The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-14
THE rlMEs-nICHMOND VA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER l

issue. and In every campaign except ina.
OF lsss the Democratic party mas won =
decided victory on that issue. 10 som a,
tend, therefore, that the people ar doing
chastisrd the L .mocrdtI1 parry ~. A. is
what they put IL into their power " az 20
- question their honesty ana inten,ss 10
II they have INFLICTED chastisen.sn, w =
cause Of Its dealings with tne farm Ia NOT
been rather because the party uIu nj
carry out with sufficient promplhsss a. -
thoroughness the work they comihtesS, o i
IL, and because they have heih ths -,
party responsible for the action OF ~"
of lis representatlves In thwarting, de-
laying and manning this great work. Inc
E.x "a ldefe, stl = delay n the 5tnate;
the sinister suspicious that gathereo
around certain schedules and duties a.
there framed. nowhere more vigorously
denounced than in the Dem2eratlc d prs
of the entire country. kindled disaH,
pointment and a disgust among the rahh
and file OF the party that LED 20 hpaSns
and even misjudged hostility in the recent
elections.
IT is hazardous. OF course. TO indulge
In hypothetics. but ! have no DOUBT that
had the bill which passed the House on ~.
as early as April or May. in substantially
its original shape, the result In Alssouli
and in many other sections OF the Gou III
try would have been reversed, and the
Democratic party might even have Mea'n..
cred the industrial storm with crediI'
not success. , -.
mutilation OF the House bill chill ana
anger the Democratic masses, but IL kept
the business of the country in the torture
of suspense and uncertainty, thus haruen-
ing and eXasperatlng the cIlsis, anu s' Sor
ing up wrath against the whole party LOT
the actions OF a small number or It's pun
lie servants. The bill as finally passed.
though "A vast Improvement on the Mo
Kinley bill, was still so obnoxious IN
some OF its features that the President
allowed Ii to become a law without ms
signature, and it had been in operation
too short a time before the elecu0ns TOT
the people to see and appreciate its beae-
again. do not accept the view that
tariff reform has suffered defeat be-
cause / have not anywhere found Kepuo-
Hcan candidates advocating repeal OF
the law. They have denounced q IL gen-
eral and detained against some rates
which they deemed locally oOJecuonable
but nowhere presented ar aHlFmftlVe
platform demanding its repeal and re-
turn TO prior conditions. Ia tarllt reform,
as in reforms generally, 1t Is the first step
that is the hardest and ! nave al"ays
contended. in Congress and on the hust-
ings. that If we could once make SUD-
stantlal breach I'm the protective system,
the momentum Of the first reform and
its visible benefits would carry win then'
the gradual overthrow OF the entire syS-
tenn, without any general agitation, such
as must precede and mark first victory,
and without the turmoil and uncertainty,
which array against such movement
that part of the business community
which breads nothing 80 much as change.
"By 1886 let US hope the present clouds.
already breaking, will have vanished from
our skies. The new bill VIII thcn nave
shown its merits, the temporary scare
and resentment against it viii have spent
their force, and DO not believe the Re-
publican programme will call for its re-
peal and relapse TO McKinleyism and
mad protection
LIVERY one knows that such reaction
would not mean peace, but a fierce and
unrelentng renewal Of the old strug-
Gle"