New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05

party, tho Address concludes with statement
of the demand of the present moment" upon
the Democracy, which Is that they declare their
present policy, mot by division into factions
and futile effort to pass a. BILL but by decisive,
uneuuivocal, unanimous expression" Interest
to an unusual degree Is Immediately excited
when the authors of the Address propose an
other caucus and boldly put forward the very
| form of the resolution by which the Democratic
policy is to be declared aby decisive. un-
| equvocal, unanimous expression" Now GER
tainly we are to have something definite and
decisive. Let us read 1t. The proposed resolu-
ton Is to set forth GThat it is the sense of the
Democratic party of the House of Representa-
tives that at the earliest practicable moment
the National revenues should be reduced to
| the necessities of the Government ecOnomi-
| cally administered "-nothing new here that's
| the sense of all parties that it is unjust and
"undemOcratic to levy unnecessary taxes re-
asulting in a large and dangerous surplus in
q the Treasury "-nOr is there any difference of
opinion about that (" that the present customs
9duties as levied by the Republican party be
@re-arranged, and the aggregate revenue
| "reduced so that the burdens of taxation may
{" be brought to the lowest possible limit, and be
"more equitably distributed, and that internal
" taxes be reduced as soon as practicable this
| begins to look like business-nOw, howl why,
| thus: IN such manner as the Democratic party
| In Congress may hereafter agree upon" There's
| declaration of principles for you.
The party, being at loggerheads over the tariff
and internal taxes is to be brought into har-
mony by the declaration that the former ought
| to be arranged so as to distribute the burden
equitaby, and the latter ought to be reduced
points which all agree upon. The great and
only question of the manner in which it is to be
accomplished is turned over to the Democratic
| party in Congress" in some indefinite here
after" Take particular notice, moreover, that
| this hereafter" is formally moved beyond the
Presidential election; for the proposed resolu-
ton goes on to say that tho Morrison bill shall be
recOmmitted to the Committee with instructions
| to report back bill covering the whole subject
before the 10th day of January next" The
whole business lies i'll nutshell. The Demo-
cratic party, having hOwled itself hOarSe IN favor
of reform, has been given an opportunity 10
show its hand as TO what reforms 1t tayOrs ana
by what processes they are 10 be made cHectual.
Civil Service Reform it has been obliged to re-
pudiate; revenue reform it still clings TO. Upon
the capacity of the party to perfect and agree
upon any measure of revenue reform it largely
depends whether the people will trust them
with the Presidency. With n full knowledge of
this fact it is calmly proposed to put of the test
until after the Presidential election, and make
the campaign on the old hollow cry. $50 to,
now,n says the Democratic ostrich, "let us con-
zeal ourselves by hiding our head in the sand"
And the cunning birds larger part looms up
like mirage in the desert