The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-26

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President Roosevelt realizes
that his administrator will meet
with opposition in the senate
when the reciprocity treaties are
to be considered. Mckinley
knew of this opposition in the
senate, but he had carefully map
ped out his course, and he intend
ed to make an earnest effort to
bring the senate to terms. His
Buffalo speech was an appeal to
the people to arouse public inter
est in this question before con
gress assembled.
Mckinley had secured the ex-
tension of all the reciprocity
treaties negotiated under his ad-
ministration, and, contrary to
the belief of some senators, those
treaties are now all alive and be-
fore the senate for ratification.
The opponents of reciprocity
hoped to defeat the treaties by
causing delay in the senate until
the time limit on them expired.
Mckinley frustrated that plan by
securing an extension of all the
treaties, so that they will be
alive and before the senate
through the next session of con-
gress or until September, 1902
unless sooner ratified or reject
ed.
President Roosevelt will take
up the work where his predeces-
sor left it. He will press these
treaties upon the senate. No
new treaties can be negotiated
until these are disposed of.
There are seven such treaties.
They are with France. Argen-
tina, Nicaragua, Repbulic of San
Domingo, Ecuador, Denmark for
the island of ST. Crolx, and
Great Britain for the British
Weat Indies, including Barba-
does, British Guiana, Turks and
Caisa's islands, Jamaica, Bermu
da, and Trinidad
Most of these treaties have
been before the senate two years
or more without action by that
body Mckinley, by extending
the time for ratification, served
notice on the senate that recipro-
citytreaties could not be killed by
neglect. They must be ratified
or defeated. President ROose-
velt will follow the plan of Presi
dent Mckinley. He will not
withdraw these treaties, but keep
them before the senate until they
are disposed of either by favor
able or adverse vote. In doing
this President Roosevelt will
only be doing his duty. 1t will
not be defiance of the senate, but
the president. having performed
his part in these treaties. be will
insist upon the senate assuming
the responsibility for either rati.
flying or rejecting them.
Mckinley had carefully studied
the situation before he made his
his Buffalo speech. He believed
that the unparalleled prosperity
of the present time had so stimu-
lated manufacture that there
would soon be overproduction
unless new markets were secur.
ed. He saw signs of Unrest be-
cause of the confession by Amer.
lean manufacturers that they
were selling cheaper abroad than
at home, and he believed that
unless the republicans carried
out their pledge for reciprocity
there would be demand for tar
if revision without reciprocal
advantage.
Mckinley wished to keep the
pledge of his party, and also
take advantage of the opportun-
ity to cut some tarili. schedules
by reciprocity agreements with
otbeNe nations, WI ereby the
United States could secure low
er tariff rates on its exports. II
will be argued by the higher
protectionists that President
Roosevelt is not a tariff expert,
but Mckinley was regarded as a
tariff expert, and these treaties
were negotiated under his ad-
ministration. Presidert Roose.