New-York tribune., 1884-03-22
VOL. XLIII...N'' 13,642.
MORRISON LESS OBSTINATE.
THE FREE TRADE LEADERS IN FRi'Hl'
ANOTHER But LESS IMPERATIVE NAN'''''''
MR.. wArTERsoN.
INV TELEGRAPH To TIE IkibON"''

Aa1I
60 ;ssue today the call for caucus TO Uc n.'U
nrnsSo, ibt Later in the day, the otclai he'ee
- ;sred The gravity of the party SITUATION Is Il,
,t fllv realized by the tree trade leaders ana thcS
have becun TO promise that after the Morrison o,l
has been brought into the Committee oi t'he % noio
under n caucus resolution, it shall be open 'o'no
fuUest discussion and amendment ana 'h"' amy
Democrat may propose and support any ",no"u NV.
ment he desires without endangerihg Ills poi''''"'
orthodoxy. ,.., :. 7bo
,icr;uc Journal tonight, which is under
,ood IN he n semi -fiocia exposition OF t9e stua-
,;oD and Of the duties of true Democrats III 'his
or;sis as understood by Messrs Carlisle Morrlsoh
and other Tariff Refomers." Mr.. Na''eison
says ,.,-,ox
MIR. wATrERsON EXPLAINS The siIoA'ioN'
aThe nreteuce that in demanding party oreahiz.
alton and concert of acton-npon i.he n'o"9un
tariff reform reported TO the Honse oS sn1 wn,o
',,s vote of the Democratic members OF the N"S'
inou' a vo"ns Committee Mr. Carlisle and Alr. Morri-
80, oro seeking 70 bulidoze anybody ,c charac-
,nrstic feature of the bombastic game which mere
cornorals guard of rrGtectonists are attempting "
plav i,s 1enance of recognized DemocI"uo "u-
ihority. Dor,ocrotic
EITHER we have we have not Deino.'",,o .,,o
oartv If we have not, the sooner we hiio" " -
1etter five have, it is full time lts accus'o,"0u
methods should be invoked to determine Jus' "n'i'
we stand and Just what we shall do. 10 MI 0"i-
isle as Speaker of the House, and MT Mollison 40
chairman of its revenue committee, leadership was
.,a ,,non, the assembling of the present session
of Congress-. They, more than any orall others
n he held responsible for the results OIL Una.
1eodersbin Its consequences for good, or ILL., VIII
,e visited upon them; nor were they chosen Wl'h-
ont advisement. The election OF the one "lion ,n'
braced the appointment of the other was ''nC"'"
after prolonged and elaborate discussion No'
democrat. in or out of Congress, but -uhdeistoou
nerfectlv the meaning of 1.-The issue OF princie anu
noricv which was decided by the defeat OF MI nan
dali. II was distinctly that there shouiu oe IT,
dnction Of the tariff 1t was distinctly that there
sho,la no tborouoh exposition of the purposes OF
,horort,, tonch,nr thst great and absorbing public
,ost;on IN the end that. when we came INTO Ma
,;ono1 convention we may phrase the tarin plank III
our National platform under the instruction OF 'he
dohotos of AL -enlightened parliamentary battle,
,,bere;n nsrty lines were sharply drawn StIalghl-
1vav uron the announcement OF the ways anu
Means Committee, the enemies OF revenue reform
raised cry that;it hadebeen picked and packed III
tbe interest of some wild and visionary scheme OF
free trade Mr. Morrison was described as an en-
thusiastc and ultra dOctrinaire who meant only
mischief and there no.eXtremsln short O.lthe
blowing up of the factories and the burning down
Of the custom houses which not laid at the door
of the Democratic majority OF course, none Oh
these evil prognosticatons have been realized
D." With admirable sense and judgment, Mr..
Morrison set himself to the construction OF
a bill which should reduce taxation, ana 10
that extent reform abuses Neither he nor any
of his colleagues believed they could get all
they wanted or all they ought to have; and so, IN
framing his measure, Mr.. Morrison had, as prac-
,ical legislator to determine how far in the right
direction he should or should not go. The country
has the fruit of his wisdom and labor III series OF
propositions simple. direct and conservative
that upon their prOmulgatiOn they struck sort OF
tenor in the Republican camp, where the more
sagacious among the Republican leaders foresaw
that instead of coping with a novel plan OF
revision which they could sugnatize
and misrepreseut as a revolution, they would have
10 prapple with measure of reduction
and relief. and the underlying principle TO which
most of them have at one time and another COM
mitted themselves.
PARTY DISCIPLINE ovERTHRowN.
at has taken nearly four months TO bring us 10
this point, and although Mr.. Morrison has exer-
cised the greatest patience and moderation and con-
ciliatiOn to reach some common ground OF agree
ment his first move toward closing OF ranks and
nm advance upon the works of the enemy lie met by
n great flourish of trumpes in the ranks OF squad
Of pro7ectionists who beaten and bafhed In the
organization of the House, hope to accomplish their
purpose, first by destroying all party discipline,
and then by going over and acting with the
Republicans.
''Thereis nothing in the affected inclination, ,norin
the boasted spirit of independence which marks the
putcry of these gentlemen, but brag and bluster,
designed to affect the tImOrOas and credulous.
Mr. Randall is fighter or he is nothing He is
natural belligerent. He is dead in earnest and so
are his Pennsylvanans Nor are they consciously
-.I 4ho,nc fpto tba
ronceit that Pennsylvania is the Democratic party
and that Ohio is its prophet. The truth
is that if we should build the
tariff as high as the moon, we should not carry
Pennsylvania and if half as high, we should lose
Ohio. Hence less obstinate and less interested peo-
pie see something of Democratic party outside of
these States. Great and good as they are conceded
to be, because they do So and because they say
they do Mr.. Randall and his followers put up
perfectly insincere poor mouth and protest that
they are being read out of the party God forbid.
No man can read another out of his party, If the
other does not want 20 go. But a man may read
himself out of his party, and in refusing to 60 into
caucus and abide by it's decision upon vital issue
with the ulterior purpose of acting with the Repub-
hcans-if such, indeed be the meaning of all this
much adO-Mr. Randall and his friends will find
themselves the sole authors of the manifesto pro-
nuncamento, or ultimatum, or whatever else they
may please to call it, taking them of the Demo-
cratic and into the Republican party.
Equally specious with the talk about reading
them out of the party is their pretence that, if
they 20 into caucus and the Morrison bill is adopt
cd as a party question, they will be cut of
from amendment Such a theory is absurd
in the last degree. Mr. Morrison invites
amendment. No sane man would bind himself to
go blindfold into a strange country. Nor would
any reasonable man ask another TO deny himself all
rights OF votion and discovery. But If there is to
be party organization, every man must part with
portion of his individuality for the good of the
party. To compass this, certain specified modes of
party organization have been time out Of mind