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

the shrewdest. most successful critic Of legisla-
tion on either side Of the Senate. who has been
a member of the conference committees on me
Tariff bills of 1883. 1890 and 1894 SAID TINS AFTER
noon TO a Tribune correspondent: "In my tudg-
ment this bill is dead unless the House ana the
President accede Internationally 10 senate
amendments"
THE HOUSE MUST SURRENDER.
There can be no doubt, indeed. that II any
tariff legislation is TO be accomplished at 'his
session the Senate bill must pass and the WILSON
bill must be abandoned without qualiicauoh'
The fancifu game OF 'fm-fam' which MT
Villas was said 10 have laid before the Senate
caucus as the Administrators idea OF com
promise has already, been RELOCATED TO the hihpo
OF illusory sta tesmanship. The talk nov curren.
also about substituting a nat rae OF so pei nS
on sugar for the 40 per cent with one-elghth anu
one-tenth added for the refners Is also iarBey
moonshne. The men who are LOOKING dllei wy
refining interests in the Senate woua nol mn
OF accepting such losing trade: a ii'oIlieIi'
consideration OF the figures VIII snow now PUo
a bargain such an adjustment would pe Ioi wy
Trust. In the Senate surrender tne reIineis h",
40 per cent fiat with l2i2 ana ~ cenls "a Ia
dred hounds by the specific diHereh'!di anu
compensatory duties. If the nat rare or 10 pc 80
cent were substituted the Trust wouid nav ~
per cent as before plus about PA cents on the
hundred pounds-a net loss of 90 cents nun
dredweight or 2-10 Of cent poun9' ~
Senator on the Conference Committee Wouu eIra'
seriously a proposal to submit such .u
promise 10 the representa- lives IN the senate
Of what Mr. Caffery aptly styled the o'her Jay
the great sugar growing States or New-iofh'
NeW-Jersey Ohio and Maryland
There is one alternative. possibly, II MI GoI-
man is not 10 win and the President not 10 i0se
I'm the political and personal contest IasnlE III
yited by Mr. Cleveland in his amazingly I'M.
prudent and unfortunate letter OF July T. ihat
alternative is an Abandonment of the erort 10
mass a bill at this session and an agreement upon
an Immediate adjournment That this resolution
would relieve the House and the Presldent from
many of tho embarrassments and humhnalionS
of their present position there can be no question:
II might also bring some comfort TO the Demo.
cratic voters who have become disheartened ana
0emorarized over the unseemy wrangnng ana
evident incompetence OF their leaders In Con-
press II may be that Colonel Watterson. the ex.
Proprietor of the once Star-Eyed Goddess OF
IA riff Reform strikes true though melancholy
note when he advises through the columns OF
.sThe Louisville COurier-Journal the uhc0nui-
,,onaI nostponement Of tariff legislation ana the
nrompt dispersion of Congress More IN soIro"
than in anger the great Kentucky editor "ltes'
..T'etter adjourn gentlemen. and come home You,
TOO, will know more next winter IMAM you seo'
10 know now Then perhaps the mistakes WHICH
appear incurable may be taken up ana uIspoSeu
cf with some sort Of regard TO the integrity OF
Democratic principles ana the future wei oei"s
OF the Democratic party. -. 49,, a..
The admontion Is sound ana II ma! nave itS
effect when the House and the President begin
"a realize that they have before them contest
iron, which under present conditions they cannon
emerge without both political discrcdN ana per-
sonal notification