The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-20
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President McISinIuy's frBt n,csSagc to
Congress. like his inaugural, is cOIn-
m0ndCd at evGry hand both for Us clear-
ness ana brcvlty, ana for the bold stand
which II takes In favor Of protection
and revenue. Democratic editors and
speakers vie with those Of the Rqpubli-
can nrC8H In commenting Il. ana IN also
coinmcndlug the general work ~ the
new President as far as developed.
The Democratic orators and editors
who are BhT'eltlng that the new tnTlm
bill, bHSed on tho Mckinley law, VIII
not produce revenue should take q look
ut hO record OF that law before commit.
ting themselves on tho subject. Tho
Mckinley law had beGr in operation
two and a half years whom tho free
tradO President and Congress came into
power, and had In that time produced
surplus Of twenty-five million dollars
The Wilson lOw-tariR law had becn two
and half years In operation when Nc
Klnley came into power and had pros
ducEd In that time q. deficit OK one huns
drCd and thirty-Ore million dollars.
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Secretary Wilson, tho new head Of tho
department or agriculture, Is receiving
the highest CnComiumS from members
OF Congress Of all parties for the intcllis
gent 1lld practical way with which no
has tEken hold of the work Of his de-
partment, He IL bringing to bear upon
It happy combination Of practical
farm experience and intelligent scien-
tillC work. He has already set on foot
a system OF thorough test OF the Capac-
ity OF many states Tor the production OF
beet sugar. and has rRnsackcd the world
for new classes Of leguminous, deep
rooted plants which Will Furnish y new
und constant food supply for stock de-
signed for tho markets OF tho world,
which II Is believed will result In a large
increase in the quantity and an advance
in the price received for tho meats pros
duccd by the farmers Of this country.
The Bryan gang in the Democratic
party has accumulated very black
eye. Congressman Bailey, Of Texas, de-
ciinr,i 10 run for Congress last fall. hes
cause he could not agree with Mr.. BY
ans political VaKarlCB, although hlr1l~
self confessed friend Of silver He was
flnnlly reelected in spite Of his protests.
and lust week the Democrats OF the
house Of representatives by an over
whelmng vote chose him as their cans
dtdate for the speakershlp, and did 80
In the face az the distinct Understanding
that he was an anti Bryan candidate.
and that in voting for him they
strengthened the issue as between the
two men and the two wings Of tho Hil-
yer Democracy which We're thus Cteve'-
oped. II IL thus napparCnt that the
silveTltes ARE getting into beautituI
quarrel among themselves, ana that
majority of them are inclined to serve
notice upon Mr.. Bryan that his assump-
ton that the nominations Of tue ChicnS
no convention were for all time and all
campaigns is slightly erroneous
Democrats who have begun to throw
stones Mt the DInEley bill because 1t II
based upon the Mckinley law, should
remember the old adRge about people
who live in glass houses. They assert
that the DlnglcY bill will prove FALL
urp, and haac this assertion upon the
false claim that theMcKlnley law failed
as a revenue producer The fact is that
I'M to the very hour that the free TRACE
President called the free trade Congress
together to destroy the Mckinley law
that measure had met every e%pendl-
;nre of TN government and created
handsome surplus. The Mckinley law
Ind been in operation thlrty-tour
months when the free trade Congress
met In August, 1899, TO destroy II. Dur"
ing that time the receipts had been $tS,.
III, $50 in excess Of all expenditures Of
the government. and 1t doubtless woulu
hnyc gone on creating surplus up 10
the present time. but for the disastrous
free trade experiment inauguratcd pS
the people of this country In november
1899, and rcpudlated in November 1870