New-York tribune., 1886-08-01
PRDBdBLI DEAD.

The surplus resolution lElS ploDaoly oceh
killed by the action Of the Senate, Tor the House
cannot logically accept Il measure so directly OPP
posed to :he one passed by that body. As 1t re-
turns from the Senate, the resolution contains
in effect not single feature originally proposed
the enforced reduction of surplus Is changed to
IL reduction providing the President does no'
think an emergency exists forDlddlng reduction
Tie limit of < 90, 100000 l. changed to mini
mum of $ll0,OOo,0OO and maximum ci
SI3O, O00, 900 at the discretion of the Secretary
and the new trade dollar clause Is added by the
Senate. If the Democrats OF the House had II"
other motive than a desire to serve the puDhc
interest there would be reason To suppose that
they could accept the Senate substitute Instead
of the Morrison resolution.
But there was another motive. 1t l. not UNJUST
to members of the House to say that the olhei
motive probably influenced the votes OF mo"
mcmbers than were influenced by a dcSlle tol
the public good. The Presidents party III the
House desired 10 administer rcbuke To hln,
and to array against him the pleludlccS OF voters
in Weste,n and Southern State. The existence
and strength of this motive occasion the only
uncertainty regarding the action of the House.
1t is possible that Mr.. Morrison and his hicnd'
even in its glcatly modified iom, would still
serve to weaken the Presidents influence, en-
ahling them TO say : 1--WE did all that We could
to get the money ont OF the ietN'IlN Ou' lhc
President. backed by a majority of the Senate
made it impo>>ibcfoI Us to do ncm ~ a. muchas
We wanted" They may reckon that the ItNolu-
zion i'll it, present iolm can be passed oven th'
Presidents veto, tOl the very Democrats VII"
voted against substituting il for the House loso-
luton may be disposed 10 pass the Senate lcs"lu-
tion rather than none 1t j. therefore possible
that Mer,ls. Carlisle and Morrison may conc ciudc
to enter an angry protest against the senate
resolution and nevertheless to IFl,, II - TIA"
most they can get ut this session. In that event,
uobablv. they would have strength To pas The
modified resolution in the HOUSE over veto
Then would come the question whether lhc
Rcpubhcan> of the Senate really want the lc>olu
ton passed even i'll it> modified form In th'u
event they snight realize the force OF HE
TMBUNE's suggestion that it WAS not then
place to help faction Of Democrats II 1t, Wal
lale against a Democratic President. 1t would
have been much wiser, because more oonsonant
with public interests, if the Senate had killed
the surplus resolution Outright.
In itS present form, the resolution only bInd-
the Administration 80 long as the President con
>dels that no emergency has arisen other than
that which now exists II the President Is dis
posed to strain point, in order 10 defeat the
viii of n majority OF his party IL The House, he
can find new emergency III every weeks ie
tun OF receipts at the Custom House. Empty
and useless for any public end the resolution
might vet do a great deal of mischief, II the
President should change h> tactics. and conclude
70 h,h fol the vote OF Western and Southern
Democrats. Had the Republicans of the Senate
united to Kill the measure altogether, IT certain
" would not have returned 10 plague them ana
to cndanger the public welfare, but now there
is a possibility that il may. The fourteen Dem
ocatic Senators who voted 10 sub tItuic the sen
ate resolution for that of the House would find
10 difficulty in sustaining veto. There are
certainly many OF the Republican Senators who
realize that the entire defeat OF the mcl,uIc
would be better for the country than il, passage
even IN the present form Iiut the result would
not be cIcditabc to the Republicans of the sen
ate, though good for the country, II only dozen
of them should act upon that belief.