Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-12
TROUBLE BETwEES FRIENDS.

An Op,n Wuptur. Between the Allied
ForcesOf iiondIc aud Bunc"Imbr.
III there WIS any one thing which
the tariff protcctccs felt entitled to
count upon IT WIS the full and unrc-
mitting care that the Mckinley nd
mlnistration would take of it. Mr..
Mckinley WAS the great panjnndrum
OF the tariff system and Hanna WIS
the prophet. And both of them as-
sured the bcneliciarics of that Hys.
TEN that never no ncyer-wOuld
there be any action on tire part ni the
administration which wOuli tend tO
weaken the right of the tariT bIrons
to plundcr the rest Of the population.
1t was precisely upon the strength OF
this representation. that Mr.. Hanna,
in the summer OF Is. G,took his trusty
skillet in hand and proceeded To cx.
tract from the projected manufIctur-
crs grease sufficient to lubricatc the
the Republican machinery the re-.
suits being made evident at the ricc.
ton III November. The famous fat
frying tour was successful only bc.
cause the tariff bnrons repnsed conf
dence III Me " Mac. 1t appears that
the confidence WIS i'll rrQuitcd.
AT all events there Is much disscm.
sion over reciprocity bills, ns well as
over tho proposed measure which
would establish free trade between
the United States and our new colon
ial possession Of Porto Rico. The
views Of the administration respect
ing tho beauties Of prohibrtive tariff
have undergone "a change during the
last Is months OWING Ia tue expansion
policy which il now dearest to tile
heart OF the President and Hanna
Tho views of the tariff bcnciiciarics
are naturally unchanged, and there
the issue il joined. The admins.
trntion desires To let down the bars u
little SO that trade can follow the
fag. The contributors TO the Tat
fund OF 1896 demand the fullhllmcnt
OF their contract. Tho result is much
bitterness on both sides.
II IL amusing indeed to listen 10
some OF the rccrimiuatiOn. Selfish.
ness plaintively declares the Wash.
inEton correspondent Of au ndminis.
traiiou organ, Jumps to The front in
an effort to defeat every rCciprocit!
measure proposed by the govern.
ment." That If the administration
seeks to wrigglc ont Of its contract
with the protected manufacturers
and those gentlemen respond by lob
bymg to defeat such consumntiou.
And Mr.. Kasson. the reciprocity COM
missioner, walls bitterly that III there
we 10 articles IN a treaty winch the
United States had the advantage and
one in which tho other fellow is Civ
cn something, nothing il said in this
country about the 80. but all the poo.
plo Interested in the other one
whether IL be rice or sugar or tobac.
co or iilcs or hOcs-raisn howl and
pe't the Senate with appeals To reject
tho whole thing.
This is very sad indeed, but il was
to have been expected. How can tho
administration mako fish of one thrill
beneficiary aud flesh Of another? Wus
il not nominated in Il bond Tint n
wall should bo built around the en-
tire country that would keep out COM
petition absolutely And OF wltnt
value IL II wall which contains Il gate
through which foreign rice or sugar
or tobacco or files or hoes may enter
to tho great injury OF honest gentle
men who paid large SUMS to elect
Mr.. Mckinley PrcsidcntY How can
that statesman defend his course in
socking to rcpudiato hig con,rnctY
iic may try Ia do il bnt hc will fail
What Ia more to tho purpose his cf.
forts toward II measure OF CONNER.
cinl freedom arc also likely 10 fail
For as tho correspondent already
quoted admita, the ,nrilr bnroUs swing
the Senate about as thoy please and
though tho sovereign may command
lie cannot execute. Tho firm ot Ne
a. Mac will TO forced to carry ON it,
contract willy nilly, and IA il will dc
no under compulsion. Il can claim no
credit Tor tho proceeding.
Tho cheerful feature Of the situation
in tho open rupture between the hilli.
crtO allied forccs of Doodle and bun.
combc. When certain people fall
ont certain other people are likely tc
get their own. Chicago Chronicle