New-York tribune., 1893-12-29
A Silly FREE-TRADE RUMOR.
TIE WILSON BILL SAID TO BE " IN DANGER
FROM A CORRUPTION FUND.
s,cu CHARGE NEVER HEARD OF IN CONGRESS
,rroRE-wuAT THE REAL pANGEE IN
re9NT OF THE WILSON BILL Is.


"@0 ,bo Executive a majority of about
| in ,ne House OF Representatives. ana "
ood working majority in the Seha'e' ,.sos ~
e.ra4errg that the Democrauc party 10 p'9
- ,,ct "a tariff for revenue only II seems aS
Jnt+sb - il is absurd for free-trade heWspapei'
&c and circulate story TO the erect thal /
.,r.,e,,ionists are raising. or VIII '9 " To-
oorr,ntjon fund. huge or small 10 0e use1 .., m
=, at,er,ot 20 defeat tariH lesisidio'' ' 80
mora childish and absurd Is IL ~. .s any - ho
H'' ,r,al,,rence to believe H. Democrats VINO
,na an ear to such tale must place an e~Noe ~ !
,rglv low estimate upon the hteSrl'! VI 'Ie '
,ers of the.r own party IN Congress - -. .
=, constant and watchfu observers OF u'e PN
W. aa LEGISLATION Of Congress during the
-, Nstecn wears believe and know mat inc SUI
ts 4 false and malicious invenuon - -. ~
,,cees;s that the votes of Senator's anu i'0p
ives can be Influenced by nrnerE .. ,..., .,,o
1vb,n the period mentioned there nav u ' ~ wv
-, ra,-i.lons of the tariff. and NOBODY mas eIei
Ssred TO suggest that men engaged III IIn"s ~
erected by either revision nave ever ..n, +,
'.rn,,od 10 bribe Senator or Represe"'".1'7 -
C,gress In the XLVllth Congress one ~,
W. - tho Senate and seventeen Democrats III ''e
1iorse voted for the tariff act OF 1850 an 80
Republican Senators and SIX hep"0'O ~, ,r
esr.atives voted against H. II was "e ,.hnr
,,r,a,ad that single one OF uese ' =,
tii - ~ pan,bl,can was bribed. IN tHe Ais'
s nor.v lines were rigdly drawn Oh '','
J,a,,ocratic side but in the Seha'e ''' - d..
60 and in the House of Represen,,',' ,ba
voted s,ed
pn H., ~ 1890 No man has ever susses'ea
' 49,, ,.o,ss NJ Senators Paddock, fetusIe" w
pr,,-oh or the vote Of Representative .or'nt,v
og,inst the measure, were Improperly -
obtained cast .,.. ,s NOW being
T autbors OF the report when IS ho" ',i o
III" O. ,. h,na to frighten tirid or sehsi.i>e
,1oocrats who are dissatisfied Win tNe - we
huI and strongly inclined 70 No'e es.a.,o,rted
~, chances are that they VIII Dc N'sat isra,1a
- ,dica,ions now strongly favor c~o'.s ~ .
-. +ives and that result cannon W P
,,ortsd except by most r!gu eHio sIsa o,a
nartv discipline and the most ac'i'e I -, ,or.,
P"'E serrts Of the Administration. 1t Is peru
earhes' .tor ~ recall the fact that no FEWER
.,.o,,v Democrats in the House OF n.y.
lives voted against the silver hePeai w
,ro last after the Administration nau 49, ,.hs I,
,,g all IFS influence and power loi '" -. ,hvs
1.or ~ that measure. The seventy w ,ho
iaNoi % ,u, ,neubers IN good standing OF 'he
,Naora, tic narty and 1t cannot be claimed ~ . ,
h.baIf that the opposition to the repea o.' ne-a,
resnective districts was srohsei ~ - n.ndinp
anS active than is the opposition 70 'ne 1na.,o,s
ana ao", Wv e., ~ least eighty Congress districts
,rosantaa by Democrats. More than u
.ass d,stricts are in the solid south anu ~
.ha Northern districts thirty-three ea'e
nh,rauties in the elections last mon'n' .o,oa NJ
,h,s view Of the case the soundness OF eoIn =,
1" - -. ~ "a Democrat who STANDS heh Al
~ councils Of his party, which are quo'ea ~
..rhe Evening News Of to-day may VIC" ~
toned He is reported as saying .uo.sand
.rAo only thing the lukewarm DehioSi"'0 -,
80 ,s no use trying to persuaoe ours
uieie " - ,,,uevornn ones on this tarin ques''oH
49, - forget that the Democratic party " q
orranized body of men sworn ~ '". or,or
S+toral nlatforrn on which II came M SON g
In other words It is party IN tiiS rnnorit,
OF lhe ina,,onrats little fitted TO pull toseulsI,
Gor.v traces But they have had goDu srir,
in the extra session The so-asT sscTng fben, is dis
ennearing Instead Of considering bat wna' tbn paru
a Question. they now ask "Ii@ ~. III. ,l,i
sbonid do This was the spirit tnet ;,n WI The
e. much of the success OF the ftepu al
Uo,i[aS veil together. IL is now mani Ts,,at :.
"OIh ao~ae never before known among betc "a y
!, &C. ra. an unknown quantity, DuI .,n 10 .
-, Cornress reasscnbles this spirit VIII pV "a
strong that this boiling disposition dou h4f
sSre hearing so much will nave 70 20 No ~
There is another element In TINS ques'p rnaSy
,ae no haen emphasized. Men WHO ar ii.t%,,h I
III ana go IL alone whenever Nttle huoodiv 20
6ss.Sic noc kes IL apparently 10 thelr s'IS q.
.aen IN 40 so may make their pans 10 ~ 49,
altogether They cannot come uilu,, .ri,t ~ nod u
the Democratic banner an1 90 nGobne ;ht we'll $.
tne P@I IIrnsaeoeIdents or Republicans: You may II,
t.s,~ed that narty leaders keeping NJ ~ u,
,arIff Nght Is on Democrats Will nave 10 pe III,
.e .a.ir - tbev will be made to feel that the pom
cal Temperature in thei. neSnoorhooo ls Ne'! ~
S'little list" OF Democrats VINO we're Irao opnS
.o tho ReDeal bin kept curing tile ex' ~
SJce-,, seson but IL did not deter seventy OF the
SrnTn voting against the measure in the HouSe
Perreeentatives. If fifty Democrats IN ,a' ro,, @
should vote against the wilson DlIl its "t1 ,"ave
he sealed II should not be forgotleh. iUWvtc S,tc
,S., a rood many of the Democrats whose di,tIl u
are opposed the latter measure az ,neuence a,
who are exceedingly sensitive 10 the mn d,nf- a.
susceptible TO the Establishments OF 'le |