Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-06


Another week Of uncertainty has be-
gun. The tariff bill is still In confer
ence, and despite the oit-repeated news
paper reports that IAN agreement is
now in sight" the two Houses seem to
be no nearer together than they were
two months ago. The same thing is
true now that was true then-"the
chief points of difference are the sugar
schedule, coal aud iron ore" This one
statement has been repeated time after
time in the dispatches from Washington,
until the public begins to feel that II
would be Il blessing were there no sncn
items in the bill at all. The country is
losing its patience. Day after day, and
week after week for several months
it has been promised a tariff bill.
Patiently has it awaited the enactment
OF a law which would fulfil the pledges
OF the party in power and bring back
business prosperity in place of stagDa'
ton. The Democracy gave its instruc-
lions at Chicago as to what that bill
should be and the people OF the uni
ted States approved of the instructions
when in 1892 they rolled NJ the unpre-
cedeuted vote for President CLEVE-
LAND, and elected a House Of Repre-
sentatives with an overwhelming ma
iority. The Democrats in the House
have done we'll to make the fight they
did for principle. They have stood
nobly by their party, and deserve all
honor for it. But there is a widespread
belief among the people that it would
be better to pass a bill at once, coming
as close as possible to the Democratic
platform, than TO prolOng the struggle.
In his admirable address to the Demo
Gratis OF Iowa last week, Governor
BoEs expressed the sentiment of
large portion of his party, when no
said:
Within the party councils l want the
voice of examination and recrlmlnauOn
hushed at once. l want gentlemen 70 real
ize that we live in a country of vast, varied
and sometimes conflicting interests that
affect different localities IN different ways;
tuat many general laws must of necessity
be the result Of compromise, and l want
the Democratic members in Congress to
agree upon the very best measures Of tariff
reform II Is possible 70 pass and make II
the law Of the land without further delay.
[ want this because il is better than
nothing and because il will be an honest
effort on the part Of these members 10
carry out as far as possible the pledge OF
their party as they understand it.
The words would indicate no compro-
mise Of principle upon the part Of Gov
ernor BoEs, nor those who think as he
does. They simply mean that more
good can be done the cause of true De-
mocracy by the immediate passage Of
the bill than by delay. II the bill is
not satisfactory one when passed the
fight need no, be stopped. The same
campaign the party has been carrying
on for years may be kept up. Again
did Governor BoIES express the senti-
ment of many when he said
II does not come up 10 the requirement
of that pledge as 1 read 10 1 viii not lay
down my arms; I viii not consider the
matter settled; 1 will say frankly that my
party has not been able 20 keep IN all its
parts ana 20 its fun extent one Of the
pledges IL made upon which it was in
trusted with power and in my own way 10
the extent Of the influence l am able 70 eX-
erJ 1 viii help 70 keep the wheels of re-
form ia motion until all that mas been
promised is faithfully performed. This IS
nv view OF the duty Of Democrats in this
crisis, both in aud out Of Congress.
Keep the wheels of reform in mo-
tion." That is what every Democrat
should help to do, but the further delay
Of the tariff bill will not keep them re-
volying.
Let US have tariff law and have il
soon.