New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-22
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Mr. Morrison propose, to begin again his So
called debate on the Tariff bill thi, week, and
still, nm. hope. il is said, that his measure can be
mt through the House in some form. Among
his supportcrs there are di,cOvcIabic two ele-
mcnts One wants the passage OF some l"rI"
bill in the House for political effect, first in the
Democratic National Convention, and afteTWaro
in fine election in certain districts To these
people It is not at all important that the Dill
should be one that can pass the Senate nor 90
they want it accepted by all Democrats. AS
club 20 beat Mr.. Randall Mr. Payne or MI
Tilden the bill would answer all the better II IL
should be quite moderate III terms, put IL must
mass the House. The prestige OF success IN
uniting large majority OF the Democrats Is
INDISPENSABLE to these people. The other ele-
ment wants reform rather than the success
of a political trick. 1t holds the present tariff
radically bad, and wants to appeal to public
oniniop against it, firmly believing that victory
would come in time if not at once.
Mr. Morrison will not find it possible to sat
isfy these two factions. The men OF principle
will not be satisfied with a surrender of every
idea for which they contend. Mr.. Morrison has
40 far afir0nted them already, by his " hOrlzOn-
talr method his Morrill, limitation and his
abandonment of nearly all his original free list,
that their support of his bill is grudging and
uncertain From Washington comes a dispatch
stating that. whatever the House may do, the
Committee on WAYS and Means will not consent
I'm any further modification OF the bill, which
means. evidently, that the men OF conviction
would rather have the bill beaten or abandoned
than to have it passed in a form to stultify them
Ill t,tf,t oft no
pcople Apparently these men were pusht d
lust as far as they could be, prior to the caucus
and they then reached point at which they de-
tcrmncd to yield no more.
But the political trickSters know that a great
deal more must be yielded if the bill IS to an
swer their purpose. In its present shape, 1t
cannot pass the House. Probably II canuot
command the support of as many members as
voted for consideration. The representatives
of wool gro King districts will demand higher
duties on WOOL declaring that seventeen OF
them voted for consideration after having voted
for Mr.. Conyerses bill 90 raise the duty only
because they hoped to carry an amendment to
that effect If they fail it would be suicide for
them 10 support the bill, in the face of pledges
made in their districts SO of other interests. +;
ut least dozen will camor for change, and Mr..
Morrison must placatc them in some way if he
want. 10 pass his bill III the House But fail
urc to get his bill through the House would
spoil its effect in the National Convection and
make the bill "A boomerang in many of the dis
tricrs. Democratic voters would regard 1t as
proof that Carlisle, Morrison q Co. cannot unite
the marty. and have power only TO divide and
destroy it,
Under these circumstances, MI. Morrison l.
likely to see his bill amended to death, if 1t
lives long enough to have any amendment
voted on. He knows how TO abandon bll
having had experience in handling the Wells
Moore Continuance some years ago. That c1-