, 1892-12-21
THE OUTLOOK IN THE UNITED
r,T, 4 VoT4t.
STATES.

1t is'now generally understood that when
Mr. Cleveland and the uew Congress come
into power in the United S ates On the 4th
Of March next, there viii be no immediate
change IN the fiscal system Of the country.
The upraising Of the cou~umer-so Democra-
tic politicians complacentiy .efect-has done
its work. 1t has given to the Democrats the
control of the Executive authority and the
command of a working majority both in the
Senate and in the House Of Representatives
The Peoples party. to. hae fulfilled its des-
tiny by dividing he Repub ian vote in the
North West and Far West, and it's sIokts-
men already admit that lencef)rwarl the
"Papulist' members in both Houses of Con
gress will be practically bri4alei vita the
Democl attic majority Accordingly, Mr..
Cleveland and his leading supporters have
come, rs it seems, to the conclusion. that If Il
quite safe, for the present at least. 10 81 slow
ly. 1t is believed that the new President
when he enters upon his office. viii not at
once use the power he possesses to call Con
gress together for a special Session. in which
the revision Of the tariff could Re dealt with.
The regular Session Will not be opened for
more than twelve months from the present
time, anC, meanwhile, nothing positive can
be done to reQuce the excessive Mkinley
duties. It may be, indeed. that the Western
Republicans will join the Democrats in the
existing Congress 70 override Protectiouis5
opposition and to cal ny through some conces-
Slons to what President Harrison himself ana
his Secretary Of State, Mr.. Forster. have re-
coguized to be the decision Of the American
people. But, since it has become known IIat
Jhc Democrats when they come into Office
walt not attack M'Kinleyism at once. the
spirits Of the thoroUgh-going Pro tecti0ni<ts
have revived, and Senator Qaay, Of PeunsvII-
wanna. has declared that uo concessions will
be made, Tins, however, is not the LANGUAGE
OF the beaten party generally. At a banquet
on .ues lay night Of the New York Chamber
Of Commerce, where Mr.. Cleveland was a
guest. though the President-Elec abstained
very becomingly, from Introducing any poIi.
teal topics into his speech. Mr.. Chaumeov
l)epeW aud Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. two LEADING
Republican, who were also present referred
in rather significant language to the Demo
cratic victory. Mr.. Depew. like the Presi-
deat and the Secretary Of State. acknowledges
that the Democrats have wm upon their
policy Of tariff ieform, for the first time for
many yetrs boldly avowed and logically de-
hued IN the most important plank Of the
Chicago platform. The country" he say s.
has asked that the experiment shall be
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tired and at once" The predictions Of Nj.
Depew and the Protoctionists generally. that
tariff reform, or the levying Of duties for
revenue only means ruin to the United States,
ate precisely what the raiority Of the electors
declined to believe when they voted for Mr..
Cleveland last week. 1t is because they
think the community at large, as distinguish
ed from a privileged GLASS of protected capt
tallsts and artisans, would be more prosper
Gus if the bu' den of the M'Kinley tariff were
removed from the whole mass Of consumers
and from many sections Of producers that Mr..
Clev land is to-day, as Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
hailed him, the elect Of s. millions Of peo-
pie.
Probably Mr.. Cleveland smiled quietly
when he listened to Mr., Depew's vehement
demand that the abrogation of the MKinley
tariff should be carried out cat once This
eagerneSs on the part Of the defeated party
Is IN itself sufficient to Inspire the victors with
caution, and, as we have said, The success Of
the latter being now an accomplished fact,
the politicians are IN no hurry to exhaust their
mandate. They calculate that it will b. quite
early enough for them to show what tariff
reform means in time to influence the result
of the elections Of 1894, when another House
of Representatives will have to be chosen and
a third of the Senate will be renewed. But
Mr.. Cleveland and the leading men Of his
party, who will form his Cabinet or guide the