Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-19
PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH.
The Territory of Hawaii Saccharine
PoIitics-A Sample OF Organism.
FROM our Regular Correspondent.J


tory 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 a
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 quorum
of the Senate ip Washington after the
tariff bill has been passed, the treaty
will hardly be acted upon until the
regular session of Congress, even if
sent in at this session.
President Mckinley will return
from his trip to the Nashville exposi-
tion tomorrow, and the White House,
which has been quite deserted by all
but the sight-seerers 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 they
have voted for protection for the
products of their States, have been
more or less ludicrous. Senator Nc
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 the
taunts of Senators Jones, of Arkansas,
and Vest, Considering 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 necessi-
ties. This, also, | believe, is the
doctrine of the Republican party.
Call it what you will, protection, rev.
enue duty with incidental protection,
or anything else, large amounts must
be raised, aud there is no reason why
the industries of the South should not
be protected.
The Democrats took advantage OF
the agreement of the Republican Sen
ators to shorten the tariff debate as
much as possible by not making
speeches or taking part in controver-
sizes, 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 re-
finers more protection than the
schedule for which it was substituted,
and that was only replied to indirect
ly by Senator Allison, who stated that
the new schedule would give the
American sugar refners less protec-
ton than the one abandoned, and
that it would be shown by indisputa-
BILE evidence as soon as statement
now being prepared by unprejudicied
experts could be completed. Sena-
tor Allison S word was enough for the
Senate which adopted the new sched-
ule.
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 de-
iayed means loss to the government
of at least $500, 600 in duties, and the
more that is lost in that way, the
better prepared will be Democratic
stump speakers to charge the new
tariff with not producing enough rev.
enue during its first nine months of
year. OF course intelligent people
will know that advance importations
under present duties will prevent the
new tariff showing what it can 10 as
a revenue producer for sometime af-
ter It goes into effect, but intelligent
people are seldom or never Influenced
by the Enthusiastically statements
which form such conspicuous fea-
ture of Democratic stump oratory; it
is the unintelligent and poorly in
formed class which is led astray by
such talk.
1t has been denied that Organism
stood for Reputation, but it cannot