The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-15
washington Correspondence

ANY iIlthi, "oihti Vi Nhliu as " liz
determination Of President Mckinley
and the Republicans generally to carry
out the pledges of the party, they
should take a look at the white house
and capitol these busy days. There is no
tagging at either place. The tariff, the
International Bimetallic conference.
he protection Of American citizens are
all getting close attention and with
prospect of good results.
The Farmers Under Discussions In Con-
gress.
4 long distance telephone, connect
ing every farmer in the United States
with the capitol of the United States
would have given to the farmers OF the
country this week some interesting
information as 10 the attitudes Of the
two great parties. The tariff bill has
been under discussion and no farmer
could have listened to the discussion
without being able to clearly determine
who were his friends and who were
not his friends. The strong, vigorous
arguments Of the Republican members
of the ways and means committee in
behalf OF those features of the bill
which are especially beneficial to the
farmers on the one hand, and the COW
ert sneers Of the democratic and popu-
list orators relative 10 the very fea-
lures OF the bill on the other, show
that the armer Of the country made
no mistake when in last November
lIpV NntpI 4ha pnn,hlf.on ~ Il,
power and the protective system in
operation. The Republican members OF
the committee nave shown that the
bill was framed with the interests of
the farmers constantly in mind, while
the attacks upon hat measure by the
democrats have been specially leveled
at those features which were beneficial
to the farmers. Chairman Dingley in
his opening address called especial at
tentlon to those features and Gen.
Wheeler, Of Confederate fame, who led
on the debate for the free trade wing
OF the democracy, attacked fiercely
those features of the bill which are
Intended TO be especially valuable to
the agricultural community. Congress
man Hopkins Of Illinois devoted a
large share OF his speech to an ex-
planation Of the reciprocity features,
showing that under the reciprocity
treaties made in pursuance of the Nc
klnley law, great advantages were
gained in foreign markets for our ag-
flcuItural products and that even
greater opportunities are offered by
The new bill; while Populist Bell Of
Colorado, who followed him in oppo-
sltlon 10 the bill, especially attacked
The wool schedule and denounced the
effort to give the home market to the
American workmen and thus to the
American producers. Mr.. Bells speech
was freighted with sneers at the wool
tariff, the sugar tariff, the tariff on
max and hemp, and indeed everything
IN the bill which is Republican in doe
trlne and which is intended to bene-
Mt the farmer, and these attacks were
coupled with admissions on his part
that even his W state had good beet
growing soil, great opportunities for
wool production and other agricultural
possibilities of extreme value. POpu-
lists and Democrats seemed to vie with
each other in their denunciation of the
tariff measure and all because it is
the production of the Republican party. |
International B%imetaIism.
While there has been no official an
hounCement as to the immediate pol
ICY OF the administration regarding in
ternational bimetallism the develop
Glents nave been such as to warrant
the conclusion that the negotiations
Tor an international conference are to
be undertaken through authorized rep
fesentatives of this government at q
very early date. Whether this will be |
by the appointment of special repre-
sehtatives selected for his specific pur-
pose or through the ministers to the
foreign governments is not yet clear
put 1t is known that negotiations are
being set on foot already and that the
administration hopes to be able to bring
ABOUT a conference in the coming au- |
tnmn which will be participated in by
the great nations OF the world. Mean
'ime the friends of free coinage in the
ohIted STAGES without the corporation
vi other nations are losing ground and
many or them recognizing the fact that
International action is the only practi-
'aoie method of restoring the use of
SILVER. The old theory that silver and
iarm products have kept pace in values
anu That silver money was therefore
,ne true measure of value has lost
Ne hOld by reason of the fact that