The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-07

ssAS1EE. A0xDAT. arc. :.
4 uOsr InpOnxANr AND FAITHFUL
sessJON.
The na4toesl congress. whose ssssicn
tsgins todsy. hes ossn called toksthes 70
nssss the ssvsssse emergency that hss con-
fteassd the American people since Pres
dsus Lincoln summonsd eoagrsss 70 ~
osDtle IN EXTRA session In July. ls6l We
nsean ~ this thst the wisdom Or folly Of
che sctlon o. this congress viii fix the
laas at this nation Tor veal or wos for
several ysan TO come. The tate Of the,
psmocsstSc party In The congregational
essetion Of isps viii he determined By the
aettoa o. this conGrssa The issue Of the
Aehs - The fnish between those Who favor
ltss silver eoinass and shoss who oppose
e, save under IN international agreement.
and the decision Of this consrsss ~ 10 the
tsriR policy Of the country. will make or
beeak the Democratic party. Both these
4nsstions vii! b. issesistibly psesscd home
Ios settlement.
Il = absurd to assume that this congress
can sstsis the financial question and then
adjourn, leaving the business public 10
guess what will BE- dons with the tariff.
u orr judgment this congress viii not Be-
permitted By public opinion 70 adjourn
without showing iss hand frankly. both ~
- the questions Of iinancs and Of the
tariff. II the Democratic party knows
snonsh to oct like patriots rather than
partisans they Will promptly repeal the
purchasing CLAUSE Of the Sherman Law Of
1seO without conditions and they viii pass
. joiaA resolution declaring that there
VII - no tariff lsgisIation enacted By the
Tihy-third congress. To adjourn With
ont touching the tariff will not avail In
this time Of distress; the wheels Of In
dustsy nssd . lubricant: business men
hsve BEEN q halt since CIsvslands slec-
tion. aud business viii not move until
this state Of uncertainty and hesitation 10
dlspsilsd By absolute knowledge - 70
Whist y 70 b done with the tariff.
Candid Dsnocsatic congressmsn admit
that the repeal II the silver purchase act
- not the only duty Of congress, and deny
thai that Get 10 the sole cause Of the sx-
listing business depression. They admit
that the declarations Of their party plat
form - 10 protection have violently die
turbed business BY causing doubt - 10 the
inturs legislative policy. These Demo
cratic leaders agree that the repeal Of the
silver purchase oct would only b. pallia-
aivn ard xok - cur~ acl that th> rA>s.u
cratic party. which now controls the legls-
lativc and administrative branches Of the
government. must meet Its responsibilities
and discharge its tariff pledges, The
silver Law 10 conceded to bs bad lcgisis-
ton. but Il IL not tho sole cause OF the
panic through which We have been passing.
The ahless aud most honest Of the Demo-
cratic men Of business in the great cities
II the East say that the declarations Of
the party platform and Of the party lead
ers, to the effect that the protective sys-
TEN Is unconstitutional and must give
way to a radically different economic sys-
ten. lies at the foundation Of the COM
msreial unrest. and that tho time has
come for the Democratic party either TO
fulfill Its pledges or abandon them. Man
hiacturrrs do not 80 much care what tarifl
system shall be adopted as that some sys-
TEN shall be- chosen watch shat, be pcrma.
neat The manufacturers can adapt
themselves to the situation, but they mus,
know not only what the situation Is. but
wsas ID Is 10 be-
IL 10 reported that the administration
proposes clean back down from the Dem.
ecrasse platform So lar az the tariff p.ank
- concerned, aud that Mr.. Cleveland now
understands that confidence cannot be
wholly restored. business resumed ana
prosperity again promised IL such whole
ssle and radical trcAtmen, Of the tariff 4.
proposed right gpon the heels OF ilnan
ciai nsnie. toy. Flower. OF New York. is
reported as saying that an annoane enaent.
formal or informal, by the presiden, as
coon ~ congress meets, tia, IL /, no, the
purpose IF the party in power 10 make
wholesale and fadsca, changes in the tariff,
Law. srnottng entirely the principle Of pro-
tec,aoli, woala have most sanitary effect
upoa she business and manufacturing com.
se@ehNssNS e' N'Ns t@ss sNsGkSys GNs. Nc
kinssy. Of oAic. Ia his speech on SATURDAY.
said:
Manufacturer are not going TO prn.
duce for the future and pay protective tar.
10 Wages. when their products may hsyv
- compete With like products undey free
trade aRsa Let congress, when IL meet.
nsHt Monday. maze "a authoritative
declaration. approved by the rrrsisien,
that the threatened changes will not take
place; that they have discovered they we're
wrcns. II they will do that next Monday
she fears Of the bVsiness world viii b
0usetsd and hasinsss resume Its normal
condition"
VIII congress do any Of the sensshls
things that GOV. Flower and Cor. NcKin-
ley suggest Probably not Il 10 quite
probable that tie sherman silver rar.
chase act will not be repealed except With
- Silver" rider attached; and il is quite
probable that free noe. wsll - enacted
Remembering that the rarsisanshir of
the Democracy 10 intense. ia intelligence
and patriotism small. il is quite proaasis
that the congress that meets today vii do
nothing that is positively good aad musA
thai Is positively bad.