The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-29
Evidently Trimming His Sails to Catch the
"For- Only" Breeze. with the View
of Being Matted Into the Speakers Chair.
No More Separate Bills for the Semi
Pr0tectionist Who Defeated Mills.
his Views as Outlined to the Journal Corre-
spondent-The Panama Canal and Railway
Troubles Discussed by Warner Miller.
CIsIsP,s TARIFF VIEWS.

Elected Speaker as - Semi-Protectionist.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Speaker crisp is
In New York tonight. He is there to con-
suit party leaders on party politics. Just
before he left here for Gotham he gave to
your correspondent his views as 70 the
course which should be taken on the tariff
question in the coming Congress: There
will unquestionabIy be-" said the Speaker.
"a general revision of the whole tariff
schedule, now that the Democrats have
both houses of Congress and the presidency.
There will be no excuse for anything
but o thorough o%verhauling of the present
law. in accordance with the views and
promises which have been SO persistently
proclaimed by our party. The conditions
AVE been entirely different in this Con-
gress, when we formed the plan of attack
ing the Mckinley law at different points by
means of special bills. The Senate being
Republican the Democrats of the House
appreciated the futllity of wasting time in
the preparation of q general bill. knowing.
as they did. the certain fate which would
await it in the Senate. 1t was. however.
believed that certain of the Republican
Senators might yield TO pressure exerted
upon them from their own States. and sup
port q bill providing for tariff revision In
some one important particular. The prob
ability hat they might do so. although
not strong. was too good not to make it the
duty OF the Democrats to embraces the OPP
pOrtunity Of thus serving their con-
stituents In that way, and the re-
snlt was tho adoption OF the piece
opposition In some quarters. With the next
Congress- however, there will be no such
conditions 70 contend against, and the
Democratic party IL bound by all its
measure of tariff reform which, in the be-
lief of the party, Will give the people that
relief from taxation which il SO earnestly
desired. The bill to be adopted will not,
in my Judgment, be anything approaching
to what our Republican friends might
term a free-trade measure. 1t viii be an
effort to place the tarih on O revenue base.
Such O Measure cannot be prepared in a
short space of time. The various Interests
concerned will nave to be heard in their
own behalf, and where q moderate degree
of protection may appear TO be necessary
for the good of the country, 1t will. /
should think, be accorded"
What do you think of the suggestion
made by ex-G0v. Chauncey Z. Black, OF
Pennsylvania, that Mr.. Cleveland's Secrs-
tary of the Treasury should prepare q tariff
measure for submission TO the Democratic
Congress when 1t in regular SEES
sioDf"
mo one man can frame q tariff bill for the
Democratic party" was Mr.. Crispis reply.
The plan would save no time. The Con.
gressmen and Senators who hav been
and represent the desires OF the people,
would necessarily require to have some
thing to do with the preparation of q
measure go intimately associated with the
material interests of their people; conse-
Quently, if the Secretary of the Treasury
warA IN nronoYa onNh N hill ri Wnnld all
have to be done over again by Congress. I
believe that there should be no time lost in
giving the people the change they have de.
manded. and the Democrats should take
the earliest possible steps toward reaching
this end"
Speaker Crisp went on to discuss the
numbe of applicants for Office who would
undoubtedly crowd into Washington after
Mr.. Cieveland's inauguration, and he gave
it as his opinion that those changes which
were necessary to be made hould be made Is
speedily as possible. IF 1 were President"
said he. IL would ave 1t understood from
the beginning that j would hold each men,
Der of Congress and each Senator person.
ally responsible for the fitness of the per-
son whose application they indorse. !
would let them understand that / wanted
the offices filled by the very best men obtain
able. and thatif there should turn out to be
anything wrong with the man who receives
an appointment on their recommendations
that they should have no further patron
age. With regard to the State appoint
ments | would lose no time in making
them. There are two district marshaIs and
two district attorneys to each State. Gen.
orally speaking, L would take tho States In
their order. and, calling the Represents.
tiyes and Senators in consultation, / would
hav them fix upon the men whom they
wanted to fill these positions and have
them appointed without delay. In case
there was to be no removal until the ex-
piratiOn of the Incumbent's term / would
have it understood from the beginning.
The more delay there is in this matter the
more applicants there are to be considered,
and the trouble of making the selection
becomes proportionally greater.
AtNew York to-day Speaker. Crisp was
asked by q reporter what he thought about
the plan suggested By Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas. to use the 500, 900, 600 gold reserve
fund In the Treasury.
Il Think said Crisp, that when the
Secretary of the Treasury makes
his report it will be found that
the SlO0,0O0,000 gold reserve has
already had q raid upon il. The Senator
suggests that We use $780, 00,0 600, and leave
that mount as O reserve. Well, If the fret
$780, 600. 900 has been partially used the SEN
ator will have to make another sugges-
tion."
Senator Mills. talking about the prospects
for revenue reform. said: The Democrats
Will In the next Congress undoubtedly pass
a low tariff on the basis of revenue only.
There must be free raw materials. and then
the tax must be placed upon the manu-
featured article"