New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-23
TIIC H. TERN4UI Il.

A swelling tide Of popular approval. Wiiich
risos higher every day. meets the President
,oo,b,ro rohuLe Of the Bill Of Sale. 1hat ap-
,ro,.,l oocs farther than the Presidents letter.
r1 ,borouchlv sustains the speech ana mon"h
of ssnotor Villas and the indignant declaration
90 Chairman Wilson I'm the House. 1t Is III
oucStionabv the popular feeling that the sugar
Trust must be swiftly and stcrnly punished Tor
dabouchng and corI1pting the Senate Inc
\cv-York Times" tells It's Democratic l1'huS
tho nloin truth I'm saving that 'thc surrender
.of tho Uouse 10 the Senate would outrage the
.n,or,l sense of the Nation" that the people VIII
NOT tolerate "diclation sordid, vulgar
cynical corrupt and disgraceful. ana mat
.,hero Is no settlement possible through surr'h-
"der When Mr. Wilson declared that rath'r
chan submit to such base terms, the House
"vould remain in permanent session until r'Hheu
...,,, ,,,o,, ,h, frea list the
"maiority Of the House arose on maSsc l"
"onnlaud him. And the fiery ana irm spirI
"of that majority is the American spirit II
"is the shirt that. from Lexington 10 Appohl'-
"tox has resisted at any cost any ana every
.desnotism that has asserted its evil supremacy
o,n America" The House would be abundahtY
sustained bv this American spirit In absolutely
refusing 10 pa.s or even 10 consider the 1911 OF
S.,o Cor which the Sugar Trust has paid
What other end IS possible? Tricky but shallow
rorsors suggest that the Senate bill might yet
In, nosscd. and its faults be remclied by other
acts Advice is not of much account from men
who dn moi know that quarter Of the Senators
uho,n the Trust now owns could make II I'M
,ossihlo 10 cct a quorum In that body for any
subsequent bill The suggestion is childish
| irSt
| Sal. and then trust 10 the Democratic major
,tv in ,h. Senate for repeal Of part Of II. The
| Infamous bargain was itself the product ~ the
| demonstrated impossibilty Of getting enough
votes in the Senate for what the House had
| 1oroonded The Presidents rcbuke has now
mode II impossible 10 get some votes whi'h
would then have been cast Tor the ii""Hc ''''
| or one oven stronger
| 10 no,her House can be brought 10 pass n
iii from the Other the alternative Is postpone
| mon, or comnromise But what compromise
| e. IN hc expected from men who are puphcy
| branded with pcrfdy and diShonor because oil
| III. ono 70 which they have assentcdf To take
onv,hing less or anything different would be
70 confess that they have been corrupt, perhdi
ous and traitors 10 party. Even whipped schoo
| hovs would make with difficulty a confession -
humilotIng Nor Is the difficulty one OF honol
| or nride exclusively Behind Senators there
ore constituents who demanded modihca'ioh'
Of the bill passed by the House. Louisiana M
made rs Senators understand thai they mus
no, fail 10 defend the sugar industry Inc ih''
Of West Virginia. Maryland. Ncw'j"rS'y' New
Work and Ohio have been warned That II VII
be- death 10 them. anG 10 their parry III mos
States. if they yield to Ae demands OF the ireS'
dent and the House regarding coai' IRON CIT
and manufactures. pOtcri"S, glass anu "'h'
manufactures Not counting Mr.. McPhrrs"n
who no longer counts himself there are Il
least ten Democratic Senators who would SIN
DIV sign their own political death warrant !
they should yield.
The only compromise that seems poSslbl
7 is postponemcni and appeal to the people IN
honest free traders know by this time INA
II is simply impossible 10 pass such D'H Z"
their convictions demand. If they accept som
barter. and put themselves on the d'f"hS'V
bv surrendcring their convictions FOR me Snh
of getting "any bill' passed. they Know ID
humiliation and scorn which await them III
GnitcIy better they can afford 10 appeal 10 thel
sunnorters with the declaration that they nav
been thwaricd by men Of their own party WI
would not uphold lis principles or Keep II
nj.