New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-14
THE APATHY IN THE HOUSE.
SOMETHING; NEEDED TO ROUSE THE DEMO
Gratis.
THE SPEAKER URGED TO MAKE sPEEcii FUN
TARIFF REFoRM'-wHY HE MlGhf
AS WE'LL SAVE HIS VOICE
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIBUSH-'

AS WELL SAVE HIS VolCE
rpy ,y,,cRApH TO THE TkIBUSH1 49,
WashIh rton March l3-Speaker Crisp Is cons'a,'y
importuned to make speech III laNol Vi ~" 90
hill and "tarif reform" and he may decIue 10 uo ~
the condition OF his health will permit ~ aoeS NV
seem to be generally known that he IS suherlhs LIN"
on affection OF Tie throat which makes 1t dlhcuit anu
nonhll for him to use his voice long at q ume sun
~, emergency Is a serious one and he may be per
shaded 10 make an effort to arouse the majority l'o
ifs apathy, and at the same time SHOW .''' "ieu ~.
declared that there shall be no step backward IN TAR"
reform he did not that the party sIouio ~
main motlonlcss. .-,. O.,
That something Is needed TO arouse the MAJORITY 10
painfully evident to the few Democratic leaders In inc
House who sympathihe with the Speaker, and IL Is
natural for them to turn to him for RELIEF Inc
slipshod stless manner In which the 'arii oeoa'0
has been considered thus far the Democratic siuc'
and the utter lack Of interest manifested Dy uWce-
fourths or more OF the members OF the Majority Iairy
indicate the generalization Of the dominant party ID
the House OF Representatives. SIX months ago any
body would have been justified In predicting that the
Democr,tlo majority IN that body would promptly
redeem at least OF it, many pledges mat IL "ou"
frame and pass bill for general revision Vi tIc
tariff and providing for reduction OF duties IN all tc
schedules. Such bill had been framed ana pasSed
by the Democratic majority OF twenty In tne LIN Ion
pess to revise the Tariff act OF 1893 and reduce tue
duties thereby imposed How much stronger the
reasons and urgent tho necessity, them from tariH
reform view that the Democratic majority OF 100 Ill
the Lid Congress should repeal the "odous ana
inluutous" Mckinley tariff Of 1890 AMI SUBSTITUTE
therefor a general revision on freetrade nhes WIN
235 members-every one a radical "tanhreformer"-
the Democrats are strong enough TO suspend the rules
~ the House and pass such bill at any ume
without even submitting II to trial by Committee OF Tile
Whole and without the votes OF the nine assistant
Democratic members. The Democratic party claims to
have received "A warrant from the people In 1880 and
again in 1901 commanding 1t to such BILL; ana
even now the Democrats i'll the House assert that
they hold the and commissioned to execute
H. They do not simply admit that this Is the only
cause OF and reason for their existence as majority
It Is their daily boast, even since they broke thelr
pledges and spat upon their commission, and there
does not seem to be a man among them brave ana
honest enough TO denOunce the treachery The clarion
voice Of Mills Is unheard the Breckndges are silent
and most OF the time Invisible, Wilson and Bynum,
Andrew and Williams, Compton and Rayner OFarre
and Iemphill, CULTIVATE ard Blanchard and Bl0uht
and all the rest sit mute, except McMin ana Turner
whose protests feeble a. they are incffecnal.
II the present tariff was Odious and nlqutous'
last year aud the year before last when these patriots
went up and down through the land denouncnS II
and promising destroy 1t and branch and relieve
the toing masses and groaning Millions who were
sinking into bankruptcy and poverty under Its ex-
actions II Is equally OdOuS and nlqui 0us' now, ana
It's effects are no less destructive than they were
then 30 far at least, QUO branch OF Congress Is
concerned the Democrats have the power to smte the
"inquity.7 Why don't they do it There is not a
Democratic leader In Congress out Of it-nelther
Cleveland nor Mills, Hill nor Crisp, nor any other
who darcs give honest answer 10 this question, I'M
less perhaps. senator Vest is that man. The leaders
Of the dominant Democratic faction In the House con-
tent themselves with saying Oh, 1t would be use
less for House pass general tariff bill, for
,l.o.t,. Lr,u ~ olld mt law
Now these men inow equally well that the Wool
bill cannot become "A law and they admit 1t. Even the
bGOyaut springer, when he framed The Dill, never Tor
nm Instant hoped tnat IL would become n law. II Is
only vain and fraudulent prence which us authors
ana supporters hope Wal prove TO De Il gcd,ehongh
plain evident truth - that the tariff question Is being
used as Il pawn the Democratic chess boaId in the
tie Presidential nomination, a. Il VIII DC used
after the nomination In the game Tor tue Presidency
Itself II Is surprising TO find that Grover Cleve-
land has discovered that he must consent 10 INC Pohey
OF spotted tariff wfOTnH-as the sage Of Corscana
tSc Nils b u had BEEN reported to the House, bin
which In line with his rccommendationsx<Mr,
containing the arn raddle OF lss4,' which William
l.. scott and Arthur +. Gofman carried To- 81 Louis
and sought TO have adopted BY the National Convention
OF i--. II he WAS wiling tlus TO surrender his con
should IL be- difficult for h to do 80 Ia l7V- wheh the
Under the circumstances speaker Crisp may as well
snve his breath and spare ILL., voice. lie cannot arouse
the majority IA The House from IT'S lctlarey or Snai,e
It honest action however much he may des.te 70
do SO: IL an lrrcspOnsye rs we'll as lrrcslohSi0r
majority bent only on one oblcct-pDntcal spolS
what does It for the groai, 81 the YAK rda.I
att"mpf ~ democrats, first TO retain their seats in
Congress, and, second. 70 place DemTrauc Ptes1r.
I'm the lite House. These men VIII vote Tor lIcc
coinage, because. 10 do Otherwise would cause ulelr
defeat FOR denomination or reelection. fpnu'al SUI
and they will obey It, II by doing so they snail
cause tic National defeat Of the party to when tmsy
he People 20 often that the inst is easy and the
second they believe, Will again be successful