The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-26

place among the people representing tins
| Democratic party, / have no means o.
knowing. Everybody knows this Dill
which, according TO the Democratic
view contained party perfdy ana
party dIshonor. was passed by the house
and that they violated every rule oil
parliamentary law IN order to enable them
| TO pass it. Now what IS that bill! aul
| sorry to say that although l was on the
| conference committee. | was deprived OF
| an opportunity TO examine the items ana
| to discuss the reasons for them Ibat OH
must be tested like any other bill, by the
| test of time and experience. Those who
know best about it believe the results to
! this country will be disastrous, but fortu-
nately not as disastrous as the original
bill 10 which Mr.. Wilson's name was only
attached.
IT IS NOT A FINALITY.
"But there is only one thing from which
we must free our mines, and that Is Tue
idea that this bill, however bad it may BE-,
is the basis upon which the business OF
the country may adjust itself on lower
plane of wages with safety, and proceed
with whatever as left to Us OF the INDUS
tries of the country. This idea we must
dismiss absolutely from our minds. 1he
fact the bill is not a finality, let 1t be I'M
derstOod. do not say this under my own
authority. desire TO keep before you tue
opinions of the Democratic leaders them
selves upon the subject
Mr.. Reed then quoted from the remarks
of Mr. Wilson IN the house, and Mr.. Nils
in the senate, TO show that the tariff bill
passed, Is one step in the march toward
free trade.
Mr.. Reed continuing said: How many
errors, how many mistakes and plumbers
there may be in the tariff bill as IL has
finally reached the president IS not yet DIS
I he. TufaFf q
have not permitted myself TO comment
upon the scandalous stories, or even posi-
bic scandal connected with The tax upon
sugar, but II is due to the country that
the aspects of it where commented upon
should be carefully and fairly dealt with.
THE ACTION WAS HIGH-BANDED.
"The house of representatives, saw fit 10
not only abolish the sugar bounty, but
also to take off the duty connected with
the sugar tariff When the bill arrived IL
the senate, 1t was engaged IN the task OF
passing a bill which diminished the rev
euues SO. 100000 1t then became neces-
sary in the opinion of all intelligent peo-
pie to put tax upon the sugar il this bill
was to be persisted upon. Ihereupon a
tax was proposed upon sugar OF 40 per
cent. with a differenIial of Is for the sugar
refiners, and still another dilferential TO
protect them against the sugar countries
which pAiu an export premium This was
the bill which passed the house. Antici
paUing, knowing in tact, that the bill
would be unpopular in every possible way
they endeayored To relieve themselve from
the burden OF the vote which they had Just
given, and therefore. awaited themselves OF
extraordinary powers which resided IN the
house AID by course OF action entirely,
unprecedented, they provided that bill
might be introduced into the house, Civ
- frI, d Ia ha
amended, should nos he debated over more
than an hour, and might then be passed,
and accordingly this was done. Of course
this was a pure farce. Everybody knew it,
no matter how they voted upon the sub
ject.
IT WAS SIMPLY INFAMOUS
"The senate voted to put on the bill an
amendment authorizing the continuance
Of the bounty which had already been
granted under the Mckinley act, aud
which was promised to the people of the
country for period of ten years. This
the Democrats refused to adopt, so their
'pop-gun' bill and all the rest OF the Popu-
lists bills slept the sleep III which they
knew they would rest the only valid
action which the house performed with
regard TO the trust which il furnished
with almost infinite wealth, was that
statement OF Mr.. Wilson in the house, III
probability the bill for which he was then
voting, and the bill which he was demand
ing, and which he finally carried, gave the
sugar trusts $1,000 600, this very year,
outside the protection 10 refining.
THOSE STATEMENTS OF ECONOMY.
81 desire to point out to you the fact
that at time v hen tue revenues OF the
country are decreasing, and, while it
was thought necessary 10 issue $50 600, 900
interest bonds, the first session of the
FifJy-third congress, with both houses
under Democratic rule, have exceeded the
expenditures during the FlfUy-firsU con-
gress by S27, OOO,0U0. The chairman of the
committee on appropriations has en-
deavOred TO make no figures which would
indicate that the first session
OF the FIfty-fi-st congress- which
was Democratic was $50, 600, 900 more econ
omlc than the secvuu SEES, on OF the Fifty
second congress, the house of which was
Democratic alone. But comparison of
figures will show that the pensions for
that session OF the FIfty-secOnd congress
were $3.50. 010, 600, while those of the Fifty
third congress were Sl5l, 100000 which
makes exactly this difference of IS. 900, 600.
Ia other words they have deprived the
pensioner; rather they have deprived the
pension fund of 50, 900, 600, the exact
amount Claimed for their economy"