The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-29
Correspondence Baltimore County Onion.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
A Little "Too Previous"-Trouble on the
Tariff Issue-A Discouraging
Outlook, &c, &c.


WASHINGTON, d. c., March Oath, 1884,
Messrs Editors The present House OF Repre-
sentatives, Democratic it is, and therefore
zeal and inexperience may be pleaded in its favor,
has been most unfortunate in its attempts to dab
BILE in the business of other Governments as shown
first in the 0'Donnel resolutions, of which Mr..
Abram S. Hewitt, prominent Democrat who
wishes to be returned to his present seat and would
like also to be elected President, the author,
and more recently the Lasker resolutions, Col Tom
Ochiltree author in both of which instances it got
badly snubbed, and the said two authors are now
said to feel pretty badly. But what | was going
to say is that if the present House remains here
long enough perhaps it will learn better. With
reference to the Lasker resolutions, L think that
Congressman Phelps, of New Jersey, about ex-
pressed the common sense sentiments of the Amer
lean people when he said in Congress, "The mat
ter at first of but very little consequence, but
had become of great consequence. There was no
harm in passing and sending the resolutions any
where, but there was no right in the American
Congress to send that opinion, contained in the
resolutions, to friendly power which entertained
a different one and which thought that the Lasker
sentiment, with which they sympathized, had
rather retarded the material progress of the Gov
eminent" The committee to which the resolu-
tions were referred, when returned, together with
Prince Bismarck's reply, and also red-hot set OF
resolutions condemning Bismarck's "insult to the
American House of Representatives" with very
strong language, pigeon holed the said strong
olutions and reported mider and more sensible
ones, which caused Mr.. Ochiltree to make very
violent speech (Which he ready, and Mr.. Bedford,
Mr.. Sunset Cox and other fiery members to follow
in his wake and insist that the resolutions of the
committee be recommitted with instructions, &c.
However the motions were lost and the resolu-
tions were adopted. Thus was the matter ended,
and happily and in dignifed manner, as the
President expressed to member of the House
last week he hoped it would be-
Since this sensation is over the people of this
city aEs agai2 aakpgs for to a Is
to be held to morrow night on the tariff question.
To show how racked the Democratic party is on
this question: from centre to circumference, it is
but necessary to state that Chairman Barnum of
the Democratic National Committee, has been here
to-day pleading with leading Democrats of both
sides and exerting his utmost influence with them
to preserve harmony. 1t is thought that there is,
now that the caucus is so near, some disposition
towards harmony. and that many Democrats on
both sides are inclined to make and entertain
cessions rather than incur split of the party
Yet this is but the tone of the moderate ones
who are endeavorng to reconcile the extremists
of both WINGS and there is no assurance that they
will succeed.
Among the concessions mentioned that are ex-
pected to reconcile the contending factions is one
devised by q number of leading Senators and
Representatives, which is to Correct the incon-
gruities of the Morrison bill by limiting the 20
per cent. reduction to such articles as now pay
from so to 100 per cent and making reduction
of but 10 per cent. upon articles that now pay a
duty of from 90 to 80 per cent, and, in addition,
to abolish all internal revenue tax, except that on
whisky" But whether this plan shall "concli-
ate' the wings of the party or not, a very promi-
nent Democrat said here to day that this tariff
h. IS hnr WV IN
win the Presidency at the coming election, be-
cause" he said, eff the Morrison bill passes, which
he feared it would not the high protectionists will
bolt the party, losing New York, Pennsylvania
and other essential States, and if the differences
are reconciled so that the party can unite on it in
some modified form, the time has been whiled
away in idleness, the people have lost confidence
in the ability of the party to govern the country
so opposite in its councils and We shall lose the
election any way. have no confidence whatever
in our being able to win." Thus the matter and
condition of the Democratic party seem to be at
this writing,
The other subject from which the people of this
city are expected to draw their supply of political
excitement, without which it would seem they
could hardly exist just at this period, Immediate
ly preceding Presidential campaign, is the sew
eral Presidential booms and who is likely to re-
ceive the Presidential nominations of the two par
ties Of course, with the Democratic party the
matter must be kept in allegiance until after the
tariff wrangle is settled and they know what plat
form they are going to have-tariff or anti-tariff
so that they may know what man will fit the
platform. But with the Republicans the cauldron
is beginning to get hot, and the booms OF some ut
least of the candidates, judging from the racket
made about them by some of the newspapers, one
would think would shortly "boom over" But
after ALL great deal of it is but newspaper racket
and when the leaders and managers of the party
get to Chicago and sit down to calm and deliber-
ate work and begin to inquire who can carry this,
that and the other important State, such as New
York. etc., that essential to the success of the
their ability to do so, and their "booms" will be
"boomed out" That is felt st this time to be the
case with one candidate that is just now being so
prominently doomed for the Presidential nomina-
ton of the Republican party by a certain Balti-
more and other newspapers of a particular class.
another matter that should engage the attention
of the peopls when electing their delegates this
year to the Chicago convention is that they should
be careful not to be imposed on by anybody, but
that they shall elect none but worthy and able
men to represent them there who, going uncom-
mitted to any man any candidate, shall be able
to reason and assist in selecting such nominee
as shall be able to conduct the party to victory.
1t is hardly the year for "booms," although so
many are being constructed, nor for whoops and
hurrahs, and the nomination of candidates, who,
after they are nominated. can hardly be pulled
through or perhaps not at all elected. It is rather
a year for calm Judgment and deliberation in the
convention, and only such Iien should be sent as
delegates who are capable of these, ANON.