The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-04
WHAT Fxpected Of the senate.

prompt action on the Wilson bill, and 4
it is disappointed it will manifest it's dis
pleasure even more emphatically than il
did when that body delayed action upor
the bill repeating the purchasing clause o
the Sherman silver law. The business
and industries of the country are
languishing, not because of fear o.
the Wilson bill. but because OF
the uncertainty as to whether or not th'
bill will become law. Just as soon as il
is clearly determined what changes viii
be made in the tariff there will be re
vival of all kinds of business. The asser
tiOns made by republicans that the bill, il
passed, viii be the death blow of a great
many of the industries have no founda
ton whatever
The democrats are as profoundly inter
ested in the prosperity Of the country as
the republicans can possibly be, and they
have studied the tariff as carefully and as
thoroughly. They are confident that the
industries would be much more prosper
Gus under the Wilson bill than they have
under the Mckinley tariff, and they are
also certain that the material condition
Of the working men would be even better
The speeches of Speaker Crisp and
Chairman Wilson, closing the tariff de-
bate in the House for the democrats
were in marked contrast to thatof4 Mr..
Reed, who closed the debate for
the republicans. MIR. Crisp and
Mr.. Wilson were confident and
logical. Mr.. Reed was sarcastic and
evasive. They spoke for the masses of
the people, and he spoke for the few who
are the benefciaries of the high protec-
tive system.
When the Mckinley tariff was adopted
by the House there was no such scenes of
enthusiasm as those that marked the
passage of the Wilson bill. The reason
was that the Mckinley tariff bill aroused
no enthusiasm. The public recognized it
as a means which enabled the rich to put
still heavier burdens upon them. They
knew that the Wilson. bill Iessened their
burdens. That was why the capitol was
crowded to suffocation on the last day OF
the tariff debate in the House.
The Senate may make some. changes in
the bill. There will be serious COM
plant if 1t does. What is demanded is
that there shall be no unnecessary delay
in passing the bill. Prompt action is de
manded, and that there must be, if the
Senate desires to avoid condemnation
from one end of the country to the other
Speaker Crisp's Tariff Speech.
Speaker Crisp has reason to be gratitied
with the comments on his tariff speech
1t is being very generally commended. II
was one of the very best of the many
good speeches of the Wilson bill debate.
Although delivered at the close
of the discussion, when it wa.
thought there was no possibility of saying
anything new, it commanded close atten.
tion from its beginning to its end, because
Of its logic, clearness of statement, the
convincing character of the arguments il
contained and the sincerity and earnest
ness with which it was delivered.
1t was an answer to Mr.. Reeds speech
which Immediately preceded it, and 9
very satisfactory answer, too it was.
Particularly effective was that portion
tvof it that was in reply to Mr.. Reeds ref
erence to China. Judge Crisp pointed
out that China was an example of cen
turtles of prohibitive protection, keeping
her home markets exclusively for her
own people, and he called attention to the
fact that Chinese workmen and laborers
had deteriorated so greatly that this
country denied them an abiding place
within its borders. and that China her
self was steadily going backward in ma
terial wealth.
Judge Crisp met every issue fairly ant
squarely. He did not attempt to belittle
arguments nor avoid facts which seemed
to be fatal to his theory of the tariff HI
spoke as a statesman confident that he
was in the right, and he made an impress
| sion that helped the cause he advocated
and increased his already well estab
llshed reputa ton as DICTATOR.