New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-01
DEMOCRATS ALL AT SEA.
IN DOUBT As TO THE PRESIDENTS POLlCi
THE p,nry DIVIDED INTO MANY FACTIONS. ALL
CLAIMING THAT MR.. CLEVELAND
IS WITH THEN.

Is Will lHl'N'
fBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRrBuSE.1
WASHINGTON May 3l.-From remarks dropped from
time 70 time in private conversation by Democratic
Senators and Representatives who visit Washington
I, * apparent not only that doubt and uncertainty
&C IN the future policy OF the Administration In
ree,ri TO matters relating TO financial and revenue
legislation rs well In respect to the action Oh
Congress upon those subjects, are steadily ihcre's
Ing but that differences OF opinion among Demo
Gratis "A, 10 what or ought 10 be done are pe-
coming wider and more irrcconcilable than ever
roto the subject of tariff legislation for example.
soutbern and Western Democrats who honestly In
,opa 10 live M TO the tariff plank Of the chicago
n,,,form are severely critcsng such Eastern Demo
o,o,tc ,nost,es OF Free Trade David A. Wells anu
Tbon,,s G.; sherman. and warning the Prc'ideh, ~
beware Of them unsafe councillors. Mr. "en'
* blamed for saying " that nothing IS more 'ei'"''
than that a rcconstri ton Of the existing H'" 10
not to bc unattended by dihicuities -" ''''i
which every sensible and intelligent man knows 70
h. truc Mr. Weiss chief offence seems 10 pe HIS
,rumauon that the existing tariff Is to be reFoh
s,rucied- not repealed or destroycdyand al, Demo'
cratic critics point To the declarations OF the par"
platform In which It l. denounced as "ths c"''"""'
Ing atrocIty Of class lecslation' ana us lePe"i
promised "as OF the benehcen' results '
win follow the action Of the people In ih'ruS""e
nover TO the D,mocra,ic party They do not hes.
frce-traders has been shorn Of his LOCKS pS NV ~
liah Of eoldolatry." AMI that he was never III"
thing but a "profe>slonal fr"e-trader al pest.
In This relation THE Atlanta Constitution, ""'o"
reflects the views Of large NUMBER p''''
majority. OF the southern senators anu hepi
two. odi,orlaliv saws: The real dl'hcuHy !" '''
way Of tariff reform Is the fact that the '"''h -
inscpar,by connected with the financial question:
Tbi. fact has been recently brought home TO '''
free traders Of the East. who are go!do!i ors' A''
they are beginning to shrink from the p''',o'
that the Dcmocatic arf flr revenue Only mas !"
store for our gold supply. II Is for th'' reaHo" '"'
they have drawn themselves within ne '''' "
conservatism. and are dechrng np ara down TIA.
all efforts at tarin reform mast b, uppei am
rddcd with prudence and Caution and with just
regard for vested interests"
Mr. shcarman Is blnmei FOR reasons sim'"r u
those which have caused Mr. Wells 10 ihIi sd "'"s
degrees I'm the estimation Of the southern ana "'Sr"
Democrats He l. charged with oowar1lcc' Win o''"s
NOR. anxious 10 satisfy the manufacturing Interests
than he i TO satisfy the farmers because NJ co"
tends that all duties must b" " diminished ana
that ga reduction u about one fourth from '''
present rates on the and on"half upon th'
prohlbilory duties. j. the cny method bS "hch III
additional be procured from article now
subject to duty
Il, tho. .uge.siIons the southern and Western
Democrats who honestly End sincerely advocate the
doctrine laid down In tho National platform OF their
party cent incidental prc'ccti'n. and declare 'hh'
tlrv VII have none 81 il. With )nc accord They
n.scr, thai Trcstrnt Cleveland l. with them. AMI Ne
+, l. apparcn, that they do net by any means feel
surc Of H. The evidence upon which some II them
appear most to rely Is the statement That Mr. ccvc-
land withdrew his confidence from william e. Whit
uev because he discovered that whitney trying
70 sursouni him with protec'ions. influences The
southern and Western ,c'radcrs not only disrsr.
with their Eastern brethren. but are ~ odds among
them ewes In reg ri 10 certain features bOl OF revenue
and nnnnca legislation. and the leaders OF each OF
the half dozen factions into which the party Is
already divided loudly asserting that Mr.. Ccvc-
land 4, with them. The faction which advocates an
income tax claims him IN" free trade faction that
wants impns" dntle, coffee tea and claims
him II do Ia, factions which opposed To income
claimed ALIKE ht the faction TINT dcEHnl, free trade
End ia. faction composed OF -neur-coatd projection
is's.- Il" j. claimed by the advocates 81 free ana
uni intel coinage. Willie the nniiSlv"r facih l. sure
OF hi aid and COOP ration.
President Cleveland probably now realizes. when j
II too Int. Tint II would have been better FOR his Ad
a special rs,on of TIE Lila Congress n carly ~
Mnv l. for II must have be- ONE I'm sOn" degree mp
parent him by hi, time that the facfionai diner
,nc,. In his part, are growing wider ana less
rrcnncybe as tie weeks pass ana tat the piosp |
OF bringing The malcr.ty IN onegeSs into harmony with
the Administrations The hostile factions OF that ma
ioriv into harmonious relations with one another.
Will Gc less favorable four months hence than II would
thing alrcadv be evident, and that i that Mr.
Cleveland niscalculated and Ovcrrat"d IN" nnuenc"
which might b. cxcrict upon the action 81 the ma.
toufV I'm CONGRESS body hv tho distribution of
Federal pnronagr before the b' ginning Of the session.
II 1, no wonder that he IS pcrplrxcd and worried over
the prospect.