The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-18
MR.. HOWELL'S VIEWS.

Nr. CLARK Howell, tire Atlanta
correspondent :, Ns~ York Her.
aid, ia bis letter 70 tie Herald Of
Nay l2tt, uakes snT8e pcintee re-
mark. about ;he extra session Of
Congress and ia1 Presideuts Lro-
-lnciamento. Sir. Howell says:
at ~ the business inter g. Of the
cnun'ry more than anything else
that are crying .loni for definite &C.
ton Of some kind, ard it 10 IpactioD
that ne ,rly tbre~ Wall street toto
panic twice last week and which
mas oppressed and choked the ususl
active channels OF commercc 10 q
state OF stsgnation and which bas
thrown thousands Of people, and par.
ticularly encumbered farmers, into
state Of practical Hesitation.
awhile the people generally may
not believe In the Old time fsta.ist
ductrine that "what IL to be will be,
they are coming readily to point Of
agreement concerning the financial
situation and the matter Of tariff
Legislation that what is to be done
soould be done at once.
lit was urged that "ths hDslness
interests stood 10 tho way OF an sx-
ira session, in that hasty action
would have had an uDsettl.Tg effect.
| There has been no hasty action, but
there has been no lack Of unsettling
effect The business interests ere
now c!amoring for something-so
that it is definite and 80 that they
will have q certain bssis on which to
rest their calculations for the future.
The masses Of tue people demanded
an extra session two months ago,
and now they are joined by the cap
itallsts and manufacturers.
"Uncertalnty has had its effect On
Wall street, and that effect will be
felt on tue outside. UHcert ainty is
unsettlins the price Of manufactured
goods, and the products Of many 0;
our large institutions sre being
stored away, purchasers waiting fer
cheaper prices when tariff reform
opens our po:ts to European indus
try. It is uncertainty which is dong
this work of destrnctior, and tbs r..
publican Neros are GddIiog while
Romo burma.
! "Professional republican leaders
are chuckling among themselves at
what they consider to be the alarms
Ing embarrassment of the democratic
administration. They dou't want an
extra session, and they don't want
the democrats to redeem their PIED.
/ ges when Congress does meet, wheth'
er it be SOON or late. They are read,
to reinforce any element Of party an
tag onism or any obRtructjng minori
ty whose purpose is the overthrow
Of any Of the pledges OF the demo
cratic platform.
"Bnt President Cleveland haa an
! nounced that be Will call an extra
session, probably for September.
What pity that 1t is not for Ma,
and more the pity that its work T.
not now nearly two month
under way, ny having been begun
With the bloom Of the administration.
"The President has cioaad Ills doors
against the Office. seeker, and has le-
sued q pronuDciamento stating, in
effect, that he most get down to bus.
! mess that he can't do it il con stantly
bssieged by ofIice.seekers. The Pres
ident is right, and it wss against =
custom which tOlated such 40 anon
alous condition that the writer pro.
tested IN letter published ia these
columns some two weeks ago. TIE
President should have little or moths
ing to do with Office distribution, for
he should have enough confidence In
his Cablnet to leave tho matter of
appointments belonging to the differ.
cot departmaDts to the heads Of the
respective departments.
''W hetner or not tbis 10 to be zone
the country has Cause for consratu-
latlon in the fact that the dours of
the White House have beer closed
to the army OF eager sspirants who
have been hesIeeipg tbs capital for
two months. This means, o: course,
that the President intend< to devote
MS attention TO the prelImipxries Of
financial and tariff legislation, and it
Is earnestly to be hoped that the Sc
rlous meditation which be Will no
ioubt give those important questions
In the course OF the next few DAYS
Sill suggest to him The eminent ORC.
of