Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR
Washington, Nou. 21, 1892.

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR
Washington, Noo. 21, 1892.
A great change has come over the
spirit of the democrats. One hears
no more about the immediate repeal
of the Mckinley tariff and the begin
ming of an almost free trade era, which
every democrat was advocating few
days ago. The same fellows are now
talking about moderation" "grad-
ual change" and the preservation of
our ssbusiness interests" Protection
is no longer unconstitutional in the
eyes of the democrats, who are now
promising that instead of the repeal
of the Mckinley law, at the extra ses-
sion, which it Eseems generally to be
agreed among them is to be held in
the fall of next year, if not before,
they will merely lower some of the
duties that are considered by conserv-
alive people, even in the republican
party, entirely too high, and extend
the free list little in the line of raw
material used by American manufac-
turers. In short, if the democrats
who are doing the talking really rep
resent those who are going to do the
bossing when the new congress gets
into power, the democratic party
president will endorse the principle Of
protection to American industries,
which it so vigorously abused and pro-
tested against in it's national platform
and through its newspapers and stump
speakers, by enacting a protective
tariff law, differing no whit or little
from the Mckinley law in principle,
but merely as to the extent to which
the protective feature of our tariff
shall be carried. Of course there may
be no sincerity in this talk-there new
er was in anything that emanated
from the democratic party = which
NAV be INDUCED in now by order Of
the bosses for the purpose of allaying
the panicky feeling which so closely
followed the democratic victory. It
exists, and that is why it is chronicIed
time will show whether the democrats
were really fighting for the power to
make radical changes in our tariff and
financial policy, or merely for the Of
fees.
Secretary Charles Foster wishes it
distinctly understood that all inter
views purporting to have been held
with him, making him predict a deficit
in fIn fYs0o n 1,o
year are out and out fakes. He has
made no prediction concerning gov
eminent finances beyond his own
term of Office and will make none, be-
lieving that it is not proper for him to
do SO. He says there will be no deficit
during the current fiscal year and that
is as much as he will say, for publica-
ton. His annual report, which will
be made public at the same time as
the presidents annual message, will
give detail resume of the finances of
the nation, but will contain no recon-
mendation for the future. Even if it
were considered proper for a retiring
secretary to make suggestions to the
new democratic administration, Char
lie Foster is not the sort of man who
would furnish his political enemies
with ideas to help them out of trouble.
The people have voted for the demo-
Gratis to run the machine; let the
democrats furnish the ideas, too.
No further proof was needed of the
presidents good will toward the re-
publican national committee than his
appointment of its secretary, exCon
gresham McComas of Maryland, to
vacancy on the bench of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, and
his offering Chairman Carter his old
place. Mr.. McComas accepted, but
Mr.. Carter preferred to return to his
law practice in Montana.