New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-02
Nv OPPORTUNITY FOR THE president.

~ OPPORTUNITY FOX THE ihESiDLNi'
When President Cleveland walked TO sense
of his responsibility, and set MS h'a'E ioo' "''
silver compromise in the Senate. he Galneu 'ne
gratitude OF business men of all parties. Again
q COMPROMISE bill has been prepared III the sen
ate by Mr. German, which has the support vi
nearly all the Democratic Senators, ana II -
met bv Democratic journals win Il S'orin vi
censurc There are signs That Inc lrcSiu'H' j.
awakening TO a realization or the uisSl''c
which the passage of such bill would pr'nS
nnon his Administration and party. SECRETARY
Carl,sle's activity in connection with the COM
,romisine, contrivance casts upon the AdhlnlS-
trotion an unpleasant measure OF respohsioi-
,v in spite of his testimony mat Dc ulu Ho'
advise the exact form Of surrender to the sugar
rrrust which was finally chosen. Unless DEMO
cratic journals did him great injustice, he WIS
particularly active also in bringing about 1T
roncoments satisfactory to the WhsEey trust.
having among his Kentucky friends men oi
large influence in that combination
president Cleveland cannot afford TO nave
,1ds hill nossed 1t has been used already u
smirch his Administration so successiuil! 'i''
ro+h;nc Int an emphatic expression OF his I'M
,,ooo,lo onnosltion to il will set him right win
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CORRESPONDENT of THE New-lork Herald that
the President Is extremely indignant AT Ihc
,vov in which the Tariff bill has been bungled
IN thc Senate and tainted from top 10 po''o',
with susnicion of bribery and corruption ana
evorv one knows that he has abundant reason
70 no indignant. 1t is also stated that ne Is
especially angry because Senator "orln'n w.
,ha Presidents letter Of acceptance as authority
for the compromising plan which Democrats VI
tho Senate have adopted Yet it is only iair 10
saw that nearly all intelligent men Oh o',",.
ror,v have given to the Presidents letter Just
the construction which Senator ''ori'i'"
II co that the President can remove the eNlS'
ing impression only by some uhcquNoodi wv
laration Of his position. , =,
The straightforward and the falthiui pun -
thc only safe one for the Prcsldeht no" ~
take He has power TO make II kh""n ~
ovorvhodv that he will not under any cIc"'"
stances approve a measure :" taih'ed WI" 'o'
r,n,ion and so false to the formal pIcuE'N Va
his marty. as the one now pending III Inc ''i''''
Nv such a declaration he would ias'eu uP'"
the Democratic majority in that BODY 'he en-
fire responsibility for refusing 10 SEM MN u
measure 1T for him to sign, ana III accoiu WIN
the principles Of his party. III he uo'S ~ "'
will thereby commune tHc i'HPN'' ~" '
Democrats who stand by their professions anu
n,edges. but of those who differ from MN
most widely regarding the tariff. lie VIII NOT
then be IN fault If the conduct Of some Dem.
ocrotic Senators should prevent the passage vi
any Tariff bill His party and the whole couil-
try would then know that the scandals Wii''h
hang round the pending measure ma 10 Ju'''i'
cation in his purpose or his action
What he will decide TO DO no correspondent
onneors 10 be advised. Yet the same dlspa'ch
10 THE Herald" says that he is seriously cohNln-
cring a declaration straight from the Nh''c
! House" and $50 emphatic that there can be 10
mistaking the Presidents dissatisfaction win
the German compromise, and his disgust "i'i'
! thc scandal II has brought upon his AdmlhlSr'
tion." He need not care whether such a course
ends in the defeat Of tariff legislation TINS year
ar not. for the wscst thing he could have done
eight months ago was 10 recommend mat ho
sucb legislation should be attempted while bust
ness was Frustrated and industries paraiyzcn
bv uncertainty. No other result now pos
slble could reflect greater credit upon his Al
mlnjstration than a complete failure OF OIL
unworthy az the professions OF his party.