New-York tribune., 1894-04-13
"SEprtVTS OBEY YOER MASTERS'

Sometimes the sovereign people speak IN
r,rol,lcs There is often room for doubt what
thov u,.,u oven when their ma joritc> arc large,
and noltti,.lans are wont 10 interpret every vote
to their own liking as far rs they can. ms
wear uo Interpretation is wanting. Their" Is no
room for honest doubt The man who prctcndS
to believe that the people are only impatient
because Congress has not more quickly passed.
an industry smashing Tariff bill are not mis-
taken; they are simply saying what they kho"
* false The great body of voters VINO nave
huri,1 Drrnocrocy under unprecedented ma
i,ritirs in Northern States are Republicans,
who Il, not want the Wilson bill passed at all.
With them have voted for Republican cnndl-
dates mutitudcs IL Democrats becauS" thcy
share The same wish. TIL" Democrats VII" nave
signed written protests against III" Wilson pill'
warning Congressman that they mean To punish
those who vote FOR 1t. number many thousands IN
every manufacturing state. In voting for Re-
puldlcan candidates these Democrats have been
doing a. The polls exactly what their petitions
and protests said they would do. lie who pre-
tends that they do not mean what their pro-
tests and their votes both say has not even The
Door merit of telling plausible falSchood.
one answer the Democrats have the right to
make They can say that the people ar" ms
taken: that the bill would not have IN the ehd
thn eject the people believe. Then the question
comes whether congressman have the right To
force their will upon the people III defiance "t
the most emphatic rcbuke ever administered
for any pending measure. If this Is Il Govern
mnnt Of the people congressman have no such
right They may believe voters in error, but
they were not elected 10 dictate 10 the people.
When there Is no room for honest doubt about
the intention of III" majority. rs there is not
now CongrcSsmcn have no business To pass
mclsurc which the country condemns. once
before the same dominant faction in the Demo
cratic party-thc hcadsrong. sclf-Suicicnt, die
iatorial slavc-drivcrs OF the South-forccd upon
the country their Kansas bill in the face OF
popular protests ~ the election. After that of
fence IL was more than thirty years before the
pcoplr permitted that party 10 recover power
The Southern masters lave no right to feel
that il is "A surrender Of pride sacrifice of
prnclplc 10 bow To the declared will of the
soycrrigns In this country. They are sent 10
Washington To be the servants of the voters.
and not 10 be their dctators As a soldier Is
unfit for service and deserves to be drummcd
ont of the ranks who refuses to obey IN order
bccause he thinks il mistaken, these Congress-
men have no higher obligation or duty than 10
obey the will of the people This time they
know exactly what that Will is. The people
want the Wilson bin killed and tariff agitation
stoppcd. If the Southern masters have not the
dignity and the loyalty 10 free institutions TO
bow To the wishes Of the country, II will be
many years before they have Il chance To make
laws again The manly way is to tell the truth
Democratic leaders really believe that they were
instructed by the people 10 change the tariff
They did not realize that the terrible change
I'm the condition of industries and business had
made reconstruction OF the tariff at this time
not merely unwisc and dangerous, but extreme
lv odoIIs TO the pcoplc-cvcn To thousands who
voted for 1t eighteen months ago. They were
unable to believe that votes last fall meant such
a revolution Of purpose. But whether they have
been right or not, they know now that the coun
try wants tariff agitation stopped. wants the
Wilson bill withdrawn or killed without DELAY
When the meaning Of the votes Is clear. so is
the duty Of Representatives. New,Jersey has
spoken plainly as 1t Is possible to speak TO
Senators Mcpherson and Smith, and Ncw-York
to Senators Hill and Murphy and Ohio to Sen
ator Brice, and Kansas to Senator's Martin and
PETER. 1t IL not the part Of common sense for
them to disregard or defy the Instructions of
the DcODlc