Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

ing to speak for the Carlisle Morrison
element, declares that all democrats
must submit TO their dictation. lie de
clares that the democrats can better af-
ford To 90 into the canvass this year on
a low tariff record and be defeated
than TO win on the Randall idea.
At this distance it appears that both
Of these elements in the party are in
the wrong and II they do not come to
terms defeat will be ours in November.
The country rejoiced at the election Of
Mr. Carlisle as speaker, but il did not
understand that his elevation would be
the signal for his followers to claim for
themselves the virtue Of being the only
democrats left The country did not
expect 20 see rad.calism where it was SO
certain it had planted the seeds of CON
servatism. When Mr.. Watterson at
tempts to drive other democrats into a
caucus, or drive them into the support
Of any measure he is exceeding the
bounds of good reason, and if Mr.. Car
Isle or Mr.. Morrison authorized him to
apply the party lash, they have indeed
executed commission they were not
authorized To ill.
On the other hand, the Randall men,
those opposed 20 free trade, or even a
greatly reduced tariff, are displaying
bad judgment in declaring they will not
consult with the other branch of their
party. They need not be driven, but
they should not be stubborn and unre-
lenting, either.
All this time the republicans are max
ing the most Of our little family trou-
bles, mcddling and carrying tales from
one side To the other and creating all
the discoId possible.
\ few weeks. at the furthest, will
give good idea as To whether or not
the democrats are TO be successful in
November next.
Since the above was written we have
discovered the following article i'm the
Missouri Republican, which fits the
case so we'll that we produce it in full {:
"Of course Mr.. Henry WattersOn
speaks for himself alone. His violent
utteranceS now are Characteristic mani
festatiOns of the sensationaliSm which
seems an essential feature of his pOliti-
cal methods. Few democrats will be
found To applaud the war paint and
feathers in which he arrays himself. for
IL Is certainly the desire of all good dem
Ocrats that the party should Ice united
and harmonious. 10 Is not u very dread
tul thing that there should be disagree
meut among the leaders of the party
respecting tariff legislation, and it is
not uecessary-at least as veto set
Mr.. Randall and those who are acting
with him In the position Of enemies.
Perhaps 1t may come 10 that i'm time.
but for the present we may hope not g..
and do all that can be done to secure
harmony. Mr.. Randall may properly
say now that the Morrison bill is not n
party measure, hut when the caucus
has acted upon and accepted the bill he
will no longer have that excuse for op-
position. Meanwhile let him and the
other democrats who are antagOniZing
the Morrison bill put a curb upon their
tongues. for they are wagging no less
recklcSSly than NattersOn's. Denunci-
alton of Carlisle, Morrison and the
other democratic leaders who are urg-
Ing reform legislation is n hundred
times worse than the vituperatiyc va
porting of the Kentucky editor. The
Morrison bill may not be q party meas
ure until 10 has the sanction of tie par
Is caucus, but u is certainly i'm OPPOSE
ton To no principle Of the party. Mr..
Morrison and the democrats associated
with him on the ways and means COM
mittee have done no more than their
duty in eudeayOring 10 frame a tariff
revision bill which fOrmulates i'm def
mite form the frequent and unvarying
declaration OF every national and state
/ democratic platform in favor of reform.
No one pretends that the Morrison bill
IS perfect, but 10 is, ut least, the best
measure now practicable. and IS such il
deserves the careful and kindly consid-
Grafton OF every democrat. Tariff re-
form Is an essential doctrine of the
democratic party, and those democrats
who make violent protests against the
endeayOr 20 execute the demands of an
essential party principle are simply
making war on their party. They MAY
cTitictse the Morrison bill until il be-
coEes caucus measure, but let them
refrain from denOuncing the men who
have made and who are urging the bill.
There Is no political principle TO which
the democratic party is more emphati-
eally committed than that of tariff re-
FORM, and the men who so hotly OBJ
pose reform now want to create new
party"