New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
prBLIC PATIENCE EXHAUSTED.

Senator Hill. with his usual kecnneSS OF Judg
ment. has accurately interpreted public opinion
respectng the deadlock at Washington ION
eress has been in session over year: the Iarlfl
bill has been in conference over month; 1here
has been elaboration enough; the country needs
rest "Fither pass bill ut once, he says, or
| "odiourn and 90 home These are my sentl-
"ments. and I believe that they are the sehu'
"mcnts Of rine-tcnhs Of the people or Doth
"parties." Every business man from Maine 10
Oregon not connected with Democratic syndi-
Gates or trusts is in full accord with the Sen
ator Further nactiOn Is absolutely WITHOUT
justification or excuse
Every business interest in the country Is now
hanging upon the issue at Washington. Home
manufactures are paralyzcd by prevailing I'M
ccrtalntics; importers having large stocks IN
bond cannot set prices upon their goodS HOT us
nose Of them to retail merchants; every Industry
is at a sandStil; nobody can take a long look
ahead and get his bearings. The country has
had the worst shakngup since 1891. ana me
Democratic legislators will not get ont of the
way and allow business men TO adjust 'heih-
selves either TO the old tariff or new one The
Tariff bill ought TO be disposed OF in one way OF
another. Rest and recuperation are indispcn-
sable cOntlltlOllS LOT " Resumption VI f'N'f
Every dav spent in dickering and wrangling In
Washington entails enormous losses upon every
branch Of industry. Further delay Is in'oler'
able Positive action Of some Kind ei'her I'D
cnactng or dropping the Tarir Dill Is deii'"u'
ed with one voice by the American people.
Senator Hill remarks in his sentcntious way
Tint any legislator who does not know exactly
what he wants TO do on the tariff question after
tn, 1slhprl
70 rcpresept any constituency. That Is also the
Judgment Of all practical business men. anu II
will be brought TO bear in the autumn not only
against individual dawdlcrs and mcddlers, but
against the party in power as n whole. The
country has had all the experience IL wants WIN
Incomnc,ent legislators unable to make mp their
minds and 10 agree upon any course OF ac'io"'
Il has learned 10 its cost that In order 10 have
wcll.orlered conditions OF business ana rest
from unsct,ling tariff controversies II must turn
out Of power the party which has been on trial
and been found utterly wanting in practical
| capacity.
Americans have also discovered during The
las, thirty DAYS that the evils of tariff agitation
are aggravated when there is dictatorial med
dior I'm the Executive Office. who usurps legis-
,otye functions in violation of constitutional
usage and the traditions and pr"crdcn's OF Il
century Of National history. Tariff controversy
is unsettling enough even when there are TWO
legislative houses 10 be brought into harmohi-
Gus relations: but confusion becomes worse con
founded when the President, instead or remain
ing in the background interposcs his vanity, Cd
stlnacy and sclfoplnionated policy between the
warning chambers and seeks to force bo'h TO
surrender abjectly to him before arranging a
compromise with each other The Interference
OF the President with Congress In Its consiiun-
| tional functions has been unwarrantable. Ills
action is indefcnsiblc. The situation has been
needessly complicated by his arrogant ass'imp-
ton Of an authority with which he Is not armed
by the Constitution and which he Is employing
with all the self-will Of an imperIous nature ana
with all the resources and prestige Of his great
| office