The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-06-27
THE ONLY SAFE WAY
PROTECTION FOR ALL or ELSE
FOR NONE.
If the Principle Be Abrogated as Re-
CARDS Domestic Sugar and Tobacco
Are Not Those interests Justified
in Demanding Other Reductions?

The Republican leaders in the SEN
ate are evidently endeavoring to ar
| range with the stalwarts to forego
their opposition to the sugar trust
and permit Cuba to get its 'rellef'
| without at the same time depriving
the trust of the profit which it antici-
pated by the. pretended benevolence.
1t is even asserted that the stalwart
senators have given "intimations
amounting to assurances" that their
opposition shall be nominal and that
the Cuban bill as it is proposed to be
amended will be permitted to pass
without serious contest. This is
equivalent to saying that the stalwart
senators have entered into conspir-
acy to fool their constituents with
show of opposition when in fact they
have privately agreed that the apos-
tates shall pass their bill We as
sumo that the rumor is an undeserved
SANDER upon the stalwart Republican
senators and that they propose to use
all means permitted by the rules OF
the senate to prevent the consumma-
! ton of the intended outrage. The
stalwart Republican senators can kill
the bill if they will If they do not.
they will be held responsible. AS for
party harmony" let those restore 1T
who provoked the trouble by aposta-
thing from the doctrines which they
were pledged to sustain.
Such free-trade journals as the New
York Times, Boston Herald and 9TH
ers are exhibiting much unholy glee
at what they vainly imagine to be an
error of the stalwart Republicans of
the house in joining the Democrats
to amend the Cuban bill by repeating
the differential duty on refined sugar.
| We can assure our free-trade contem-
poraries that no "error" has been
committed The stalwarts of the
house deliberately joined the Demo
Gratis in so amending the bill that no
Republican congress can pass it with
out such open and brazen reputation
of the pledges upon which they were
elected as shall consign them to polit-
ical graves from which no resurrec-
ton is possible. They expect the bill
to be beaten by Republican votes.
They are nevertheless aware that
there is a. bare possibility of
the bill passing as amended.
While they do not expect this con-
tingency, they are prepared for it.
If the amended bill becomes law it
will be notice served in form which
cannot be misunderstood that if any
interest entitled to protection shall be
sacrificed by the party of protection
then, so far as the votes of those sac
rificed can avail, there shall be not a
shred of protection left to any inter
est. That is the position of the stall
warts of the house. In that position
they are sure of the enthusiastic sup
port of their constituents. Our free
trade contemporaries may hail this
as looking to a free-trade triumph.
We assure them that they are mistak-
en-. 1t makes sure the maintenance
unimpaired of the sound protectionist
doctrine under which we have at
tanned our unparalleled prosperity.
And it is the only safe way. The
strong interests will tumble the weak
overheard in minute if they can.
Let them do it if they dare. The con-
sequence will be the election of a
Republican Congress composed of
members whose honor can be depend
ed upon.-San Francisco Chronicle.