The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-06-19
CAPITAL AFFAIRS.


Thc Talked Of Annexation eff Hawaii
SINE h.m0c attic Senator's and Pro-
Senator Allison Makes 4 State
ment Concerning the new Sugar Tariff
VII, Democratic Senator's are Talk
ing to Delay the Passage Of the Tariff
Bill Representative Bell's Sample of
Organism.
Regular Correspondence of the WIG.
WASHINGTON, June 18th, 1897.
The territory vi Hawaii. How does that
sound? Il is going to he the next addition
to Uncle SAM, family. 1t is now kH0wn,
although no official statement has been
made, that Il treaty for the annexation Of
Hawaii will be sent to the Senate in the
near future, probably before the close Of
the present session of Congress- There is
very little, if any. doubt OF the ratification
Of that treaty. as the sentiment OF the
Senate regardless of party is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the annexation of Hawaii !;
but owing to the difficulty of keeping a
ga Ium o! the Senate in Washington after
the taliT bill has been pissed, the treaty
will hardly lie acted upon until the regular
ses ,ior If Congrr,-, even ii sent in at this
session.
President Mckinley viii return from his
| trip to the Nashville Exposition tomorrow,
AMI ihe White House, which has been quite
deserted by all but the sight-seers while he
has been away will again take on an air Of
| business.
The attempts Of some of the Democratic
Senators to explain that they are not pro-
tectionists, although they have voted for
| y election for the products OF their states,
| have been more or less iudicrous. Senator
| McEnery, Of La, is the only one of them
who has come ont squarey for protection,
although number of them have voted for
it III particular schedules, lie said in reply
to the taunts of Senators Jones, Of Ark,
and Vest: Considering the vast interests
| Louisiana has in rice and sugar; consider
ing the output of her saw mills, her salt
aud sulphur mines, is there any reason why
the Democratic party of my State should
nos hr committed to protection? Not high
protection, but such protection as is con-
si-teut with reyenUr necess.t ies. This,
also, believe, is the docyrinc Of the Repub-
| h..n party. Call it what you will, pro-
lection, revenue duty with incidental pro-
lection, or anything else, large amounts
must be raised, and there is no reason why
the industries of the South should not he
protected. -
The Democrats took advantage Of the
agreement OF the Republican Senators to
shorten the tariff debate as much as pos
sble by not making speeches or taking
part in controversies, to make a number OF
statements concerning the sugar schedule
which has been adopted by the Senate
that they must have known were untrue
The only one of their statements that any
attention was paid to was that asserting
that the new sugar schedule would give
the American sugar refiners more protection
than the schedule for which it was substi-
tuted, and that was only replied to in
directly by Senator Allison, who stated
that the new schedule would give the
American sugar reliners less protection
than the one abandoned and that it would
be shown by ndisputabe evidence as soon
Il rs statement now being prepared by
unparalleled experts could be completed
Senntor Allison's word was enough for
the Seuate which adopted the new
schedule.
The object o: the Democratic Senators in
talking TO delay progress on the tariff bill
is obvious. 1t is estimated that every day
She bill is delayed means loss to the
Government Of at least 100000 in duties,
aad lhe more that is lost in that way the
better prepared viii be Democratic sump
speakers to change the new tariff with not
producing enough revenue during its first
nine months or a year. OF course intell-
gent people will know that advance i'm
portations under present duties will pre-
vent the new tariff showing what it can do
as a revenue producer for sometime after it
goes into effect, but intelligent people are
seldom or never influenced by the untrust-
worthy statements which form such a con-
spicuous feature of Democratic stump
oratory; it is the unintelligent and poorly
informed class which is led astray by such
talk.
1t has been denied that Organism stood
for Republication, but it cannot be denied
that bill introduced by Representative
Bell of Colorado. Populist disciple of
Bryan, provides for partial reputation,
pure and simple. His bill provides for
scaling the debt of the United States which
is represented by the 500, 315, 400 worth OF
bonds issued by the Cleveland administra-
ton in February 1895, by directing the
Secretary of the Treasury Ito pay not less
than one-half of the interest and principal
of said bonds in standard silver dollars. -
The odd part of Mr.. Bells reputation
scheme is that he only specifies that it shall