New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04
THE RECIPE TAKEN.

few DAYS after Congress met in Decem Der
last The TRIBUNE SAID, editorlaliy, under the
title of "H0w to Win in 1851;
The recipe is simple and II Ia respectfully commended
70 the last Republican majority possibly have In
Congr.ss til after the next Presidential election DO
your duty the three great quotations. OF the day
l. Reform the tariff by adopting the scheme Of tho
Tariff Commission a. a whole. 1t has been perfected ny
the faithful work OF admirable body OF men 1t can
not be bettered by any hasy PATCHWORK 10 tie COM
mittees Of a three months Congress IL can be safely
passed Just IL stands It cannot he safely left to the
Bourbons of the next Congress If the Republicans
allow The 4th OF March lind them without simpihed
and reduced protective tariff they viii deserve the de-
feat they Invite
O. Abolish eli internal revenue taxation excepting ON
uouors and tobacco That slmples matters enormous
w. relieves the people OF petty cxactOns and annoy
ances and lea the burden6 OF taxation wbers they
Ought to rest-on Injuries or Woes.
3 Pass the best measure OF Civil Service Reform at
tainable. So many Democrats have committed them
selves to Pendeton b that possibly even this might
be carried The people have not made up their minds
that this is the best pa taat they can say what tho
hes, pla is but they want something done tending
az least 70 place the Ci Service better basis, and
they know Republicans do It, They will not
Judge TOO hastily should prove that the sep taken ia
not The best they want step taken, and 1t will
be very unwise not 10 heed their wish.
DO these things-every one highly desirable, every
one possible at this session " honest work for them be
begun at Once-and IL is not In the power OF the
Democracy 10 prevent the election Of Republican Pres
dent H. 1884 Neglect them and the prospect Ia not
coursgng.
We are happy TO say that Congress has taken
the recipe almost exactly as prescribed. The
Tariff bill which has been adopted is substan-
tally the scheme reported by the Commission.
. ho Inci 40 "a
measure as that was, but in others it is an im-
prOvement on that so that on the whole Its pas
sage is cause for genuine cOngratulatiOn. In
ternal revenue taxes have been abolished ex-
cepting on whiskey and tobacco, and Senator
Morrill, estimates the total reduction caused 10y
this abolition and the Tariff bill at about
S75, 1000, 900. The Pendleton Civil Service
bill has been made law, and while its sue
cess is yet TO be demonstrated, 1t stands to-day
as the most perfect measure which the LEADERS
of the reform were able to devise, and one on
which they ale willing to assume the resDon-
sibility Of making the reform successful.
These three achievements make Of them
selves a remarkable record but Congress went
further. 1t added the great popular service OF
reduction of letter postage to TWO cents, and 1t
passed a law protecting tbO icHV"o'V'" "' -
from the schemes of mOnOp0llsts who were
trying to take it from the people and convert
it into private property for their own profit.
| The record of this short session is indeed
fuller of good works than many longer one
has been. 1t is, furthermore, a record OF Re-
publican achievements. The Democrats entered
the session with the avowed purpose of defeat
ing all tariff legislation and all efforts to re-
duce taxation. They fought the Tariff bills
persstently, and with all the ingenuity Of
which they were capable. When all other
efforts to defeat action had failed, they declined
to serve on the conference committee, hoping
thus to create fatal delay. After that, too,
had failed they resorted to filibustering in the
House and maintained it almost to the final
hour of the session.
But Republican unity and energy have won
the victory. 1t is the Republicans whom the
business and industrial interests of the country