The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-07-07


graduate himself and his party on the fact
that the tariff bill has been passed more
quickly after his Inauguration than any
tariff since the first Congress.
Railroad men, manufacturers, and bust
ness men of all sections and parties report
marked improvement IN business and con-
fdence, and predict that the renewal Of
activity is permanent in its character.
The average Southern Democrat who
finds the productions OF his section well
protected by the new tariff measure, now
looks with entire complaisancy upon the
fact that c-half OF the members of Con
gress from south Of Mason and Dixon's
line voted for protection.
The demand for those beautiful tables
which the silver orators sought to prove
last year that the price OF wheat is dc.
pendent upon the price OF silver has sud
denly fallen off since wheat has continued
TO advance and silver has steadily decreas
in price for many months past
The Commissioner OF Pensions does not
agree with the Democratic idea TINT the
duty of examining surgeons il To invent
ways and means OF keeping old soldiers
from getting pensions justly due them,
and so has dismissed about five hundred
Democratic examining surgeons who seem
TO have thought that their chief duty dur
ing the past four years.
The proposition for II half fiat dollar
has no further charms for Tom Watson
and his Populist followers. lie has an
nounced new platform OF u government
issue OF paper money which shall give n
per capita OF fifty dollars to everybody,
and he expects to put this 10 the platform
at the convention of his party this week
and send the free-coinage proposition to
the rear
IL IL uouu,,css Esuut u,5nppoiutn,v.e
to Mr.. Bryan to know that he Ia not TO
figure as the chief OF the silver movement
in the next campaign. But the mine
owners who put up the cash for the silver
fight have decided that a man with a los
Ing record will not do for a second race.
and have therefore passed the word along
the line that he is 10 be ignored in the
future.
"For one, do not believe IL possible
to succeed upon platform that demands
the unqualified free coinage Of silver at
the ratio of l6 to | with gold. We have
fought that battle and 1t is lost. We can
never fight it over under circumstances
more favorable to ourselves. IL we hope
to succeed, we must abandon this extreme
demand. FIX Governor Boies of Iowa
In letter to COL. ID. NJ. Fox, of 0es Mones
Democratic sui port for the protective
tariff is one Of the causes OF the improved
conditions through the country. Business
men who are constantly studying these
conditions are OF the opinion that the
tariff bill which has just been framed will
remain on the statute books for a long
time because OF the growth of the pro-
tective sentiment among the Democrats,
and that with It's permanency there will
be permanent business prosperity
just one twelfth Of the Mckinley
administration has passed and in that
time Republicans have done more in the
way OF carrying out the pledges of the
platform than was ever accomplished In
double that time by any previous admins.
tration. WI en- you consider that this has
beea ia NJ with II Senate in which the Re
publicans are in minority you should
celebrate the close OF the first four months
instead of grumbliug because the full four
yeai undertaking has not been complet-
ed
"PIotests coming from reign nations
relative to the tariff which we are about
adopting afe not looked upon as a serious
matter by our statesmen IN Washington.
A cold blooded statislician who wanted TO
see whether these nations would really
carry out tier threats OF retaliation
against eur tariff has found out that the
fifteen nations 10 question enjoy in their
trade with the United States n balance in
their favor amounting to Sl,76o, 900, 600
in the past decade, a condition they are
not likely 10 disturb by adverse legislation
even il our new tariff is not framed espe
cially in their behalf.
New York Tribune: "Billh DAILY is
the only eligible candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor, and il
will take only minutes time to demon
sira,e the fact The acceptable candidate,
to begin with, must he able 10 preach
doctrines that will please both wings OF
the party, and DAILY stands alone as the
man able to do that He says that Ihe
next National Convention will formulate
a platform reafllrming those old priucip pies
which made us u prosperous people. ="
That, OF course, means the gold standard,
and il fiatters the sound money Demo-
crats. And then, turning to the Bryanite
section, he remarks; 81 am more con
WINGED than ever that the principles of the
Chicago platform will prevail. y No need
TO continue, because that in itself shows
"Bill's" Incompatible attributes as bar
monizer and leader. Hurrah for Governor
DAILY
My Neighbor Told Me