The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-01

sought 10 oe passed. The passage Z
Il. the Pres, continued. would cause
"the removal ~ special favor % the
sugar trust which ought never 10 have
gone into the bill originally Eut orr
Philadelphia nsighbor perceived that
the wicked democrats were trying 80
were saying that the bill could not
pass for want Of republican support
The Press continued as follows.
Senator Quay's proposed amend
mcnt will AT least serve Ia tear OIL this
mask II will have republican support
and il can only be beaten by demo-
Garlic opposition. There will he no
such opposition unless the democrats in
the senate are willing To make "A Still
more emphatic confession before tha
country even than they have yet made
that they are the servants OF the ~uyar
trust and not the repre- ~
the people. This is certainly good
time 10 have record made ON this
point Il THE proposition to repeal
the dutyl should he pressed with ths
utmost parliamentary >'s;ll and energy.
not merely to put democratic sugar
trust senator's on record. but with an
earnest purpose TO enact il as a ve-v
desirable amendment OF the sugar
schedule of the Wison-Scnatc tariff
bill. Let Us see who can Toe depended
upon to further this righteous result"
Five days later the Press got the
record for which il had asked How
does our neighbor in Philadelphia like
it2 The question rs to the repeal of
the is and the lilo was brought up by
the motion of one Of those wicked
democrats who were trying to pre-
vent action" The mask" was torn
off. but what was then revealed? Did
it appear that the proposition ha 4 RE-
publican support, and could ''bc
beaten only by democratic opposition?'
There was solid republican vote on
the side of the trust. and all of the
twcnty-threc senators who voted on
the other side were democrats. Every
republican present either voted against
even the consideration of the PROPOSE
ton. or was paired against il. and one
IF these voting republicans was Qua,
himself. Has the Press ;iscertained
who can be depcr ..ca upon to further
this righteous result
The New York Tribune had heartily
approved Mr. Clcveland's recommcn-
iation. ''Cuckoos Get Black Eye"
was the headline over the report of
his vote. and il has since laloriously |
10 defend and excuse the
senator's Of its party on the ground that |
there was no other way 10 shut ont |
action" on other tariff propositions. |
;ut was it not possible for the rcpub !
leans to vote for the repeal Of these
wo duties and then 10 use their power |
Effectively to prevent other tariff iegis- |
atom
Before this vote the leading journals
II the republican party were in favor
# the proposed repeal. a we have
hown. The same journals now strive
Q defend the republican, senator's b. |
EXPLAINING that the country ought H.
AVE rest from tariff agitation or by
sserting that the democrats should b,
'cld responsible for these two duties
Turing the next two years
The vote shows clearly. however. to
ny unbiased person who is familiar
With the history las told by republicans
hemselvesl Of the Gcrman-repnblican
lliance in the closing days of the last
ession and with the history of the
making of the Nc kinley sugar SEIZED
lie. that the republicans of the senate
'nder the leadership and control of Mr
Aldrich. are supporters of the sugar
rust now, as they were in July last,
nd as they We're four years ago when
hey increased the house bills subsidy
o the trust and thus gave to this or.
protective duty tina: has
zen worth not less than $4,000. 900 in
lear cash profits since the Mckinles
ill became n lawn. Y. Times.
TariR and GiremorLs