The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-04-22

There are two issues in which the
country is particularly interested that
bid fair to divide political parties,
where John G. Fremont in his younger
days parted his hair, that is right in
the middle. These issues are the cur
.rency and tariff questions. Congress
now fights shy of them for the reason
that the leaders of both parties do not
wish to create. dissentions in the rauks
of their followers until after the Presi-
dental election Eastern members of
Congress, Democrats as well as Repub-
.l:cans, favor the denomination of sill
yer, and oppose any modification of
the tariff laws, while Western and
Southern members. with q few excep-
tons, regardless of party, uphold the
double standard and favor reduction
OF the duties on imports. These are
material issues which Congress must
deal with at an early day, and were it
not for the generalship of party leaders,
VINO are anxious to prevent. mutiuy
aid deseftion in the ranks, they
woui,, be prominent issues in the next
Presidential campaign.
Notwithstanding the efforts of prom
iiient partisan Congressman to prevent
discussion on the tariff question, a bill
has been introduced in the Senate to
create Tariff Commission, of nine
members, whose duty it shall be to
take into consideration and thoroughly
investigate all the various questions re-
lating to the agricultural, commercial,
mercantile, manufacturing, mining and
industrial interests of the country, so
far as the same may be necessary to
the establishment of judicious tariff,
or revision Of the existing tariff upon
a scale of Justice to all interests. The
hill authorizes the Commission to visit
such different portions of the country
as it may deem advisable, and report
to Congress the result of it's investiga-
tions and the testimony taken in the
course of the same, from time to time;
the final report to be made not later
than the first Monday in December,
1881.
This is one of the rocks upon which
the Republican and Democratic parties
are certain to split, and it is not i'm
probable that within year the Stall
warts of the former and the Bourbons
OF the latter may be arrayed in solid
phalanx against the more liberal ele-
ments of both parties, who believe that
& revision Of the tariff and reduction
OF duties on many articles is essential
t. the welfare of the majority of the
paople of the United States. The is
sues which grew out Of the rebellion
are practically settled, though it may
be deemed expedient by certain leaders
during the ensuing campaign to en-
deavor to make the people think other
wise, and new issues, are certain to
ar.se, on which the people North and
Z South will divide. The bloody shirt is
too much tastered to be used effectively
III many more campaigns, and material
questions which effect the industrial
rather than the political interests of
the country will sppplant it., The ques-
lions which divide parties in Congress
to-day are, whether Federal troops
SHALL be employed as police at the polls,
aud whether the number of Deputy
Marshals, with discretionary powers to
arrest citizens on election days shall be
limited to three, one of whom shall be
a Democrat, in each voting district;
but the signs of the times indicate that
year hence the discussions in Congress
viii be on high or low tariff, the re-
peal of the National Banking law and
the single and double standard.
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