San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-29
PROMISED PROSPERITY.
Is Now In Sight on The
Horizon.
1T Is ALL THE GOOD WORK
OF THE REPUBLICAN LAW
MAKERS. ("
When Mckinley Signed The DINGHY
Bill He Did The Good Work Al
len Scored By FOraker-NO
More Free Prizes Democrats
Bluffing In Ohio.
Washington, July 29.-(Special.-
Hank! Hear the Dingley bell!
OF old man hard times
IT'S ringing the knell;

| Or OLD man nara umeS
'Tis ringing the knell
Sweet music in its chimes.
The Dingley tariff bill has received
the signature of President Mckinley
and is now law, and the extra ses-
sion of the Fifty-fifth Congress, having
accomplished what it was called to-
gether to do, has adjourned, and its
members have gone home to hear what
their constituents have to say about
their work. So far as the Republic
cans are concerned, there is no fear of
the peoples verdict. They have done
a remarkable piece of work-one that
many considered impossible, because
of the lack of Republican majority
in the Senate, when President McKin-
ley first announced his determination
to call an extra session to pass a tar
if bill. Although there are some
things in the Dingley tariff law that
would be different if the Republicans
had had a majority of their own in
the Senate, the law is distinctly Re
publican and consequently will protect
American industry in all its branches
existence, produce more money than
will be needed to run the government,
thus enabling President Mckinley to
resume the Republican policy of reduc-
ing the country's bonded Indebtedness.
If it were possible to make man
like Senator Allen ashamed of any
thing Senator Foraker's prompt refu-
tation of the charge made by Allen,
that the Mckinley vote in Ohio last
November was increased by fraud,
would have had that effect. AS it was,
Senator Foraker's vigorous prodding
and demands of proof and specification
of one single fraudulent vote cast in
the state of Ohio, at the presidential
election, drove Allen into corner from
which he was glad to escape by yield
ing to a motion to go into executive
session. Senator Foraker made Sena-
tor Allen blush when he reminded him
that he was the first man to SANDER
his native state (Allen was born in
Ohio by such charges.
The giving away of coupons or GER
tificates for premiums or prizes by the
manufacturers of tobacco and cigar
cites will have to be stopped, as the
practice is prohibited by the Dingley
tariff law. Most people will regard
this as a step in the right direction.
The whole prize business is demoraliz-
Mr. II. NJ. Dougherty, of the Ohio |
Republican State central committee,
was in Washington to see the Dingley
tariff bill become a law and to confer
with the Ohio Republicans in Congress
before QdiOnrnraanf fhnrA |
will be a hot campaign in the state
this year, but that he regards the cleo |
ton of the Republican state ticket and |
Senator Hanna's return to the Senate. |
as assured. He says the DEMOCRATS |
are merely bluffing when they profess
of winning. 4
The House made quick work of meet
ing the recommendation of President |
for currency commission. |
The special message was read Just as \
soon as Speaker Reed had signed the /
Dingley tariff bill; the, committee on
rules reported special rule giving /
me hour for the discussion of Repre-
sentative Stones bin authorizing the
president to appoint currency COM
which had been previously in
reduced, and at the close of the one
hours debate the bill was passed. The
senate took no action on The bill. 1t I
vas not expected that it would. I
So general is the interest in the dis K
'arment proceedings against John II
Nedderburn & Co., charged with
fraudulent practices, now being con- h
lucted by the U. S. Patent Office. that Il
learly all Of the leading legal and 4
echnical journals of the country are
epresented at the hearings. The Pat s
mt office claims to be able to prove &
raud in number of cases. y
Knowing that every day the tariff a
Ill was delayed was costing the coun-
~ 100000 or more in duties, the Re-
ublicens allowed the opposition to do t
lost Of the talking in the debate which s