Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-21

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ts.orc in connection wlth the movements
" tnc politicians ~ New York STATE 90
wsAo thcr ,u~lurnce lei; ID the Demo
crA.ic National Convention.
II Mr.. ANpYRso>'s club are anxious -
secure q good tand let them consult with
Mr.. CARLISLE. II they need somebody, ~
thew Will Of course. t. draft o tariff bill
for them. they need invite nobody TO their
conference on the subject except him. he
IS the best-postei man IN the United states
ON the tanf question generally and on the
Questions involved IN the protective
policy. In a word. the new Secretary of
the Treasury Is the right man IN the right
place and needs no instructions from those
New Workers who know 1t all - as 10 how
lie shall perform the duties Of ms Office,
the most important Of these duties being
the preparation of q tariff bill which Will
do iustico TO all the various business inte-
rests Of the country and at tire same time
redeem the pledge made IN the Chicago
platform of last year on this subject. Here
l., the tariff plank Of that platform:
I'VE denou0ce the Republican policy Of pro-
lection so cal,ei as q fraud on lie labOr OF the
great majority Of the American people for the
benefit % a few. We declare " to BE- q iunda-
mental principle Of the Democratic party thai
the Federal Government has no constitutional
power 10 impose and collect tariff duties. cXcep:
for the purposes Of revenue only ; and We d.
mand that the collection Of such taxes shall he
limited 10 the necessities Of the government
wien honestly and economically administered.
Our cus%toms-duties are to be levied " for
the purposes of revenue only But what
does that language mean Ar. ANDERSON
and his coterie Of theorists will maintain,
no doubt, that inGsmuch as the tax on
sugar produced when in force a revenue
of $50, OO0, 900. that tax ought u be pro-
vided for in their new bill. But the Demo
cratic party will not dare 70 follow Mr..
ANDKRsoN's advice. The people have made
up their minds to have q " free breakfast
table" and they are going to have 1t.
Mr.. ANDERsoS's own words-as these are
given IN tho New York telegram-were
that she was hard at work preparing idr,B
oil which the chb would submit to Secre-
tary CARLISLE for the approval of tho al
minlstration and for SUBMISSION 10 the
next Congress" We quote:
The tin will DO in harmony with the Chicago
platform" said Mr.. Anderson. Duties Will Toe
fixed on a revcnue-only basis, but We will try T.
arrange Thorn so that no industry VIII be Grip.
pied. W want to be fair 70 all interests and at
the same time carry into eject the tariff plank
Of the party's platform, which declares IN favor
OF a tariff tor revenue only. Our bill Will not be
sent 10 Congress by the Reform Club. We will
submit. it to Secretary Carlisle for examination
by him and the President We wan the bill 20
40 TO Congress as an administration measure.
II will be sent to the House Of Representatives
by Secretary Carlisle with his approval
I'VE want the bill to 60 before Con-
gress as an administration measure -
Then you ought to have held your tongue.
Mr.. ANDERSON. The people Of this coun-
try have cut loose from the doctrinaires.
They will see to it that their REPRESENT
tives IN Congress shall not worship false
gods. If Mr.. ANDEGsoN's tariff bill had
never so many merits-and We doubt not
that it will have merits-it would still be
regarded with jealousy by the masses
by the u, 0OO, 900 of voters who last No
vember ordered their public servants to
look TO their interests and not to the teach
Iugs of a few thousand mere theorists.
We have said that Mr.. ANDERsoS's bill
will nave merits. But the features which
will appear best in theory will be the
very ones which the Democrats In Con-
gress will find most difficulty in engraft-
Ing upon our tariff legislation. A tariff is
an unmanageable thing. Mr.. ANDERSON
will be convinced that this is a fact before
he gets MIR. CARLISLE to send the bill of the
New York reformers to Congress with his
approval; for if there is any man in the
United States who can draft a better tariff
bill than any other man and who knows
all the iptricacies of the tariff better than
any other man, that man is Secretary
JOHN G.. CARLISLE.