Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-22

name. proceeded. thc enclismeui became
intense. Firs; thc aye" and then TIE
nos forged ahcai bot % close A. -
cause Morrison and Carlisle % iurn pale
with anxiety Even Al the end % the call
toabt was ln the mluts of al, so close Na'
The vote TIE visitors and reporters In
The gallcr.e. looked panied, The members
on The 4 Do lookci with Asionlshmcni a.
each other. who hal won' Slowly The
Speaker arose Ia his chair Ani sAli ''the
AYES are 10 The nos - Arc lS'.'
Morrlsoa cxcltcdly Ilmpci cat Of his seat
AMI the Democratic side OF The house rang
With prolonged applause. Morrison was
heartily congratulated on his Victory and
.lmo., Tor the nrst time In many weeks
smiled on al. TIE House thercupoc re-
solved ltself into COMMITTEES Of The Whole
tor the consideration % The Tarln oih'
Morrison beginning TIE lopg procession
OF speeches with a tedious written arga-
msn, Jadge Kelley followed IN speech
that commanded the attention Of AL not
My on account OF his recognized ability
s,1a this subject. Bat also Ga account OF
the many interesting, personal experiences
OF his recent yisl, among the operatives
% Merry Englani.
Thus that wing Of the Democratic party
which elected Carlisle speaker, aud which
pledged itself % revenue reform gained
what /, claims 10 call ils second vletoy,-
the arst being the defeat Of the Converse
wool measure which mentioned in my
last But this 30 called triumph OF re'en-
nc reform i rather 4 perfect dcmonstra-
ZION % the weakness % the Democratic
marty Ia the House which. while II has 4
clean majority Of seyen,y-one, Is only able
10 brlng before the House 10 pet scheme
OF reform" by a bare msioriiy OF two :
And even this 80 called victory might have
been ayer,cd bu, for the absence Of few
members, upon whom can Justly be placed
the responsibility OF two months debate
upon the tariff And there Is no doubt
bat whs, IL will be lengthy, for already q
hundred members have placed their names
before the Speaker asking Tor an hour In
which 10 deliver = tariff speech.
Ills safe 20 say that this determination
Of the Democratic House has practically
barred all other legislation this session
Delay has been turned into actual prohiol-
ton. and members who have had bills OF
National importance upon the calendars
and who have a,,rIbuted the inactivity Of
the House partially 10 the pressure OF busi'
ness. need walt no longer-the tariff has
complete possession OF the House OF Rep
resen,a,lves. So FAR nothing has been
done this session, and the prospect Is
nothing vii be done.
This step must be considered both fsisl
and foolish - fatal 10 the Interests
OF the Democratic party and to the
business interests Of the country. and
foolish because all the speeches which
will be delivered In the next two months
upon this much talked OF tariff, Will not To-
nuence the Individual members OF the
House a particle. Every man on the hoof
OF the House, knows ss well now As two
months hence how he will vote and
canvass OF the House shows eonelasively
,hs, the hin will naturally be defeated.
And All this tariff talk win be practically .
waste OF time.
Presidential matters are very quiet 10
washington. About the only thing TO
guide politicians here are the state Con-
yen,lons which are being held this month.
These are watched carefully - very good
indications Of the drift OF opinion. IL 10
the universal opinion that Blainss chances