The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-01-18
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From Our Washington Cores
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WAsuINGToN, d. c., Jan. 10Th, 1896.
EDITOR OF THE TINES.
The policy of this Congress seems to
be clearly outlined and it is under the
leadership of Tom Reed, simply this,
pass the Emergency Revenue Bill, the
Bond Bill, the Appropriation Bill, the
Private Pension Bill, and some other
subsidiary measures, and adjourn, leav-
ing the Tariff untouched until the Re
publican party assumes control of the
Government III 1897. | greatly admire
the man Of Maine for his iron will, his
courage, integrity and the Czarism that
is unpurchasable and untarnished. |
have reason to believe that Reed will
/ capture the nomination in the st.
Louis Convention, for it is apparent
that Plat of New York and Quay of
! PENNSYLVANIA are behind the scenes,
Reed men. 1t Is expected that Gov
ernOr Morton will go into the conven-
ton with the seventy-two votes of the
Empire State, possibly New Jersey and
scattering votes make his maximum
something like one-hundred, while
Reed will have the New England states
solid, and | apprehend votes from all
! the states in the Union that have not
| pronounced Presidential Candidates
| of their own. The contest now is really
/ between the forces of Reed and Me
kiuley with the man from Maine in
! the I6a1. TO DE ope;ktF 81 the House
! of Representatives in some respects is
to occupy the first and most powerful
Office under the Government, for the
| Speaker virtually controls the Legis-
latlon Of the Country, as he forms the
! Committees, and thereby shapes the
! policy Of Congress and Of the Govern
ment. Speaker Reed is not a command
/ ing figure, nor is he as handSom as his
pictures indicate, bald-headed, smooth
shaven, corpulent and with all intel
! lectual. He is a man of great tenacitv
/ of purpose, sclf-Wllied, full of Patriot
| ism, somewhat aut0cratic and born
! leader. l have alluded hastily to the
! Emergency Revenue Bill, and it may
be interesting to YOU and your many
! readers if | observe concerning that
measure that it was devised by the Re-
/ publican party, to rescue an impover-
| Ished Treasury from being absolutely
! the bv-word and scorn of the civilized
/ world, under Democratic misrule. In
a word, the Wilson Tariff Bill passed by
a Democratic Congress has completely
/ failed 10 furnish the government with
/ sufficient money to pay its running eX-
( penscs, and the administration was so
/ helpless under its own incompetent
and ill-advised Tariff law, that the
/ Nation was compelled to borrow money
4 of Foreign syndicatcs to keep out of
bankruptcy. And ills borrowing
money to pay our debts is one of the
I signal features of this honoy-combed
demoraiizing and Treasury depicting
! Administration the last the country
will witness let Us hope for tie next
century. You have noticed with what
/ dispatch the Lower House Of Congress
passed the Bond Bill, and l will ex-
7 plain TO You. that it was done for what
+ was believed to be the good Of the suf-
terIrE people of this country. Eou
know, and all observing persons realize
that the President would veto almost
any Tariff Measure that Republican
House might enact, and the passage of
the Bond Bill was simply the best thing
that the Republicans could DO under
the circumstances for the relief Of the
people. Business is terribly depressed,
men are failing in all departments of
trade; the gold reserve III the treasury
Is constantly diminishing, and the out
flow of the precious metal is persistent
and continual, and we are confronted
with a condition of things unprecedent-
ed in the history of the country;
brought upon the nation by the awful
mistake that the people made in 90.
Now, Won are aware that if the Re
publican party had remained in power
that the Mckinley Tariff Law would
have continued in force and that the
spectacle Of great Nation like ours
poII ing money 10 ply It's ttbt ana
sUPpiiaut at the foot Of the English
Throne would not he presented to the
civilized world. The repeal OF the Nc
kiEley Tariff Law was the beginning Of
the Financial disasters that have crowd
ed our pathway ~ a nation since the
Democratic party came into power.
We got in the place Of the Mckinley
Bill that monsrosity known SIS the
Wilson-Gorman Bill. and the man after
whom It was named being defeated for
reelection in his West Virginia District
is now Postmaster General, Nhi!e Cor
man is n putrid "reminiscences. / don't
intend TO make this letter wholly politi-
cal. and Will therefore break away from
partyism, and make some illusions TO
Wisconsin matters that may be relished
by your patrons. / suppose you have
read the Bills introduced by Congress
man Jenkins relative TO the Port of
Superior and the establishment Of the