The Delta independent., 1894-08-01
REPUBLICAN MATTERS.
OUR DlcTAToRS.

struction OF the tariff bill is in
trusted to u conference committee OF
which almost every Democratic mem
Der is from the South. But COM
\ piaint is out OF place. 1t has been q
sectional measure from tho start.
Eaimed ut Nor.nora industries and
Northern capital. and in.ended to
Sripplc tho prosperity and growth Of
a4hc Northern states. In tho house
{ 0essrs. Wilson. oi West Virginia.
OF Arkansas, McMillin
i{bf Tennessee and Turner OF Georg 10
bro appointed, and IN tho senate
Alessrs. Voorhees, OF Indiana. Jones
Kof Arkansas, Vest OF Missouri and
Harris of Tennessee. These eight
4Anea Gakc the tariff. and Mr.. Voor-
" b"es, who has been Il nero dummy
Ychairman throughout. not even able
to control his own vote or trusted
:sswith charge o! the bill. is the ouly one
'5pt the eight from Il Northern state.
i# Practically the same mon have die
tatcd ull tho changes made in either
house. says the New York Tribune.
Framed by Southern men the bill has
becn shaped ut every point TO sorve
"A 4ho interests OF that section. Its
asssA:s,nstant Discrimination against
x Northern. and in favor OF Southern.
\. .1nterests. has been SO ontrageously
y 1ectionat that many Democrats have
lsindignantly protested. hut to no
sSpurposc. The South Is in tho saddle.
:fand controls the Democratic caucus:
1t elected Speaker Ccisp. o! Gcorg ia
dictated committee appointments in
n hph Il ali
&portant business TO the control Of
q Southern men. In the senate the
4 caucus Was controlled by Southern
scnators. and framed the committees
with tho same scctionniism Tao
bill OF sale and surrender Is n South
crn product Exactly as in old
plantation days. tho crack OF tho
overscers' la.h drives Northern
doughfaces to vote Us the South di.
reefs
Out OF 1900. po) votes cast at the
lass presidential cleo tion only 3, iyh.-
900 were cast h all the sixteen
Southern states-a litilc more than
u quarter. Northern states east OF
Indiana cast 1900. NJ votes In the
rame election, aud have nothing TO
do with framing the one measure OF
all others which most seriously AT.
fccts their industry, Other Northern
states west of Ohio cast i.2ln.ooJ
votes In tho same election. and their
only part in shaping tho bill has
been the pitiablc incapacity OF foor-
hccs. That he does not represent
his own state The votes cast this
year prove beyond question. and he
docs not represent his own declared
ronstrtions carly In the session, IIc
1t WIS who vocifcraicd that he would
TnScr-no, never consent 10 grant
u protective duty Tor tho sugar
monopoiists, and but 70 his vote In
favor OF 1; the surrender to the
sugar trust could not have been re-
ported. nor could IL have passed the
senate. With less stiffness OF
principle and manhood than n wet
dish rag. this one senator is the sole
senator or representative to stand
for s,orthern Democracy in tho fram-
Ing of the tariff bill.
iIavo the :. 400. 900 votes OF the
South n natural aud inherent right
TO rule the x. 900. p)) votes OF the
North' Is that Democratic doctrine
now, ms ii was in the days when
Southern chivnlry snocrcd at
Northern mudsilis and greasy mo
cbanics"P Or do the Southern brig
adicrs consider that the triumphant
Confcdcracy has conquered the right
to mako laws for two groat sections, I
each casting about million more
votes than tho South' II Is true
that Northern men of any party may
well thank their stars IL they are
not in any way responsible for a bill
so disgraccful. so foul with corrup-
tion, and so sure to bring disaster
upon its authors. But when dough-
face Democrats OF the North vote for
and pass bill which Southern Sec
tionalism dictates. millions will re,
mcmbcr how clearly IL was predicted
in 1892 that victory for Mr.. Cleve-
lands party would subject ali North
ern Industries aud interests to tho
absolute dictation OF II vindictivc and
sectional SontlI The mon thought
the prediction prompsc ed by frantic
partisanship Now they find that
tho partisan fanaticism and the
shameless sectionalism are both on
tho Southern side.
This ono trial OF Southern dicta-
tion ought to last for half century.
The ipsolcnt domination OF sectional
chivalry in tho iiftics taught North
ern mudsills what Democratic dough-
faces were. and cxiled tho Democracy
from power for thirty-two years.
This timo tho 'frightful rovcrses In
business. and tho disasters to indus.
try. and the sutrcrings and the losses
OF labor, have driven tho lesson
deeper and tho mechanics Of 1894
have reason to remember even
longer than their n shers OF 1860.
oh. Tamnany. sweet gRmn,any.
Thns was II sweet message which
tho agent of tho Sold South deliv-