Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
KYLE
He spends two and a
half hours on a
dead ISSUE.
That is what the pop
ulist party call
the tariff.
A vain attempt to ex-
plain his vote
on sugar.

Senator Kyle, the sugar-coated
senator from South Dakota, says: Il
voted for free sugar. 1t was | who
marshaled all my forces and tried to
strike from the sugar schedule of the
Wilson bill the tax on sugar. 1t was
on July 3rd. Look in the Congress
sional Record. You will find it all
there"
The Congressional Record is the
printed proceedings of what takes
place in both houses of congress
from day to day. We have a copy
of the Congressional Record in the
office of the REPORTER AND FARM
Err covering the last session of con
gress, which is open for inspection
and we invite all our populist friends,
as we'll as democrats and others, to
call and see it in respect to the vote
of senator Kyle on the sugar ques-
ton. If there is any doubt in your
minds as to what we say in this mat
ter, and you are honest and conscien-
tious in your search after fact in re-
gard to this campaign, you will step
in and behold for yourselves.
In the proceedings of July 3rd.
and on page S415, the senate resumed
consideration of the Wilson bill, and
section 1924, providing for a duty of
40 per cent ad valorem on all sugars;
and further providing On all sugars
above 16 Dutch standard, one-eighth
of one cent per pound in addition to
the 40 per cent ad valorem, and on
all tank bottom sugars, syrups, ETC.,
one-tenth of one cent per pound ex-
cepting sugar coming under the
Hawaiian treaty of 1875, was read
by the secretary of the senate. Sem
ator Kyle hen moved to amend the
section by striking out the additional
duty of one-eighth ard one-tenth Of
one cent per pound, but which amend
ment did not strike out the 40 per
cent also. In his speech in Webster,
senator Kyle said: alt vas | who
marshaled all my forces and tried to
defeat this duty on sugar" He did
not say there was a 40 per cent duty
he did not try to defeat.
Now senator Kyle made a little
short speech in favor of his amend
ment which is found on page S4l5 of
the Congressional Record. His re-
marks were as follows: ain justifi-
cation of the amendment, | will state
that there may be some excuse at
the present time for placing a duty
of 40 per cen ad valorem upon raw
sugar, but there is today absolutely
no excuse in the eyes of the Ameri-
can people for placing one-eighth of
a cent on sugars above 16 Dutch
standard for the benefit of the re-
fners, / believe here hat it might
be safely predicted that it means a
death blow politically to the man
who will cast his vote in favor of re-
tanning this duty of one-eighth of one
cent; / believe it will mean the death
blow of the party which passes the
bill with the duty of one-eighth of a
cent retained in it,"
The senator from South Dakota
"marshaled all his forces" Now, who
were his forces? Here they are:
Aldrich, rep; Allen, pop; Allison,
rep: Carey, rep; Chandler, rep; Cul-
lom, rep; Davis, rep;(the villain from
Mimi. who said at Aberdeen that
Kyle voted for a duty on sugar.
Dixon, rep; Dubois, rep; Dolph, rep;
Frye, rep; Gallinger, rep; Hale, rep;
Hawley, rep; Higgins, rep; Hill,
dem; Hoar, rep; Irby, pop; Jones,
rep; Kyle, pop; Lodge, rep; McMil-
an, rep; Mitchell, rep; Patton, rep,
PETER, pop; Perkins, rep; Pettigrew,
rep; Plat, rep; Power, rep; Sherman,
rep;(the traitor who demonetized sill
yer in 1890 Shoup, rep; Squire,
rep, Tiller, rep; and Washburn, rep.
20 republicans, 4 populists and 1
democrat, making 81 votes in all.
Kyle, this slick-tongued, oily, sugar
coated senator from South Dakota,
m~arshaling 30 republican rogues,
r~ascals, thieves and thugs to help
him knock out this duty on sugar
which 'MEANT TIE DEATH BLOW TO
THE PARTY WHICH PASSED THIS
BILL WITH THE DUTY OF ONE
EIGHTH or ONE CENT IN IT." These
republicans who are lying to you and