The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-06-23

President Cleveland pulled down the
American flag in Hawaii President Me-
Kinley pulled it up again.
Indications still warrant the belief that
the tariff bill will pass the Senate before
the end OF the month, and that the con-
ference over the differences bet 1een the
House and Senate will be an unusually
short one.
Hon. Bill DAILY remains in continuous
session, while Price, Cornish, Paul,
Kuhl and Sam Fowler as the directing
committee of lost cause seem to have
remained in executive session since the
late unpleasantness. -IIackeltstown Gu.
zefe
With one member OF the Democratic
team pulling in the direction OF free trade,
another towards protection, still third
in favor OF free silver, and fourth head
ed resolutely toward the gold standard,
the Jeffersonisn- j acksonian band wagon
ls not making much progress.
The growth Of manufacturing industries
10 the South is producing its effect 10
developing protective sentiment. One
third OF the membership from that section
In the present Congress has supported
high protection or refused to vote
against It,
The Democratic "lesders" are very blue
over the Developments IN the Senate. A
large number Of the party have departed
from the ffeet trade faith aud voted for
protection, while the party strife which
they expected To see on the Republican
side OF the chamber has absolutely failed
TO mateTialize.
The CHban question is the foremost sub
ject In the mind OF the President now and
there is every reason 10 believe that the
plan which lie is developing will not only
meet the approval Of the American public
but be of great value in bringing about an
adjustment OF the troubles which have 80
long continued In that unhappy island
slow but steady gain in business with !
an advance in prices, an increase in the |
number of hands employed and growth Of |
new orders, and an increase in the amount
OF work done are pointed out by 'Dnn's |
Review in lis last issue as a renewed evil |
dence that business is improving. A study |
OF the newspaper sentiment OF the country |
as expressed in the publications of all |
sentiments shows concurrence in the |
belief thus expressed that there Is u mark |
ed and general improvement in the bust
ness situation.
The recent developments in Congress in |
which large number OF Democrats have
abandoned the free.trade theory and sup
ported high protection, coupled with the
fact that large .NA~.I-. "a p..>~~.~.~ h.
HAT x.,IA
this fall have refused to support the silver
issue, are rapidly disgusting the Populisl
leaders and deciding them TO dissolve the
partnership existing between those two
parties, and II Is probable that fusion be-
tween Populists and Democrats will be
Impossible in the future.
There is good reason to hope for definite
action on the currency question immedi
ately following the completion OF the
tariff bill. 1t is now announced semi
authoriatively that President Mckinley
will send message TO Congress immedl-
ately upon the passage OF the tariff bill
recommending the creation OF commits
sion which shall take up at once the cur
rency question and prepare a plan for n
general revision of the currency system of
the United States in time for consideration
by Congress nj its regular session which
begins in December next.
There are people who think that tho
nominations OF 1896 were not made for all
time. The assumption OF Mr.. Bryan that
because he was nominated at Chicago last
year he is to continue the representative
OF the silver cause is not only rebelled by
some OF the silver leaders but Is said to
have been the underlying motive in the
organization Of the silver Republican par
iy, so called, which recently occurred
In Chicago II is said TO be the purpose
OF the gentlemen who held the Chicago
convention TO throw the weight OF the sill
yer intlu nee against the continuance OF
MIR, Bryan rs its representative.
Nobody need he alarmed over the free
trade scnrecrow of retaliation by for
eign countries with reference to the new
tariff. The countries which are limiting at
the exclusion of our goods from their mar
kets because of our proposed tariff changes
will think several times before they con-
clude to shut off their markets in this
country by process OF that sort. Japan,
for instance, has sold us in the last ten
years four times as much as she has bought
from us, and would not be likely to cut of
as valuable Il market as the United States
has been and is to her for the purpose Of
excluding American goods from her own
ports.