The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-04
Trying to Block Reforms

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Trying to Block Reforms
The New York Tribu ne says President
Cleveland has "power to render the cOun-
try extraordinary service" And what.
in the opinion of the Tribune, is this ser
vice2 Why, nothing more nor less than
that the President should tell congress
that, owing to the depressed condition of
the business of the country, he cannot
recommend that the tariff shall be re
formed nor that the tax on state bank
issues shall be repealed. In other words,
the Tribune would like President Cleve-
land to say, in his message to congress,
that il would be unwisc 10 reform the
tariff or to take the ten per cent tax off
state bank circulation.
The Tribune must have queer idea
of President Cleveland's appreciation of
his duty and responsibilities. He was
elected with a distinct understanding
that the Ubiquitous Mckinley tariff should
be reformed, and the national democratic
platform recommends the repeal of the
prohibitory tax on state bank issues. The
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Cleveland ignore the national democratic
platform and administer the government
in accordance with the principles of the
national republican platform.
Is it likely that President Cleveland
will be guided by the Tribune? 1t GER
tainly is not. The Tribune forgets that
the very things it wants left undone were
ordered to be done by the people last No
vember And there is another thing the
Tribune overlooks. II is that one of the
things it wants let alone, namely, the
tariff, has caused, to a great extent, the
present business depression. The in
CAPABILITIES of the Mckinley tariff and the
burdens it places upon business make it
impossible for the country to be prosper
Gus.
The present depression began long be-
fore Mr. Cleveland was elected. Signs of
it were apparent soon after the McKin-
ley tariff was enacted. That tariff must
go, the sooner the better The Tribune is
accomplishing nothing towards saving
t, but it is making it more difficult to
secure a repeal of the silver-purchase
clause of the Sherman law.
The drought in the cattle lands of Tex
as appears likely to be the cause of a cow
boys war of some bitterness. Water is
very scarce on the ranges, aud
the representatives of English syn
dicates that own ranches are fencing off
the streams in order to preserve the wa
ter for their own cattle. Small ranchcrs
object to any such proceeding. and alrca-
dy there have been several fights over
the matter. Near Paris the osher day a
man representing an English syndicate
was killed because he had fenced in all
the water in the neighborhood and the
cattle of his ncighbors were left to die of
thirst.
The Journal of Minneapolis states that
there is trouble between Mgr Satoli,
the apostolic delegate and archbishop
Corrigan, because of the archbishops
refusal to re-instate DIR. Butsell. The
journal says that it is the purpose of
Mgr. SatolE to go to Rome and lay the
whole matter before the pope, and rec
ommend that a coadiutor be appointed
Ito assist the archbishop of New York
in the management of so large a diocese"
Would not the approval of the recon-
incubation be equivalent to the removal
of the archbishop!
According to Gen Weaver the plan Of
the silverites is to get satisfactory sub
stitute for the silver-purchase clause Of
the Sherman act. They viii not agree to
the repeal Of the silver-purchase clause
until the substitute is accepted by the
anti-silver congressman. Mr. Weaver
and his friends may not be in a position
to insist upon their demand The great
majority of the people are calling for the
unconditional repeal of the siIver-pur-
chase clause.
Senator Vance does himself injustice
by commenting upon the national demo-
cratic platform without having it before
him. In a recent letter he makes some
remarks upon the silver plank of the
platform, at the same time confessing
that he had not a copy of the platform
and therefore was not sure that he quoted
from it correctly. If he had had a copy
of the document his comments, in all
probability, would have been different.
As illustrating the rapidity with which
riches take wings in Wall street these
days, it is told that Wall street clerk
made $4,000 last week specializing on the
short side Of the market. He concluded
he could easily become a millionaire. He
therefore resigned his clerkship and last
Monday started in TO double his little for
tune in short order BY three o'clock he
had lost every cent of his money and on
Tuesday was an applicant for his old
place