Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-09-07

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him. Gen. Kitchener frankly replied that
he thonpbt he would that any man
would but that he would not make a
fight for the nomination, as he did 10 'SS
and '92.
This is the way Mr. W. B. Light, OF,
New York banker and capitalist, now
visiting Washington, sums up the stu
alton: "Tbe business condition of the
coun ry is gong to improve steadily
but not as rapidly as some people thin
The peonle will not be able to transact
the trade that under normal conditions
would have been carried on, because OF
the immense skrinkage of values during
this period Of prostration-a shrinkage
that has been estimated at Sl2,OOO,OOO,-
600 an estimate that [ do not regard as
exaggerated. The responsibility for
most of this vast loss rests on congress,
which took nine months 10 do what
council or convention of business men
would have done in three weeks and
done better. No wonder the people are
disgusted with tue demo rats. L have
belonged to that party all my life, but
unless my views change greatly, 1 shall
never vote its ticket again. In my
Office in New York the other day l heard
twelve gentlemen assert the same thing.
They had all been lifelong democrats.
The truth is there are only few good
business men in congress End they hap
pen to be republicans"
Representative Tom Johnson, the
Ohio free trader, says of Mr., Cleveland's
last letter: 1T is commonplace. [ be-
lieve The president is honest, but he does
not know. He harps on free iron ore
and free roal, but says nothing about
the tax on sugar, which will hurt he
democratic party worse than anything
else in the bill. As far as We genuine
free traders are concerned, the German
bill is better than the Wilson bill, be-
cause the democratic party would haYe
said the Wilson bill is all right, while
now they will be free to repudiate the
German bill and fight for further reduc-
ton" Now hear what Representative
Sperry, of Connecticut, who is a demo-
cratic protectionist, saye: 81 was in
hopes the president would spare his
party the inhictlon OF another letter
The tariff bill is distiT city party
measure and, according to the presi
dents letter 10 Mr.. Wilson, it is meas.
ure permeated with perfdy and dishonor.
If that is a correct description of the
bill | do not see on what ground the
democratic party can ask to be contin-
ued in power. 1t seems by the second
letter. to Mr.. Cstchings, that the tariff
fight must be continued, This position
must be very disquieting to the business
interests of the whole country. The
democrats are placed on the detnsive by
those two letters-frst, in defending a
policy of perfdy and dishonor, and
second, by threatening business inter-
ests with further attempts at tariff leg
islation, Every democratic campaign
speaker is compelled to defeud his party
against the allegations contained IN
those two letters, or else to defend the
president against the allegations in the
letters themselves"
1t is needless to quote the opInlt ms OF
republicans on Mr.. Cleveland's letter.
They are all delighted with it, as it
suuarely makes the issue, which some
democrats we're trying to dodge, as to
the intention of the democratic party, if
it be allowed to continue in the major
ity in congress, to continue its tariff
tinkering, regardless of Its demoralizing
effect upon all industries and business.
With that issue squarely defined 1t re-
mains for the voters to decide whether
they will allow the programme to be
carried cut, and the republicans do not
fear the result of the decision.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt |
has had the courage to call public at
tention to the manner in which the dem
ocrats haye evaded and sought to evade
tt e civil service law. He characterizes
the Bynum bill for the reinstatement of
tue democratic railway mail clerks who