The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-16
IN q MIDDLE.
Ctevelnnd's Followers Uncertain NJ "a
Their Position.

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Their Position.
The democratic party Is already be-
ginning TO feel like the much.harassed
gentleman who had to settle the estate
Of his deceased brother. sometimes I
almost WISH" said he, that my broth
or had not died" The times are get
ting frequent when the democrats
almost wish that the republican party
had no, been defeated.
IL the republicans had triumphed
they would not have been in the least
anxious or doubtful what To do. They
would have continued the policy under
which, for so many years, the country
has thrivcd and its people prospered.
The democrats, on the other hand, are
afraid that whatever they do may
bring disaster and distress
They are divided into two factions
those who favor some immediate ac-
ton and change In the policy of the
government and those who would de-
lay IL. those who would use sharp, short
measures and cut the knot Mt once, re-
CARELESS of what happens, and those
who would p~rolong the agony of the
manufacturers and employees, while
lowering them from the high protee-
ton tableland to the lower level of
free trade.
Those who want immediate action
Gull for the passage by the senate of
those bills which the house enacted ad-
uniting wool, iron and other raw
materials free. Or, IL the senate re.
fuses or Harrison vetocs them. then let
an extra session Of congress be called
Immediately on Mr.. Clevcland's inau-
guration and the Mckinley bill be re.
pealed altogether or the tariff modified.
Nearly all the southern uttcrances
are in favor Of speedy action. They
agree with the Atlanta constitution,
which says that III the Mckinley law
is TO be repealed, the sooner the work
Is begun the better"
Ex-senator Bayard wants something
done even before the new administra.
ton is installed. 1.-THE sooner the work
of restoring the stolen property to it's
owners is begun the better" 1.-The pill
fering of the pockets Of the farmer
should cease" "Lct MS have an end Of
jobbcry."
The organs of the mugwumps and
British importers, the New York Even
ing Post and Boston Herald, both favor
and extra session. According To the
Post: ''If onc.half what the democratic
orators and writers have been saying
about the Mckinley bill he true, it is
almost n crime to leave 1t untouched on
the statute book one week longer than
is absolutely necessary. The demo-
cratic party cannot afford TO hang fire
over 1t, now that it has got hold Of II"
The Herald says that ito make the
American people endure for fifteen or
eighteen months to come the gross
abuses OF the Mckinley law, would be
hardly less than a betrayal of trust.
No time should be lost In its repeal"
Those who approve of immediate
action n also some practical rs we'll
as sentimental reasons to urge. Delay,
they say, will do more harm 10 the in
dustries of the country than prompt,
even IL injurious, action. Commerce
and trade will flourish and manufac-
lures be able to endure vicissitudes
much better on q certainty than on an
uncertainty. To know the worst nj
once will do less harm than to be afraid
Of an unknown and indefinite peril. 1t
is only good business as well us justice
to let both capitalists and employees
know exactly what is TO be done with
them rather than to keep them months
in suspense.
Immediate action Is also urged for
party reasons. No matter what you
do. argue some democrats, you cannot
set up a change of policy without u,
first injuring the business interests OF
the country. IL Is absolutely impossi.
BILE. You will arouse distrust in the
public mind and distress In their
affairs. Now, II this is postponed O
year OF two, 1t will be Mt its worst q,
the end Of the next presidential term.
The democrats will be swept out o.
power again, the republicans restored,
and all the work undone. The grcat
step Of reforming the tariff should be
taken ut once SO that business shall
have time to recover from the shock
and be adjusted to the new policy be
fore the democrats 60 into another
presidential campaign.
The democrats Of New York and the
east generally are opposed to immc'
diate action. Mr.. Cleveland Is repre-
scented as not in favor Of it, To Gu,
and slash and bring down these manu-
features in ruins on the heads OF both
employers and employed will. they
say, play into the hands of republican.
and bring about the distress that they
predicted would ensue the very momen,
the democrats were put in control o.
the government.
You talk about admitting free raw
materials, they say. Why, sven that
is likely to create a disturbance. The
moment you pass those bills you lower
the value Of every yard and pound O,
goods now in stock. Merchants will
cease ordering, and consequently the
manufacturers will cease producing
until they can dispose OF what they
have already made at a higher cost. In
n breath you say the treasury is $50.
600, 900 short, and in another yon pro
pose to reduce the revenue $40, 900, 00l
by freeing the duty from raw materi
ais. To suggest a change at all is &c
cause orders for goods to be withheld