San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-05
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Watching the New Taroiff-Johnny
Bull Enlightened Re-
publican Prospects.

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publican Prospects.
Washington, Aug. 5.-(Special.-
Secretary Gage is paying especially
close attention to the working of the
Dingley tariff law, which he thinks one
of the best the country has ever had
and one which will rapidly grow in
popularity as it's manifold advantages
become generally known. The actual
administration of the tariff law is in
the hands of Assistant Secetary How
ell, who is an expert in the numerous
complications which necessarily arise
when a change is made in the tariff,
but Secretary Gage is so much interes-
ted that he keeps in close touch with
| all tariff matters. Treasury officials
say the new law is unusually free from
| the errors and contradictions which
have made so much trouble for those
who have been charged with the adj
mimstration of previous tariff laws.
| There is one thing about Secretary
Sherman's recent very vigorous in
structions to Ambassador Hay on the
seal fisheries question that cannot be
denied; they brought the government
of Great Britain to time. Up to the
publication of Mr.. Sherman's plain
language Lord Salisbury had declined
several suggestions from this govern
ment that conference be held on the
subject. As soon as Ambassador
Hays instructions were made
public John Bull suddenly saw new
Hight and speedily accepted the last
proposition made by the United States
for an international conference on pc
llagic sealing in Behring sea, and the
conference will be held in Washington
this fall. No better proof could be
needed between nations just as much
as it is between individuals.
Mr.. Samuel c. Dunnam, mining
lexpert and statistician, connected with
the u. S. bureau of labor, is now on his
way to the Klondike gold fields for the
purpose of making an official investi-
cation of the resources and conditions
of the gold fields. He expects to get
to Dawson City before cold weather
stops travel and will spend the winter
there.
Every Republican should be on
watch for the tariff beats, and he should
have no hesitation in exposing them
whenever found. 1t is, Of course, eX-
Ipected that the Democratic free trad
ers viii duplicate the fight they made
against the Mckinley tariff and en-
deavor to make sentiment against pro-
lection by pushing up the prices on
Everything, but there is worse class
of tariff beats. Those traders who for
no other reason than greed attempt to
raise the prices on goods that will not
be affected to any marked extent by
the tariff If you have any such in
your vicinity, expose him and refuse to
Ipatronize him, and persuade your
neighbor to follow you in going to the
dealer who is too honest to try to add
to his profits by putting up prices on
everything and charging it all to the
tariff. 1t was just such men as they
who brought about the four years of
hard times from which the country
has now happily emerged. Watch
them, and show them up.
Neither the Republican national COM
mittee, will have anything to do with
the management of the campaign in
Maryland this year. but both will rem
der aid in every possible way to the
Republicans of that state. The Mary
land Republicans are not disposed to
boast, but having licked Boss German
out OF his boots last year they express
confidence in their ability, to repeat
the whipping this year and to elect a
majority of the Legislature which will
elect Germans successor in the Sem
ate.
Owing to the election law which en-
ables the Democrats TO do as they
please in that state. the Virginia Re
publicans are not hopeful Of accom-
plishing anything this year, although
they say there is no doubt of the state
being Republican, If a fair count could
be had.