New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-13
DEMOCRACY DISGRACING ITSELF

Tho ounstion for the free traders today is
whether they Will throw away tncir hohor III
well AZ their chances Of success. surely no o'n'I
party ever was so Inundated as 10 De coiii-
PEELED 10 pass bill known TO be recklhE WITH
corruption and full of absurd blundcrs because
II darcs not attempt a single correction. 10 III
time it would stand as a monument OF Demo
cratic incapacity and folly If Congress shn,iiu
pass on the 18th of August bill To take erect
August l. a bill laundering that II Is DOUBT
full whether the hundred millions when II aims
TO raise b. a tax on whiskcy could he collected
at ALL 4 bill which conferrecS OF both Houses
have agreed 10 alter in Il great number Oh III
portant provisions but which the party IN power
does not dare to submit to It's own majority III
either House for amendment
The caucus called for this forenoon Is expected
to order every Democrat in the House to vote.
as a party necessity. for IA measure when the
official head of the party has publicly branded
as pcrfdious and dshonorabc. which leaders OF
the party in both Houses have pronounccn Ut
terly indecent and shameless. and which leading
organs of the party have repeatedly said it could
not pass without being driven from power by IN
insuled Nation. No opponent OF the Democratic
marty has ever expcctcd or wished 10 see II 50
disgraced 1t is a political organization Whlch'
however misguided. embraces nearly hait the
voters of the country and free government IL
self is exposed to shame if 50 large body oil
voters can do no better than the Democrats pro-
pose TO do today.
In proposing free sugar the Senate a''eihp'eu'
but most unsuccessfully. 10 clear itself OF the
odium of legislation believed by the country 10
be purchased and corrupt. The offer served 10
expose the insincerty Of the House IN passing
the Wilson bill without any duty on sugar ior
Professor Wilson and his friends would not
have vcnturcd to pass the House blil' winch
would leave the Government without necessary
revenue if they had not been persuaded mat the
Senate would add taxes of $jo,pD."~ or more
1t was an open secret, also that while Mr.. VIII
son wanted 10 get credit for proposing free COAL
he and his friends expected the senate |" say"
his party from defeat In West virginia by I'M
posing Il duty on that product He VIII profess
extreme reluctance in accepting the Scnai" DiIi'
no doubt. but as 10 sugar and coal II probably
suits him very much better than the measure
he put through the House.
With Mr. Irby tclegraphing authority 10 use
his name on both sides, according 10 reports,
and with Mr. Stewart representing the speech
less and senseleSs stones Of Nevada instead or
It's people the outcome today cannot be pre-
licic1 with great confidence. The House gets
power TO act on the bill. II NJ all. only 10y sp'-
cicS 81 theft. and the Republicans may think IL
necessary 10 occupy some time in discussing
the business !, is also possible that the Senate
may find way 10 prevent the measure bccon-
Ing law In shape particularly dscredi'able
TO that body But the people Of this country
have one lesson 10 lc rn that neither their in
dustres nor their honor can be safe while power
TO make laws Is intrusted to the Democratic
party.