The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June "A, /;

The territory Of Hawaii How does
that sound? 1t is going to be the
next addition to Uncle Sans family.
1t is now known, although no official
statement has been made, that az
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 overwhelmingly in favor of
the annexation of Hawaii; but owing.
to the difficulty Of keeping a quorum..
of the Senate in Washington after t
tariff bill has been passed, the treat
will hardly be acted upon until the
regular session of Congress, even il
sent in at this session.
President Mckinley will return from
his trip to the Nashville exposition
tomorrow, and the 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 Demo
cratic Senators TO explain that they,
are not protectionists, although the(t1
have voted for protection for thtf
products of their states, have beeid
more Or less lUdicrous. Senator bSt
| Emery, of Louisiana, is the only one
of them who has come out squarely
for protection, although number of
them have voted for it in particular
schedules. He said in reply to taunts
OF Senator Jones, of Arkansas, and
| Vest: Considering the vast interest
| Louisiana has in rice and sugar; con
| sidering the output of her saw mills,
her salt and sulphur mines, is there
any reason why the Democratic party
of my state should not be committed
to protection? Not high protection,
but such protection as is consistent
| with revenue necessities. This, also,
| believe, is the doctrine Of the Re
publican party. Call il what you
| will, protection, revenue duty with
incidental protection, or anything
else, large amounts must be raised
ana there is no reason why the in
dustries OF the south should not be
protected"
The Democrats took advantage Of
the agreement Of the Republican
Senators to shorten the tariff debate
as much as possible by not making
speeches or taking part in controver-
sizes, to make q number OF statements
concerning the sugar schedule which
has been adopted by the Senate, that
they must have known We're 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 rein
ers more protection than the schedule
for which it was substituted, and
| that was only replied to indirectly by
Senator Allison, who stated that the
new schedule would give the sugar
refiners less protection than the one
abandoned, and that it would be
shown by indisputable evidence as
soon as a statement now being pre-
pared by unprejudiced experts could
be completed Senator Allison's word
was enough for the Senate, which
adopted the new schedule.
The object of the Democratic Sena-
tors in talking to delay progress ON
the tariff bill is obvious. 1t is esti-
mated that every day the bill is
delayed means Il loss to the govern
ment Of at least 100000 in duties and
the more that is lost in that way, the
better prepared will be the Demo
cratic stump speakers to charge the
new tariff with not producing enough
revenue during its first nine months
or year. OF course intelligent peo-
pie viii know that advance impOrta-
tons under present duties will pre-
vent The new tariff showing what it
can 40 as revenue producer for
some time after it goes into effect, but
intelligent people are seldom or ever
influenced by the untrustworthv
statements which form such a con
spicuous feature of Democratic stump
oratory; it is the unintelIigent and
poorly informed class which is led
&stray by such talk.
1t has been denied that Bryanism
stood for reputation, but it cannot
be denied that bill introduced bv
Representative Bell, of Colorado. a
Populist disciple of Bryan, provides
Tor 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 |
administration in February, 1895. by
directing the Secretary of the Treas
ury "tO paw not less than ora-balf Of |