Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-13

ness Of the Republican night One
startling effect Of Hsyemeyer's caper Is
that it demonstrates the utter hollow
ness Of Republican opposition to trusts
1t win be remembered that Mark
Hanna's late convention in Ohio incor-
poratsd into its platform a strong anti
trust plank. w~hereupon all the Repub-
lican organs declared that the Repub-
lican party Is the only real antitrust
party in the United States. That was
all mere stage thunder, however.
Gang DumfounSed.
Now comes Mr.. Havemeyer and
dumfounds the whole gang Of mounte-
banks, pap suckers and hypocrites by
going to the very root Of the evil and
by suggesting a heroic treatment that
will cnre this all consuming cancer, II
was really cruel in him, after having
contributed 80 largely to install the
present administration in power and to
elect a Republican majority in the
Fifty-ffth and Fifty-sixth congresses,
especially after having received such
ample largess for his pet trust in the
Dingley bill / say that after these
things it vas particularly ungrateful IN
him to let the cat out of the bag by
stating the immortal truth that ''the
mother Of all trusts is the customs tariff
bill" Nothing except an overpowering
sense Of duty TO his country and the
lashings Of an outraged conscience could
have induced this action on his part.
Whatever his motive, however. be hit
the tariff a solar plexus blow.
There is an old saying in the world
that when you throw a stone into a
bunch Of dogs you can calculate the
damage done by the yelping. Applying
this rule to the Havemeyer case, the
sugar king did great execution when he
cast his "dnrnick." He tore the mask
with ruthless hand from the grinning
and smirking countenances Of Republic
an antitrust howlerz Consequently the
Republican papers and Republican
statesmen are beginning to jump him in
q way that is a spectacle for men and
angels-
JumpinE ON HAveneyer.
For example, my good friend, Con-
gresham ]. A. Tawney Of Winona,
MINI, got himself interviewed at Chi
cago. in which he pounces upon Mr..
Havemsyer with as much enthusiasm
as a hawk would pounce upon a spring
chicken. Brother Tawney says: "Broth-
er Havemeyer is simply d~isgruntled be-
cause he could not secure from a Re
publican congress the adoption Of the
schedule he desired on sugar. This fact
accounts for his savage onslaught on
the tariff"
Now, one Of two things Is true,
either Tawney is mot half as smart as
he is cracked up to be OF he takes the
American people for a lot of suckers.
No man knows better than Tawney that
the sugar trust was royalty provided
for in the Dingley tariff bill, for the
aforesaid Tawney is a prominent mem
Der Of the ways and means committee
which cencocted that etupend0us piece
of robbery and jobbaFy. If, as Tawney
says, Hayemeyer Is disgruntled because
he didn't get enough ont Of the Dingley
bill, then will he please explain how it
happened that Havemeyer's sugar trust
stocks rose several points as soon as the
Dingley bill sugar schedule was adopt
edf By doing this Mr.. Tawney would
probably render his country more serv-
ice than he has rendered it in all Of his
years Of brilliant service in the house.
Water Is not In the habit of running up
hill to any astonishing extent. neither
are stocks on the New York exchange
given to going up when touched by I'M
friendly legislation, and unless Brother
Tawney expects people odoubt the evil
dence Of their own enses he would do
well to hurry mp with bis explanation.
Defense of Protection.
Mr.. Tawney. however. Is not the
only palpitating Republican statesman
that has hoped on 10 Mr.. Hsvemeyer
with both feet. The Hon. Richard @.
Ksrsus. chief cook and bottle washer Of
that gang Of hungry Missouri Republic
an statesmen whom Postmaster General
Gary in a moment of disgust designated
as the "blank blapkedest set" he ever
saw, has also expressed his opinion. BE
thus discourses as follows:
"Mr. Havemeyer'a statements are no
more authoritative than any other well
informed business mans He stands
alone in voicing his interested opinion.
The present protective tariff laws have
brought prosperity TO the United States,
and are plainly contFasted with the free
trade laws Of the Wilson bill Mr..
Havemeyer Is free trader. In no coun-
Try are trusts more numerous than in
free trade England The Mills bill and
the Wilson bill were very e~onsiderate Of
Havemeyer's interests. but not conduc-
i've to the best interests Of this country,
as was exemplihed by the panic and hard
times Of President Cleveland's admins
tration- The Dingley tariff law is in no
manner responsible for the formation Of
trusts. Nor IL the Republican party
any more identified with trusts than is
the Democratic party. Republican con-
yentions have everywhere declared
against trusts"
A suspicious Transaction.
The Republican party was once de-
fined by a man with power Of graphic
speech as ian organized appetite, and
be was correct in this definition. This
has been demonstrated anew BY the re-
cent order Of President Mckinley tax
ing from under the operation Of the
civil service some 8. 600 Fat Offices which
Grover Cleveland placed there. The
particular time al which this was done
makes il q very Suspicious transaction.
e IL was Just prior 10 The meeting Of
Mark Hanna's~ convention At Columbus
o. OF course II goes without saying a. q
thing inevitable that the Republican
spoilsmen gathered there on that occa-
sion most cordially ibdorsed the presi-
dent for doing this. No doubt these
precious patriots thought with the Hon.
Web Flanagan Of Tezasin his immortal
declaration, III we are not here for the
omees what IN thunder are we here
fnT' In my minds aye ] car zee the
beloved prophet GrosFen0r. his white
beard floating In the wind. smacking
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