New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03

s.d ;d1orose II ia estimated that 20,0OO,OOO
,r.ncs will be required for this purpose ahhualy'
nd th. cvpense is 70 be borne in equal shares
h, the State and the local authorities Sui an
otber labor bill Just passed deals with the status
If trade unions This bill provides. among other
things. that a workman who has abandoned MS
Workshop to enter Parliament or to become
professional agtator may legally remain mem
her OF his union for term OF five years TWO
bills which still await Parliamentary sane
tion are presented by tie Socialist workingmen's
marty in the Chamber. The first proposes 10
limit the power of employers TO fix the regu-
Iations in their workshops. and to abolish the
system of fines. The other bill. which has al
ready received the Endorsement of the lower
Chamber and which is now under discussion by
the Senate, provides for the punishment by i'm
nrisonment of masters who dismiss or refuse to
employ worSmen for belonging to trade union.
There il n revival Of talk in Brooklyn about
the construction Of q tunnel from the foot oil At
lantic-ave to the Battery in this city. This is
one of the schemes which are brought to puDlic
notice in one way or another at intervals. There
are said to be people in both cities who believe
that this tunnel will be built about the time
new line of steamships is put in operation between
the east end of Long Island and the west coast
Of Wales
THE Independent which under the skiful
direction of the veteran Bowen, Is going on from
strength to strength-has a weighty common-scnse
article in it's last number on The Democrats and
Tariff Revision" After expressing the opinion
that tho tariff needs no revision that III Is
about right as it is" and that If any amend
ment is required it is only in minor partlcu afs'
The Independent" proceeds to argue that 'he
Democracy cannot in justice TO its own cohNlc-
tions of duty as expressed in the Chicago plat
form. delay the work OF tariff revision Inc
Democrats laid down the proposition at Chicago
and steadily maintained it during the canvass that
Protection Is fraud" a violation OF the iuhua-
mental law of the land, q" q robbery OF the great
majority Of the American people for the dement,
Of the few Grouping together number oil the
most severe things which the Democracy az UhiS
convention of last resort said about Protecton'
"Thc independent" makes these cogcnt remarks:
We submit that these declarations, which we must
believe TO be as sincere they are emphatic niPosS
uDOn the Democratic party mn Immediate espolslul.!
"Fraudr and robbery crimes against tc slatuuo
s well rs the common law Of every State In the IhO,
crimes at once to expose them TO punishment POST
pouement I'm dealing with crime Is not TO he tousht
o. 80 man can allow public robbery 10 pr~ecf ana
proeerye a clean conscience. Fraud ana robbery arg
Iot to he tolerated for single day. We believe that
Protection Is slandeTed wien II Is SO dehoui% Du'
men should be true TO their convictions ana pleos.
II after all that has been said. the fraud y hot ~
once abatcd we must conclude that the tariff Is not,
after all what the Democratic platforms ana candi'
dates have pronounced H.