Huntsville gazette., 1892-02-06
POLITICAL DRIFT.

20 Mr.. Springer'S solicitude for
shoddy and his indifference to wool is
fair type of the democratic position
Philadelphia Press.
sB The democrats in congress are
likely to find that Hon. Tom Reed is
good man and weighs about as much as
ever.-Chicago Tribune.
EBT The tariff which Senator Hill
now wants the democratic party has
fought since 1883. 1t is big come
down for free traders.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
EB- 1t is curious to see the number
proposition, which Senator Hill is said
to be seriously considering, to have the
New York legislature assume to itself
the election of presidential electors
Sioux City Journal.
H Senator Brice, the rainbow
chaser, has fallen in behind the Hill
bandwagon. He says that Cleveland
sentiment is ebbing, while regular
tidal wave of Hillism will shortly del
uge the country. But Cal Brice is not
the most reliable prophet in the world.
-MlnHedpOllS 1rlDune.
eB 1t is worth noting that the first
thing the democrats did in the house
after the adoption of the H Gilman re-
trenchment resolution was to indorse a
report increasing the mum ber of COM
mittee clerks for the purpose of provid-
ing places for hungry aud thirsty men,
bers of their party.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
eB@ The democrats of the nation ap-
pear to be meditating the capture of
the presidency this year by desperate
methods, The prospect of honest sue
cess at the polls is not alluring, and
hence resort to the Michigan plan"
which it is believed will be attempted
in the state of New York also.-To-
ledo Blade.
eY Mr. Springer says: 1T is no use
to pass q free silver coinage bill. be-
cause it cannot be made a law, and
would EN- barrass the democratic cam
paign of 1892 But he insists on free
WOOL" free iron ore" free pig iron."
free lumber" and free salt" Now
ask Mr.. Springer whether these can
become laws. He would have to an
swer no. And he will also find they
will ''embarrass" Tammany bad
enough in '9L-Chicago Inter Ocean.
sY Senator David b. Hill is unfortu-
nate in the use of language. He made
a speech at Elmira, N. Y, which was
so unsatisfactory that he made another
at Albany to explain it. His explana
ton was found to be less satisfactory
than the original utterances, and now
he has written letter to explain his
Albany speech. This is at least clear
in one respect, as he says he is in ia
vor of tariff f9reform" and free silver.
Tariff reform is a cant phrase OF
bogus reformers and means just what
any theorist wants it to mean.-Chi-
cago Journal
GB~"The fve-cent congress" is a
nickname that will stick to the house
which is now wobbling around in
Washington because of the political jag
of the country last year. Charles A.
Dana, in the Sun, suggests nickel
mounted upon pin as an, appropriate
emblem, and the Boston Pilot says that
the house docs not pay much heed to
the code of gentlemen" The refusal
to send the breadstuffs to the starving
Russians, after they had been provided
for, is as infamous thing as has ever
been done by brutal democratic ma
jority. y.-Philadelphia Press.
sThe oracle of democracy is not
yet dumb, even if it did have the wind
knocked all out of it. Mills still con-
tinues to speak for the democrats and
tell how they may win this year. His
prescription is this: IF congress
presses earnestly for tariff reform and
the democratic house passes thorough
revenue tariff bill. ignoring and op-
posing protection in every feature, and
if the national convention will make
that issue in the coming contest and
give the people sound western demo-
crat as the nominee for president we
will win. carry the reform, and remain
in power for years" He overlooks the
fact that his own knockout settled the
fate of any Thorough revenue tariff
bill in the house, and that Hill has al.
most cinch on the nomination. De.
troit Journal.