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Show The McKiuley tariff bill is a repub-1 lican measure, but it falls far short of i giving satisfaction to a largo number of influential republicans. Quite a number num-ber of leading republican newspapers have also expressed'theirdissatisfaetiou with the bill. Tariff reform is what is demanded, but it is claimed that this bill has not enough of reform aud reduction re-duction in it. Senator Plumb is among those who have protested against the measure. Tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat says ; Senator Plumb- states the ease accurately in saying that It will be ucceuary for republican congressmen to explain why they voted to increase duties when the expectation was that they would vote to reduce them. Therefore, There-fore, it is entirely proper that the senate sen-ate finance committee should be required re-quired to submit the reasons for each proposed advance." |