The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


how to approach the subject OF IN
creasin2 the revenues Of the govern
meut, in his annual message to
Congress, and no member Of his
Cabinet has so far been able to sug-
gest any satisfactory solution OF the
trouble. If he ever thought the
present tariff would produce enough
money, which is very doubtful, he
knows now beyond the shadow of
doubt that it viii not. OF course
he knows, as everybody else does,
that Congress will Legislature Oh
this subject regardless of his re-
COMMUNICATION, but that knowledge
does not help him any. lie knows
also that unless the Democrats pro-
nose allowing the presidential elec-
SION to go by default it is absolutely
necessary for that party to make
some definite declaration on the
subject, and that as the official head
Of the party he ought to make it in
his message to Congress. For him
to recommend raising the needed
revenue bv amendment of the tariff
law would be to acknowledge the
error Of the Democratic party and
himself on the tariff question.
That he will not do, whatever he
may think. Nothing is left them
but to recommend an increase in
internal revenue taxes and in the
number of articles subject to such
taxation, or both. He knows that
no recommendation in that Iiue will
be popular, and it is not strange
that he should be worried
There is but ore opinion among
Republican senators and members
of the House who have net been
heard from. That is, that if the
administration gets the money it
needs it will be through amend
ments to the tariff law. placed GER
tain articles now free Of duty, which
euter into active competition with
similar articles produced in the
United States, upon the dutiable
List, and increasing the duties upon
other articles of foreign production,
the low duties upon which now Grip
pie number Of American indus
tries by reducing the output Of our
mills and factories. 1t has been
said that the Senate Will not pass
auch amendments if adopted by the
House, and that if it did Wr. CIeye-
land would veto them. Well, that
is for the Senate and Mr.. Cleveland
to decide. The House is Republi
can, as is the country, and it is 60
ing to legislature on Republican
lines, and if its legislation fails to
become laws the people will be APP
pealed to, and they will see to it
that after March I, 1897, there will
be Republican Senate and Presi-
dent as well as Republican
House.
Representative Kirkpatrick, {
good Republican who succeeds Hud.
son, populist, as congressman from
the third Kansas district, is in
Washington. When asked who wa;
the fayorite presidential candidate
of Kansas Republican, he said
Il think Mckinley has little ad
vantage in our state; he has visited
us several times and made man
admirers. But Nj. Reed also la
many followers. The Kansaus llk
sturdy fighter such as the Main
man has proven himself. W
would be well pleased with either o
these two. Either can carry tn
state. Populism is a thing Of tn
past and will cut no more figure i
Kansas. Ny opinion is that mex
year, seeing themselves in such
no oeless minority, the Populist
will support the Democratic cleo
toral ticket in return for some ia
vors in the selection of state tickle
Right now there is no talk Of sue
u combination, and, in fact, the
profess to dislike each other il
tensely. Whether they fuse or nc
will be Of no consequence to tE
Republicans, because no oppositio
ticket viii have the slightest chanC