The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22

separate bills. This will leave the party
.I . psIUIOn to attack the Mckinley bill
ext fall if it chooses and will prevent
It from having n bill of its own in at
taCking which the Republicans would
put It upon the defensive. In the mean
uInp business wilt not be disturbed by
tariff thinkers. and the party will 60 ONTO
It's fight unhampered by demagogues, y
This is a ghastlE show of ~incOnSis
tency and cowardice. The Democratic
party has for years held up beautiful
pictures of "cheap goods" and other
blessings if they could just get a
chance But for policy sake, for
party sake and for the sake of gaining
something for the party, we have the
nspiring q spectacle Of this great
party actually backing down, showing
the white feather when every body was
expecting d bill for some sort of relief.
The people have spoken. They have
sent a majority of Democrats to Wash
ngtOn. No doubt many of them are
ready to carry out their promises.
But the bosses" have spoken. They
say mo radical tariff legislation this
session"
One of the reasons given is that 1T
viii take until neXt April to prepare u
tariff bill Then it will take a. least
three months to discuss it Great
Caesar! -Four months to prepare q
bill; three months to discuss it," Who
ever heard of such tOmfooleryl What
is our American House of Lords com
posed of. anyhow? Are our Congress
men all Rip Van Winkles3
AS might be expected the party
organs in North Carolina and elsewhere
have already begun to apologize. They
say lit is wise to do this What7
Wise for a great party to promise a
thing for years then sit down and say,
lit wont do, we don't want to be ham
PEREZ with a tariff bill lii the next cam
paign." If the party had not been
"hampered' with these promises 1t
would not have a majority in the
House to-day.
buO IL SCCIIlS CIIlO H. NIISSoN4 VI
the Wilmington Messenger, has not
been advised" as to what to ray, or
else he Is too honest to submit to such
dOings quietly. We make the follow
ing extracts from a leading editorial III
that paper On the 10th. He says:
is this q sign of opposition to the
Cleveland platform of reform? Or l.
it "A lingering attachment TO Sam Ran
dailISm? Is there to be several steps
backward or Is there to be no abate-
ment in h great movement OF the
country IN favor of tariff reform all
through? Twice in two years have the
people spoken, and each time for TAX
reduction. The Democrats elected to
the present Congress were elected be
cause their Constituents believed them
to be genuine ~staiwart| IN the great,
needed, imperative work of economy
and reduction Of taxation"
Again the Messenger says:
Does that mean hat the great lax
Of 60 per cen IN hundErdA OF the ON
mon IL C~eS@trIps IF life are to lndlfiulre
~ continue lest pPrfOrce the reductuDu
ShUUid disturb busIue~-E All! tnaU
has been tie Crv since IS6S-thAt to re
Guce the high tariff Of thu Republican
party would 'dialurb business and
ruin the Countr, 1t Is the cry OF the
organs and friends If the half mILIlon
rich men and NOT Ut the s'Itf,rIug and
burdeued ana dt~cOnteHted millions OF
tOIlers
We feared that the election of
Crisp BODIED no good to the tax lltung
demand Of the oppressed people, We
have the Herald giving out iii quite Il
prophetic, perhaps authoritative strain.
that the only changes to be made are "A
few and will expend themselves III
the O~bliteratiOn of duties IN raw mate
rails
That will profit the manufacturers,
hut what about the people? If the
North Carolina men b%Ts stop a. such
'tinkering' a. thai they would do Well
not to appear again for reelection. for
the people IF North Carolina are VI ~
much in earnes in their demands for
real reducti0n IN, or y serious and honest
attempt to secure it.
If the Eastern papers are to be al
lowed to shape the Legislation Of Demo
Gratis in the House upon tariff tax re
ductiOn, as they are striving IT, shape
the legislation upon the silver question,
then the election of & Democrat III 1892
will be rendered more dOubtfui and de
feat will be OF less consequence. The
Il publlcans and Democrats will in that
event not be so far apart on those
measures of prime Importance.
"A few months will show what sort
Of reformers and legislators are at the
front. If the Democrats dIsappOlnt the
party AS to the tariff. woe BE- TO them
and to the party in 1892"
The Messenger winds up by saying.
I'VE repeat it, if all the attempted
legislation ends in simply lifting the
tax from certain articles used IN manu-
featuring and leaves the people at | trge
~unfavored, there will be a howl of de
rlSlOn and COntemnt that will be heard