Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-18

executive branches shall be given to a
political party pledged in the most posi-
tive terms to the accomplishment of tariff
reform They have thus determined in
favor of q more just and equitable sys-
tenn of federal taxation. The agents they
have chosen to carry out their purposes
are bound by their promises, not less
than by the command of their masters,
to devote themselves unremittingly to
this service"
promises can be best judged by the fol-
lowing comments from the leading Dem
ocratic papers of the country:
New Orleans Times: The bill, as passed,
was not only antagonistic. to Louisiana,
but q gross breach of faith.
Des Moines Leader: The Senate bill
is not satisfactory entirely; in fact, some
of its provisions are widely apart from
the platform pledges of the party.
Milwaukee Journal: The 'compromis-
ers" in the Senate have done their work,
but it will not stand. and they will be
compelled to listen 60 reason from the
other side.
Memphis Commercial: It is q fair be-
ginning. 1t batters breach in the wall;
and through that breach the forces OF
free trade will rush on to complete and
final victory.
New York Herald: The new tariff
falls far short of meeting the present cry
ing needs and requirements of the Amer
lean people AS a measure for raising
revenue the bill will probably be a sue
cess if NS monstrous duty of Al per cent.
ad valorem on sugar is retained
Detroit Free Press: 1t is great pity
that the protective system could not have
been knocked in the head as the people
voted and intended it should be. But as
that could not be, it is something to be
thankful for that it has been to some ex-
tent crippled and that the way has been
DAyp6 for more decisive action in fhp fIIt-
ure.
New York World: The Senate sends
back the bill shorn of it's chief vir-
tues and smirched besides with a cOrrup-
ton which, if it remains in the bill and is
embalmed by Democratic Congress and
Democratic President in the statutes of
the country, will be for long time to
rome a monument to shameful betrayal
of the trust with which the people
charged the Democratic party:
Harper's Weekly: A wretched failure.
cOwardly and dishonest travesty. If
this bill is the outcome of the Democratic
party's twenty years struggle for tariff
reform, the party is worthy of contempt.
Louisville Courier-Journal: A miserable
betrayal, mongrel piebald of patches and
pusillanimities, grOtesque hOdge-pOdge of
pretense and pettifogging, nondescript
abortion of incOmpetency, selhshness, cow
ardice and treachery.
Baltimore Sun: No such abject sur
render of great party has ever been pro-
posed or even contemplated in any pre-
vious American Congress. and the passage
of the bill would be n legislative fiasco, a
party humiliation and a national disgrace.
New York Sun: When Democrats look
back calmly and dispassionately, if they
ever can so look back. upon this amazing
chapter of perfidious leadership and lily
livered councils, what will strike them
first in the dismal perspective is the fact
that the party in Congress has been sys-
tematically deprived of any opportunity
to try to redeem the simple and definite
pledge of the Chicago platform.
Brooklyn Eagle: 1t is manifest that the
tariff tinkers fail to commend themselves
to any element of the party. There has
been no pretense of living up to the
pledges of the Chicago platform; there
has been no pretense of framing bill
which was of other than a distinctively
protectionist character and q concession
to the trusts. This is not Democracy. 1t
is the illegitimate product of a combina-
ton of abhorr4nt forces which scandalize
not only the party but the nation