The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-09
acknowledgement
wnnELrNo. AUGUST Q. 1904.
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There 10 but ono course for tho TO-
publicans in Congress to pursue. 1t IS
tho course to which their principles and
their duty to tho people OF the country
obligatc them-to use every Legitimate
means 10 defeat tho Democratic tariff
bill. whether it is tho infamous compro-
misc which passed tho senate. the mon
strosity which passed the house, or
bill framed out OF thOm both. 1t Is
their duty to eight the destructive and
unbusincss.like measure which must be
the outcome OF the present situation.
step by stop, and accomplish its defeat
il possible. !.
Tho people do not want tho sort OF
tariff reform which the Democratic pol
iticians and theorists propose to give
them. They have said so by their
votes in every election that has beeu
held during the peudancy of the meas
ure; they have said so by petitions to
Congress, and through delegations oil
workingmen and women aud business
mon who appeared before tho commit
tees ut Washington. They will say so
again in November. Any bill that can
now be brought forward rs result OF a
compromise will ho makcshitk It
will not be endorsed by the country; it
will not meet tho demands OF either
faction OF the Democratic party. The
people Of tho United States are, more
than over, roalizing that they do not
want the change the Democratic incom-
petents at Washington are ondeayoring
to give them.
The Republicans in Congress are not
in the majority, but it is possible that
they will find it in their power to do
feat the fraudulent product Of warning
factions Of the Democracy-the product
that. disguised as tariff reform" bill,
they hope to pass, not because they be-
lieve in It. but TO satisfy tho campaign
demand OF politicians for "any kind Of
bill, Just so it's a BILL" And what a
monstrous demand that ia demand
that tho interests OF the country shall
DO trilled with by "auy kind" Of lcgisla-
ton, simply because tho Democrats de-
mand it us Il campaign necessity.
The country Is not in distress because
of tho fear OF III adjournment without
tho passage OF the strangely and Won
derfuily constructed, unbusiness'likc
measure such rs would be the outcome
OF an agreement under the present cir
cuu,slauces. OHIy tho Democratic poll
ticiaus are distressed on that account.
The following from tho New York
Prs, cOncornin. the duty OF tho Re-
publicans in Congress, is both timely
and to tho point:
"Lct no Republican in Congress
imagine for moment that the people
want tho senate bill. let no Republl.
can imagine Tor moment that the
passage OF tho senate bill, any moro
tnuu OIL lHS W lldul ullI, NuusN lIGAae
tho Republican party or relieve the
misetics OF tho people and the paralysis
oftrado. Tho snnase bill is occtional
measure, conceived in muligutty aud
aimed to destroy great northern indus.
tries upon which millions of Americans
from tho Atlantic to Vancouver depend
forsupport. 1hn whole country is pray.
ing for the rciof that the complete de-
feat Of Bourbon tariff legislation alone
can give. In tho name OF humanity
and OF patriotism that relief should no
longer lie denici. II is the emphatic,
the imperative duty OF Congress to kill
tho Bourbon bill, adjourn aud go home.
Then from one end Of the land to the
other will bo heard the hum Of busy
workshops aud tho joyful thanks from
millions Of happy workers. rescued from
poverty, hardship and dcspNir. Kill
the Bourbon bill and lot tho country
prospect"