The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-15

A STEP AHEAD.

Monday the house after somewhat
stormy session accepted the senate's
amendments to the Wilson bill. The
acceptance comes on the principle of
O half loaf being better than no bread.
We hail this action as step in the
direction of tariff reform, 1t is not as
comprehensive or as sweeping as It
should have been, but..it is something
q step in the right direction and the
commencement whose inevitable end
ing is sure to be sweeping reform
which will forever blot out all remem-
brance of McKinleyism and the dis.
honesty and trickery of that great
wet blanket upon American commerce.
In the closing struggle, Wilson, Crisp
and the other leaders of democracy
lowered grandly in the lead of the
forces of reform. There cannot be the
shadow of doubt but that the original
bill as it left the house reflected the
views of the great masses of the demo-
cratic party as well as tbs mass of
of the intelligent voters of the union.
1t is a hard thing that the house has
been compelled by the exegencies OF
the case to concur in the amendments
OF the senate, which rob the bill of
very NJ uch of its virtues in the eyes of
real ta-iff reformers. But it would
never have done for congress to have
adjourned without something in the
way of redeeming the pledges of the
party to the people made In good
faith. This is the best that the senate
would do. 1t had to be accepted. We
do not consider that the cause of true
tariff reform is defeated or even Grip
pied by this half way sort Of measure.
1t is only the commencement of what
ne had fondly hoped would have been
the glorious finish of the battle. Full
fruition is reserved for period in the
future. but that period is by no means
. distant one.
Deficient ahd hating rs the measure
undenisbly is, it is still immea surably
better than the Mckinley law which
1t supercedes. We can wait. Pa
tience is now a democratic virtue
and we must practice it un-
I'll We have another chance
struggles in the future of democracy
will be to set aside the obstruction
lists in the senate. The democrats of
the states will send no more senators
TO tear down the wisdom and patriot
ism which the pacty has built up. In the
future the party policy will be to put
none but trustworthy democrats on
guard In that end of the capitol. 1t ia
too Internally bad that with a royal |
democratic majority quite sufficient to |
carry any measure determined upon. |
we are to halt along this way in sight |
of full success. but still unable to at
tain it by reason of few misplaced,
hallway party men in league with the
ultra protectioniste who have placed |
themselves across the hawse of progress
and reform. If the four independent
bills are passed and become laws We
will mol haYe Jailed so entirely as to
preclude hope. In fact it will repre-
sent measure of victory of no insight
fcant proportions.
The future of congress will, we doubt
not, disclose that the true democratic
blood in that body will continue the
fght until full and complete reform
has been attained. We cannot afford
30 let the matter rest where it is. 1t
must 60 on and those democratic sen.
ators who have made obstructionists of
themselves will be compslled to giYo
place 10 those who carry out reiig-
iouslY the instructions of their con-
stituents. MIR. Cleveland will not veto
this bill. He most likely will not sign
IL, but suffer it to become law by ex-
piratiOn.
The country expects much Of even
this measure cf reform, 1t will not be
but 1t will have its
healthy influence, sweet foretaste OF
what full, complete and entire reform
can be made. This action though,
tardy in its nature, is still better,
in all respects, than no action at all.