New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-05
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THE DEMOCRATS ALL AT SEA.
NO POLICY READY FOR THE OPENING OF
CONGRESS- TO-DAY.
THE "TREAsURY WATCHDOG HAS ALREADY
BEGUN TO GROwL-A LIVELY FIGHT EX.
pECTED-MR SPRINGER TO PUSH
HI" "POPGUN BILLs"-oTHER
PRESSING QUESTIONS.


Washington. Dec 4-The Lid Congress VIII
rrassemble tomorrow under conditions that In
several respects will resemble those which existed
thirtv-.wo years ago at the beginning Of tho
second session of the XXXVIth Congress. Az
that time one branch Of Congress had Repuo-
lcan majority and the other Democratic ma
jority, and the country had voted Tor chahgo
in the Executive Department of the government
Before the first session OF the AAAVllth congress
was held the Democratic majority in the senate
had vanished and the Republican party thus came
into control of both the Legislative and ENecu-
tive Departments of the Government
At the opening of the first session OF the Liiio
Congress the Democratic party VIII again ootaih
control of both those departments, and after the
lapse of a third Of a century VIII become respoh-
sible for legislative and executive policies ana
acts Int there the parallel ends. The Democratic
party will not gain its majority IN the oena'e
because of the secession of Republican States;
il will not be confronted as the Republican
party was, by gigantic armed rebellion, nor Will
il find every branch of the public service para
lived and honeycombed with treason and demoral-
lied by incapacity and dishonesty, as was the
case in 1861. Indeed, the Democratic party has
been restored to power al time when the country
is more prosperous than ever before and the
problems which it is called upon to solve are
simple and easy compared with those which faced
the Republican party thirty-two years ago.
THE LEADERS NOT HAPPY.
And vet the Democratic leaders are not happy.
Their councils are distracted by feuds and jeaL
ousies. and they are as completely destitute OF
coherent policy as though the Democratic party
had been born yesterday. There Is no unity OF
opinion purpose in regard to the tariif' the
currency and coinage, or any other of the great
reforms which their leaders have preached for
years. and they can not even agree as to when
or by whom the glorious work to which they
have been so long consecrated' shall be begun
or how far it shall be carried
APPROPRIATIONS STUMBLING BLOCK.
The session promises TO be profitless one and
10 end leaving the Democrats as much at sea as
il finds them at the beginning. The overwhelm-
ing ma ority in the House of Repre- sentatives will
he more fractions and unmanageble than ever.
and its so-cllled leaders will certainly not be more
competent 10 control it than they were during
the last session. Nearly one hundred members of
il will not be members of the next House. and
most OF them are interested in the passage of meas
ures which were placed on the calendar at the last
session Many Of these are bills for public build
ngs and hunlre's for the payment of private
claims, mainly from the South. All bills OF both
classes as we'll other bills carrying or author
izing appropriations of money, were sidetrackeS
until after the Prs rtsidential election There Will
he loud and ugly clamor for action upon these
bills and much time will be consumed, whatever
may be the result
OF course Chairman Holman will fight every
private bill-unless the proposed beneficiary can
influence votes in the IVth Indiana District-and
will DO his utmost TO cut down the regular annual
appropriation bills. but his task will be more
nd ohah
even less successful He has already served notice
on the chairmen Of tho Committee on Military
affairs and the Committee on Naval Affairs that
the bill, from those committees have been marked
for slaughter. and a stiff contest is likely. with
slight probability of great victory for Holman.
His procama tions. However, have already excited
"A good deal of ugly feeling among members OF
his own party, and have opened prospect for
a long and stubborn fight over appropriations
Speaker Crisp and other experienced Democratic
leaders apparently realize this, and expect that
the regular appropriation bills and other measures
now on the calendar will consume most OF tho
session.
premier sPMNGER's ROSY VIEWS.
Premier Springer takes n different view OF
the prospect. 1T is rosy one. lie calmly says
that, tie Ways and Means Committee will promptly
resume business at the old stand and bring in
penguin" bills at intervals which bills ne, ex-
poets the House promptly TO pass. Among these
are bills to place COAL iron ore and scrap iron,
sa fence wire, lumber etc, the free list one
70 reduce to 35 per cent ad vaorem the duties on
all manufactures of iron and steel. and one to re-
peal the sugar bounties and abolish the duties on
refined. as we'll as on raw, sugars and mo'asses.
So we'll satisfied is Chairman Springer with the
handwork of his committee that he does not be-
a. hotto h,p
all his 'Fpopgun" bills prior to general revision
of the tariff.
Ma fear of deficiency worries him, for he has
discovered that the overburdencd people will
insist on buying enough more foreign goods after
the duties are reduced and domestic industries
ralalyzed 10 make up for any deficiency in the
gross revenues from customs. Mr.. Springer has
been forced TO the sad conclusion that none OF
his "popgun' bills will pass the Senate at this
session, but he is determined that the Ways and
Means Committee shall continue to report and the
House to pass other bills of the same sort in
der to facilitate the work of tariifrefOrm legis!a,
ton in the next Congress-
THE ADMISSION OF NEW STATES.
The anxiety of the Democrats in Congress in
regard 10 the bills for the admission of Arizona and
Ncw-NIexico is as natural as il is extreme.
Speaker Crisp and other influential leaders in the
House express the belief tla' both bills Will pass
the Senate at this session with the help Of Re-
publican votes One of them recently said to q
Tribune correspondent: Il have been Informed
on what | belie;e to De good authority thao
seven Republican Senators have agreed TO vote
for the admission OF bo,h Arizona and New
Mexico at the coming session. That will give
the Democrats tour votes in the Senate and
enable them to rcorganize that body without any
aid from tho Populists.'
The desire 10 avoid any entangling alliance
with the Populists is quite strong among
Democratic Representatives, especially those from
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