Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-16

his prescription and its results will
surely give ample revenue. In fact.
Morrison's reduction of the tariff will
augment so vastly the importations
that the lessened tariff will pay great
er sums into the treasury than the ex-
isting prohibitory system.
This, In fact, is the Revolutionary era
in politics, and nobody can anticipate
to-day what will be the fate of party
TO morrow.
RANDALL. TO BE DEPosED.
What are we going TO do about il?
Suppose Randall uses his power as
chairman OF the committee on appro-
prlations to block the game aud pre-
vent the consideration of Morrison's
bill, emanating from him as chairman
OF the committee of ways and means?
The people gave the Democratic party
its majority In the house that the tariff
might be reformed. Carlisle was
made speaker In obedience
to this decree Of the people. He was
preferred TO Randall simply for this
reason. But Randall has the hard.
hood to use the place given him by
Carlisle TO thwart the purposes OF his
party. only suppose the case. Mr..
Randall has not yet enacted this role.
If he attempt II, and Mr.. Carlisle and
the Democratic majority have the
courage OF their convictions, Randall
should be deposed and another chair
man be placed at the head of his com,
mittte. Committees have the right TO
1t is only by courtesy
that the iirst.named on list of COM
miltecmen designated by the speaker
holds the place of chairman. The
committees right TO organize itself and
select its own chairman is not i'm
paired by Mr.. Randall's name being
first on IA list o. committeeman. III is
moreover true that the house, instead
OF the speaker, can appoint its own
committees, even us 1t can remove the
speaker and substitute another pre-
siding officer. IL Mr.. Randall, therefore,
uses his position TO defeat the purposes
of those who simply assent to his
Craftsmanship, this assent may be
Withdrawn, and Mr.. Randall can step
down and out. This congress was
elected that the tariff might be re-
| formed. 1t signifies nothing that the
senate and president stand in the way.
For those two inseparahle obstacles the
Republican party is responsible; for
Mr.. Randall, as an obstruction, the
Democratic party mast not be respon-
sihle. Randall claims 10 be "A Demo-
crat and Is not Il Democrat
and his committee and the
house should so declare
by decapitating him. The house rep
resents the Democracy, and the house,
whatever the action OF the senate aud
president, should assert the convictions
and purposes of those whom il repre-
sents. 10 guillotine Randall, however
loudly he might below, would be the
most expressive possible method Of
proclaimiRg the tariff for-revenue pur-
poses of the Democracy.
THE i.ATENT LAWS REPEALED.
In view of the absurd propositions
which the house has unthoughtedly
approved, virtually repeating the pa
tent laws, inventors are desising plans
for the sale Ct the secrets of their dis
coveries TO Johnny Roach, Pullman
aud others. They are forced 20 adort
Russian methods OF concealment iii or
der to have any valid title TO their
own creations and TO any fruits OF
their own tolls. England, seeing the
| effects upon American progress aud
prosperity of our patent laws, has just
reformed her own system by adopting
oura, and American Inventors will 90
TO England as those OF Switzerland
have migrated to this country.
/
Inventive genius, rs developed by our
patent laws and embodied in McCor-
mick's reaper, in the sewing machine
and planning mill, have added u thou
sand million dollars annually b the
country's wealth, and yet because Me-
Cormick and Slade and Howe madea
million each. the mouthpieces of "a
vulgar prejudice against a lucky fell
low who patented a tube with holes In
A.
might be drawn from beneath the
eartl's surface, would put
Il period to mechanical progress,
and transfer vast undiscovered
riches buried In realms which inven-
tive genius invades, to foreign coun-
tries. Congress legislated away our
commercial marine, and now IL would
aunihilate internal progress. IL in
Weighs against corners in breadstutfs,
and then turns about aud gives Pull
man and Johnny Reaches and the
enormously rich exclusive possession
Of discoveries and inventions then only
valuable TO the inventor when made
u monopoly by the rich. The poor
mechanics and inventors are thus
pnslavcd 10 the rich manufacturer. and
congress again becomes the promoter
of stupend0ns monopolies. But this
has been its policy for years past. II
leglslates for the rich aud not for the
door; for the few and not for the many.
In Russia, where no real patent laws
are operative, the Russian leather
making process was Of course kept
secret. We sent over cunning YAM
bee AS minister. He was suffered, be-
cause Of his Official position
and supposed honor, 10 inspect
the factory. He stole the
secret and setup Russian leather fac.
tory in New England. Wes he not a
thief? A mans invention il his
thought, practically illustrated. He
copyrights 1t in the patent Office. Let
us deal with mechanics and working
men rs justly and wisely as with
giving both exclusive prop
erty in their productions.