The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-27
ISSUES IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.

In the heSt congress, which begins IN lie
cember, there will be two questions tha'
Will considerably bother the democracy,
the one will be the selection ola speaker OF
the house, the other that of the tariff or
taxation. The contest for the speakership
will lie between Nh. RANDALL and MR.CAR
Isle. Both these gentlemen are democrat
aud they will be supported by democrats
Both have their adherents and friends
political and personal, north and south
Mr.. RANDALL, representing his state, Fem
sylvania, is very naturally and neeessaril!
4 high tariff man in practice whatever NAV
b. his own private convictions as follower
u JEFFERSON aud genuine democracy. MI
CARLISLE is not thus handicapped. lie IS
a tanf-tor-revenue man and boldly plant $
himselfupon distinct issue. ME-. KAN
DALI will have the support of the higl
tariff representatives. as against CARLISLE
and in this class are republican,
and democrats; while Mr.. CARLISLE will b,
sustained by the free traders and the low
tariff members, and in these classes are
democrats and republicans. There will be
no othergreat issue before the country be
yond that of taxation. The currency, the
ore ign policy, the Indian and other QuoS-
tons are now at rest. The election Of
speaker has much, if not all, to do with
this taxation problem. He will appoint
the committees, naming their thairmenS
etc. and what will be the completion OF
may be the successful candidate for the inn
portant office. These are facts that canno,
be gainsad. How, in view of tins position
OF things, IA southern democrat, own 6
fialty to the party, placed into position ,
perhaps, upon an acceptance OF their creed
and platform, can do auGht else than sul-
port such man as CARLISLE as against
RANDALL, we utterly fail TO see. 1t is
urged by the democratic friends, and nc
mirers of the latter gentleman, that lie
recognizes the correctness of the
doctrine that declares.for tarifl-ior-reyonue
only, but that il he pressed this IN II canvass
in his own district he would be sorely beat
en- by the manufacturers influence, and
the democracy would thereby lose valua-
BILE member in congress, and an out-ant-
o 1t republican on all measures be put in
his stead, to the great detriment of Il o
purity. This may be true. but Mr.. RAJ =
DALI is a gentleman of integrity as well as
l,.. ...l 40.
play the hypocrite, the turn-coat
or to 80 back on his premises
expressed or implied. He is man of i'm
mense personal popularity aud ma'netism
and there may be some danger that de-
votion to the individual may iniure and
otherwise stem fcalty to concede by cor.
rect principle. A Washington correspond
ent the other day remarked that there is
no doubt that RANDALL is working quietly
out industriously among the southern
members of the next house. One of his
methods is to enlist in his cause u newspa-
per here and there in the various southern
states. These papers thus inspired are car
rying on his campaign chiefly by misrep-
resentlpg the tariff views OF MIR. CARLISLE.
They say that he is an out-and-
out free-trader, who, if elected
speaker, would use all his pow.
er to make a sweeping, radical
revision of the tariff. An attempt to DO
this, they claim, would alarm the indus
trial and financial interests of the north,
aud the result would be that the enormous
influence of the aggregated capital of the
country would be thrown in favor of the
republicans in the presidential campaign
next year. That this effort on the part Of
Mn, RANDALL's democratic and republican
frieI DIS TO drive away support from Mr.
CApLIsLEisextremely unfair and unjust car
be easily shown, and in no way more easily
and effectively than by his own clear, un
equivocal declarations regarding tariff re
form. 1t is certain that the course of on
southern representatives will be scrutin
iaingly watched.