New-York tribune., 1894-02-06
been as low in this country under any form OF
tariff as it is now
EDTC1TYNG THE SENATE"


Professor Wilson is still on deck He has called
n meeting of the Executive Committee OF the
National Association Of Democratic Clubs. of
which he is the president. 1t is to be held thiS
week at Washington. and the purpose of it is
said to be to arrange for what Is caliea ah On
preston of public opinion on the question OF tar
if reform during the time that the wilson Dill
is pepding i'm the Senate Our Democratic con-
temporary. "Thc Ncw-York Times thinks the
plan is an admirable one, because thc sell
ate is peculiarly in need Of direct AMI urgent
influence from public opinion. the members
of that body. il says. are "A SinSllarly duii anu
inert mass Of legislators" and "can only DC
made TO feel the authority Of popular purpose
and The force Of public sentiment Dy SpecEii
effort" 1t accordingly halls the appearance OF
Professor Wilson In the role Of Instructor or
thc United States Senate with enthusiasm. Inc
Professor will instruct the Executive COMMITTEE
of tbe association, the committee will instruct
the clubs. and the clubs will then instruct the
Scnotc by means Of popular demonstrations ana
expressions OF public opinion. The campaign
Of education about which we have heard SO
much for the last two or three years Is 10 pc
continucl The people having been educated
to the point Of clccting tariff reform frcsiu'n'
and Congress. are now To "d'lrat" one pran'i
of the Congrcss-thc dull and inert prahcN
lid 10 the point of passing the tariff reform
bill
Isn't il Il little singular that il should be ncccS-
sary after one campaign of education mas IT,
suited in interesting the people In 'arll REFORM
to the extent that they elected Congress Oh
that ISSUE to make another campaign or eou-
cation in which the people shall instruct III"
mon whom they elected nS 10 the merits or III"
jsSuc they were elected on? How Is tins! were
the people ovcrlrain~ or oycreducafch, mat
they should be in advance of the men th"y
selected 10 carry on; their IDEAS. or were the
mon they selected undcrtraincd ana undercuu-
Gated that they must have Il new campaign TOT
thcir especial benefit and new instructions from
.thc people? our contemporary says this great
reform has II stronger public feeling Dchihi
it than any movement since the war Not
withstanding which il seems necessary 10 pun
tho National Association of Democratic CluDs\
to work getting NJ popular demonstrations ana
arranging for general expressions of public
opinion in order 10 make the "dui ana inert
mass " Of tariff reform Democrats in I'll" SEN
ate aware that there Is 4 strong publlc l""ih1
on the subject Isn't there something the mat
fer with the "ctlucaiion that has resulted
from the vocfcrous campaigns OF the last TWO
or three years? 1t seems 10 lack tn" abidlhS
oualiiv: IL somcwha; transient ana "Van'Sc"h'
The men who have taken the course ana grad
uatrd with the highest honors. and who have
horn selected for the most exalted positions on
that account. are now. as it appears in need
of r..c,lucation and Il post graduate course
The plan Is n good one how"vcr-if il WORKS.
If the tariff reform Democrats in the Senat"
are So dull and inert that they do not know
or have FORGOTTEN what the people elected 'h'm
for IL Is obviously wisc 10 stir up III" p"Opl"
80 renew their Instructions only h"r" Is
where. the lluiu obstacle +" The plan Will be
net thor, is strong possibility That the
events of the last year have ~ utterly wiped
olIt the results of the campaign of education
that the expressions Of public opinion will not
hc AZ al In accord with Professor Wilson's
yiov-> There WAS IN expression of public
feeling" In This town one day last week. for i'll
s.amcc- 4 quite formal and official expression
which would seem to Indicate that events had
been educating people In an altogether different
direction from that OF IN" " campaign II Is
a question whether the duh and inert mass
I'm the senate Will not take It's cue from that
official expression rather than from the demon
STATIONS 10y Democratic clubs, which Professor
Wilson iS engineering.