New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-02
Mr.. SPRINGER'S PROGRAMME.
AN EXTRA SESSION ABSOLUTELY NECES-
SARY. SAYS HE.
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS MUST PERMIT
THE DEMOCRATS TO PASS THE PEND
ING TARIFF BILLS.
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WASHINGTON. Dec 1-Mr. Springer has afiiVeo' ~
&. needless to say that everybody feeis e'S''i
With Springer in Washington the country 0" ,ons
danger BEFORE the chairman of the ways an" ~
~onm,ttec arrived there was some uncertainty az ~
whether there should be special session Vi ,,,,
Congress- Mr.. Springer has achieved SUM- 1T 49,,
as the author OF certain popgui ps .,n ,rora
found expression In several on'S u am
forced through the House at the las. ee''io" =, .
noars TO be the most sincere as well as 'ne mus, ~.
- -, Domocratc statesmen. OF course he 1eeS TO
"ouht whatever as to what the policy OF the party
should be. He said .,oro,o,
The people of the country are entitled 10 ooe"
revision of the tariff and the work ougt u w uoN' "
carly possible. An extra ses>on s'''"'
Ia absolutely necessary" -
at,er settling himself in his easy chair in that cosey
manner which always impresses the man VINO '''''S
statesman, Premier Springer cohuhueu W. w
give no good pretext for withholding Tue o'n' w
have offered the people through revision Oh lDe 'i'
We have denounced the tariff as robbery 1t Is o"
onr duty to afford relief. The people are III earnest
.pa will not he satisfied with anything less thah we
have promised them" $3.50
When II was suggested that specia sesS'on ''e,''
shock business confidence. Premier springer e"9S
replied: ~ ,.,.
~ the business nerves are In a sensitive coho'oh
fney cannot be shocked TO any greater extent by an
vtr. session than they were by the election There
is nothing in that argument against the session. Inc
importers and Others already begun to discount
a new tariff bill. Its preparation VIII not DE Il sur
prise TO the country If begun next March IN
stead of next December"
Do VOL then, favor q thorough revision Of the
tariff, was the question which was ncauuousiy
nsked This was what Mr.. Springer had been wait
Ing for. and he quickly replied:
Most assuredy. When the Democrats assumed
control of the House OF Representatives last Decem-
Der they fourd the Senate and the Presidency III pos
session OF the Republicans. 1t would have been folly
for us to have framed under those conditions COM
plete Tariff BILL which could never have become a
law and the provisions of which would have been
purely tentative. bill OF this nature would have
invited criticism ard attack, which would have placed
us on the defensive the eve OF PRESIDENTIAL cam
paicn and would have allowed the Republicans TO
divert public attention from the Mckinley law to the
row measure. our policy was TO hold the issue down
to the Mckinley law, to bring out prominently its
most Objectionable features and weakest points ana
make our position strong by contrast. Onr poiicy
won In no speech did any Democrat have TO apolo
szc for defend his party on Its t;rih record we
the Republicans kept on the defensive. TINS
could not have been the had we offered to the
country q complete bill, loaded down with mass Of
details under which the main issue Of McKineyism
would have been disguised and mSrepresented 1t
WAS purely low-tarif victory, the result of falr,
square tight before the people II was revolution ;
and Illinois," added Mr.. springer, Win phruohaoie
PRIDE "was not lacking"
Now comes the funny part OF the springer pro
gramme. lie says:
The country now has a right to demand Of the
Senate that the Republican majority there Will permit
the Democratic Senators TO call up and pass the tariff
bills that have been sent to the Senate from the
House. These bills, expressly approved by the Demo
cratic National platform, and denounced by the Re
publican convention, have been submitted 70 the
decided
become laws. The party of the people hardly re-
fuse to let the people have their way IL none of
the Republicans TO vote for these bills. they can
arrange to several absentees leaving enough OF
their number present and voting In the negative TO
make a quorum with the Democrats, who will furnish
all the Affirmative votes II the President does not
want to sign the bills let them become laws In ten
days without his signature. The Senate should con-
slider that the people have demanded these bills and
have q right to have them"
1t is said that the passage Of these bills VIII de
crease $685. 600 without anordng any
compensatory receipts"
"Tbe answer o that is the fact that In the year
succeeding the placing Of sugar on the free list The
consumption Of sugar increased "a per cent The in
creased consumption OF wOoen goods, "a per cent.
which 1t is reasonable TO suppose would follow the
passage Of the Wool bill, would not only a
larger import but larger production meet the
increased demand. The importation of S1OOOOO,OOo
worth OF woollen goods would mean revenue under
my bill OF $50 OOOOOO Under the present pr0hlbOiy
tariff the revenue is only about ST. 100000. The i'm
portat0n OF free wool would also stimulate man
ufactures. cannot how the passage of the Wool
bill would any loss of revenue"
While Mr.. Springer will not discuss the features OF
the tariff bill. he nevertheless, points ont that
cannot be- modelled on the lines OF the NILS BILL,
for that framed In response 10 Mr.. Cleve
lands exhibit Of a surplus OF $lOOOOO,OOO In the
Treasury-a condition that led Mr. Cleveland TO re-
mark that unnecessary taxation was unjust taxation
The next tariff bill must open the way toward an
Increase Of the rcvenue-nOt their reduction. The
necessity for providing revenue Is, In Mr.. Sprlngcrs
opinion, a most important matter
There Is an absolute necessity he said, for an
extra session provide the means for meeting the
threatened deficit in the Treasury the 1st OF next
July-a deficit that will from $4,000 900 to
800 600 900. The responsibility for this deficit dOc
not rest with the Democratic party, for when the Ways
spauding OF Treasury Department, last spring. he
said distinctly that there would be surplus In the
Treasury at The end Of this fiscal year That surplus
will not be there and we must meet IN" deficiency
by placing the tariff revenue basis and by
practising the srictcst economy In the administration
o. affair. We must not place new imp0stOns upon
the people. The condition OF affairs however, de
mands prompt action for the funds must be provided
before July and do not anticipate any assistance
this winter from the Republican Senate"
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF THE SENATE.