New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-28
A TIE VOTE,

The Tariff bill goes back TO conference on
,io vo,o In the absence of ViccPrcsidcn'
Stevenson. who has q casting vote, the motion
70 instruct against the diffcrcntal duty for tht
! sugar rctincrs failed. - against y. ana ny the
skin of their teeth, SO to speak. the Democrats
save the chance to agree IN conference upon
! bin which they can pass. The greedy sugar
Trust still has thc business Of The country by
! the throat. The Presidents cuckoo III the sen
NJ. ,,nrcscui,d him accurately by offering IN
amendment with lOudvoiccd denunchtlonS OF
thc monopoly and its corrupt bargains. with
drawing it as soon as there appeared chah'r
of Its ADOPTION aud finally voting against II and
for the Trust. when his vote or that Of any "hcr
friend Of the President would have carried the
amendment and saved the people S5Onoo" Ill
rer,ly and S2o.po.UW besides which the mo
nopolv expects 10 snatch. II any President ever
occupjed n>orr pitiabe and humlliaiing posi-
lion. branded with falsehood rnd dSh"n"r by
leaders Of his own party. unable to command
a single vote In the Senate ana whipped %! HIS
own cowarlicc into aiding the men ana meas
IRE ne had denounced. licking the hand th"'
smote him. history has strangely failed 10 re
cord the spectacle.
No, one vote could the President influence to
stop the ''pcrtidy Of duties on coal ana IRON
ore; not one vote 10 thwart the infamous SAFE
of legislation 10 the Sugar Trust. Bnt Without
him the monopoly would still have been BEATEN
and with II the Bin Of sale, if Senator Stewart
had represented anybody but himself lie pro
claims. himself populis' but aids tn" most
corrupt and shameless bargain cvcr made ny n
monopoly 10 control legislation. II Is the des-
tiny Of some men 10 serve as the UNCONSCIOUS
tool Of those they most heartily dcrst. Prop
ably Mr. Stewart dctcsts III" President as fnuch
as ANYBODY in the world. and 50 he helps Villas
and the cuckcos 20 dig the President out of the
hole into which his Wilson letter plunged him.
Who VIII rejoice AT the passage OF THIS blllF
II IL denounced as Infamous 10y the President,
who will have 70 sign II; denounced ms n shame
less barter which they were forced 10 accept 10y
the Senators who reported and voted for u; de-
nouncc-l as n corrupt sale OF public interests 10y
all Independent men In both houses, ana resist
cd 10 the end from n high sense OF duty 10y Re
publlcans who know that It's passage VIII DIS
grace anl defeat the party in power Not a
single man lives who approves 1t. as one prom
inent Democrat has publicly declared. and the
men who have done the most 10 frame ana pass
II are those who resent most savagcly the bnsc
coercion which has forced It upon them. No
BODY Of citizens anywhere OF either parry, has
ever pretended 10 desire the passage ~ This bill
There never has been II more striking exhibition
of the inncrrnost nature Of Democratic partisan
ship than is given by the support of bill so
hostile 20 every public interest. and 80 dishonor-
ing and fatal to the party Itself in The emf,
merely because a great majority ~ Democratic
Senators and Representatives care for nothing
but immediate success in their Suites and dis
tricts. and have labOriOusly educated their con
sttuenis 80 believe that any tariff reform meas
ure whatever would bless them beyond calcutta
ton, and meanwhile a few members have been
corrupt enough to become the tools OF unsuitable
monopolists and the highwayncn to force their
party to stand and deliver. Such IL Democratic
rule. and the country will doubtless think more
than once before It tries that kind or rule again.
II the bill were beaten. does anybody AJAX who
would rejoice? Everybody in the country.
President Cleveland because without the manly
act for which he had not courage be- escapes
signing a measure by him publicly pronounced
Infamous The Democrats Of The Senate be
cause most Of them dctcst the cynically shame
less corruption which has compelled them 10
choose between this bill and tariff bill what
ever The Democrats 81 The House. because the
bill they passed was clean and pure by the Side
Of this. All the people Of both parties. because
their industries would have new life. But now
all must wait for the next barter IN conference.