The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
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WASHINGTO LETTER j
. Unions Special Correspondent.

WASHINGTON LETTER.
From the Unions Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. G. Aug. q, 1894. ~
The agony is over and there are very
few people in the country who are sat
isfed. is seldom that any gather
ing breaks up leaving such a bad taste
in the mouth as has been the case with
the present Democratic congress. AS
to the tariff bill, please remember that
it is measure that has been roundly
abused by a large majority Of the men
who made it, and that the president Of
the party which passed 1T stamped it
as measure Of perfdy and dishonon.
The Republicans will not be able dur
ing the campaign to say anything as
mean of the tariff bill as the Democrats
have already said.
Please remember when you are pay
ing a higher price for sugar and get
nothing else any cheaper that it is
your contribution to the sugar trust.
Also remember that every attempt to
reduce the duty on sugar was met by
the Cleveland administration with a
countercheck.
Cleveland denounced the bill, but the
only thing he contended for was free
bituminous coal for the New England
manufacturers and the Nova Scotia
syndicate, of which his friends were
members. It is we'll known fact, and
has been declared by the Democratic
leaders in my presence that it was the
only thing. that he made Wilson and
balance Of his sickly gang hold out so
long for. This free coal, remember,
would not have benefited any individ-
ual using it. It was for manufacturing
purposes only. There is more of it
mined within 500 miles of Minnesota
than would ever be imported into this
country under any conditions. But by
the clever use of punctuation marks
the Democrats have absolutely prohib-
tied the landing of anthacite. coal,
which is used by every person. That
was a great party which the peo-
pie trusted with the government in
1892.
Both Minnesota senators left Wash
ington before the fag end Of the session
came. There was absolutely nothing
to do but to wait for the tariff bill to
become a law. The Minnesota men
have left an enduring record here.
Senator White, of California, Demo
GRAFT, too, said that it would be great
mistake if the Republicans did not re-
turn Senator Washburn. His useful
ness to the State, he remarked, cannot
be over-estimated. He then went into
some details about the work Washburn
did on the committee on commerce of
which White is member.
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Boon says he voted for the sugar
trust tariff bill because the Democrats
had promised to put in free sugar and
other free list bills. But Boon and
every other demagogue that voted for
the tariff bills knew that they never
could pass, The only way to make a
tariff is to make it in one bill. Boen
knows this. You don't find Baldwin
and Ball making any such demagogic
play as that. They knew it was a
piece Of bluff intended to deceive the
people.
Reports reach Washington of the de-
moralized condition of the Democrats
in Minnesota. A prominent Demo-
cratic official who was here recently
confded to the Democratic administra-
ton that there was no prospect of sue
cess in Minnesota; that it would be
very hard to elect Hall, and that all
other districts would return Republi-
cans. So it seems that the Populists
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