The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
THE ARGoNAUT'S PILLoRY

With a Republican administration III
power, a Republican congress has voted
to pay bounty of four millions year
| to Hawaiian farmers and has voted
against paying bounty of two millions
| a year to American farmers.
| Why?
| Toward the close of the year 1896 the
people of California sent certain men
| to Washington to represent them in the
national congress. There may be diff
ferences Of opinion as to what the peo-
| pie of California want. Senator Perkins
, processes to be in doubt as to what they
want upon every matter where they may
| be reasonably supposed to have any
wants. But, waving questions where
there may be differences of opinion, how
about questions where there is no diff
ference of opinion? The bounty al pres
ent paid to Hawaiian farmers through
remission of duties is beyond question a
desirable thing-the fierceness with
which the Hawaiian sugar trust worked
for 1t proves that. The bounty previous
ly paid to California farmers for sugar
beets was also desirable thing-the re-
luctance with which it was relinquished
by the sugar producers of the state
proves that
Concerning this, then, there can be
no question. Whether or not it is a good
thing for California-as a part of the
United States-to pay a bounty to Ha-
waiian farmers may be debatable
Whether it is a good thing for California
farmers to lose bounty previously
paid to them cannot be debatable at ALL
These facts being admitted-and they
are indisputable-we would like to put
a few questions to California's repre-
sentatives in congress.
George c. Perkins, senator of the
United States from California-Did you
vote for continuing a bounty to Ha-
waiian farmers? Did you vote against
bounty to California farmers?
If so, why?
John A. Barham, representative In
congress from Calfornia-Did you aid
or abet the conspiracy continuing a.
bounty to Hawaiian farmers and
against bounty to California farmers :?
If So why?
Marion De Vries, representative In
congress from California-D;d Won aid,
or abet the conspiracy continuing a
bounty to Hawaiian farmers and against
bounty to California farmers?
If So why?
samuel q. Hilborn, repre- sentative in
congress from California-Did YOU aid or
abet the conspiracy continuing bounty
to Hawaiian farmers and against a
bounty to California farmers?
If so, why?
Eugene +. Loud, representative in
congress from California-Did you aid or
abet the conspiracy continuing a bounty
to Hawaiian farmers and against
bounty to California farmers?
If so, why?
We have purposely omitted from the
foregoing list the names of CALIFORNIA;
Democratic and Populist representa-
tives, for the reason that we believe they
all opposed this conspiracy. We have also
omitted the name of Stephen M. White,
Democratic senator from California, for
the reason that he not only did rot aid
and abet this conspiracy against Cali
fornia farmers, but he opposed it with all
his might. All honor to him for it.
We have asked the duly elected repre-
sentatives of California in the congress
of the United States if they have aided
or abetted this conspiracy against the
farmers of California. and If they did not
aid and abet it, why they permitted it.
They may not answer us-we do not
think they will. But before they return
to the halls Of congress next December
they will be asked this question again
and yet again-not by one voice but by
many voices-not by one journal but by
many journals-not by the Argonaut
alone but by the people OF the state of
California.-San Francisco Argonaut.