The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-27

>ot Only Isralns ssut Right on tho Demo
cratic side.


cratic side.
| With only four more weeks 81 the
| scssion the III l.als must be able 10 con
troll the Republican, party in the senate
and willing to prevent the passage Of
the appropriations bill II the force blii
,, 70 pass. While II is probable that the
/ bill will he called up and another siren
nous attempt made 10 pass u, the condl-
tions are such that ordinary care and
watchfulness will prevent its passage.
! In the first place, the radicals have
never yet controlled majority IN the
4 senate for the passage Of the bill. la
spite Of all that the Administration has
/ been able TO do in the way Of dictation.
| the conservative spirit has kept a strong
hold among the Republican senator's
even when the majority Of them seemed
| 10 yield 10 radicalism. The more conr-
ageous of them have manifested this
spirit in open opposition, while those
who did not feel strong enough to
venture SO much against the executive
power have, nevertheless, hung back
in such a way as 70 be "A dead weight,
/ REMEMBERING the progress of radicalism.
/ All that the bill has needed for its
passage In the last month has been q
radical majority. TO pass IL. Such
d majority could have suppressed
the opposition AZ once, even though
/ the opposition had been continued, as
il should and as il doubtless would
! have been. up to the point where
majority appeared determined on force.
and using force in the expression Of its
determination. Had such a majority
appeared, all that would have been
necessary for the passage Of the bill
would have been the passage of the
gag rule and a resolution instructing
the sergcant-at-arns TO use force in
supporting IL. With this violence act
ually used against them in the senate
chamber. the Democrats would have
been obliged to abandon their attempts
to persuade the representatives of the
Republican party not to pass the bill
1 While persuasion has thus far
triumphcd. the appearance Of n radical
majority in the senate at any time be-
tween now and March will pass the
bill inside of twcnty-four hours.
II Is possible that such majority
will appear, but that il is not probable
is almost as much due to the courage
of a Republican minority Of conserva-
tives as it is to the Democrats. The
Republican Senators who have boldly
denounced the bill knew that in doing
SO they invited the cnmity Of a faction
which IS desperate and unscrrpulous in
It's methods and which is in power, con-
trolling the far-rcaching political re-
sources OF tens of thousands of salaried
Offices. Nevertheless they spoke. and
y spoke bravc'y. ana in doing 50 made 4
brrastworiS for other Republican Son
ators. conservative but too timid 10
openly declare against radicalism in a
Republican administration.
The speeches on the bill have been
up to the high standard Of the last two
or three Congresses. With the Mills
I'LL debate our Congress in both House
and Senate took the very highest rank
as 4 delibcrativc body-higher than it
has ever held before: higher than any
other delibcrative body hascvcr held in
Knowledge Of political economy and
the science Of government. In most de-
Lucrative bodies in American history
AMI other histories one or two masters
~ the subjects in hand have controlled
the rest by force Of their superior
lznowledvc II is no longer so In the
American Congress. There are at least
dozen men in House and Senate now
who have more comprehensive
knowledge Of the tariff than Clay,
Webster. Calhoun and Benton together.
We do not mean that they are greater
,nen. Int they have hal grsstar oppor-
,unities forced On them Tlse man NOW
who reads and who does not OBJ
tain q comprehensive Knowledge oi
public affairs Is dlilard indeed
There are q hundred newspapers
and periodicals. now whore there
were ten in the time Of Clay and Web
stcr. and they have hundred times as
much in them. In their partisan conten
tions they dig deep into every subject
before the people. The public man who
works industriously in the leads thu.
opened comes continually on rich mines
Of information. but even the lazy poll
fician who will not work at all except
to read the newspapers and other peri
odicals acquires SO much information
that he is able to make stand on hi
own resources thus accumulated. ane
maintain IL crcditably.
In the debate on the Mills bill. on thu
Mckinley bill, on financial legislation
on the force bill. the American Con
grcss takes place second to none il
history. and IL Is a most notcworth,
and significant fact that IN the discus
sion ~ the two last mentioned meas
urcs the Mckinley bill and the force
bill, the Republicans. or rather thei
radicals. have been silenccd from thu
start. 1--WE will" or 1--WE won'ts s.
! what's the use Of tallSing?" Is wha
! they have said 20 the country in thci
, action Of keeping silence thcmselve
, and endcavoring 70 close discussion.
, IL has been said sometimes that thi
/ Is because there Is more brains on tn
! Democratic side. Certainly the part.
! has as much brains in is public men q
4 any party ever had. bnt there is bet
, ter reason: The Democrats have bee
I right and the radicals wrong on thcs
issues, and the radicals were dcspci
atcly aware OF it--St. Louis Republic
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