The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-26
TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1890.


Tho Force bill having been muI~'o" UNI
A. aoc.s,ar shall have waned, the equaii!
aarcerous Tariff bill looms up again !" III
,,s hideous proportions. The only ui"o'e"0'
,,o,,yoo,, il and the Elections bill Is, whethei
c~a,d or force shall prevail at the poi's'
T,,o question. therefore, before the thli'!-
seven Democrats in the Senate Is "no'n''
,bev shall permit, by agreement win '"'
no,,,,,,,;cans the vote to be taken on the
bill by September S,h, which is 'n' '"'oS '.
dav mentioned. or by passiveness permit
Inc hill 10 go before the people Tor hnai az
ton. o,,oa in.
,rnou,h senator German has seemed III
o,,nod along with David b. Ill., 10 'arin
torn, If was not surprising that he shoulu
have said saturday that when IL Is tno"S"'
,ha, there has been "A sufficient no'
sa,isfac,ory and thorough discussion oil 'ne
Tariff bill. the Democrats VIII agree Ill az
-,o..,orce with the custom Of the senate 10
,.to a vote upon IT. II was also not uh-
oxnected for Mr.. German TO meet MI Al
ar;ch half way yesterday in his proposl'ion
70 fix an early date for the debate 10 ciose'
But il is hoped that the Democ'"'i'
r,;,or;,v for whom MIR. German seemed 10
cecard himself the spokesman, VIII con-
sider the warning of Mr.. Plumb ihat Inc
most important things TO be taken inuo
accoupt-namely, the restraint oil uus's'
tho effect of the bill upon ue
revenues and reciprocity, were yet "
come before the Senate. MI. "orn"n
staiements and actions. apparently, nav
given the cue to certain newspapers winch
announced that the Democrats of the SEN
ate will not obstruct the Tariff bill IN an!
form. They also lead TO the belief that there
was some truth in the report that German
and QUAY had conferred about the larir
and Force bills.
This is no time for Democrats TO deal VIII
Eadicalism. as the experience of $40 aho
ISIS ought TO demonstrate. IL Is true iha'
the shelving of the Force bill has made Il
inoperatiye upon the coming fall electiohs
in the way that il was intended to operate
and that the present position Is menace
which can result in nothing else than UNITY
of patriots in the whole country. But WOuio
il not have been an equal menace II SUI
under discussion by the senateE Inc sub
seryiencv of craftsmanship TO politics has
in number of cases resulted in disadvan-
tage TO Democracy.
The deal having to all appearances been
consummated, the effect upon the country Il
10 be considered BY yielding to the kepuD-
Iican majority and permitting the Mchih
lev Tariff bill to pass the Democratic MI
nority will place the whole Onus Of the bill
upon the Republican party. The country
will, for two years at least, have oendure
an aggrayation of the evils TO which the
present tariff subjects them. This viii add
strength TO the opposition to Radicalism'
but at the same time it will be hard on the
country.
BY compelling the postponement OF the
Tariff hill the Democratic minority Will
lessen the chances Of the Force bill be-
coming effective in the campaigns of after
wears. But will that result in freedom OF
the ballot If Quay succeeds in carrying
out his bargain with monopoly, whose con-
iributions made Republican success posi-
BILE in ISIS, the same monopoly will be
willing To he bled more freely in lS'2, 10y
promises of greater plumber from the peo-
ple. And the funds thus derived foI
Republican campaign purposes will render
unnecessary the Use of the bayonet at the
polls. Possibly there may be enough Re
publicans like Plumb in the senate VINO
will heed the warnings Of the people and
unite with the Democrats to defeat the
Tariff bill. This, however, is rather i'm
probable.
As the whole inside history of the causes
which led to a suspension Of debate on the
Force bill has not been written, and probably
never will be revealed. ii is difficult mat
ter to say exactly what the duty of the Demo
cratic senators shall be. Their knowledge o
past events, their experiences and their sens'
Of patriotism, though, should lead them Il
dispute at every point and step by step tn'
aggressions of the enemies Of the cOuntfy''
liberties and prosperity. Though in thu
minority in the Senate they represent the
majority Of the people of the United states
and that majority looks to them TO detenC
IL, even though Mr.. Germans health ma.
nave been taxed by sessions Of eight hour
a day.