New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-23
A OZARK LANTERN" BILL.
COLONEL MILI.S'S EXAMPLE LIKELY TO BE-
FOLLOWED IN THE PRESENT CONGRESS-
HOSTILITY TO PROTECTED INDUSTRIES THE
GOVERNING MOTIVE OF THE FREE TRADER
NOT ALI. Is HARMONY IL THE DEMO
CRATIC CAMP. HOWEVER.
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CRATIC CAMP. HOWEVER
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Washington. July elf some OF the l'"""s w
more radical Free Traders Of the south ana So"""''
can have their way. the Tariff bill OF lo'3' IKE '"'
OF 1885 viii BE- n dark lantern bill. NO ""'
:ngs- It Is proclaimed will he granted, except PER
haps In q few cases and the exceptions VIII not i'
rlude tho representatives Of any interests which ere
now protected by high tariff. This was SUD
>taniialv the plnn adopted ny "lr"mrr NILS III"
his dark lantern colleagues In the Lth congress-
who. however, did listen TO III" advice anu !" ''''
eases heed the Suggestions OF " Pars"e' Moore an"
several other paid lobbyists. and did rcadluSt the
sugar schedule in response to the demands OF re-
iners' trust which was contr,lled BY Democrats
II Is TO be presumed that the new Committee OF
Ways and Means, which Is to be composed so ~ 10
represent not the free choice OF the speaker ana HIS
friends and advisers in the Home OF Representatives
but the desires and views OF President Cleveland anu
Secretary Carlisle. far as they can b" mae 10
agree will be ready and willing to listen behind
locked doors and In secret places to the repr
Of foreign manufacturers producers and Importers ana
TO the owners and agents Of Canadian Mines farms
and forests II the American farmer, mechahic' P'o
Queer or manufacturer shall appear and ask Tor a
hearing In behalf OF himself the industry which he
represents lie will he quickly sent about his buS'
ness or in the chastc langnage OF Colonel Mis- al
vised to 20 and soak his head
In other words, the committee Is expected 10
assume an attitude Of hostility toward all protected
American Industries and toward every person en-
ploved or Interested IN such industries. or course
there will he Democratic criticisms or ana pro
tests against such scheme. and there are already
faint Indications here and there In Democratic
quarters that IN" party In Congress Will not b" "A
unit I'm support Of the plan of g tariff reform outlined
in the Chicago platform. Int that faction OF more
or less strength and influence will insist that the
tariff plank which cast aside and spat upon by
the convention shall be- the basis OF legislation. one
indication that this may turn ont to be the case Is
the editorial remark Of The Richmond Dispatch
that at Is preposterous TO suppose that the party
demand for tariff for revenue only can he carried
out" In some editorial comments on the p stion
taken 10y THE Dispatch another leading southern
newspaper, TIL. Atlanta Constitution. observes !:
"Thcrc has been such confusion In the ranks ol
the tariff rrformers in The East, and so many con
nirting views as To what would be or should be
done that counsel has been darkened. mis- darken-
Ing Of counsel Is not confined to the East ii're i
The Richmond Dispatch roaring for Prot"rtion III
Virginia. and declaring that the Democratic platform
l. nh urdlty far tariff for rrNenue Only i
concerned: and those who were awhile ago inc
rampant tariff rcformerS suffering from the most
severe attack Of aggravated silence that has ever
been known. Even Editor Wa'tcrson Is taking II
vacation, and the Star-Eycd Goddess has gone IL
sleep I'm her garden bower"