The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27
THE SENATE AND THE TARIFF.

The Mckinley tariff does not in all re-
spects represent the high-water mark of
republican craftsmanship. and the
Globe-Democrat often said this in 1890
when the bill was before congress. but
neither Col. Conger nor any other Ohio
republican ever discovered that there
was anything the matter with the law
until last week.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat Gep).
Senator Brice explained awhile ago
that IL was necessary to make the sugar
schedule read as IT does TO pass the
tariff bill in the senate. Mr.. Vest of
Missouri now says that Brice himself.
along with Hill, Smith and German.
We're the ones who were making the trust
bargain an essential condition Of their
support. People can draw their own
conclusions - Springfield Republican
dnd).
Nobody is surprised when Mr.. Faux
ner arises in the senate and seriously
proclaims that the national democratic
platform pronounced for freer raw ma
terial and not free raw material. That
platform has been treated so outra geous-
ly by senators calling themselves demo-
Gratis that any new indignity placed upon
it by a senator is regarded as a matter
of course.-Louisville Courier-Journal
(dem.).
The Mckinley organs have been lying
awake nights shrieking about the wick
edness of the democratic senators whom
they accuse of specializing in sugar. Now
that Senator Quay comes forward and
not only SAYS he has bought and sold
sugar, but maintains that IT is nobody's
business If he has, these Mckinley or
gans are as dumb as CLAIMS. It makes a
good deal of difference as to whose OK
is gored, doesn't it?-Boston Herald
Qnd).
This is the worst Of all years to refuse
the privilege of popular choice in the
election of United States senators. The
senate has been too far away from the
instructions Of the voters The people
have seen a tariff bill manipulated by
the same arts which elect senators in
caucus. From meetings of farmers TO
those of commercial bodies in the great
cities petitions and resolutions have been
sent in vain. The Illinois state conven-
ton will nominate a senatorial candidate
because the Illinois democracy has
spoken to that effect and because this
is the year to conciliate the people.-St.
Louis Republic (dem).
The power to thwart the traitors and
blackmailers of the senate and the means
to recover the lost ground lie in the
hands of the democrats Of the house of
representatives. When the senate bill
comes back to the house they must re-
fuse their assent to its amendments
they must revise the scandalous sugar
schedule and must restore 1t as nearly
as may be to the form in which ii left
their hands. The half dozen Mckinley
democrats have bulldOzed and blackmail-
ed the whole senate into doing their will
Let the democratic ma ority in the house
OF representatives try conclusions with
these gentlemen. If the issue is fairly
made and pressed with courage and OBJ
stinacy, Mr.. German and his associates
will scarcely have the hardihood for any
long period to assert their will against
the will of the entire democratic party
and of the people of the country.-N. Y.
Times (dem9.
When a man like D. B. Hill, who has
floor of the senate, assumes to lead a
fight for free coal there is an appearance
of insincerity about the performance
which begetS a feeling of Indifference if
not of downright aversion. And when
such a man presumeS to lecture demo-
Gratis on their faithleSSness to party
pledges he invites comparisons which are
not at all to his advantage. Mr. Hill
said some things which are true enough
but they lose the force if not the es-
sence Of truth when uttered by such a
man 1t Is true enough that the demo-
cratic party is pledged to the doctrine
of free raw material, but Mr.. Hill has
been far from jealous In his efforts TO re-
equally true that the democratic party is
committed by its platform Of 1892 to the
doctrine that the whole scheme of tariff
protection is a scheme Of robbery under
the forms of law, but Mr.. Hill openly
repudiates that doctrine and proclaims
himself a tariff Chicago
Herald (dem).