New-York tribune., 1894-01-08
4 PARTY N Trouble.

Even the caucus failed to command q quorum
! OF Democrats for Ike Wilson b!.l last week
| The multiplying protests Of workingmen ana
| business men are felt by some members. ana
NAV he felt even moro when the measure comes
| to a final vote Just now many Democrats are
cXc,sing themselves 10 their constituents lOr
voting 10 take up the bin. by pleading that II
can do no good 10 delay the matter Few days
But great good is done. If voters and especially
workingmcn are encouraged to feel that their
protests may have some influence. great
meeting called and organized by workinSmens
associations, without any participation what
ever of employers. is to be held in this city, at
which organizations throughout the Eastern
and Middle States will be represented by dele
cations and this meeting will doubtless have
an influence. But the protests personally signed
by mutitudcs who are known To Il Repre-
sentative as his constituents. and many OF them
rs Democratic voters. may naturally get closer
to his convictions.
In their panic Democratic managers talk OF
leaving the income tax out Of the Rcvcnuc DILL
and submitting 1t as separate measure. Ihat
would be about the most foolish thing that
could be dOne-tO report as Il revenue tarlI
measure throwing away S'5,0OO,OO0 of revenue,
and leaving huge deficit TO be met by the
most odious Of all tax bills. If it can be passed
aftcrwau. A respectable Congress ought IN
Stantly to send back TO the committee any OIL
proposing to cut off needed revenue without
also providing for the deficiency. If the income
tax should be beaten. as II probably would
be standing alone there would then come tho
fight between the whiskcy ring, the sugar
ring the beer sellers and tobacco dealers, ana
the representatives Of consumers, with the
probability that the tariff might have TO be
called back and altered III order to make UP
the required revenue. The only decent ana
manly course is to place before Congress in
one measure the reductions ard additions pro
posed
1t is q cheering sign that the Speaker himself
and other Democratic leaders begin to lose
their tempers, and to say and do all sorts OF
things which. il they were not worried nnd
tried beyond endurance. men accustomed TO De
called honorable would neither say nor do
Republican members are simply doing their
duty and are not 10 be ccnsurcd because Dem
ocrats will not support the bill dictated TO their
party by few men who know nothing about
the industries Of the country Neither Is II
likely 70 do any good 10 arrest. fine ana threat
en- recalctrant Democratic members. The |
chances are that 1t may make them more ready
70 see the bill killed when it comes TO final |
vote 1t will be hard enough at the best for |
some Of these Representatives to vote s'arva- |
ton into the homes Of thousands OF their CON |
stiluents and to face their curses and hostility,
all for the sake Of party discipline. II they |
have also 70 bear the jeers and taunts of South |
ern masters, and TO have the slave whip OF
plantation overseers cracking about their legs, |
some Democratic members from Northern dis |
tricts may get angry.
Manufacturers and business men cannot |
safely calculate upon the defeat Of this meas
ure It may be altered In many respects In |
order to buy over votes for Il, anl yet would |
bring destruction TO industries. What goo1 /
will II do the hatters for instance. If they get !
the duties on hats fixed TO suit their personal |
interest. while the prOstration Of industries |
through inadequate duties and de-
s,ructive foreign competition, cuts down by
afford TO buy hats! II the consumption OF
products generally is TO be reduced 80 per
cent as it has been already b. the mere eX-
of this change of tariff through the
closing Of many works and the reduction Of
wages in nearly all the rest, what paltry bribe
granted to men engaged In any one industry
can make up TO them for the loss Of so great
part Of the market they had little more than
year ago under the protective tariff!
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