The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-13


looks this mornining as though the
abject and total submission Of the House
to the Senate was the order. IL so, 1t is
a case of scare. The House finds that
the Senate stands by its bill, and it dares
not face the country without tariff
bill The Senate exhibits no such fear
and has from the beginning of the con-
ference quarrel demanded the Senate
bill or nothing.
The House, urged ON by Cleveland,
has made tremendous pretencs of at
tempting to secure something resem-
bling obedience to alleged Democratic
principles, but so far ii has not succeed
ed in obtaining a single concession, and
SO far as the two Houses are concerned
they are as far apart as ever, with the
House ready to yield and swallow the
bill that President Cleveland has de-
clared is a measure stamped with ''party
per6dy and party dishonor," mot in
accord with Democratic principles or
promises" bill that is 'violative of
Democratic principles and Democratic
good faith"
The situation is the most peculiar one
in our history. The House, in accord
ance with constitutional requirements,
prepared bill for raising the revenue
necessary to meet Government necessi-
ties. The Senate instead of accepting
that bill, created one as unlike it as
night is unlike day. The two Houses
appointed committees to reconcile
the differences. The President
in a manner entirely foreign to
all previous precedents interfered
and insisted upon bill, the principles
of which he outlined. He denounced
the Senate bill in terms unmeasured as
un-Democratic, as a violation of Demo
cratic pledges and as stamped with
party dishonor. This precipitated
lively war, which may today end in
victory for the measure he denounced,
and the total defeat of Cleveland and
the House.
IL is curious to watch the process by
which the House has been led on step by
step since the Senate took control of the
bill. Changes were madein the House
bill because sit was necessary to make
them in order to secure any BILL" From
this stage it was an easy advance to
changes demanded by this Senator and
and that Senator. When it reached the
conference committee the House was
told 1t must not alter its provisions be-
cause the Senate could not pass any
other bill.
There was much mouthing and va
porting ever the surrender of Demo-
cratic principles to the dictstion of
Trusts and Conservative" Senator's,
but these have died away until Ii has
come to be the German bill or the Mo
Kinley bill, with the Senate apparently
Indifferent as to the choice the House
may make.
And it is likely that the House will
accept the German bill ON the ground
that any bill is better than no bill, and
send it to Mr.. Cleveland to sign,
The News has never doubted that In
spite Of all bis protestations the Presi-
dent will sign whatever bill that comes
to him and it believes that he will now,
sven though such course means for
aim the humiliation of eating his own
words and approving measure he re-
eoted as being stamped with dishonor.
The House is ready, nay, even anxious
20 eat GROW, and Mr.. Cleveland will cat
'ut of the same plate.
OF course it was Tom Reed who dryly
that he had "known of crow
being eaten, but never before of its be-
ny burglarized."
This was in reference to the pr etenoe
hat the House now has the bill, tho
act being that the bill is really in pos
session of the Senate, but the House is
10 afraid after Saturdays pr ocesdings
n the Senate that that body intends to
I'LL the bill that 1t will take possession
" it illegally and accept before the
senate has time TO act.
OF course the reasons for the House
Iction are easily discerned. The coun-
ry has absolutely no income. 1t has
'orrawed and spent Sc. .00Q. 900 and un=
ess some means Of raising a revenue are
obtained 1t will have to borrow more
while confessing inability to provide
ariff.
But it Is the most abject and humili-
ting surrender ever made in the history
# legislation. and it will leave the Dem
'crscy in defenseless position against
Republican attacks.