The herald., 1894-06-09
MELANCHOLY FACTS.

Some sanguine senators believe that the
Wilson tariff bill will be passed in som Q
shape by tie body to which they belong
during the current month. We heartily
hope that this will be go, although we
have grave reasons to doubt it. The
senate has made 80 many and such rad
ieal changes in the measure as it has
passed the house that the work Of con
ference committee will be scarcely less
arduous and exacting than that of either
house of congress in their incubating
process. Besides, there is only too much
reason to suppose that the speculative
flames has not yet been glutted. Why
should dealings in sugar, which have
undoubtedly been so productive OF re-
suits on Wall street, be suspended at
once? Having made 80 much money in
specializing for q rise. why should not
the gentry, who have inner advices on
the trend OF legislation, be allowed to
speculate for q fall? This opportunity
can be easily created by the house
committee on conference making
bluff to reject the amended
senate sugar schedule in toto. A bold
stand in that line would undoubt-
eddy result in bear movement. After
as much money as is thought feasible
had bsen made by this maneuver, the
proper quarter. the senate sched-
ules could be accepted, and an
other enriching bull campaign in
sugar could be inaugurated. One thing
is certain, and that is that the people
are reetive under the long delays, the
scandals and the equivocsl actions Of
public servants as to whom they had
been taught to Spect better things. In
the old days even the momentary advent
of the Democratic party in power at
Washington resulted in clarifying the
political atmosphere. This has been by
no means the case OF late. Every breeze
that blows from the nations capital
comes to us loaded with runors
of corruption. Much OF this dole
full stuff is doubtless altogether
baseess, but there is an old
saw which runs that where there is
much smoke there must be some fire.
There are few Democrats who like the
attitude in which the secretary of the
treasury, the Hon. John G. Carlisle,
has been left in the sugar investigation.
as far as it has progressed. 1t is an I'M
disputed fact that he drew the sugar
schedule. and that he gave Mr.. William
f. Havemeyer, the representative OF
the sugar trust, letter of introduction
to Senator Mills of Texas, which the
Texan senator refused to receive. The
public in this episode, no consideration
of party intervening on either side OF
the issue, will undoubtedly conclude
that Mr.. Mills was right in declining to
receive Mr.. Havemeyer, and that Mr..
Carlisle was wrong in trying to accredit
that gentleman to senator who, at the
time. WAS engaged in formulating a
sugar schedule. A man in Mr.. Car
isles position should avoid even the
appearance of evil.
The pity of it The pity of it'll This
time laGt year q special session of con-
gress should have been called, and it
should have about completed a tariff
which. while giving reasonable pro-
lection to the American workingmen.
would have put raw materials on the
free list, thus avoiding that prolonged
prostration OF American industries that
is without a parallel in our history.
There are some things that are too cad
ior tongue or pen, and this ia one OF
them. A special session Of congress,
convened at the beginning of Mr.. Oevs-
lands administration, would, also, by
this time have had ample leisure to
have enacted the free coinage of silver,
thus giving the United States it's old
commercial prestige and placing the
prosperity and even supremacy of the
United States on an indestructible ba-
sie, and assuring US well-being and a
progressive development where we now
have but paralysis and syncope.