The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-02-06
THE WILSON BILL s~sssss
Members of the House in .
litical Frenzv state Of Pa

Man EUery Time. '0"' Get TRsi,
Especial Cor. P~Roqgr,s,,.
" WAsHINoToN, D G., Feb I1s q
Ii the readers of TIM d. o. !, 1894.
FARMER could have ~RoGREssrp
scenes in the House when nI tine tie
taken on the Wilson hin nc vote Wa
they would have asked: wi Thursday
we ata" For the first tima "nere ate
4th OF last March, plutocrso.S Since INC the
her tools a little rope. All allowed
attended school. We know S o' Us have
we were when the teacbo, ~" proud
pedagogue, allowed us alitt,o we strict
the last day of school, for ins, freedom,
The old members of Cona.aalnoe'
used to it, Years ago they S Isss, were
obey their master without ssE IGpfnsd to
tons. Some times they von11 ng CUES.
a strike" and plutocracv tb01 soM
come down with the hard, c SI lad TO
Generally speaking, plutoc,s e"u cash.
few and they fool the Other Ooy'a
man. Reed, Wilson and otbera =. 05e'.
stripe are notable examples. A A mat mat
fee" in Sherman's pocket j. good
much to the cause as the pn,oSau 'u as
twenty ordinary Senators pia .. Of
fooence," you know. S ID
The present Congress Contain.
number OF new men. They cama H.. d
expecting to carry out the uromi.a ns. 10
their party. Imagine their onSs!
when they learned that it vonlS
criminal to think of such tbings nv
local paper had aired the stafe.m nu'
ship and integrity of General O. 90,
SO, OF our State. The new mo,.I'I
consulted the worthy General ~,
hadn't become superintendent Of a,.U
lngs for some lottery company nor .,
gagged in a land boom, but did GOT IN,
Congress, about these matters n.
experienced member told the fresh tbot
he must go slow if he expected to 70.
tain his seat more than one torr,
1.-The money power will be against
you if you undertake to carry out anv
promises"
The Wilson bill does not contain arv
tariff reform, but it gives the members
something to talk about; something to
fool the people with, if they can. The
changes were made and plutocracv
examined the figures long before thew
were made public. The manufacturers
have been here watching to see that
their tools Obeyed them. The brilliant
advocates Of protection and tariff re.
form have made many speeches. That
is all there is of it. The money power
have got protection, the people have
got it in the neck.
But it was understood that the tariff
refOrmers we're to fall on each Others
necks, embrace and shed hypOcrltca
tears when the bill passed the lover
House. Mr.. Reed, MI. Crisp and Nj,
Wilson were the last Speakers. At the
close of Wilson's speech he was carried
out Of the hall on the shoulders Of
Bryan, of Nebraska, and Tucker, Of
Virginia. Then the voting began, The
bill passed by a vote of 2O4 to l4O. II
may never pass the Senate.
Since the Wilson bill was disposed
Of the Hawaii question has come up
Boutelle, of Maine, has gone
crazy on the subject. Some wag ha'
suggested that there may yet be al
affair of honor between Grover and
both being very s~OllGItouS
about the happiness of Queen ILL.,
The Senate is killing time with En8
Federal election bill. Anything 70
avoid the real issues before the people
Senator Stewart has repeatedly of1efsa
resolution denying the authority u
the Secretary of the Treasury 70 ISSUE
bonds for any purpose except tne ~
1emptlon of greenbacks, but IL -"
over each time.
Of course any lawyer a~ppolntedT
this administration has to be a cOrP"
alton lawyer. He must come nO.
New York, Boston or Chicago ID'I
is no other help for it, The tOrln7l
ninistration was just as clever I" Wv
corporations. By and through S'DI
5orial courtesy Senator Hill dels''o'
jhe confirmation of Lawyer n"-
blower, of New York, for the Vac1ut'
IN the Supreme Court bench
1leveland at once appointed L'"y~
2eckham, of the same place I'd
9eckham is said to be an able mAp
jomething of a lawyer. l o M.
What corporation he is attofn0'
nut suppose Grover is posted the
The politicians here are watching ,%
,-~oo4,i. vorv closely. SeDSO.