The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-17

Even Mr.. Randall in his speech yes |
terday confessed that among his chief
reasons for opposing the measure was
the effect its passage would have on
the coming elections, promising a
willingness thereafter to enter into
consideration of the subject.
From the Philadelphia Press.l
"On the eve of presidential cam
paign the Democratic party concludes
that Mr.. Randall is a safer leader
than Mr.. Morrison. The party would
hardly have made the discovery if it
had not been for Republican advice.
1t has taken the Democrats five
months to correct one days blunder.
Between the present and the time OF
the Democratic National Convention,
they will have to act upon their own
responsibility, and it is reasonably
safe TO infer that the rest of the cam
paign they will spend in trying to
correct some equally grievouS error
to be made in the presidential con-
vention."
From the Philadelphia Times.
1.-THE victory over the free trade
fanatics in the House of Representa-
tive is much more than merely per-
sonal victory for Mr.. Randall, or a
personal victory for Mr., Morrison. 1t
is victory for the great industrial
interests of the country, first of all,
and, secondly, for the sober and clear
headed element of the Democratic
party"
From the Washington Star.
The effect of the vote cannot we'll
be estimated at once, but it will GER
tainly be wide-reaching in its ulti-
mate results. The immediate victory
lies with Mr.. Randall, who has again
exhibited. with striking force, his
ability as the leader of parliament
tary forlorn hope. But his very sue.
cess will embitter his enemies within
the party, and prove an obstacle in
his path to further preferment. The
family quarrel will now be transfer
red to the convention, where. as the
revenue reformers significantly say,
there will be no Republicans.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.l
The defeated Free traders will
doubtless appeal from Congress to
the convention, and there, where Re-
| publican votes do not count, they
may win their case. They will prob
ably defeat Mr.. Randall there as they
defeated him for speaker in Deem
Der, as they defeated him in the eau
Gus more recently; but when the
people get their turn at the expert
mental politicians in November, it
will be his turn to smile again.
From the Louisville Courier-Jounal.l
The party to-day is in disgrace.
Placed by an overwhelming popular
vote in control of the House of Rep
resentatiYes. it has accomplished
nothing. We must go forward or
we must surrender. If people want
protection, as Randall, Eaton and
Converse claim, then they will see
that the government is given in
charge of the Republican party. The
Democratic party cannot be trusted
to maintain a protective system
which it has denounced as a master
piece of iniquity.
From the Evening Telegraph
The Morrison Tariff bill is dead.
1t is very dead, and it is very wei
dead. Its makers and its hackers
did not believe in it as a measure OF
practical reform, and scarcely made
a pretense of believing in it. The
most that they could urge in its be-
half was that it was first step and
an entering wedge, and that its adop-
ton would mean merely further agi-
tation with view of the final demo-
lition of the protective policy. which
had done so much to make this coun-
try prosperous and independent OF
European control.
From the Evening Bulletin.l
Free trade is horizontal, with its
toes turned up to the daisies, and the
Inourners go about the streets. The
mad meddling with the industries OF
the country, into which the Demo-
cratic party has suffered itself to be
led, has sustained a national rebuke
which is likely to be remembered for
a good while to come.