Evening journal., 1894-12-31
1t is a Burning shame.


The Indications are that the Carlisle
bill cannot pass at the present session Of
Congress, and as result it Is to be
feared that another financial crash will
be inevitable unless the President calls
session Of Congress in March 1t Is a
burning shame that few members Of
party, which. with its great President,
assumed control Of all branches Of the
government only about two years ago,
is obliged to give up its control Of the
legislative branch Of the government
without doing tithe Of what 1t
promised the people it would do
To be sure an advances has been made
in tariff reforms greater one than the
people now appreciate because they had
reason to expect so much more-and the
new tariff promises to be far better
law than was at first supposed. aud
those Democratic members OF Congress
who fought for and accepted the best
terms they could get deserved better OF
their party than to be turned down" as
they have been. But for them we would
still be living under the Mckinley law,
which, now that the campaign is over
and political lies are no more marketable.
the Republicans have dropped like hot
potato The best OF them admit that 1t
had to be repealed aud. though they
would have preferred to DO the Job them.
selves and thus save some Of their pet
monopolies, there is general relief
among them that 1t Is repealed.
Financial action is also imperative and
1t looks now as II the Republicans in
this matter would be forced Co correct
their own errors owing to the divisions
In our party on this important question.
The Democratic party has practically ali
departments under It's control but Ia
almost wholly shorn Of its strength
through It's ellques and clans, which
fight more tereely with=each other than
against the common enemy. There is
now no hope Of unity Of action. The
Chinese army is not more hopelessly
demorallzed than is the Democratic
party in Congress To great extent
each man is lighting for himself, with no
recognized leadership and no settled con.
victions concerning the great questions
which demand attention.
The Republicans are not sufficiently
patriotic to help the Democratic admins
tratiCn out Of its slough OF dsspond
They prefer that things should remain
IS they are. even though important
public interests are imperilled thereby
rather than sssist their political op
ponents to better things. In two short
months they win come to the front. 50
that the failure Of the Democrats is Ger
tain to inure to the glory OF the Re-
publlcans. Then and not until then are
we likely to be relieved from present
embarrassmtnts, though It is admitted
that what the country needs is immediate
action.
In its failure TO take that action the
Democratic party will lose splendid op
portunity TO reassert itself as the party
Of the people. Honest money Is Dem
ocratic doctrine fully represented by our
President, and inal return to 1t through
his administration would add an honor
and glory to the Democracy which would
do much to overcome the mistakes Of the
past and put our great organization In
shape for the next Presidential election.
II we fall to do this the country will
necessarily suffer and new cause Of
complaint against the Democracy win
become manifest throughout the United
States -an extra session will have to be
called and end In another triumph for
the enemy.