Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-12-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l
:" W. coo

help II out of the predIcament In which
it will find itself after the 4th of March,
is a little ahead of its previous efforts
in that line. 1t would really be anus
ing If the matter was not so serious
There are the very best OF reasons fol
the belief that not one single Republi
can senator viii join the Democratsi in
voting for any OF tie tariff bills passed
by the house ut the last session, or foI
any measure that may be proposed
to lessen the responsibility OF the com,
ing Democrat administration and
congress. The Democrats nave made
promises that they have no idea oI
keeping, and ROW they would like to
throw portion OF the blame on the
Republicans. The Republican party
has never shirked its own responsible.
ties, nor made promises to the people
knowing that it would be impossible
to keep them, and it will not help to
shield the party that has done both
from the popular wrath, already Se.
ginning to manifest itself.
1t is as certain as anything in the
future can be that the receipts of the
government for the first fiscal yeal
under Cleveland June l, 1898, to
June /, 1S94-will fall far short of its
absolu sely necessary expenses, unless
Mr.. Cleveland should call an extra
session and that extra session shall
provide for new revenue in some way.
and Republican extravaganza" will
not be the cause either. The deficit
will be caused by the natural falling
off in import duties, the source from
which the greater portion OF our reve-
nue. comes. Importers will not pay
the present tariff when by waiting un-
til the Democrats have agreed upon
some sort of hodge-podge OF a tariff it
may be a great deal lower. and manu-
facturers who use materials upon
which there are duties will only inn
port enough for their immediate needs,
us it would be ruinous to them to be
caught with big stock on hand when
the Democratic slump in tariff rates
takes place. Already Democrats high
in the councils OF the party are advo-
eating an income tax, and it need sur
prise nobody should this tax be inn
posed by the congress which owes its
existence by promising lower taxa
ton.
The president had lengthy confer
ences this week with Chairman Carter,
Secretary McComas and other mem.
bers OF the national committee, and
the cordial manner in which he re-
ceived them shows that he does moi
consider their management to blame
for his defeat. The president believes
that the Republican party has bril-
liant future before it, and heimpresses
upon his prominent Republican visi
! tors this necessity, not only for keep
Ing up the organization OF the party
as it now exists, but to improve upor
it and make it permanent thing
That is a new idea in politics, but il
is an excellent one, and if the masse.
OF the party will cooperate the Re
publican party is bound to grow anC
grow until it again dominates tn,
country. 1t will exemplify the adage
Truth crushed to earth will ris,
again"
The split in the Democratic party
which appears to be imminent owe
the question of whether the tarii
smashing shall begin with an extr;
session OF congress Immediately afte
Mr.. Cleveland's inauguration, or b
postponed until the regular session
next winter, recalls to old timers tn
fight previous to and in 1860 betwee
the Democratic "dough-faces" of th
north and the shot heads" OF tn
south. Now as then each party
clamoring for control OF the part
management. Clark Howells, an abl
editor OF Georgia, and Congressma
Wilson, OF West Virginia, said to hay
cabinet aspirations, are the self az
pointed leaders OF the hot-headed wiz
oil the party, which is demanding ths
the Eifty-third congress be called
extra session as early as it can be &C
together after the 4th of March, an
, that it proceed at once to repeal ii
present tariff law and to make ne
one dictated solely by the interests
: the south-in the eyes OF this wing
the Democratic party making a tar
bill is just as easy as opening ''lt,c
: pot" The conservative wing of Il
party, which might be called success
to the old dough-face element, kno'
enough to know that it would cor
dangerously near bringing on a fina
cial panic, if it does not actually ,
= so, If an extra session of congress /
gins to tinker with the tariff befo
some general plan as to where the CT
ting shall begin and end is formulat
and accepted by the men who are
boss the Democratic party. The
conservatives claim that Mr.. Cle'
land is on their side, but this is deni
by Senator Carlisle, who says til
Mr.. Cleveland has not yet made
his mind, and probably will not do
u until after he Is inaugurated. Ii \
Carlisle knows whereof he speaks
Cleveland is engaged in IL bit of We
bling that recalls Buchanan.
m Who Would Not Pay the Wager!