The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-07-01
In THEIRS.
REPUBLICANS TURN DOWN THE
SUGAR TRUST AND OTHERS.
Work Moving at a Satisfactory Rate in
~Washington-It Is the Farmers and
Artisans That This Congress Is Work.
ing For-Press Opinions.

The rate of progress being made on
the tariff bill in the senate is phenome-
nal. And what is more to the point,
those changes made by the senate fin
ance committee which seemed to meet
with popular disapproval are being
eliminated by the Republican caucus
and the bill by the time it gets back to
the house is likely to be so nearly in
It's original form that ii Will be salts
factory to the people and to the mem
bers of that body and SO get promptly
upon the statute books.
The senate Republicans have decid-
ed to restore the house sugar schedule,
which is especially gratifying to many
people because it deprives the Demo-
Gratis OF any opportunity to charge that
the trust controlled the forming of
that schedule or any other schedule of
the bill. 1t is believed that the house
rates on wool will also be restored.
The rate of speed made on the bill is
very favorably commented upon by
experienced legislators here.
ut is not surprising that the people
of the United States" said Senator
Burrows, speaking of this subject, ARE
anxious to see the tariff bill passed
and are urging congress to make what
ever speed is possible. They have
suffered so much from the effect OF low
tariff in the past few years that i'm
patience with any unnecessary delay
would be entirely justifiable. But if
they were to consider the situation as
we find it here they certainly would
lot think that progress is slow or that
there has been any unnecessary de-
lay"
do you mean that the situation here
is such as to make the progress upon
the tariff bill unusually slow or that
congress is actually making the usual
speed in the consideration OF the tariff
bill?"
Both. Conditions are entirely I'M
usual. 1t has very seldom happened
that congress has seriously attempted
to pass a general tariff measure when
It's two branches have not been in ac-
| tolu IL lIltit nave DCVh very lt"
IL any cases when it has succeeded in
doing so with the party in power at the
white house only controlling one
! branch of congress. Everybody knows
that the Republican party is not in
control of the senate and cannot hope
to be before March, 1899. The senate
has now SO members so that 45 is re-
] CURED as a majority, and as the Re-
publican party has but 43 members ii
is perfectly clear that it does not and
cannot control the senate politically.
In view of this fact it cannot be ex-
pected that the party can conduct leg
islation in that body as it would be
able to do under other circumstances.
/ am not criticising the speed which Is
being made nor would anybody be JUS
titled, l think, in doing so, ever if the
Republicans actually controlled both
branches of congress"
You think the rate of speed which
is being made in the bill then is at least
up to the average?"
much more than that. The present
generation of congressman in either
branch of that body never saw a tariff
bill framed. considered and passed in
anything like the brief space of time
which has been or is likely to be oc-
cupied in this one. Every year of
growth of the country, growth of i'm
ports, growth of manufactures and
growth of the various interests in
volved adds to the complications in the