The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-25

Mr.. Carlisle and the Coal and Iron
Dogma.

No intelligent person doubts that Secretary
Carlislr's attitude on May I. toward the Sen
ale c. m~promisc, faithfully represented the
desires and intentionss.* the President. Mr..
Carlisle favored tho scheme of concession to
the so-cailod conservatives In the Senate. by
means OF which the caucus managers hoped
to put the bill through. lie said 80. He took
part personally In the arrangement Of the
terms OF tho compromise. He was chosen To
announce the plan 10 the country, and thus
to give TO II the weight OF executive sanction.
And when Mr.. Cleveland's Secretary OF the
Treasury pointed out the way, the cuckoos in
the Senate all few in that direction. THE
business interests of the country demand a
settlement At any price became the battle
cry of tariff reform. Even the Hon. Roger Q.
Mills stood Up In the Senate, and In an amaz-
ing speech announced his readiness TO vote
for any bill. that gave only i've cents worth
Of relief from the enormities Of the Mckin-
ley schedules.
Not q word about free iron ore and free
coal! Iron ore and coal stood under that ar,
rangenient precisely as they stand In the bill
today: forty cents a ton on each. The Ad-
illustrations efforts through Sectary Car
Isles active agency TO bring about q settle
ment BY further concessions 10 protected In
d~ustries, accepted the tax on iron and coal
without the ~faintest show Of protest. Mr..
Carlisle informed the country in his interview
of April ~ that the proposed compromise
measure, including taxed iron and taxed coal.
would secure for the pending bill the united
and active support of all the Democrats in the
Senate, without any surrender of principle,
ana without abandoning any part OF the
Democratic policy of tariff reform.
Ii MIR. Carlisle's authorized and semi-oficial
statement OF the policy in view had misrepre-
sented MIR. Cleyeland's own sentiments, is 1T
conceivable that the Misrepresentation would
have been allowed 10 go unrebuked and uncor-
rectedf When tariff reform Senators and
tariff reform Representatives and tariff reform
editors everywhere were accepting taxed coal
and taxed iron with wry faces. for no other
reason than because they believed that Mr..
Cleveland was telling them, through MIR. Car
Isle, that this concession was necessary in
order TO secure q settlement of the tariff con-
troversy, and relief to the business interests
OF the country. Is 1t conceivable that the Pres
ident would nave remained silent, knowing
that there was misuse Of his name and iniu-
ence amounting 70 gross deception and fraud?
Does any rational man believe it2
The very recent discovery at the White
House that free iron ore and free bituminous
coal constitute the essential and fundamen-
tai principle of Democratic faith. and that
Senator's and others who support a tar OF
coal and iron arc traitors to their party, leaves
Secretary Carlisle In a most unpleasant pre-
dicament- Now that the dogma is suddenly
sprung upon him. he is even worse of than
the Senators who have been voting to tax coal
and iron In the belief that the ADMINISTRATION
favored such . tax, If IL was necessary In or
der to pass = tariff bill. The Democrats in
tho Senate are members Of a branch Of the
Government Independent Of the executive.
and coordinate with IT, They can take care
Of themselves. Mr.. Carlisle, on the contrary,
is q IN OF Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet, The
letterto Mr. Wilson is n sap in the Secre-
tary's face from the hand of his superior. To
a statesman of Independent convictions IL
must DO intolerable. BY q statesman of per-
sonal dignity and self-respect 1t can only be
regarded as q notification to leave.