The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER..
Washington, Nov. Is, 1892

Washington, Nov. Is, 1892.
From Our Regular Correspondence
The Democratic party has never lacked
impudence, but its proposition that the
Republican Senate should help it out Of
the predicament IN which 1t will find it.
self after the 4th of next March, is a little
ahead of its previous efforts in that line,
1t would really be amusing If the matter
was not so serious. There are the very
best of reasons for the belief that not
one single Republican senator will join
the Democrats in voting for any Of the
tariff bills passed by the House at the
last session, or for any measure that
may be proposed to lessen the response
bility of the coming Dem ocratic admins
tration and congress. The Democrats
have made promises that they have no
idea of keeping, and now they would
like to throw portion of the blame on
the Republicans. The Republican party
has never shirked its own responsibilities,
nor made promises to the people know
ing that it would be impossible to keep
them, and it will not help to shield the
party that has done both from the pop
ular wrath, already beginning to mani
fest itself.
tits as certain as anything in the fu-
ture can be that the receipts of the gov.
ernment for the first fiscal year under
Cleveland-Juiy 1st 1898. to June 3Oth,
1S94-will tall far short of its absolutely
necessary expenditures, unless Mr..
Cleveland calls an extra session which
shall provide for revenue in some way.
Republican extravaganza" will not be
the cause, either. The deficit will be
caused by the natural falling off in i'm
port duties, the source from which the
greater portion of our revenue comes
Importers will not pay the present tariff
when by waiting until the Democrats
have agreed upon some sort OF hodge
podge of a tariff it may De great deal
lower, and manufacturers who use ma
terials upon which there are duties will
only import enough for their immediate
needs; as it would be ruinous to them to
be caught with a big stock on hand
when the Democratic slump in tariff
rates goes into effect. Already Demo-
Gratis high in the councils of the party
are advocating an income tax, and it
need surprise nobody should this tax be
imposed by the congress which owes its
existence to promising lower taxation.
The President had lengthy conferences
this week with chairman Carter, Secre-
tary McComas and other members OF
the national commit zee, and the cordial
manner in which he received them shows
that he does not consider their manage
ment to blame for his defeat. The Presi-
dent believes that the Republican party
has a brilliant future before it, and he
impresses upon his prominent Republi
can visitors the necessity, not only for
keeping up the organization of the party
as it now exists; but to improve upon it
and make it a permanent thing. That is
a new idea in politics, but it is an excel
lent one, and if the masses of the party
will cooperate the Republican party is
bound to grow until it again dominates
this country, 1t will exemplify the ad-
age. Truth crushed TO earth will rise
again."
The split in the Democratic party
which appears to be imminent oyer the
question of whether the tariff smashing
shall begin with an extra session of con-
gress Immediately after Mr.. Cleveland's
Inauguration, or be postponed until the
regular session next winter, recalls to
old-timers the fight previous to and in
1860 between the Democratic "dough-
faces" OF the north ond the hot heads"
of the sonth. Now rs then each side is
clamoring for the control of the party
management. Clark Howells, able edi-
tor of Georgia, and Congressman Wilson
of West Virginia. said to have cabinet
aspirations. are the self-appolnted lead.
ers of the hot-headed wing OF the party,
which is demanding that the tlfty-third
congress be called in extra session as
early as it can begot together after the
4th of March, and that it proceed at
once to repeal the present tariff law aud
to make a new one dictated solely by the
Of the South-ln the eyes of this
wing Of the Democratic party making
tariff bill is just as easy as opening a
Jackpot" The conservative wing of
the party. which might be called success
or to the old "dough-face' element,
knows enough to know that it would
come dangerously near to bringing on
financial panic if 1t does not actually do
so, if an extra session of congress begins
to tinker with the tariff before some
general plan as TO where the cutting
shall begin and end is formulated and ac-
cepted by the men who are to boss the |
Democratic party. These conservatives |
claim that Mr.. Cleveland is on their side. |
but this is denied by Senator Carlisle,
who says that Mr.. Cleveland has not
yet made up his mind, and probably
will not do so until after he is inaugur-
ated. If Mr.. Carlisle knows whereof he
speaks Mr.. Cleveland is engaging in
bit of webbing that recalls Buchanan,
Walter Brewer, formerly in the
newspaper business in this city; but now
editing Peoples Party paper at Fari-
ha,,1t did not escane he rs,al Troubles