Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-12
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MONTPELIER,V VT
,r.JNESDAY, DEC. y. 1883.
BEGINNING to Worry.

Beginning to Worry.
The meeting of congress has brought
ilaod Of bills and the speeches are coming
n ap: ce. Senator Edmunds has intro
6uced several measures of much impor'
lance among which is civil rights bill
and one for the establishment of postal
t4lpr,avh. Senator Morrill, has been
mating a good speech against the con'in
ued coinage of our present silver dollar
the light weight dollar and not the
.aloighty dollar" of the fathers But
Vermont has thus perhaps done more
,ha. her share in the senate-as she
usually does when most of the important
business is going on. The senate by the
way, has got its committees appointed
But in the house there is as yet not
much doing. The democrats have iu'i
control there and they begin to realize 1t.
! a the first place hey can find place Tor
:t5out ten per cent of the deserving party
workers who went on to Washington in
hopes to fill some of the places at the
disposal of the party controlling the organ
,xation of the house. But thedisapponted
will go off home in dne season. The real
worry however has begun about another
matter.
The painful subject is the Tariff for
revenue only that got itself pnt into the
democratic platform and that has an
exponent in Mr.. Carlisle, who is speaker
and las not yet appointed his c'mm'ttees'
1t is well known however that he is cong
to make that revenue retorm'l, Mr..
Morrison of Illinois, chairman OF the ways
and means committee
A good many democrats are Tree
traders. All the gabble about revenue
reform through tariff for revenue only
means the acceptance of the free trade
nrinciples as a basis. OF course rs long
as We raise any money by duty on
imports tariff for revenue only means
such tariff as will raise what money Is
needed. The real beauty OF free trace
cannot therefore shine unveiled I'LL we
rive up duties entirely and raise money
wholly by internal revenue laws and
direct taxes, one or both But in principle
it can become pretty near to b. real
tariff for revenue only.
We have supposed Morrison and Car
Isle to mean just what their talk wonld
mean without twisting it this way and
that to make it mean something else.
Free trade and protection on opposi'es-
they have nothing in common. Anda tariff
for revenue only has nothing in commo
with protection. 1t belongs to the free
trade family; itmi9ht if there was enough
money to be raised keep some HON"
manufacturer by making competing 10"
eicn goods cost more but it can have no
such an effect is mere accident,
A tariff tor revenue with incidental
protection on the other hand belongs TO
the protection family. |. recognizes the
principle of protection and raises money
on that principle. Indeed while govern
ment expenses are as large as now, such
tariff properly applied will practically
give what protectionsts demand. And
now comes the democratic dilemmt. The
great body of thinking men in that party
are opposed to the principle of protection
and their wish is that the party stand on "A
free trade or tariff for revenue only
doctrine.
A lot of trmmers want the plrty run
so as to be everything rs nccded--frcc
trade to a free trader and protection 10 Il
protectionisl; that is Il tariff for revenue
with incidental protection II folks under
stood him before his election MIR. Carlisle
believes in tariff for revenue oniy-hut
the Sun and many other democratic papers
begin to think that newly clothed with
responsibility, Mr.. Carlisle is going him
self or at least permit his phrtY to luggle
SO that now you see "only' and now you
see " incidental protection"
II the democratic party wants to con
cede that the principle of protection is
right while it may avoid alarming many
business men and workmcn who dreac
practical free trade, it will disgust the
honest free traders VINO compose SO large
part of its voting force and who want u
see it stand up man'uIIy and battle to'
principle. On the other hand if it goe
inLo the "for revenue only business
will get into trouble with men who Nigh
like % support it but cannot in justice Il
the York by which they make a living.
In few weeks Mr.. Carlisle Will hav
appointed his committees, the braulfu
harmoniousnes5 Of democratic thought ol
many practical questions that scrious
affect the country will be shown by excite
declaimers; and the chow not to do t' {
craftsmanship illustrated. That is W
guess it will be so and tha, the Democrat
house will not shine Is II consruc iv
body. If it comes out with define
policy that is really good for anything
will 20 a long way toward winning It.
confidence of men that alone can sucut
it a presidential victory, Bat it lool
now more as if it will he a jugylc and
wrangle. Time will tell.
The Boston Transcript says: just
S. Morrill, is fit colleague in tie Unite
States senate for George + Edmunds
Vermont. Mr.. Morrill, mnde = gre,