an
the consequent need Of issuin
more bends, and therefore the ful
Their increase OF the public debt i
time Of peace. The way that tn
deficit can be made up, accordin
= to democratic theory, Is by increa.