Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-12

Texas q Pacific. Ihe Morgan road
offered to accept freight for nifty cents
per 100 pounds from New Orleans TO
III Paso, and the Texas & Pacific inn
medlately reduced their rate to thirty
five cents. The relief granted the
public will be only temporary. A
flag Of truce will be raised before long.
The Opposition to Secretary Mo0UlloCh.
The senatorial confirmation of the
presidents nomination Of the Hon.
Hugh McCulloch as secretary OF the
treasury is delayed by unusual dilatori-
ness In the senate. The most con-
spicuous actor in the movement to
stave Off and, II possible, defeat his
confirmation ia Senator Rlddleberger,
one Of the Readjuster, debt-repudia-
ton members from Virginia Nobody
suspects him OF being the head Of the
opposition 10 Secretary McCulloch; he
is merely a plastic agent In the hands
of machlnators who prefer IN keep out
Of sight until they see how 1.-The cat
is going to jump There will be a hard
push to defeat McCulloch's confirma.
ton, or to embarrass it by vexatious
delays. and this opposition to the ratl-
tication of a Republican presidents
appointment will come mainly from
the Republican members Of the senate
OF protectionist temper.
The occasion Of this unusual circum-
stance, that Il cabinet officer OF high
character finds his confirmation OBJ
struoted by his party majority in the
senate, Is to be found In the late report
of the secretary of the treasury, relating
TO foreign trade and taxation" In
that report the views and recommends.
tons here quoted are advanced "If
the duties upon raw materials are an
obstruction Ito the growth of our for
eign trade) those duties should be re-
moved. II the duties upon other arli.
Giles are an obstruction, they should he
modified. Whatever may be required to
Increase our foreign trade, whether il be
a repeal or modification OF existing du-
tiea, should be demanded by the manu-
facturers themselves " "All the lead
ing nations OF tho world are now en-
gagged in manufacturing, and all but
Great Britain are fencing themselves
in by protective duties. Among them
the United States has been conspicu-
Gus. Has not the time come when a
new departure Is demanded ?" So far
the secretary uses the most guarded
language, but its meaning is plain,
aud protective tariff Is covertly con,
demned Forgetful for moment OF
the necessity of caution, the score
tary unsheathes his free-trad,
claws and buries them in the the ten
derest part of protection. He expresses
his belief that 1.-THE public, revenue.
should not be In excess Of what max
be required for the support OF the gov
eminent, and the gradual reduction o
the public debt :" that "rellef from tn,
pres ent burden OF taxation Is urgentl,
and justly demanded and advlae
that "the existing duties upon raw
materials which are to be used In man
ufacture should be removed"
IL Secretary McCulloch had quote,
directly from the Democratic platform
he could not have devised bette
definition ofDemocratic principles ant
purposes. Such language cannot be 7.
garded by the apostles Of protection a
anything short of sacrilege TO thei
creed. The Democratic platform said
1--WE demand that federal taxation shal
be exclusively for public purposes, an,
shall not exceed the needs of the gov
ernment," and a Republican cabine
officer echoes the spirit OF that plat
form when he officially gives II as hi
conviction that "the public revenue
should not be In excess OF what ma
be required for the support OF tho gov
ernment." When he speaks OF 9Th
present burden OF taxationn he knife
the Republican party under the nnl
rib, for did not that party impose thi
"hurdensomep tariff, and resist and dc
feat lbs reduction when the Democrat
In congress tried TO reduce It last win
ter? The Republican party has ius
emerged from n national contest Il
which It maintained the issu
of protection for protection's sake
Now comes one Of thelprtsident's higl
advisers, occupying position OF en-
inence and authority second to bu
| two In the nation, and tells Tn