New-York tribune., 1892-01-02

"Rcpeal1 is the thing Senator Hill proposes
f. i \ nlan dishonest enough for the most un-
s.rrnulons demacoguc in the land. The " two
Mckinley laws" by which he means the new
Tariff and the Administrative Act, must be re-
pe3ed. leaving the tariff where 1t was IN the
sprinr Of 1890. and the doors as wide open Tor
frauds upon the revenue as they were in 1889.
The Sherman Silver law must be repealed, leaY-
ing the Bland Silver Act Of ISIS in force, with
i.s comnusory coinage each month. That he
NAV mot be misunderstood, Senator Hill expressly
proposes in each act of repeal to revive the law
as it stood prior to the enactment by inc iaSI
Congress. These prior laws were framed ana
nassed by Republicans he says, and therefore
Rcnublicans cannot consistently oppose their re-
enactment. Mere repeal and the rc-enactment
Of the laws Us they stood in 1889 Is not all 'htV
Democrats want. Senator IIll admits. but he
would have them propose nothing more now' III
ordnr 70 avoid raising issues which would DIVIDE
the party.
Democracy in these days crowns and obedl-
emily follows the men who steal The man VINO
has stolen the Legislature Of the greatest Siatc
IN tba Union is the natural and rghtful leader
Of the Democratic party. Is gratitude ior his
shining partisan services lbs admiration for his
daring defiance of decency and OF law, ana us
affection for the trickSter who can avoid issues
rbap embatrass stihe convictions that bring risks,
and bend every energy to the work OF stcalnS
Offices all conSpire to make Senator lliI the
central figure and his plans the tacucs Oh '1o
marty. senator Hill and Tammany have the
electoral votes Of NewIork, Democracy lccN-
ons. and Whao he proposes u VIII pay 10 40
Hence line CT action which one Wouu supPo9c
oyery Democrat would scornfully reject may ye'
become the ayoWed policy OF the Nauohal p1i'!,
All the Democrats can mite upon the rcpea-
op the nresent tariff Senator I'LL reasons, though
they cannot agree about any general IaIlH OH
~ he enacted in lis stead. Therefore ne pro-
nosos repeal. and the tariff aS it was, until DC
mocracy can get better one. Elsewhere ne
saws this will give the Government revenue
enonrh and thus avoid the deficit otherwise
Threatened Does he not know that IL Wou'u
renew unnecessary taxation u the cA'ehU VI
S6O. 100000 yearly or more, against Which
Democrats used 70 protest so paS.oAAtey II
veulld nut back the duties on sugar, on )u'e anu
o+ber teytiles now on the free list. 1t would
rsvive +hree hundred or moro Old duties which
the last Congress Judged excessive or no longer
I'M sunnose that Democrats could possibly be
unanimous in voting for such change II thcIr
votes would bring It about? Certainly not; bu'
ha supposes that Democrats may UNANIMOUSLY
cast deceptive votes for such change, knowing
tbat it cannot be brought about in order to place
q false and fraudulent issue before the people
for the next Presidential election.
For the same dishonest reason he imagnes that
all Democrats can vote for repeal Of the SILVER
act Of 1890, and the revival Of the Compulsory
Coinage Act which preceded it. They want
free coinage. he admits, and mean 70 get it when
they can. But if they should vote for It now
il would hurt them in tho Presidential S'uSge
heyt fall. Therefore, he stppOscs, irco-coinage
men and no-coinagc men can unto in pretending
10 be content with the coinage Of =, ,OOOOO0 IL
81 000, 900 a month.
This IS not the programme OF statesman OF
oven of an honest man. But that IS the reason
Senator I'LL supposcs that 1t may be adopted by
the Democratic faction which no represents
As he hes seen Democrats who profess to be
respectable and honest upholding his rascaiI'ies
in New-Yorl1 perhaps he knows his party better
| tlau II knows Itself