The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
INCEST OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE
NATIONS STATESMEN.
Many Republicans Are Telling Why They
Endorsed the Tariff and Force Bill.
What the Democratic Party Must do
to Retain Power.
rom Our Regular Correspondent.

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for generations can be seen by all, and
it is hardly to be wondered at that
even such hIde-buund Republicans as
Secretaries Foster and Rusk are join
ing the great majority in condemning
the robber tariff, as the principle
cause of their party's overwhelming
defeat, and that Mr.. Harrison pleads
in extenuation of his having endorsed
the force bill, the second issue of inn
portance in the campaign, that he
was forced to do it by the Republi-
cans of the Fifty-first congress. Per-
haps he intends this as a dig at ex-
Car Reed, who forced the force bill
through the house, supposedly mere
tofore as a special favor to MIR. Harrl-
son; bat these gentlemen arrived at a
realizing sense OF these facts, so plain
to the men VINO spoke in trumpet
tones bv the election of Cleveland and
Stevenson and full Democratic SEN
ate and house, too late to do them or
their we'll thrashed party any good.
The people have had enough of the
iug-handled legislation of the Repub-
lican party, and have turned the JOB
of making the laws over to the Demo-
cratic party, and so long as the party
remains true to the promises upon
which it won this, the most brilliant
victory in it's history, the majority OF
the voters will be true to the Demo-
cratic party. If it fails to keep those
PROMISES. which it is not likely to do,
ii will deserve defeat, and what is
more it will get it.
The principle trouble ahead of the
party which will run this government
after the Attn of next March. is to de-
eide upon the best method of keeping
those promises, and although many
Democrats are just now going off half
cooked, so to speak, there is no doubt
that the Wisest men OF the party,
those who think well before they
speak, will map out the program
upon which the Fifty-third congress
will work.
Theoretically the idea of an extra
session of congress Immediately after
the Inauguration of President Cleve-
land-Presiden Cleveland has IA
miliar sort of sound, eh?-for the pur-
pose of reforming the tariff laws and
repeating every law on the statute
books authorizing federal interference
or supervision of election, which is
being 30 strongly urged by many
Democrats, is all right, but lock at
the practical side of the matter and it
will be seen that little, if any thing,
is to be gained by an extra session OF
congress.
The transfer of the government in
all of it's numerous branches from the
Republicans to the Democrats IS OF
itself work of great magnitude, ana
the important questions that Will nee
essarily arise in connection Herewith
will fully occupy the time OF Mr..
Cleveland and his advisers Tor
months, while the senate, which will
necessarily have to hold an extra ses.
sion to confirm the nomination OF
members of the cabinet and other I'M
portant officials, will have its hands
full arranging the reorganization OF
all of its committees and of it's official
staff, 80 that even if the house were to
meet in extra session its members,
many of them entirely new men,
would lack the advice of Mr.. CleVe.
land, the members of his cabinet, and
of the old Democratic senators, III
framing tariff bill, which must not
be the work of few weeks, but
the result of the careful and deliber-
ate study OF many months by the best
minds in the Democratic party, II 1t is
to be what every patriotic Democrat
wishes 1t to be. 1t will not do to hur-
riedly frame and pass q bill when
while correcting the inequalities OF
the Mckinley law, will contain IN
equalities of its own. That would be
fatal break at the beginning OF
what now promises to be a long lease
of power for the Democratic party. Ii
will be far better to go slow and GO
right, and the time between now and
the first Monday in December, 1893,
can be more profitably, for the
country and for the Democratic party
spent in studying the tariff and Its
connection with the needs OF all
classes of our people, by the new sen
ators and representatives, than in the
hurry burly of an extra session. Al
for the repeal of the federal election
laws, the regular session will be time
enough for that, as there will be NJ
more federal elections held until the
congressional election of 1894.
Please understand that while en-
dorsing the foregoing in every par
ticular it is not forward as the 1ndl
vidual view of your correspondent
out as the substance of the views o
all the lopg-headed and prominen
Democrats with whom he has peel
able to discuss the subject since tn
full extent Ct the democratic victor.
was known here, and he has reasol
to believe those of President cleo
Cleveland, and as such it is CON
mended to he consideration OF a.
Democrats, and particularly to thos
who have apparently taken up tn
mistaken idea that the tariff can Q
changed as easily as a mans coat.
MONETARY CONGRESS.