The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-15
washington Correspondence

washington Correspondence
II there is any doubt on the part Of
any man, woman or child as to the
determination of President Mckinley
and the Republicans generally to carry
out the pledges of the party, they
should take a look at the white house
and capitol these busy days. There is NO
tagging at either place. The tariff. the
International Bimetallic conference,
the protection of American citizens are
all getting close attention AID with
prospect of good results.
A long distance telephone, connect
ing every farmer in the United States
with the capitol of the United States
would have given to the farmers o; the
country this week some interesting
Information as to the attitudes Of the
two great parties. The tariff bill has
been under discussion and no farmer
could have listened to the discussion
without being able to clearly determine
who were his friends and who were
not his friends. The strong, vigorous
arguments Of the Republican members
of the ways and means committee in
behalf Of those features of the bill
which are especially beneficial to the
farmers on the one hand, and the COW
ert sneers of the democratic and pOpu-
list orators relative to the very fea-
lures of the bill on the other, show
that the farmers of the country made
no mistake when in last November
they voted the Republican party in
power and the protective system in
operation. The Republican members OF
the committee have shown that the
bill was framed with the interests of
the farmers constantly in mind, while
the attacks upon that measure by the
democrats have been specially leveled
at those features which were beneficial
to the farmers. Chairman Dingley in
his opening address called especial at
tention to those features and Gen.
Wheeler. of Confederate fame, who led
OF the debate for the free trade wing
of the democracy. attacked fiercely
those features of the bill which are
intended to be especially valuable to
the agricultural community Congress
large share of his speech to an eX-
PLANTATION of the reciprocity features.
showing that under the reciprocity
treaties made in pursuance of the Nc
law. great advantages were
gained in foreign markets for our ag-
ricultural products and that even
greater opportunities are offered by
the new bill; while Populist Bell of
who followed him in oppo-
sition to the bill, especially attacked
the wool schedule and denounced the
effort to give the home market to the
American wOrkmen and thus to the
American producers. Mr.. Bells speech
was freighted with sneers at the wool
tariff, the sugar tariff. the tariff on
fax and hemp, and indeed everything
In the bill which is Republican in doc
trine and which is intended to bene-
fit the farmer, and these attacks were
coupled with admissions on his part
that even his own state had good beet
growing soil, great opportunities Cor
wool production and other agricultural
of extreme value. Popu-
each other in their denunciation of the
tariff measure and all because it is
the production of the Republican party.
International Bimetallism.
While there has / n no official an
as to the immediate pol
Icy of the administration regarding in
bimetallism the develop
ments have been such as to warrant
the conclusion that the negotiations
for an International conference are t.
be undertaken through authorized rep
of this government at q
very early date. Whether 1.is will be
by the appointment of special repre-
sentatives selected for this specific pur-
pose or through the ministers to the |
ioseign governments is not yet clear |
but it = known that negotiations are
being set on :oot already and that the |
hopes to be able to bring
about a conference in the coming au-
tumn which will be participated in by
the great nations Of the world. Mean
time the friends of free coinage in the
United States without the corporation
Of other nations are losing ground and
many of them recognizing the fact that |
action is the C2ly practi- |
cable method of restoring the use of |
silver. The old theory that silver and |
farm products have kept pace in values |
and that silver money was therefore
the true measure Of value has lost |
Its hold by reason of the fact that |
wheat continues high while silver has
continued to depreciate, reaching al
most the lowest point in its history.
Tariff Legislation Being Pushed.
The Republicans in the house are |
their desire for prompt action |
On the tariff. BY the hours which they !