New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-11
WH4T DEMOCRATS THINK or DEMOCRACY

WHAT DEMOCRATS THINK or DEUOCRACl
Baltimore merchants wildly applauded Mon
dav night when n speaker denounced the Tour
or five men in the Senate" who had prevented
passage of the Wilson bill and forced the Blil
of Sale and surrender but declined TO name
the men guilty of "treachcry SO base. Ihch
Mr. Mills in the Senate on "Wednesday Wah'n
the gentlemen who have devised this measure
10 stand out in the open daylight and take the
responsibility for the amendments. which ne
would vote against, declaring that taxation on
values is the only honest system OF taxation
and that the specific system of taxation is I'M
posed for the purpose of concealing facts ana
defraudng the Government for the benefit or
favored classes" This was Il tolerably SIN
arraignment Of the motives which dictated thF
amendments fixing specific duties, and MI NILS
affirmed NO man can torture me into the adj
mission that the bill pending before this Dody
is in any respect an answer TO pledges made by
the National Democratic Convention TO the peo-
ple of the United States" In short. he passion
atcly declared: I'VE have had to surrender at
discretion at every point
The opposing wings Of the Democratic party
appear 10 be agreed on this one matter. The
New. York Sun" says. "The peacc-at-any- price
Tariff bill is not compromise, but IN uncon-
ditional surrender an absolute reputation OF
the Democratic platform. cowardly betrayal
of Democratic principles" II tells "hypnotizcd
tariff reformcrs ike The NewYork Times
that 1.-THE atrocitv bill UNANIMOUSLY and cTavenly
up-Democratic as 1t u.s." differs from The House
and Senate bill only IN the redistribution OF
atrocities. and that one and all they are tariff
| bills not for revenue only, hut openly and
avowedly framed for protection; and then II
| talks of the amazing chapter Of pcrfidiouS
| leadership and lily-livercd councils" and asks
by whose decree this miserable policy Of eva
sion. duplicity and surrender was adopted and
| declares that with the answer "the real traitor
| 70 Democracy will stand revealed" II holds
Mr. Cleveland responsible for "a leadership in
compctcnt beyond anything In our history, and
q political cowardice and trcachcry beyond any
| nd iective I'm the whole lexicon Of indignation.
| Thus II Is agreed that there has been Il base
treacherous and cowardly surrender. but one
faction holds the President responsible, while
/ the other heaps infamy upon the "recreant and
| greedy Senator'S" in the language 81 "The
| Times" who have hitherto been allowed TO dc
| their dirty work in secret" II needs 10 bC
| added that they are said to have acted under
! direct orders transmitted through Secretary
| Carlisle so that there is not much 10 choose
between the men who demanded price ant
the leader who ordered it paid. between tho
/ "treason SO base Of the 'recreant and greedy
| Senator's" or the political cowardice anc
treachery or the perfdous leadership and lily
livered councils Of the President
In one thing the Democratic party Is extreme
" harmonious. 1t despises the utter ncom
potency" Of it's leadership and Of its Senators
AT present II is wondering whether the Repub
llcans will help 1t to pass its amendments, die
tated by trusts and by specially favored manu-
facturers. The cotton schedule with It's en-
tlrely novel triple-compound duties, partly By
thread, partly by weight. and partly by value
per yard, according TO THE Times was con
trived by the agents and directors Of the Kin;
Philip Mills at Lowell, who hired lobbyists, en-
listed "New-Yorl trade papers," got Senate
Mcpherson to insist upon consideration OF III
schedule and finally induced the 'recreant AM
greedy" Senators 10 put Ii into the Bill OF Sale
The recent labor controversy In the mills Of th
King Philip corporation doubtless strongly In
fucnced Democratic Senators to accept the pre-
gramme Of duties. Another part OF the bill,
IS said. was contrived by the woollen mills
but was rendered ridiculously inconsistent ant
practically spoiled by changes urged by MI
Schoenhof one Of the so-called experts WHOM
the President has paid out Of the Treasur
while he helped the Free Traders
There need be no doubt about the position o
the Republicans. They will assuredly help t
beat the Bill Of Sale and surrender in any wa
they can, being satisfied that protective tarii
|, cannot he integenty constructed by Ere
Traders submitting to blackmail.
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