The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-23
WATTEKsON WARNED
What His Friends Think of His Pro
nunciamento.

What His Friends Think of His Pro-
nunciamento.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 22.-The
WatterSon pronunciamentO to the Demo-
cratic members Of the House continues
TO be talked Of by some in a serious way,
while others simply laugh at his audacity
and presumption \ close canvass de-
yelopes a good deal OF feeling ON the
subject, not SO much by the Randall wing
of the party as by the Carlisle men. The
Isle for Speaker against any such action
is open and outSpoken.
BUCKNER OF Missouri,
who is one of the Oldest members of the
House, a supporter Of Carlisle and a man
of sound Judgment, was asked this morn
ing what he thought OF the Watterson
pronunciamento.
al think it a very foolish thing" he re-
piled. at is the emanatiOn from man
of some genius but who lacks practical
sense Mr.. Watterson nor any other man
in the Democratic party or claiming to
belong to the party, is authorized to die
tate in or out of Congress how it shall
act. am in favor of revision of the
tariff. The people demand it, but | am
not going to attempt to
READ MEN OUT
of the party, who differ from me, not so
much on the idea, but upon the mode by
which it is to be done. shall vote for
the Morrison bill, but | shall not attempt
to read men out OF the party who differ
from me- The tariff question is to a
greater or less extent local question,
and members must of necessity vote omit
according to the desires of their constitu-
ents, and they viii be governed in their
demands by their interest. The Demo-
cratic party can never be divided by the
tariff question for the very reason | have
mentioned. | was opposed to the present
attempt to raise the tariff. | wanted
to take advantage of the precedent
set US by the Republicans of the Forty
seventh Congress. They created Tariff
Commission and gathered all the facts in
their favor from that standpoint during
the recess of Congress, received the re-
port at the beginning of the second ses-
sion and enacted the present law. Now
we ought at this session to have re-enact-
ed the law creating the Tariff Commits
sion, had it go out and get from our
friends their side of the question:, had
them report to us at the next session,
and then proceeded to revise the tariff.
1t NAV be that this plan will be adopted
yet. 1t is question now, however, that
we have gone so far whether it is better
to
RETREAT OR TO ADVANCE.
desire to repeat that there needs to be
such an adjustment of the tariff as will
promote the industries Of the country and
the interest of labor without creating mo-
nopolies."
CONGRESSMAN DAVIS
of Missouri, when asked what he thought
of Watterson's attempt to read men out
of the party who choose not to follow him
on the tariff question said
ave are not in a condition to read men
out of the party just now"
CONGRESSMAN GRAVES,
of Missouri, remarked: 81 have not read
Mr.. Watterson's pronunciamento. |
don't want to read it, He has no
right to set himself up as a dictator to
the Democratic party. | shall vote for
Mr.. Morrison's bill, but | don't intend
to try and read men out of the party who
see proper to do otherwise
All three of these gentlemen voted for
Mr.. Carlisle as Speaker.