St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-15

lican and has never had anything.
This, of course, has been partly due
to the fact that his county has been
heavily Democratic for years and he
could get nothing there, and in his
campaigns for the congressional nom
ination he has been unfortunate. He
was very hot and disappointed over
his last defeat, but his good sense and
loyalty to the party finally prompted
him to do the right thing and he did it.
l believe that he will be a very strong
candidate for a place in the next house.
He is a one-armed soldier and deserves
well of both the country and the party.
/ hope and expect that he will get
something good"
CANNON SPOILING FOR A FIGHT.
Congressman joe Cannon, of Illi-
nois, proposes to have the promise. Of
his old place as chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations from Car
Reed or there will be a red-hot fight
for the speakership. The situation is
a very simple one. In the Fifty-firSt
congress Mr.. Cannon was chairman
of this committee, having been the
leading Republican member for sew
eral congresses, but he was defeated
in the landslide of 1880, in which his
mouth did yeoman service in behalf
of Judge Busey, the Democratic can
didate Cannon's retirement made
Henderson, of Iowa, the ranking Re
publican on the committee, and, under
the practice of the house, would give
him the Craftsmanship of the commit
tee in the next congress. In 1892, how
ever Mr.. Cannon was returned to his
seat, and Speaker Crisp promptly re-
stored him to his old place on the
committee In all the struggles to
keep down appropriations Mr.. Cannon
took a leading part, and when the
house adjourned he prepared the Re-
publican statement on appropriations
and published it. Gen. Henderson did
the same thing, giving out his state
ment the day after Mr.. Cannon's ap-
peared Henderson did this on the
ground that as the ranking Republic
an member it was his duty. Here the
matter rests. Cannon claims that the
break in his term ought not to count
against him, having served for
twenty years, as he has, considera-
bly, longer period than Henderson,
while the latter insists that under the
unwritten laws of the house the
craftsmanship belongs to him.
CANNON LIKELY TO WIN.
1t is very pretty fight and it is dol
lars to doughnuts that Cannon will
have his way or make more trouble for
the cZar than the whole Democratic
side. Although a radical Republican,
Democrats who want to see the ap-
propriations held down are hoping
that Cannon may win and receive the
craftsmanship. He is stroger in every
way than Henderson, and is really a
very valuable man for the chairman
ship of the most important committee.
Henderson is good-natured and easy
going and totally unfit for the place
He could not refuse any member any
request calling for the governments
money, while Cannon takes a special
delight in doing that very thing. The
appropriations of the Fifty-fourth con-
gress will be large enough under the
keen eye of Cannon; under Henderson
they will pass all previous records by
a large per cent.
1t is a good thing for the country
that there are men like Cannon and
Dingley, of Maine, on the Republican.
side in the next congress, just as it
was for the Democratic party to have
Sayers, of Texas, and Dockery, of Mis-
souri,. These four men are thorough
ly acquainted with the needs of the
government, and they know just how
to hold the appropriations down with
out impairing the efficiency of the serv-
ice. AS rule they stand togeather in
their fights for economy.
ASK NO PROTECTION.
The committee on finance of the SEN
ate has just published some answers
to inquiries made of manufacturers in
various lines that are decidedly inter-
esting to Minnesotans. Manufacturers
of brooms in all parts of the country
were asked regarding their business
and whether they desired protective
tariff Under the Mckinley tariff
brooms were protected to the extent of
40 per cent. The Wilson act reduced
this to 20 per cent, and if all the manu-
facturers had replied as did the Iowa
and Minnesota men interviewed brooms
would now be on the froe list.
These answers, however, show that
the Western manufacturers of brooms
die III NCly pOIlCl ShopC lhoh
their Eastern competitors. Blood &
Smith, of st. Cloud, made the follow
ing statement:
Our output of brooms and brushes
for the first year was about SIG, GOO
worth; the next year about $4,000, and
this year it will be about $4,000 better.
We have always run full time. We
need no duty. l do not think the re-
duction of duty one-third would affect
T1n yhn1 10 rarin of
goods are 20 per cent higher than in
1892 owing to the scarcity of broom
corn. There is small domestic in
crease in competition. We desire no
duty at all. We are producing more
no change in wages during the past
twelve months. We suggest no change
whatever in existing custom laws.
The price of living has decreased
during the past four years. Poor har-
vest and poor price Of wheat are the
cause in this locality of the present
depression in trade. The broom corn
is our raw material. Our goods are
necessities. We pay 10 per cent on
loans. There is no necessity for a
customs duty with free raw material
Our wholesale prices have increased
since 1892
Eastern manufacturers asked that
the tariff be left at the Mckinley rate
while Robert J. Shinn, of Springdale.
| To-, said:
Il do not desire any duty; I believe
in free trade. Wages have been uni
| form during tho nos