New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-16

The Republican Senators have decided In con-
foronca 10 resist The proposed tariff with all
the mowers they possess. and believe they can
defe,t it. This is the deliberate Judgment or
corefnl and cxpc fenced men, whose leadership
has helpcd the Republican party to the noDleSl
achievements in American history. While some
nersons have thought it might be well to allow
the Democratic party TO work out its own sure
dostruction the decision of Senators VIII De
boortilv annroycd If there is n reasonable
chance of preventing the destructive INDUSTRIAL
rovolution which Democratic legislation would
nroduce the country has a right to expect that
everv Republican will do his utmost TO pre-
vent il.
Observers at 4 distance can see, as well as
those who best know what goes on under the
surface in the Senate that the possibility Is IN
crcasing When Mr. Mills denounced the new
hill he unouestionably spoke the feeling OF other
Senators who have honestly advocated Free
Trade measures But the formal announcement
| which followed on Saturday, that Mr.. Mills had
nermanently paired on all the pending amend
| ments rs he would vote against every increase
Of duty. showed that the positively last hnal
revision will rot command the full Democratic
| vote The dcnunciations Of "The New-l DIX
Herald" Times and Sun already quoted,
are sunnorted by other journals of Influence
"Tbe Baltimore sun aifrms. did The Trib-
me when the Jones amendments were as
| closed that the bill is a surrender Of principle.
and saws that no such abject surrender OF
| great party has ever been proposed or even
contemplated in any previous American Con
srcss," and that the passage of the Dill WOMB
he "a legislative fiasco. "A party humiliation ana
4
rcr,Journar' calls the new scheme this mis-
| orohle bctraval." and "a mongrcl picbald of
patches and pusianmties. a srotesquc hodge
hodge Of prctcnce and pcttifoggying, monde
script abortion Of incompctency. sellishneSS'
cowarlce and treachery" The Springfield
Republican" talks Of the "incompetency incon-
ce;vablc" which marks the steps Of Democratic
Senators Mr. Thomas G. Sherman whose DIS
tincton il is to have urged the income tax from
the first. SAYS in a public letter: III this Is all
tbot Democratic Senate can do let the Repub-
lcan tariff stand We can then reorganze the
| Democratic party, renew the struggle Tor Sehu
inc tariff reform. 90 into minority for short
timo and emerge with victory and honor. II
we pass this bill we shall not only be defeated
but dsgraced" He holds that fl was "a mis-
take TO urge the passage Of any bill ana cN
noses the favors TO the photographic Trust, the
Steel beam and steel rail combinations, and
nronounces them open and almost avowed
robbery"
There is surely ground TO hope for the deiea
Of q measure thus denounced by those who bes
represent the one principle on which the Demo
cratic party seemed united, the one purpose
which seemed TO save it from destruction II
fact. should the measure pass there would b'
Holt.
that the so-callel compromise was never ofiere'
in good faith, hut only TO get some Kind OF Dll
through the Senate and into Conference Com
mittcn Then each Democratic faction viii in
dulge 10 the last a hope that it may get some
th;nc satisfactory out of the blind graDbag o
n conference and there will be another chahc
for ..inside" Senators 10 add the profits Oh
few thousand shares Of trust stocks one wa!
mr. tho other 10 their bank accounts Somebod
can be found in Wall Street 10 give perfect
valid privileges on trust stocks which Senator
NAV help by their votes; there Is no troubl
about that The trouble is 10 get this produc
Of corruption and tIcachery 10 a final vote
ONLY the Republican party stands in the way.
It's duty is to save the country from the dis
, grace Of having It's revenue system so shape
In iniouitv. It's duty is to save the industrc
! Of the Nation and the homes Of millions q
= Americans from the disasters and suffering
which this foul union Of British Free TRAD
T with American monopOlics and bribers woul
2 involve For while the bill enrlchcs trusts
would ruin honest industries. II would CIV
many millions 10 the Sugar Trust, enable tn
Whiskey Trust to pocket S10OOOOOO, besto'
some millions more through an extra duty {
: / cent per pound upon the Lead Trust who's
president is brOihcrn-law Of Democratic SCI
ator. add other millions to the profits OF IN
:. Linsecd Oil Trust. which claims another Dcm
cratic Senator both az brOther-in-law ana bus
ness partner, and enrich the steel beam In
nopoly. the barbed wire monopoly, and man
u others But ninc-icnths Of the MANUFACTURER
90 establishments in the country. which emplo
T. 1000 900 workers, would be forced by this mra
u ure either to stop entirely or to reduce wage
II far below what has been the American lcve
e To defeat such bill Republican Senators ma
Il well make any sacrifice. Millions Of America
y toilers will reward them. Citizens who do NJ
g wish American legislation befoulcd by scand
e and corruption will uphold them.