Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-12-04

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WASHINGTON letter
Nov. 80 Some people affect to be-
lieve that because few democrats re-
fuse to be bound by the action OF the
democratic caucus on the Cuban re-
iciprocity bill, that there is such e
schism In the party ranks In Congress
that 1t will hamper the work 81 the
party in this congress. Nothing can be
will be 9 unit on ell measures Affect
Ing the integrity Of the party during
this regular session. and whenever
their able leader, John Sharp Will
ianls, calls on them they will lire up
The few men that did not vote with
their party were impelled to vote as
they did because they were under In
structiens from their respective con-
stituencies to vote against Cuban re-.
ciprocity. The policy of the demo-
cratic party in the Cuban. reciprocity
vote was as had outlined it some
time ago in this correspondence. The
democrats did ell they could to get an
amendment to the bill taking the diff
erentisl from the refined sugar,
which would have reduced the price
Of sugar to the consumers of the
country. but which would have been
q blow to the sugar trust. This the
republicans would not allow, and q
brutal republican majority brought in
a rule not to allow any amendments
70 be introduced and enraged the
democratic minority We placed them
on record by yea and nay vote on
their old gag rule and that is as far
as We could 90. We were then COM
PEELED to vote for the bill reducing
the tariff on raw sugar twenty per
cent, or go on record as against tariff
reduction, when it is we'll known that
is what we are asking for all the
time. IF We had not done 30 we would
have been on the defensive in the next
campaign when We demanded tariff
reduction in our platform and from
the stump.
Some comment has been made here
about the able editorial of Mr.. Will
lam Randolph Hearst in the New
York American, in which he DISAGREED
with che democratic majority about
voting for the bill after the republi-
cans refused to take the differential
from refined sugar. Mr.. Hearst is
right from his standpoint. He knows,
we all know, that this bill simply
make present to the vicious Suear
Trust sas.. the only importer on raw
sugar in this country and az it is al
most unrelenting and implacable foe
Of the criminal trusts in this country,
and can see nothing good in any bill
That will feed them. He is right and
this sort Of 9 bill is no way to reduce
the tariff. That is all very clear to
his enlightened vision, and he also
understands how it was that the
democratic amendment to cut the
trust out of this present was voted
down by the republican party by re-
fusing to take the differential from
refined sugar, but it would be rather
embarrassing to democratic speaker
in the next campaign to try Go explain
all this to tie average audience when
he was suddenly asked the question,
Why the democratic party refused to
vote for reduction of the tariff on
sugar when given the opportunity.
When any party is compelled to ex-
plain it's attitude it has weakened it's
case before the people. The only way
W. will ever get any tariff reform
without helping some trusts and give
the people the full benefit Of It is to
elect q democratic president and con.
gress. . ! q = 49,
There is lot of comment here and
considerable amusement that the erst-
while army pill-peddler, Gen. Leon
srd Wood. should at the psychological
moment, when he ie being toasted
over the Senate gridiron, break out
and get into the hero class by butcher
Ing. several hundred practically in
offensive Moros over in the Philip
pines on the pretext that they have
become obsreperous. From tho way
the dispatch reads he must have his
friend, the ex-oonvict Pellairs.s: still
acting as his press agent. It Tree ms
that after five days fierce fighting in
which several hundred M0roaE were
killed, there was only one American
slightly injured. Although our men
were repeatedly ambushed. yet only
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been armed with corn stalks, pop-euns
Or paper bags. In the Language. Of
Shakespeare: Ratsl
That story is 90 thin that drunken
Indian could read q Dutch almanac
through 1t.
The truth is that General Leonard
Wood is up against it good and hard !,
and his patron and slap-sticks play.
mates in the White House has sent
him word to get busy. He has got
busy by lying or by doing worse.
This story is fake or he is guilty Of
numbering q lot Of unarmed savages.
It may be combination of both.
General Wood may be- confirmed BIZ
the Senate a. . Major General IN the
army and thus "do'' q lot Of really
deserving men out Of q just promo
tion.7 II he is he will know more thar
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