The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-08
4 SOUND COMMITTEE.


feet ON Tsrin Reform Measures.
According TO the most trustworthy
information from Washington the re-
suit OF the recent elections will not in
huence any OF the democratic msmbers
OF the ways and means committee to
favor the emasculation Of the tariff bill
now in course OF preparation Says q
recent dispatch: without a single
exception the democratic members Of
the committee denounce such talk as
cowardice, and they declare that the
election inspires thera TO radical re-
form rather than frightcus them into
more moderate revision" II there Is
To be any cowardiy retreat IL must be
made after the bill has been reported
To the house
The statement is further TO the ef-
feet that protests FROM coal and iron
mine owners and representatives of
other special interests in the Virginias,
Alabama and elsewhere will no,
swerve the COMMITTEES from their pur-
pose To put raw materials on the free
list The committee will not be moved
by appeals because they come from
protested democrats or from dem.
ocratic states They win do what the
democratic party stands pledged to do,
and what they believe so 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 stsaiy ad-
herencc To principle that cannot be
bent or fwayed by the outcome of a
panic election. Its expressive of the
courage and the sense Of justice and |
duty which a party must possess in
order 10 achieve or deserve more thau |
ephcmcral success A single step sack
ward from the tariff reform position
now held would be fatal to the demo
cratic party. 1t would prove that The
party in its leadership is tickle. inccp-
slant and destitute of fixed principles
and convictions as the floating crowd
that is to-day with this party and To-
morrow with that, according to the d.
rection of the titful breczcs of prosper.
ity or adversely. The party that
stands for the right, unmoved by tenn
porary revcrses. strong in the faith
that reason and right will prevail in
the end. will achieve enduring success.
because 1T will deserve continued conf
dcnce.
The committee is right in excluding
sectional considerations from tariff re-
vision. Such considerations necessar-
lily enter into the scheme of projections:
they must necessarily be excluded
from system of tariff for revenue
They have operated under protection
to the special advantage of certain
portions of the country and the special
injury of other portions. but in the re.
form OF the iniquitous system there
must he no attempt at retaliation. FOR
that would involve the retention of the
same vicious system. with change only
IN the victims
The only way to effect reform worth
having and to secure prolonged ascend
lncy to the party of reform is to ad-
lere strictly tn the doctrine of the
democratic platform that no taxes,
Tariff or excise. should be laid for any
other purpose than to raise needed rev.
enue, and that it is essentially unjust
Tor government to promote the ir ter
ests Of any class or section by means Of
axes or in any other way. Let the
party hold fast To this doc ,
srne and apply it fcarlcssly. regard :
ess of selfish appeals from any quarter. ,
md it will win and hold the confidence
Il the people. But if it revises the
ariff on protection lines and goes vote
among the populists and other
heap money cranks, it will be turned /,
nut of power as soon as people get a
nance a. it after they recover from
he decentralization Of the silver panic
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