Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-17
Washington Letter.
(From our regular correspondent,

N>A'Nf
Now that the smoke of the great
conflict has cleared away the full sig
niiicance of the most decisive revolu-
tion of popular sentiment known for
generations can be seen by all, and it
is hardly to be wondered at even such
hidebound republicans as Secretaries
Foster and Rusk are joining the great
majority in condeming the robber
tariff, as the principle cause Of their
party's overwhelming defeat, and that
Mr.. Harrison pleads in extenuation
of his having endorsed the force bill,
the second issue in Importance OF the
campaign, that he was forced to do it
by the republicans OF the Fifty first
Congress- perhaps he intends this as
diy at E<-Czar Reed, who forced the
Force bill through tue House, SUP
posably heretofore as a spec. al favor
t Mr.. Hartison; but these facts, so
plain to the men who spoke in trum-
pet tones by the election of Cleveland
and Stevenson and democratic Sem
ate and House, too late to do them
or their we'll thrashed party any good
The people have had enough Of the
jug-handled Legislation of the republi-
can party, and have turned the job
of making the laws over the demo-
cratic party, so long as that party re-
mains true to the promises upon which
it won this, the most brilliant victory
in its history, the majority OF the
voters will be true to the democratic
party. If it faias to keek those promis-
es, wisch it is not likely to do. it will
deserve defeat and what is mora it
will get it.
The phi iciple trouble ahead of the
party which will run this government
after The FCursh Of next March is to
decide upon the est method of keep
ing those promises, and although
many .mocrats are just now going
off half-cocked, so to speak. thor. is
no doubt that the wisest men Of ii e
party, those who think well before
they speak, will map out the program
upon which the Fifty-third Congress
will work.
Theoretically the idea of an extra
session of Congress immediate y after
the Inauguration of President Cleve-
land, President Cleveland has fam
iliar sort OF sound, eh9-for the pu :
pose of reforming the tariff laws and
repeating every law on the statute
books authorizing federal interference
or supervision of election, which is
being 30 strongly urged by many demo-
Gratis, is all right, but look at the
practical side of the matter and it
will be seen that little if anything is
to be gained by an extra session Of
Congress-.
The transfer Of the government in
all its numerous branches from the
republicans to the democrats is of IT.
self a work of great magnitude, and
the important questions that will nee
essarily arise in connection herewith
will fully occupy the time of Mr..
Cleveland and his advisers for mont
while :he Senate. which will necessa-
rily have to hold an extra session to
confirm the nomination OF members of
the Cabinet and other important cffi-
cials, will have Its hands full arrange
ing the reorganization of all OF its
,mmittees and OF its official staff, so
that even if the House were to meet IN
extra session, its members, many of
them entirely new men, would lack
the advice of Mr.. Cleveland, the men,
bers Of his Cabinet and of the old dem
ocratic Senators, in framing tariff
bill, which nut 70 be worl OF
few weeks, bat the result of the care
full and deliberate study of many
months by the best minds In tho den
ocratic party, if it is to lie what every
patriotic democrat wishes il to be. 1t
will not do to hurriedly frame and
pass bill which while correcting the
Unequal ties of the III K.nley law, W IL
contain inequalities Of what now prom
ises to be long lease of power for the
democratic party. 1t will be far bet
ter to go slow and go right, and the
time between now and the first Mond,
in December 1898, can be more proni-
ably, for the country. and tor the den
ocrat'c party. spent in studying the
tariff and its connection with the needs
OF all classes of our people, by the new
Senators and Representatives than IN
the hurly burly OF an extra sion.
AS for the repeal OF federal clectic
laws, the regular session viii be time
enough tor that, as there will be no
more federal election held unit the
Congressional election OF 1894.
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