The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-28
TARIFF BILL TROUBLE.
Caused by Far West Silver Pc
publicans.
THE GAME sKMLFULLY PLAYED

W aonlN0lONf ESos 0f.-lDlSohhts Nv
is today admitted on all sides that there IL
little probability Of action by the senate on
the house tariff or emergency revenue bill.
For some time the Cuban resolutions have
had the right Of way In the upper branch,
and they have called forth most interest
Ing debate. Occasionally the speeches
have been eloquent and sensational. While
this was going on the oloakrooms have
been filed with gossip concerning the fu-
ture of legislation, and l was told today
by q senator who knows whereof he speaks
that 10 may as we'll be admitted now as at
any other time that there Is nothing for
this congress TO do but to pass the appro-
priation bills and go home. "Of course, :"
said he, i've shall have a few buncombe
resolutions on foreign matters and other
things, something which affords an oppor-
tunity for all of us who care to do 90 to
make speeches, but that IL all 1t will
amount to. The sooner we pass the APP
preparation bills and get away the better
| 1t will be for the country and every one
else."
The siIverites' Policy.
The trouble with the tariff bill Is pre-
cisely what was said to be the trouble with
| It In one Of my recent dispatches to your
paper. The silver Republicans Of the far
west have decided that the measure shall
not become a law. They have their own
| purpose to serve In taking this position
| and may be depended upon to play their
| game with skill and persistency. What
| they are after Is the recognition of silver,
| and they intend to have It. II they can
| not get it now, they will take IL later.
The truth is, notwithstanding all their
| talk of boiling the st. Louis convention
| and of setting up independent electoral
| tickets In their states, they expect to see
| the Republican party come into power q
| year hence In all three departments Of the
| government-the White House, the senate
| and the house Of representatives. When
| 1t does come IN, they argue that 1t will
| want to revise the tariff-not little revi-
i sion applying specifically only to few ar
| ticles and horizontally to Others but a
| general revision all along the line. At
| that stage of the game they propose to
| have something TO say. They propose to
l stand in the road and TO declare: "Recog-
| nize silver, or you can't go any further.
| II you want protection on wool and coal
l and iron and all your articles, give us pro-
| lection also on silver" And they expect to
| be able to enforce their demands through
| their majority In the senate or TO cause a
| heap of trouble This explains why they
| do not want any tariff legislation at this
| time. The more legislation now the less
eager the party will be for revision later
| on. And the silver men want the party
| to be so eager for chance to revise the
tariff that it will be willing to pay almost
any price for the privilege. Considered
simply as a political play, as game OF
maneuver, this is admirable 1t is shrewd
politics. Whether 1t Is defensible In other
respects every man will judge according
to his views of the questions and interests
involved.
Senator Lodges Point.
One good point made by Senator Lodge
In his eloquent speech on Cuba appears te
have escaped attention up to this time
He compared Cuba with the island Of
Java, which il known to be one OF the
richest counties In the world. But Jaws
is not richer than Cuba" said the sena
tor. "They are much alike In their gen
eral characteristics. Both are fertile ano
enjoy productions varied and valuable In
the worlds commerce. Cuba Is only one
| quarter smaller than Java and yet sup
ports a population OF only little more
than 1, 500, 900 people, while the popula-
/ tlOu VI Jaw 10 So,OOu,ooV. Aho oSiseca
went on to point out that for long time
Java had enjoyed an enlightened system
of governments, while Cuba had been throt-
tied by tyrant, q government without
the slightest notion of developing the
physical resources Of the island
President Cleveland yesterday denied
another application for pardon made IN
behalf of an inmate of one OF the peniten'
tiaries on the ground that the poor man IL
dying. As Is customary with him, Mr..
| Cleveland studied the papers with great
care. He even went so far as to call in q
physician to help him understand ut theii
true value tho certificates OF the convict's
doctors that he was likely to die II kept
longer in confinement. The president be
came convinced this was another OF the
many cases brought from time to timo be-
fore him in which the convicts were IN
pretty good health, but had worked upon
the sympathies of their doctors for certif
crtes. Consequently the application was
refused. When he handed the papers bach
TO the gentleman who had presented them
Mr.. Cleveland said, $50 many govern
ment convicts are about to die of that
think what the government needs to built
Is hospitals and not jails."
The Presidents Patience.
A member OF tho cabinet, referring te
the oft mentioned unpopularity OF TIT
president with leading members OF The
Democratic party, said to mo: 81 can't un
derstand this. For a long time i hay'
watched Mr.. Cleveland very carefully. II
his treatment of men no Is most consider
ate. Take, for instance his manners to
ward the members of the cabinet. He i
always kind and oven gentle When b.
| disagrees with us, he Is careful to give u
| a chance to explain ourselves and encour
ages us to make tho argument fully ant
frankly. He has moro patience than on
would think man In his position woul'
have. OF course he likes to have his owl
way, but he IL not mean about It, Some
times he changes his mind after deciding
against us and gives In to our way O
thinking. In oil things have found hin
q we'll balanced, thoroughly companion
able, just and patient man. Why b
should be disliked on account of his man
ner of treating prominent men who cal
on him is moro than can imagine"
A very interesting story was In circula
ton few days ago to the effect that Mrs
Cleveland was growing so stout that whe
she recently summoned courage to ste
upon the scales she found. to her amaze
mont and ohagrin, that her weight wa
IQ6 pounds. 1t seems pity to spoil 8
Interesting n story, but there Is not
word OF truth In It. Mrs. Cleveland's &C
tual weight Is only few pounds over 100
and that with winter wraps on.
WALTER wELLMAh.
Downtrodden MT. GIimmerton.
ibid anybody ever hear Of anybody