The Globe-republican., 1902-06-26
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 Reductions7

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 it's relief
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 sta1wart
senators have given intimations
amounting to assurances" that their
opposition shall be nominal and that
the Cuban bill 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 a cons spir
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 undeServed
slander upon the stalwart Republican
senators and that they propose to use
all means permitted by the rules of
the senate to prevent the conSumma- a.
ton of the intended outrage The
staIwart 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 it
who provoked the trouble by aposta-
| tizing 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 nc
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
icaI graves from which resurrec
tion is possible They expect the bill
to be beaten by Republican votes
They are nevertheless aware tina
there is a bare possibility o
the bill passing as amended
While they do not expect this con
If the amended bill becomes a law /
will be notice served in a form which
cannot be misunderstood that if an!
interest entitled to protection shall b.
sacrificed by the party of protection
then, SO far the votes of those sac
rificed can avail, there shall be not
shred of protection left to any inter
est That is the position of the stal
warts of the house. In that position
they are sure of the enthusiastic SUP
port of their constituents Our free
trade cOntem pOrarieS may hail thi
as looking to a free-trade triumph
We assure them that they are mistaE
en-. 1t makes sure the maintenance
unimpaired of the sound projections
doctrine under which we have a
tanned our unparalleled prosperity
And it is the only safe way Th
strong interests will tumble the wea
overheard in minute if they ca1
Let them do it if they dare. The col
sequence will be the election of
: Republican Congress composed
members whose honor can be depenC
: ed upon.-San Francisco Chronicle