the “high taxers.” He remained at his
scat attending to his duty when there were
scarcely a dozen senators left in -Wasbfetg
ton. He saw that congress was doing abso
lutely nothing, and that there was no longer
any necessity for a continuance of the ses
sion. He realized the fact that the repub
lican senate and the democratic house
could do nothin? towards settling the tariff
matter; and that the senate had, like the
house in passing the Mills bill, done all it
could be expected to do.
There was no necessity of waiting any
longer to place the responsibility for con
gress not giving the country relief from ex
cessive taxation. That responsibility has
already been placed and the verdict will be
rendered on the fith of November. Senator
Brown rightly expressed the situation when
he said that if the republican ticket is elect
ed the senate bill will become tho basis of
the settlement of the tariff question, as will
the Mills bill, in the event of the re-election
of President Cleveland.
The Herald says that “there is not a hyp
ocrite in the. lot but will boast on the stump
during the next three weeks, that the dem
ocrats adjourned congress without reducing
taxes after spending more money than was
ever spent before.” 'Die absurdity of such
an argument would make itof very little ad
vantage for campaign purposes. The intel
ligence of the people can be relied on to
assert itself, particularly in an instance con
cerning the merits of which tho record of
congress has been put within the reach of
every voter.
