The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-08
BUSINESS-LIKE
METHODS USED
By the Republican Congress to Pro-
mote the Interests OF the People.
PROTECTION GAINING GROUND
The First Surplus tndef the Wilson Law
Occurred 10 March Because Of the
Rash Of Importers.
PROTECTION GAINING GROUND

Washington. April 3.--(special Cor
rsspDndeno,) The republican party
has again shown its busines-ilk qnai.
ttis~, In less than two weeks from
rhe tImo of IL nesting the house.
controlled by this party. has conpIdsred
and passed the tariff bill and has done
30 despite the opposition and dclay
and fault-nnding system of the demo-
crglts. Thc hiii now goes 10 the sen
ate, wh'z~ the Npubileans have al
ready shown their busine.g4lke meth
DDS by taking Il up In committee and
putting mprr than "A wsSss'H labor
upon Il prior 10 It's TIassagc by the
house. II Ia expented that the bill
VIII be completed by the committee
during the present month and taken
up by the ssTinle carly Ia May. passed
by that body In June. and 20 into ef-
feet july /. President Cleveland and
the free trade congress. elected No
vcnbcr. 1892. did not got their tariff
bill upon the statute books untn Aug
ua,. 1894. 0ne year and ten months
from this date OF the election. II looks
now as though the rpubllans would
g,st their tariff Measure on the statute
books within seven months Of the date
of eieotAon, possibly even sooner than
that.
THE CUBAN QUESTION
The state department continues 10
rrccive encouraging reports from Cuba.
The attitude Of the authorities there
has Undergone remarkable change
since this administration came into
operation. Every few days brings re-
ports q additional releases, and only
three citizens Of the United States now
remain IN Cuban prisons. asking inter
vcution by this government In their be-
half Several others are SIN impris-
umNi. but they have either b~,n given
the fullest rights ot trial under our
tr7tu,s' With Spain. or have, for rca-
sons OF their own. omitted to ask inter
vcntion In their behalf by this govern
ment No feature OF the present ad-
minlstration has been r-s.iyed with
such marked satisfaction and cun-
mondatinon as that relating b the
rights of American citizens abroad.
ENCOURAGING TO FARMERS.
Wool. wheat, and corn. those three
staple agricultural prodults, are feel
Ing the erect OF renewed confidence and
removed prosperity which have fol-
lowed the inauguration Of Mckinley.
The standard commercial authorities
report higher prices for wool. wheat,
flour and other articles Of agricultural
production, and show that the wheat
and -four expectations Of the week
just ended are grNeater than those OF the
week of last year. and
those OF corn three times as great a.
those OF the corresponding week OF
last year. The farmers Iof the coun-
try are finding no occasion for regret
that they voted for Mckinley and
prosperity.
SUGAR SCHEDULE DISAPPoINTS
THE DEMOCRATS.
Democrats In congress- and elsewhere
ara greatly disappointed with the su-
gar schedule of the Dingley tariff bill,
as well as other features, They are
especially disappointed regarding the
sugar schedule, as they are unable to
find in II any opportunity to charge
that the bill Is advantageous 10 or
In the interests Of the trusts. They
remember with great bitterness the
fact that their own law which now
stands upon the statute books. was
condemned by the public generally as
framed In the interests OF the sugar
TRUST, and they had hoped to find some
opportunity to make similar charge
against the Dingley bill but In this
they have absolutely failed, and. those
OF them who are frank enough to
confess the truth admit that II wipes
out the Advantages which the sugar
trust has enjoyed under the present
democratic law.
PROTECTION GAINING GROUND,
The divisions In the democratic
ranks are as strongly marked ON the
tariff question as they were in the
currency discussions of last fail. The
recent debates In congress have shown
a very rapid growth of protection sem
timent among the democats, and a
growing hostility to the extreme free
trade and free raw material views of
the Cleveland wing of the party. Num-
bers OF democrats declare their hostll-
ity no the free trade theories of Cleve-
land, Wilson, et al. while others de-
pounce in thelr speeches the free raw
material proposition, few of the most
independent thinkers going so far as
TO vote for the Dingley bill, although
their party associates had denounced
1t as the most radical tariff measure
ever offered to congress, not excepting
the Mckinley law.
THE REMARKABLE WILSON LAW.
The Wilson law has made a remark