Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-12-23
VERY COLD COMFORT.
Is What the So-nalled Democratic
Opponents of Tariff Reform are
Receiving.

opponents OF Tariff Reform are
Receiving.
Concerning the few, alleged Demo-
cratic, opponents of the party meas
ure, for thorough reformation of the
existing tariff laws, now pending be-
fore congress, the latest advices from
the national capital, in the shape of
special dispatches, etc, have this to
say:
The Democratic kickers against the
tariff bill at the house end of the
Capitol have about disappeared from
public view. They are keeping the
peace, too. They made a great deal
of noise when the bill was first made
public and swore by all the stars and
high Olympus that they never would
support it under any conditions, that
they never would allow 1t to pass etc.
There was about % of these kickers
to begin with, bnt when they begin to
look at the cold condition which con-
fronted them, which was a Democrat
ic majority of 80 in the House, their
protests and their threats would not
be Of much consequence.
The kickers began to disband grad
ually Some Of them heard from their
constituents and began to keep the
peace. They gradually got down to
10, and these Is were going to form
an heroic band to worry the Demo-
cratic majority; but even these dis
persed, and now there are not more
than 6 or who have the hardwood
to say that they will vote against the
bill. The hardest kickers are Haynes
and Schermerhorn of New York,
Sperry of Connecticut and Cadmus of
New jersey. Two or three Of the
Jersey men are dissatisfied, but only
Cadmus says that he wont take the
medicine
Haynes wants the McKinly duty on
collars and cuffs maintained.
Troy, N. Y, which is Mr.. Haynes
district, is the center of collar and
cuff industry. SchermerhOrn wants
the Mckinley duties retained Oh hair
and hides, in order to prevent the
pauper farmer, of Canada from COM
petiug with him. Schermerhorn also
desires duty on eggs, as he Is afraid
Of the competition Of the pauper hen
of Canada, and wants to see that the
infant industry of laying eggs in the
United States is protected. Sperry's
grievance is the tax on leaf tobacco
and wooden screws.
Nobody believes that Sperry will
vote against the bill or engage in a
revolt He is simply trying a bluff.
Speery is a good Democrat and an in
telligent man. He has an intelligent
Democratic constituency back of him.
Of course he would like to protect the
industries of his district as much as
he can, but it is entirely safe to say
that after he has made his bluff he
will fall into line.
The friends of Mckinley high tar
flakes have about abandoned hopes
of doing anything with the house.
They are now rallying their forces i'll
the Senate. They are openly stating
that four or five Democratic Senators
will vote against the Wilson bill.
They are making free use Of the name
of Senators Murphey, Mcpherson,
German, Brice, Pugh and Morgan. 1t
is probable that several of these will
take occasion without much delay to
let it be known that they are in favor
of the Democratic demand for tariff
reform and will give no aid aud com
fort to the advocates Of high taxa
ton.
Representative Haynes has been
quoting Senator Murphey as saying
that he would vote against the Wilson
bill unless collars and cuffs were taken
care of. 1t is doubtful if Senator
Murphy will do anything OF the kind
after he has had an opportunity to
reflect upon the affect of such conduct
the report is that morgan and Pugh
are opposed to putting iron and coal
ON the free list, This is probably un-
| true. Some of the strongest speeches
in favor of tariff reform that have
been delivered in the Senate during
the past dozen years have been made
L,, Gonotor MorOan