Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-09

fhe "Panlc" Election VIII Have No M
feet on Tariff Reform Measures.

fhe "Panlc" Election WIN Have No nj
feet on Tariff Reform Measures.
According to the most Trustworthy
information from Washington the re
suit Of the recent elections will not in
tlueuce any Of the democratic msmber'
OF the ways and means committee Il
favor the emasculation Of the tariff bill
now In course of preparation SAYS a
recent dispatch: without a single
exception the democratic members Of
the committee denounce such talk as
cowardice, and they declare that the
election inspires them to radical re
form rather than frightens them into
more moderate revision" II there is
TO be any cowardly retreat It must be
made after the bill has been reported
to the house
The statement Is further to tho et-
feet that protests from coal and iron
mine owners and representatives of
other special interests in the Virginias,
Alabama and elsewhere will not
swerve the committee from their pur-
pose to put raw materials on the free
list The committee will not be moved
by appeals because they come from
professed democrats or from dem
ocratic states. They will do what the
democratic party stands pledged to do,
and what they believe to be to the
best interests Of the country, regard.
less OF all mere partisan considerations.
That Is the right kind OF talk. 1t is
indicative OF backbone and steady ad.
herence to principle that cannot be
bent or swayed by the outcome of a
panic election. 1t is expressive Of the
courage and the sense Of justice and
duty which a party must possess In
order to achieve or deserve more than
ephemeral success, A single step back
ward from the tariff reform position
now held would be fatal to the demo
cratic party. 1t would prove that the
party in It's leadership is tickle, incon.
slant and destitute OF fixed principles
and convictions as the floating crowd
thai Is to-day with this party and to.
with that, according to the di.
rection Of the titful breezes OF prosper.
lty or adversely. The party that
stands for the right, unmoved by tenn
porary reverses, strong in the faith
that reason and right will prevail in
tne end, will achieve enduring success,
because 1t will deserve continued conf.
1ence.
The committee Is right in excluding
considerations from tariff re.
Vision. Such considerations necessar-
~ enter Into the scheme of projections;
hey must necessarily be excluded
rom a system Of tariff for revenue.
ihey have operated under protection
% the special advantage of certain
OF the country and the special
injury OF other portions, but in the re.
orn OF the iniquitous system there
must be no attempt Mt retaliation. for
would involve the retention of the
anne vicious system, with a change only
the victims. O
Inc only way to effect a reform worth
aVlhg II to secure prolonged ascend.
ncy to the party Of reform Is to adj
ere strictly to the doctrine of the
emocratlc platform that no taxes, I
lr,tf or excise, should be laid for any
purpose than to raise needed rev.
nue., and that it is essentially uniust /
'f government to promote the inter I
sts OF any class or section by means of c
lxes or IN any other way. Let the
'mocratic party hold fast to this doe !
Inc and apply it fearlessly, regard. o
So OF selfish appeals from my quarter, il
1t VIII win and hold the confidence +
the people. But If it r~evises the o
'ritf on protection lines and goes vote.
hitting among the populists and other p
leap money cranks, it will be turned a
u OF power as soon as people get n h
.anee at IT after they recover from f
9 generalization Of the silver panic, Il
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