New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-25
DEMOCRACY'S SURRENDER.
PICTURESQUELY BUT ACCURATELY PoH-
TRAYED BY A DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN.
PRESIDENT SENATE AND HOUSE MUST ALL BEAR
TUT RESPONSIBILITY FOR A WORK OF UN-

of Ohio, In the House, Aug. To- Io'f'
Mr. Sneaker: protes, In the House. as protested
IN caucus. against this ignomlnous surrender OF
principle of duty and OF dignity and even though
stand alone my vote shall be recorded against IT,
will not violate my pledges VIII not petray my
party will not disgrace this House oy tameiy SUI
uniting TO the arrogan, dictation which tells ' that
nrenared II for US or let the Mckinley act continue
If this be really the issue .et US race III .et Us laS
IT, IN the nen f6r , I If the Mckinley bill
cannot be modified without sacrllce oi e
Of IN, House OF tlvcs, without sacrIice OF
the honor Of the democratic party, then LEI the &c
kinney bill continue. The Mckinney bi. IS pad, ous
;Eere Is so me h AMI the price that it is pro-
fSr the repeal OF the Mckinney bill Is one OF them
the question before US is not question of the con,
rrinrinIesof principles most fundamen and vital.
iook AZ the position in which this gnomnlous
surrender VIII put the House, This House OF Rep,
petcntatves is not merely Of the two correlaiye
branches OF the Congress OF the United States. /; Is
On questions Of raising revenue more than that IL
Is the Hous, in which, according to the Constitution
eli bills for raising revenue shall originate. To the
Senate the Constitution gives mercy power 70 pro-
pose concur with amendments. Wna aoes p TINS
resentatvcs as the body which directly represents
the people and comes 10 sr Peop that
OF orlglnaon. while the Senate is intrustod ony
bis pwhch the House sends it. The Senate has not
done this What II has done IL virtually 70 put the
bill which we sent 1t into its waste basket. and under
the form OF proposing amendments 10 return 70 US
an essentially new biz. and that with the impudent
here. we must take the bill which originated there,
without dottlng an ! or e. ossihg anu a. a.
those who assume to speak for them not merely
usurp the constitutional function OF the House but
a sa Ts To- the bill which orgiraes with them
and would reduce the popular 6raneh OF Congress
10 the iglomnlous position Of nth wheel 10 the
coach-a body which Is permitted to talk but NOT TO
lcgslate And DemocfA.c representatives are ASKED
by Democratic caucus TO consent TO this. Ana
to rub in the ignomny the chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee has been asked ana mas con-
sented 10 officially make the proposition to the
H9use To my mind groI,er sense OF MS own
rights OF this House would have led him rather to
the caucus In the flames OF Tophet
Is this TO be the outcome Of our long debates?
Was 1t for this that We wasted strength and time
passage through this House OF the Wilson bill as
though something had been ACCOMPLISHED! II
and more dignihed to have sent our Ways end
Means Committee to the Senate--or rather To the
Senator from MARYLAND and the Senator 'ror! Ohio
bill FOR raising revenue they wanted and let us so
to eat is biz and too black for me 10 swallow.
respectfully decline the caucus invitation.
THE GREAT BETRAYAL.
Look at the shameful position in which the sur
render that is proposed Will put the party that has
an overwhelming majority in this House and the
complete control all bra inches Of the Government
constituents when in few days now. re-
ship?
They seat us here to repeal the Mckinley bill.
They sent us here to wipe out that system mis-
form declared a fraud and a robbery and pledged
ourselves to wipe out. They took at our word;
they put the whole National Government in Demo-
cratic hands. Two years nearly have passed. years
OF unprecedented suffering to constituents, the
working masses yet W. have given them no relief
What are We TO say 10 them when they ASK US
what We have done? Are We 10 point with pride
gress has taught men looking for work that they
must keep off the grass-the sacred grass OF the
National capltoli are we 10 glory III tle NKos
with which a Democratic Administration mas calIed
In the standing army and invoked the antl,con.
spracy law to Pu. down railroad strikers While
wreckers and gigantic trusts Are we to tell them
ana the can Of Russia have received or are soon
to receive Ambassadors from this great Republic
Majestes and that little one Of the contractors
who have been engaged In filling the steel plates
been arrested. while the biggest OF them all has
been fined a little and dismissed with distinguished
consideration? But what are we TO tell them about
the main question on which they sent us here?
Are to brazen 1t out? Are we 10 point with
Surrender bill and which this House is now asked
10 accept It's own? are We TO tell them that Il
f. is M least better than the Mckinley bill. and
that by and by. II they Will continue US In power
We will try to 10 n little better stu,
II we 10 they VIII treat with the scorn that
such barefaced plea Will deserve.
MADNESS PREsAGING DESTRUCTION.
Mr. Sneaker. stand aghast at the faulty OF the
Democratic party as represented here. When the
Mckinley bill passed with its one bright spot.
free sugar. We Single-Tax Democrats congratu-
lated each other. There goes We said. one
way OF raising public revenue by the taxation OF
ever rise In the United States that Will dare in times
OF peace TO try to tax sugar now that the people
a party mad enough 10 try to tax sugar. And TO try
1t under circumstances which might well appaii
Political decency. no less than political prudence.
ought 10 prevent Democrats from trying 1t under
Trust at the expense Of the people is In payment
OF heavy contributions made from the funds OF the
Sugar Trust TO the Democratic National Commit
tee In the last Presidential campaign. And the
attitude OF Mr. Cleveland on the sugar tax. the
Ways and Means Committee in reporting tax on
sugar. which free-trade Democrats only beat In
this House by the aid Of the Republicans, give n
color to the charge. which the action now pro-
posed VIII carry IN the puSG nina TO esr'an
Is paying the monster trust for election help as
well as the way In shich irdvidua,s are paying II
for very substantial favors rendered to some MEM
bers OF that party since Is the democratic party
as represented here mad. indeed win me mad,
ness visited by the gods upon those they would
Wb8t then shall we say to our constituents II
we make this surrender? It is aready TO be seen
what n good many gentlemen propose that We shall
saw we are TO plead the baby act We TO say
la the Democratic party. with the three branches
of the National Government in It's control was
rerininIy have done So but that it prevented
by Four or nvc urdemocratic Democratic Senator's
4 uico story this, But will any one believe II?
nice story this, But II will no, be true.
Mir Speaker the responsibility for this mockery
of our pledges which this House Is now about to
irdorse cannot be shifted upon few men. The
whole Democratic party, in House. in senate ana
I'm Administration, must share H. II Is their act
And the German Surrender bill Is but the logical
outcome Of he Wilson Surrender bin. Admnistrs-
ton House and Senate. our conduct Is all or
piece We have not honestly tried 70 reduce taxes
nc we said we would we have not honestly tried
IN abolish trusts as we said we would. on the con-
trary and from the beginning. we nave snown
trusts and rings the most s,old disregard OF our
pledges to the people.
DEEPENING TIE CHANNELS ~ THE HARBOR
Before another year has gone by many important
improvements In New-York Harbor will be made
ma channels and tributaries VIII probably have