The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-01
WILSON'S COMMITTEE.
The panic" Election WIN Have n, y
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The panic Election WIN Have No Ef.
feet ON Tssiff Refora Measures.
According TO the most trustworthy
information from Washington the re-
suit of the recent elections will not ia.
nuence any OF the democratic members
VI the ways and means committee To
favor the emasculation of the tariff bill
now In course of preparation. Saws a
recent dispatch: without a single
exception the democratic members OF
the committee denounce such talk as
cowardice, and they declare that the
election inspires them to radical re-
form rather than frightens them into
more moderate revision" II Tiers Is
to be any cowardlv 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 not
swerve the committee from their pur-
pose TO put raw materials on the free
List The committee will not be moved
! ~. eppep1e lbeo1ae& thny copno ~
{pf4l nGrk lnmcee6ts. a. IN
ocratic states They -M do what the
democratic party stands pledged to do,
and wha. they believe to be to the
best interests of the country regard.
less Of all mere partisan considerations
That Is the right kind of talk. It Is
| Indicative of backbone and steady ad.
herence To principle that cannot be
bent or swayed by the outcome of
panic election. tits expressive OF the
courage and the sense Of justice and
duty which a party must possess In
order TO achieve or deserve more than
ephemeral success Apingle step back.
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, incon.
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 di.
rection of the fitful breezes Of prosper
ity or adversely. The party that
stands for the vight unmoved by tenn
porary revcrses, strong in the faith
that reason and right will prevail in
the end, will achieve enduring success,
because IL will deserve continued conf.
dence
The committee Is right In excluding
sectional considerations from tariff re.
vision. Such considerations necessar-
lily enter into the scheme of protection;
they must necessarily be excluded
81 e..
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 ubiquitous system there
must be 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
nncy To the party Of reform is 10 adj
here strictly to the doctrine OF the
democratic platform that no taxes,
tariff or excise, should be laid for any
other purpose than 20 raise needed rev,
enue, and that 1t is essentially unjust
for government to promote the Iter-
ests Of any class or Section by means Of.
taxes or in any other way. Let the
democratic party hold fast to this doc
trine and apply it fearlessly, regard
less Of selfish appeals from any quarter.
and 1t will win and hold the confidence
Of the people. But II IL revises the
tariff on protection lines aud goes vote
hunting among the populists and other
cheap money cranks, it will be turned
put OF power as soon rs people get
chance at it after they recover from
The decentralization OF the silver panic.
Chicago Herald.