St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-07

When it became known that the bill
would retain a generous measure OF
protection for almost all the favored
industries the expected happened. and
the whole rayenous horde trooped down
on the capitol to either have some ar
ticle taken from the free list or to have
the taxes on imports Of others increased.
1t became at once not at all a question
of revenue. but the degree and guam
tity of protection which could be got.
Lit was this that made the work of the
WAYS and means committee SO burden
some, and it was this that sent William
l.. Wilson, worn down, debiiitated, to a
sickness nigh unto death in that rail-
way car sidetracked on the highlands
of Mexico. If the announcement had
been made that the bill would be
framed strictly in conformity with the
Chicago platform, there would have been
no Fostering swarm of tariff gnats
wearing out the life and breaking down
the health of The committeeman and
members, and the disgraceful scenes of
the senate would have been spared tn e
country.
If Senators White and Catfrey insist
on tax on sugar which will be pro-
tective: il Senator German wants his
coal and iron mines protected; if Sem
ator Brice insists that the sheep Of Ohio
be shielded from the cold blasts of CON-
petition; even if the Troy brewer who.
by the grace of Maynard, sits in the
senate from New York, wants the coll
lar and cuff trust insured continuance
of les privilege of robbery; or if Sen.
ator Hill wants, in view of the posi-
bilities of '96. all these selfish interests
to have what they want, we cannot see
how they can be logically denied. If the
Democratic party has become a pro-
tectionist, if it is to levy taxes on inn
ports not solely tor revenue. but for
protection, why shouldn't these Demo-
Gratis object to the line being drawn on
them and their local industries? Is
there not force in their contention that
iron and coal and wool and sugar are
just as much entitled to protection as
steel and woolens and cottons and any
thing else? Why should they be offered
up as sacrifices and the others exempted?
Why not put tax on them which will
yield revenue as we'll as on other things?
And we confess for one our inability to
answer them.
All this would have been obviated
had the voice Of the party been heard,
its commands obeyed. Had the sole
question been. what is the lowest tax
which will yield the highest amount of
revenue? had all consideration of Civ
ing to any thing made or manufactured
any advantage over any other in
the tax list been ignored: had
all thought Of protection been set
aside as immaterlal and irrelevant,
there could have been no just cause of
complaint, no ground for charges of
discrimination, no struggle to get
articles from the free list, or more
tax put on them; and the sorry,
disheartening and discouraging spec
tacle with which Democrats have
been inundated would have been spared
us. For this we are indebted to the
| presidents utterly misplaced tender
hess for the vampires which have sucked
the life-bIood of the people so long that
| they believe they have a divine right to
continue sucking it perpetually. He
| meant right, but he didn't know the
| creatures he had to deal with.