New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-28
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-, our abandonment OF the cause or the principles
'na r,bich 1t rests means party perfdy and party
dIshonor
r. Messages which seemed to arouse the Dem
20 n the highest pitch Of enthusiasm, how
we're those in which President Cleveland
declared
us have in platforms and in every way pos
~, declared in favor of the free importation OF
H materials We have again and again promised
TO-, this should be accorded to people and our
u"nufacturers soon as the Democratic party
a.,ed with the power to determine the tariff policy
:. ,hs country. The party now has that power. We
"a certain to-day we have been OF the
O., benef, that would accrue to the country from
., inauguration OF this policy and nothing has
mr, cd 10 release us from our obligation TO secure
~. advantage to people. II must be admitted
-, M tarir measure accord with Democratic
.,,c,nes and promises or bear genuine Democratic
,,ase that does not provide for free raw materials.
:, hose circumstances IL may well excite our wonder
s., Democrats are willing to depart from this. the
lost Democratic of all tariff principles, and that
~. Inconsistent absurdity Of such proposed de-
,,ure should be emphasized by the suggestion that
,,s wool OF the farmer be put on the free list ana
,,s nrotect!on of tariff taxation be placed around
s iron ore and coal of corporate and capitalists
Now can We face the people after INDUCING In such
,,.r,-eous Discriminate and violations of prin-
cri4f /, = quite apparent that this question OF
,,se raw materials does not admit of adjustment on
.,y middle ground. since their subsection to any
,,s Of tariff taxation. great small, is alike
,,o,,tive of Democratic principles and Democratic
good faith
HE SWALLOWS 1T ALI.
And now President Cleveland has swallowed In
,ayate the nauseous dose which his party in
congress was forced to swallow in publc-some
a, them with many WY faces and explosive pro-
tests.
From the day that he returned from his hur-
IL, and.nvs,erious fight to Buzzards Bay down
~ the hour at which the sitting Of the House
,sgan to-day the President had been earnestly
hssought by some Of the most prominent and
influential leaders Of his party who We're able to
oh,ain access 10 him not to leave them in the
,urcb but to sign the bill. even II he should
,.., I, due 10 himself 10 accompany his signature
Nth "a ringing message" taking the majority
4, Congress severely 10 task for It's betrayal Of
"ha sacred cause Of tariff reform" To do less
than this. they declared in most piteous tones,
xou,d be to place a still heavier handicap on
Marty that was already overburdened SO late
90 this morning II Is understood. Speaker Crisp
Or the third time tried TO impress this view. as
xeu as other considerations upon the mind of
tho "Nan OF Destiny" and to shake his deter
mination and his arguments and appeals were
,s,nforced By other Democrats. but all were in
vain
When AZ noon the Speakers gavel raped to
order the slim remnant Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives that still remains in Washington,
nrohably not one Of the two or three score Demo-
Gratis present still chung to the hope tha'
veto message message OF approval might
ne forthcoming Their faces showed That they
were squad Of detected. disheartened men.
Among them was Roll OF Honor" Wilson, chair
he
tee whose entrance for once was not theatrical
or marked by any partisan demonstration. Inc
endorsed knight passed slowly ana s"e,.! ~,
his seat into which ne sank with an air tnai
denoted physical exhaustion as well as mental
WEAKNESS General Tracey. who. according 10
some reports is also an endorsed knight OF 'he
kitchen cabinet-his place having been usurpeu
nv the more mercurial Straus-went over ana SAT
BY Wilson, whom he seemed to be trying 70 CON-
fort and console Three other Democratic MEM
hars q, the moribund Ways and Means Commit
tee were present-McMilrn. Bynum and Tarsney.
The first two seemed TO be shade less gloomy
than Wilson, but Tarsney apparently was DrVou-
ine over the un,imely fate of his Free Lead bill,
which never moved beyond the foot OF the cal
endar Kilgore and Catchings and RicharusDh
and Holman and Sayers were also In TINS conere-
cation OF mourners at the bier OF tarH re-
form"
SAD SAD OCCASION.
twas a sad occasion. and there was no ,ndi-
cation of q disturbance Of the wake uh''
Chairman Richardson, OF the COMMITTEES q"
Printing. arose and offered a resolution proVio''s
for the printing OF compilation prepared ~
the experts detailed by the Treasury Department
and the clerk Of the Ways and Means Co''i-
mttee. and showing the rates OF duty under Tue
existing law. the Wilson bill and the biii oi
Sale" together with the lad vaorem eq"Na-
kn,s" of each rate. This compilation hao peer"
already ordered printed by the Democratic sen
ate and inasmuch ii was prepared ID! De'''
cratic statisticians under Democratic SUPERVISOR
there seemed to be no good reason why IL sho",'
not be printed for distribution by Defnocra'0
House Everybody was surprised 'he'eio''
when Chairman Wilson sprang 10 MS lee' '"u
attacked the compilation on the GROUND Una =
was Inaccurate ard misleading ana opJeo.e
10 It's adoption. He thus provokeu u,s nar,w
which seemed TO be inOppOrtune, III n 20" -
snsa hecause as IL proceeded. II reVeaIeo siai y
differences Of opinion among Democrats Iii,
bers OF the Ways and Means Commute as W.
Is among other Democrats IN rTsaIu u,r ~ com
rprecv I'D other merits Of the Democratic com.
ulat,on which Democrats are asKeo 10 acop
and upon which they are expec.eo W Dip,ard
After the debate IN when Messls ~, ,noL
son Bynun McMin Warner ana Sahuo' 80
rart, had continued for some time MT tn" ar
Son moved the previous question. Which va 40 :,
ned BY a vote Of 7G TO 4-nihe.y mn 10 the
quorum-and Mr.. johnson. OF o MD Te,,ers
point OF order that quorum mao Vouu ~, picb
were ordered as a matter Of form, ana MI nj T,
ardson finally withdrew the reso,u ,r,,,a,,,, dis.
Democratic House. therefore, has II ~, Demo.
credited the tariff statistics prepared " ~ a.
c..,,s 80, w "a exnerts and vouched TOT a.
trustworthy by Democratic senate. narforn.
to be fit and appropriate emu a. q, empress on
ances Of the Democratic pai's oin. nent OF the
the tariff question since the apPo''i''s -
Ways and Means Committee year ago.
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