New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-09

would begin at the top OF the frs; column With
s hs estmased '%s @ sn would
abolish the sugar bounty makinS n di..erGnSSc 90. o
ana coffee would comtnpe Evn tso,n ieSgd not
Tar as PYis1 Si 10 oSn through the largest
revenue Welding domestic productc-wiihout thc
aa5 M T1s%r1 col nf8 would Sop en
would take another BIZ Of white paper and woHid
on spirit en- tobacco~naking 100000 in alland
tho rest S;GOo0ocO or s75,cooocO. as the estimates
might require, | would raise on an income tax trst
on inherances and Dividends. ana theh' II he.u re-
Then would call the comattee-the Democratic
members of the committee / neaAnand Wmen an. any
one 0: ihen prep1sea T. le act BIZ tie
old cant about tho danger Of being too preC!ptit c
! saying. Read thc National Democrats Platform.
Ana II another SHOULD try 10 bcfOS the issue to jag
e the y fT q Py sc an @T' an nd SS sss
hca,ons would take h hin by Ire 5eaF nGi
side Of the table. and say to him: The Mckinney
Finally. wold say to them all: Gentlemen.
am Democrat In accordance with the Democratic
a1a9 ac hayf s l sp hers Shd may
stand it. 1t is 50 plain and honest that no al.
l1 S cen b be s sA o af n Fons 52
This IS what would do + We're chaiFmanU SID
and Means Committee.
THE CoWAI.D's REFUGE.
Well ard what would happen? why. all the big
towards and little towards in the party-1 mean
in oficc--would hold up their hands in holy horror
Some would cal me a lunauc. ana others n 1901.
TIE robbie. barons would back on their launches
AMI how, 1t would look for a while as though
he'll had byoka loose for certain. That would not
phase me a par,cle. have heard tho wind whistle
through the rigging many "A time and lived 10 tel.
the tale on dry land and in dry garments would
stand by my guns and fight for my faith. ana In the
end | would get more votes for my bill than
! fear can be go, for the Wilson BIZ. originally
! reportcl. II passed, we should have something
worth having. and If 1t should fail. as Il probably
would. We could go to the people with. a square
issue-a plain issue-an issue separating the lambs
from the kids sending the towards 10 The rear and
the wolves in Sleeps clothing back into the Re-
publican party where they .,eiong-and bringing the
whole question TO the hnay. whether We are 10 I'VE
under protective or Tertnuf -ys'e Invs newly
arrived foreigner. "To kapc the people in the lark
c1tions to.? The same purpose Every '1rlN acaei-
ule is an ambuscaie Of corruption. Every taTH
the jobter pour their deadly yoileys in;o tie help
less ranks of the raw militia The men who make
posed he experts in tariff legislation d, no; mn
derstand them How. then, can the people a.
TIE TWO REPORTS
have read with exceeding care and deep con-
Germ The reports accompanying the newly intro
duced measure Of tariff revision The Democratic
report begins by mastery declaration OF tarf.fof-
revenue-ory logic 10 end in actual exposition OF
proiec:ionst practice The Republican report seaes
the weak point effectively. and both IN Its sarcasm
ana it's effontery shows how Impossible Il is 10
placaie the implacab!e. Foi the Chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee entertain the very
greatest respect lie is able. conscientious pa
:riotc Democrat. He has encountered difficulties.
and made sacrifices. qAi endured Gisap?0aiments,
| which should earn him the sympathy rather ;han
the criticism Of his party associates Eui. with cub
mission thlak he has been forced by pressure. and
not bv his consent. 20 bring in measure
that strikes a blow at the cause of genuine tariff
reform and may the policy Of revenue only back
| for many years to come.
l hold that protection is robbery. hold the pro-
tective theory be equally unconstitutional and
UNJUST Believing this, would eXtirpa;e Ii root
and branch. and when after debate Of ten gears.
beginning with the election OF Ny. Carlisle 10 The
Speakersnlp we carried a resolution that effect
| through National Democratic Convention, and. Oh
that resolution. swept the country. litle thought
| vorld be array~i strong enough to set
the verdict aside. But such IS the irony o! politics
! in land where the many too busy mlndas
their own private business look sharply after the
/ few who are sent TO Washington - mind tAe p.1-
/ Tic business.
! Democrats may learn from the report Of the Re
publican minority of the Ways and Means Com
less is the task IF urging beralty upon monopoly,
or reasoning WIN TX denandS OF subsidy or Guen
becomes the Of tomorrow. Give bounty
Democrats committee tolera,ing the sugar bounty
for single day, Iei, with the repeal 90 their
bounty before their eyes. The sugar cinlm'ats pro-
their terms unlor threat of voting with The Re-
allowed to enter the Ways and Means Committee
room They, all regard themselves as associate
members Of the COMMITTEE sort OF ex-ofiico Con
gross by breyet-and It is do as We te YOU, or die,
10 90 on--ss long as there Is no one to Kick the
rogNes and rasc1ls out; ana to pitch after them
the windows and bar the dOors-be that
shall have no reform which they can prevent.
Of ehn d CaTsle II we wee could mnt tb ga" senI i5
one. Jackson would live again. am giving the Ad-
port because believe It is irving To- do rsht and
because. in the main my judgment approves the
fruits OF rs intention. My judgment does not APP
but II is the best that can be got out Of Con.
make its rsns, haTde i u.s. es some deee es
better than the Mckinley bil since It proceeds upon
in the right direction. But il Is far very far from
a measure that can be truthfuy described as en-
is merely better than the Mckinley bin In degree
not in kind and II Protectionsm IS to be dis
lodged. doubt the Trojan-horse stratcGy to which
Fellow democrats it Is of the first importance for
whether We have Democratic party. hom0geneous
and strong, as in the day of the sage ana hero
whose lines are laid In fixed prIncplcs-honest
comps dscpne a SbS,ha to
mere aggomcraton of factions thrown together
by the upheatal OF the times. My own EFFORT IS
and always snail be. for straight politics square
issues; want to know spade. when IT, and
TO call IT spade ! don't want TO deceive 10 mig
lead anybody. love ncghbor less because he
does not agree with me. lie may be right and |
may be wrong. But let us at least be hOaos' Let
us say what v mean and mean what we say. That
Is the roai TO good government. 1t is also the road
to universal patriotism, which founded in free
thought and free speech. and supported by the
virtue and intelligence Of the people, Is 10 prece,le
that period of peace earth. goou viii to men 10
which the Christian world looks confidently as TO
the coming % its Redeemer do despair Of lis
realization. do not despair OF the Democrats
party. The immediate outlook may not be ali thai
we would nave II; but the future is always ours
Let as cling - it. Let US fight for the best that II
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