Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-18

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Nashville Exposition Tuesday = Tarin
Debate TO be Shortened - Bryan and
Reputation.
The territory of Hawaii. How
does that soundY 1t is going TO be
the next addition to Uncle Sam s
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 Con-
gress Thore is very little, if any,
doubt of the ratification of that
treaty, as the sentiment of the Son
atB, regardless of party is overwhel-
mingly in favor of the annexation
of Hawaii but owing to the diff
Guilty Of keeping u quorum Of the
Senate in 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 has returned
from his trip to the Nashville ex-
position Tuesday, and the White
House, which has been quite deser-
ted by all but the sight-seerers while
h. has been away will again take on
an air of business.
The attempts of some of the DEM
ocratic Senators to explain that they
are otprotectionists, although they
have voted for protection for the
products of their states, have been
more or less ludicrous. Senator
MoEnery, of La, is the only one of
them who has come out squarely for
protection, although a number of
tn om have voted for it in particular
schedules. He said in reply TO the
taunts. of Senators Jones, of Ark,
and Vest Considering the vast
interests Louisiana has in rice and
sugar; 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 pro.
lection as is consistent with revenue
necessities. This, also, believe, i.
the doctrine of the Republican
party. Call it what you will, pro.
lection, revenue duty with inciden.
tai protection, or anything else
large amounts must be raised, ant
there is no reason why the indust-
ries of the South should not be pro
| tected."
The Democrats took advantage o.
the agreement of the Republican
Senators TO shorten the tariff debate
as much as possible by not making
speeches or taking part in contro
versies, to make a number of state
ments concerning the sugar schedule
which has been adopted by the Sen
ate, that they must have know
were untrue. The only one of theil
statements that any attention wa
paid to was that asserting that tn,
new sugar schedule would give tn,
American sugar refiners more pro
lection than the schedule for whicl
it was substituted, and that wa.
only replied to indirectly by Sena
tor Allison, who stated that the nev
schedule would give the American
sugar refiners less protection thar
the one abandoned, and that i
would be shown by indisputablt
evidence as soon as a statement nov
being prepared by unprejudicied ex
perts could be completed. Senate
Allison's word was enough for tn
Senate which adopted the new sche
dule.
The object of the Democrati
Senators in talking to delay progress
on the tariff bill is obvious. 1t i
estimated that every day the bill
delayed a loss to the govern
ment of at least $780, 900 in duties
and the more that is lost in that wa
the better prepared will be Demo
cratic stump speakers to charge til
new tariff with not producinl
enough revenue during its first min
months or a year. OF course intelli
gent people win know that advanc
importation under present dutie
will prevent the new tariff shown
what it can do as q revenue produce
for sometime after it goes into effec
but intelligent people are seldom O
never influenced by the untrust
worthy statements which form sue
a conspicuous feature of Democrat
stump oratory it is the unintelligen
and poorly informed class which
led astray by such talk.
1t has been denied that Bryanisr
stood for Reputation, but it canno
be denied that a bill introduced b
Representative Bell, of Colo, a popr
list diciple of Bryan, provides fC
Partial reputation, pure and simpl,
His bill provides for scaling th
debt of the United States, which .
represented by the $62, ,315, 4C
worth Of bonds issued by the Cleve
land administration in Februar
1895, by directing the Secretary {
the Treasury "to pay not less tina
one-half of the interest and prime
pal of said bonds in standard silvt
dollars. " The odd part of Mr.. Bell
repndiation scheme is that he onl
, specifies that it shall include one
the Cleveland bond issues. The bi
will not be heard from again, but
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