New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-02
THE LOST "LOGIC."


b;storc. mr. ot least anterior to the war-and
vot committing bv the almanac. it is less than
two years-sincc large number of influential
newspapers Of the Democratic ana Mue"ump
persuasion were making good deal OF rum
pus about choosing a Speaker OF the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, who was deintlvely pointed
out by that mcrrng guide. the logic OF the
situation" Less than two years Ana there
is not one OF them apparently that remembers
the fact that there was any such potent factor
i'm the then existing situation rs the logic OF
it. and least Of all do they remember the very
eminent statesman toward whom the logic hcld
lis fixed. unmoving finger. Let us not forget
history so quickly II was Roger Quarles Mills,
If Texas who stood in the focus less than two
wears ago as the statesman above all others
10 whom tho logic Of the situation. the Muse
Of History. the cross eyed Goddess OF Reform,
the tidal wave and the grand uprising pointed
rs the proper person. and the only proper per-
son. to preside over the House OF Represent
ativcs appoint the committees and give the
legislation Of the Congress then coming In IT'S
legitimate upward and onward direction. For
several weeks the RefOrmcrs were very much
agitatcd about il. And when it did not turn
out So but quite differently, the Hon sherman
Eoar. a young and susceptible member OF that
Congress from Massachusetts. shed some very
salty tears over it. while the Hon. George Fred
Williams Of the same State n statesman who
has so far faded into historic mist that his
name somehow sounds like an echo of the Hid
or WITH Congress. leaned his head Oh his hand
and was thoroughly disguised.
Roger Quares was Tariff Reformer. An
exceedingly energetic and at times emotional
and imprisoned Tariff Reformcr. 50 much
50 that he had been known TO conclude an
argument on the subject with such " corker'
as Oh 20 soak your head" For that reason
he was "the logic of the situation" He
focused the sentiment embodied the idea.
Consequently men wept and wrung their hands
and were disguised when he was defeated, and
the Hon. Charles F. Crisp. who was not Tariff
Reformer. or AT least not a Tariff Reformer 10
the extent of Roger Quarlcs was elected II
we have correctly apprehcnded the meaning
of the last Presidential election and the sig
nifcancc of the Democratic majority in the
Congress about 10 assemble, they acccntuated
the logic Of the situation Of which we
heard so much in the fall of 1891. The
Democratic Convention at Chicago not only
adopted and approved the logic Of thc stua-
ton" but. in the phrase of the delegates,
went il one harder" II there is anything in
logic the new Congress ought TO be more de
terminfd than ever on having a genuine I'M
compromising Tariff Rcformcr for Speaker.
OF course, it cannot have Roger QuarlcS For
that clear headed and self-poised statesman.
after sullling few days on the back seats of
the House. rose up az the summons of his state
and shaking his chest went over to the other
end of the Capitol where he now sits as Sen
ator. lie is out of the question. But If there
is ANYTHING in logic the recollection Of Mr. Crisp,
whose first election so filed the Tariff Reform
crs with CONSERVATION and disgust, ought not
to be possible.
And Yet it is. Not only possible. but almost
certain and without opposition. Not a single
bird in all the aviary chirps dlScordant. is
there. then. no logic? No Tariff Reform?
Moreover. all the RcformcrS who less than two
wears ago were in such sweat over the logic
of the situation are now in the same profuse
peispiratiun over the necessity for repeating the
Silver Purchase act, which they say must be
attended TO at once We do not disagree with
them on that point but il occurs to us that
both Roger QuarlcS Mills and Charles +. Crisp
have been, and for all that is known still are
advocates of free silver coinage. We presume
il is all right and that there must be some
thing like logic in the existing situation. But
it is very confusing to the common mind.