The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-28

WILL THE SENATE susREspERs

WILL THE bEsAfE
The speech OF Senator Villas on Thurs
day, replying to Senator Germans bitter
assault upon President Cleveland, makes
Il perfectly plain othat either the United
states senate must receda from its posi-
ton and restore coal and iron ore To the
free list or there will be no tariff I'LL
passed. Either the president aud his adj
herents must completely back down or
German and his followers must surrender.
II both sides TO this fightosfand hrm the
Wilson tariff bill will fall Between the two
houses.
There Is no common ground Of conces-
sion or agreement.
1t is surrender or fight to the last, for
the preside nt's letter says that there must
be free coal andofrse ore or no bill. He de-
clares that the abandonmentot free raw
material ''meansc party pertidy and party
dishonor;" that free wool on the one hand,
protected coal on the other. would be ian
outrageous discrimination and violation OF
principle" This means that German Il
Co. must surrender or take the response
bility OF killing the bill.
The speech Of Senator Villas replying to
Senator Germans bitter assault upon the
president is far weaker speech than that
made By David b. Hill, Of New York, but
the president himself has made great
mistake when he9makes his issue free coal
and ore instead OF free sugar. Protected
coal and ore is legitimate protection, while
taxed sugar il direct gift to corrupt and
odious monopoly. The president prociaims
no warfare against the corruption of the
sugar trust and the infamy OF the sugar
schedule. but contents himself with fight
ing legitimate effort to protect coal and
ore on the part of Democrats from coal
and ore producing states.
This Is the fatal weakness Of the prest-
dents letter. He might. a. the Philadei-
phia Press points out. have put the Cor
man senators '1n the attitude Of killing
the bill rather than harm the sugar trust,
but instead Of that he has given the Cor
man senators the power 10 put the presi-
dent in the attitude of killing the bill the
cannot have free Nova Scotia coal" The
senators answer to the people for theiE
corrupt subservience To the sugar trust,
bat instead OF doing this he has simply
made fight with them over the question
OF free coal and free ore. They can fairly
answer that their action in this respect
was their desire 20 save the local indus
tiles OF their states tEom destruction.
Already Senator Smith. Of New Jersey.
has replied that he withstand by the inter.
ests OF his constituents and will not yield
another inch. IL GormaR,T Brlcs and
Murphy stand with him there viii be d
mlnation on both sides. o
The struggle IL nomtaally between the
senate and the house. but IL Is really be.
tween German and the president Tbs
defeat Of the house bill will bs the defeat
Of the administration. The Wilson bin q
the house Is a measure like the Mills bill
OF 1857. that aims at free trade. II declare,
for free raw materials. knowing that 'sfre,
raw materials" will ultimately turn tn,
producers Of the country into all aroune
''free traders since these producers vii
say: "if We are TO Re robbed OF all pro
lection, then the manufacturer shall b,
robbed Of all protection. too; II there is 4
be free wool. free coal. free lumber ans
free ore. then there shall lie free goods
toe" q
It was tins perception OF the uitimatr
effect Of the Sfrse raw materials" Mills bill
of PSI that defeated Cleveland for rs-eiec
ton In ISIS snd the Wilson bill an il cam
from me house Is destructive measure o
"frse trade" The German bill OF the sen
ate. whils tainted with sugar trust eorrup
tion, IS mother respects = measure ef par
tiAl protection. since IL restores coal an,
iron ore % the euilshls list
presldeSt Cleveland. however. Is true (,
his doctrine % free trade. ss set forth Il
his famous tariff message Of lsS7; he the,
believed in the Mills ball, and today h
stands by his old Mills NH Gag; be is 10
free wooi and taxed sugar: be is for IRE
O trade; he Is fer free raw materials an,
heavily cut duties generally. because h
want. 60 make beginning q the end O
protection. ard he hlantlv says that he Is
therefore, for the Wilson blu az Agaens
tie German blll IL j. curious proof Q
hos strongly therreslteas and bis adynlu
istFatioa are controlled ~ the Southern
friends Of Sugar when We fnd him IA
slstsBg vigorously On free wecl. free coa
sn3 free ore. While ct ths same time h
declines % make an saasily hoid, viroreu
ssaad Tor free sugar. lie pleads fos dut,
on sugar that ig shoul4 net he rejects
throsEA fear q the sugar tFast, ard rs
thus thrpWn away his nost powerful
weapsa against the GoFsnsH senators. -
be has Substantially surrendered on an
sagsr issue IA styauee.
foere3s M gronaa len for o0nprml.i
hstaesn ths president s1a German, a.,
the asas aust 10 = ths anish. Either "a
president mRss sasgsF defeat - ths fAIlar
81 she iaFir tiu within the lines marked on
BY ste president - become = lA~. OF ~
oafmaa faciioa must Surrender aad CO.'S
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