New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-12
EOECE BIIL Or TARIFF?

II may not ever be known with cNacineSS
whether il WAS the Force bill agitation initiated
Nv The NeU-York sun" AID ca rod on with
such strenuous persistence and tact cal skill Is
10 draw practically the whole Democratic press
in it, wake. or the opposition to the Mckinney
tariff. t, which the people have been " cdu-
cat d" by the political econ mi>tS OF the Mug
vump press. or the startling disclosures made
by THE New Yoil, Word' concerning the
" Infamous charac e. OF the Admini>tr3ti of
President Harrison. or the INVERSION OF Wayne
NacVeagh to Democracy. that did most 10
bring about tie political "land>lido," ." cy-
clone" or slump" Ivy which our hilarious
Democratic c)ntampmaric, describe III l9'e
di.astcr. They may have been all contnbWoN
causes. and PERHAPS there might be added
others such as the aged anecdotes which Oiator
Ham brought up to Tammany Hall from
Georgia. and the much freSher. but still not
absolutely fresh egg, with which that orators
Georgia constituents entertained political
speakers of opposing paitcs from abroad.
IS between the Force bill and the tariff.
though we shall never know with precision
which wa, actually the dominating issue, we
are in the way t. find ont al least what is the
view of the PreSidcnt-clcct on the subject.
Not Immediately perhaps, for there is No
pressing call for decision, unless he shall
choose 70 make known his intentions four
months in advance. If. in his judgment. he
has been elected on The Force bill a the dom
mating issue. the tariff b0ing Only subordinate
thereto. it will not he necessary 10 call the
new Congress in extra session Immediately
after the It'll of March, Between that date
and the first Monday in December the present
Administration. even if it were a determined
on the humiliation of the libeTic, of south
ern white men Is or con'empolal! Inc
Sun" has sometimes seemed to think, would
hardly be able to accomplish anything under
the existing law in the way Of trampling on
the white people and setting up such negro
governments rs eA-GOyeYnO ChIhb rlin sly
they had in South Carolina when he was AT
the helm. The repeal of the Federal laws
concerning election may well wait until the
anti-F Orce bill Congress meets AZ the rogular
time in December
On the other hand. if Mr. Cleveland believes
that the tariff was the dominating issue in tn,
lat, election that the result is due to the hos
tility of the people TO The Mckinley act. and
that there is a universal dc,ile fer an immadi-
ate new departure in The economic policy OF
the Government. he will recognize this stat
Of facts and hasten 20 respond 10 the over
uhelming popular demand by caline Congress
together T. take action thereon a the culio-.
possible moment For uuon this theory ever
moment Of delay is only a moloneatiJn o,
buIdcnS,mc taxation, Ct .niQuitou> di-crmn1-
ton in the Interest OF specially favored cll~>">
IF the reign of plutoCacy. and the opWcN !ou
Of doNntl.dlcn AID distressed w1go-carnci>.
! If Mi Cleveland believes his election T. hc e
protest against the present tuiN he Is more
than ever confronted by clndltion-not a
theory 4 condition which he must ha.ton u
relieve withoat moments unnecessary delay.
This he can only do 10y calling an extra session
of the rev Congress Immediately after his
Inauguration. This view. we observe is taken
by THE Ncw-Yorll Evening Pest" in an
Article the logic Of which, it j., OF c1u!,c, un-
necessary to say, is quite unan,Wcablc, in
which il tells Nh Cleveland his duty very
plainly. off," saws "Thc Post" "onchalf
whaf the Democratic orators and writer's hay
been saying about the Mckinney bill be true. il
is almost a crime 10 leave it untouched on tn
statute book one week longer than is absolutely
nee >,ary" Plainly enough this cannot be
eainsaid. 1t is a cline if half what they have
said is true. The only question is whether Mr.
Cleveland believes what they have been saying
to be true. And that remains to be seen.
He need not decide AZ once. He has three
months and more III which to make mp his
mind. and the constant aid Of ''The Evening
Post in reaching a conclusion. And when h.
does decide we shall all knOw-i not the
actual and precise facial lcISt what he thinks
was the dominating iS.uc--For'c bill or Tariff.