New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-21
As DESCRIBED BY DEMOCRATS.

The wall Of the dishcartcncl Democrat rises
on the burrlcncd air lie waits in vain for tariff
reform. lie hears with anguish the demand
OF the whole business world that uncertainty
be ended without delay. He finds his party IN
such a fix in the Senate that ii cannot agree
upon ANYTHING According To 1.-THE Ncw-l orh
Herald" threats Of the party whip do not
have much effect on Democratic Senators, VINO
arc driven on by constituents 10 demand
changes. and the same dispatch says: . 1t be-
Gins TO look very much rs IL the Finance Com
mittcr. If 1t wants TO get Tariff bill through
the Senate Mt all, will have 10 submit To the
dictation OF all the Senators who are Interested
in spccial articles, and will be forced 10 allow
thetn 10 fix their own rates OF duty What
This means may be Inferred from dispatch 10
1.-THE New-York Times which mentions that
Louisiana Senators desire n tax on raw sugar,
that West Virginia coal-mincrs hay" kept ihc
Senators from that state Thoroughly aware
Of the fact that they do not like the idea of
seeing the Wilson bill passed with coal on the
free list: that the iron-nincrs Of Alabama
have also been heard through their Senator'S.
and that "dclcgatcs Of lumbcrmcn have pre-
scented their plea against the retention or liln-
Der on The free list"
that THE Herald" declares: Tile business
world e. growing impaticnt Mercantile
activity Il sorcly handicapped by doubt and
uncertainty. The spring trade has al
ready suffered much, and if revision is delayed
the autumn trade will be injuriously affected
Ii IS no time TO seek perfection. . 9.
It Is idle to strive for n measure that will sat
isfy everybody What the country wants is i'm
i.;,, HOY ,t.iSh to ~
their party from popular condemnation, the
Democratic leaders in the Senate should see TO
it that the incomc-tax incubus IS cut from the
bill and the latter enacted without delay
Further it says: ITO leave the obnoxious spy
tax on the Tariff bill would be Dlllndcr SIM
ply suicidal and criminal
These are strong words, with considerable
truth in them. But what is to be done if the
bill cannot be passed without satisfying every
body" What is TO be done if an attempt to
pass It as it came from the House would only
result in a prolonged wranGlc and uncertainty
and 10 action? Especially, what IS To be done
If the bill cannot be- passed at all without an
obnoxious spy tax which it would be " sui
cdal and criminal" TO retain? This actually
seems to be the situation in the Senate. The
Herald 4" dispatches say that it begins 10 look
as II no bill could be passed without satisfying
the sugar coal, iron and lumber men. and al
lowing them 20 fix such duties ms they please.
But il Is obvious that there may be still larger
number of Democratic Senators who will not
vote for such a bill at all, unless 1t contains
an income tax.
The rightfu Indignation OF the business world
begins 10 be felt and one Democratic faction
is anxious TO get the measure into the Senate
without any OF the proposed changes, in the
belief that the Democratic majority will then
make such changes impossible. The other fac
ton is anxious TO have the bill brought into the
Senate with duties on sugar coal and iron ore.
believing that Republican votes will then pre-
vent the removal Of those duties from It. The
Republican minority, however, cannot be reck-
oned upon to make the bill any easier for Demo-
Gratis to pass, or any more harmless to their
! party IL passed 1t will not miss any oppor-