"that's It" Says Bynum

If any of our readers, be they i-,'mocv.-i. s ui' ; ■ Olibl that the the Wilsori b!ll has been formulated I oï England, let tin-m read this pari o! a report of a meetii . oi ' . e House : A commil tee o Eaci nrlng potatly went t: Washington io induce the Waya and Means Committee to restore Bome of the disaetrous reduction in the proposed tariif on crockery. The delegation was tuinod over to Gongressnian Bynum, oue of the prominent membera of tlie Waye and Means Cosnmlttee. Mr. Bynum was told how the ppttery inry would suifer if the tarill vas e-ui ae intended. "The only way we can continué in business," s&ld the spokesman for the delegation, "ia by reducing the wages of our workingmen to a pitiful point in order to compete wíth [oreign manufacturera The trade is already anticipating what will happen. Foreign producers, we can well suppose, will even increae.e the paltry wages of thelr employees in order to get out the ware to Bupply the tremendous business that will come to them. Don't you see how it will elfect 1 1 e workingmen in thls country?" Bynum's face lighted up with a smiie, and he replied : "AVell, you íellows will be just as well off. The increase in wages on thu other 'siile will be oífíjCt by the decrea.se in wages in your establlshments. You can compete ail rlght and make moncy." Quick as a flash one of the delegatiou turned to the congressman and said : ''Do you mean to Bay, Mr. Bynum, that the object of the Wilson bill ís id increase wages in Great Britain and other countries and reduce wages in the United States?'' "That's il." answered Bynum. The ïü'xt minute he tinderstood what a fatal admission he had made, bit his lip and said he trusted the delegation would consider lii.s remarks strlctly confidential. Tlie Big Rapids Herald i.s a democratie paper liut it has the fairnes? and manliness to give Gov. Ilich its good rlght arm to help along the work of ferreting out the salary steal fraude. We quote : "It is quite refreahing to see Governor Rich take the stand he had with reference to the thieves, official and otherwise, wlio thwarted the wül of the people in canvassing the votes of elections of 1891 and 1893. The sturdy svernor has hls coat off and sleeves rolled up, and is putting in good luird work. That's what is wanted- there's no politics in the great work óf running down the conspirators." A correspondent of the Detroit F ree Press from Ann Arbor writes that paper a communication favoring the income tax, tut making a pica for the exemption of all salaries paid persons in the employ of the state. That of course means that all professors and otliers engaged in teaching should not be asked to contribute to the support of the government on this plan. Now if the principie of an income tax U correct ; if it is right to place a trarden upon thrift and energy and enterprise ior the relief of those who are not thrifty or energetic or enterprising, then there should be no favoritism. If a man is bright enough to earn a handsome income by his pen or by his ability as a teacher, lie in justice can not ask the government to favor him as against the man who earna lus income by a similar ability in the business wortel. This asttempt to build up a favored class ís not rlght, it is not patriotic, it is not American. If we are to have the principies of free trade carried om. let's have them in all their glory, with no cultured arifltocracy receivtng the favor of the government. It is the most common thing in the world nowadays to hear a prominent democrat say that what with the Hawaiian business and the eüver luuacy, the populist general foolishaess and the Witeon bill, it is the hardest thing in the world to keep wlthin the party Unes through another canipaign. Ñames could be given which wiiuld surprise you. As to the republicana win) had a soft side for Cleveland eighteen months ago-, and who, on the grouud oí his being a safe man, bigger iiiau liis party, and all that sori of thing, eilther voted ior him or declJned to contribute money to beat him, they are stek unto death. Speclation in politlcal features Is the most uncertain business in ilié world, and there is so much in party discipline, especially democratie party discipline, that we cannot teil what a lew montlts may brlng forth ; but the pendulum will have to swing a long u;iy In a. directlon opposite f rom i:s preeent trend If the republxans do nob sweep the country at the next general oloction. A democrat oí national reputation mul unqueetioned loyalty to his party said to me in New York the other day that if congress were to lie elected there wouldn't be a grease spot lelt of the democratie