New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04
IT ENDS.

To-day, thanks 10 the people ~ the United
States. law-making by the Democratic party
ceases We have had two years of IT, ana NOT
one Democrat in ten. it Is safe To say WANTS
any more law-making 10y his own party Neither
Democrats nor Republicans would ever have be-
lcvcd. until the experiment had been tried that
the failure of that party could have been SO
complete and so humiliating.
Two enactmentS and one disastrous effort tell
the whole story All the routine bills may b"
ignored: il was TO be expected that Congress
would vote money enough To itself and It's partl-
sans in office Still there is a little doubt even
at This late day. whether all the necessary appro
nriation bills will get through, and the anxiety
Of The President to avoid an extra session may
possibly meet with disappointment. Assuming
that the bills pass as they stand, the appropra
tons are about as large as IN any previous
wear. although the Treasury is kept from bank
ruptcy only 10y borrowing
The first important act was the repeal OF the
silycr-purchasng clause. Purely for partisan
reasons. this was represented a measure OF
the highest importance. but ii has not proved III
any practical service whatever Their" Is YET me
possibility that England and Germany may be
pushed into some sensible action regarding 81
YER but the idea of the President that the re-
peal would rcStoIc prosperity ana revive buNi-
ness has proved completely erroneous. 1t Is the
plain fact that there has been no other recovery
than such as would inevitably have followed the
enactment Of Il moderate change Of tariff when
an extreme change lad been apprehrndcd
For almost two years. fear that the Demo
cratic minority in Congress would put into force
its wcllknown theories about the tariff pros
trlted all business When its tariff act was
finally passed It was found in many re
surctS so much less harmful than had been 'N-
nnctcd that Their. was a general sense of relief
How much harm the act viii do cannot yet he
estimated. but il is plain enough that II mas
knocked off about 20 per cent OF the wages "i
American working people. ana by correNpohu
iu.ly reducing then. power OF purchase, has cut
off th. demand for all products ~ industry.
There is nothing surprising in The fact that me
lowest prices ever known for the great farm
stables have followed this enactment; on ne
contrary. it would have been matter "i won
dermcnt if that rcsu, had not followed an ac,
which compelled general reduction OF ID"
wages of labor.
These are the two things Congress has done
and I'm addition it has tried TO substitute wildcat
State bank currcncv for the currency OF National
banks. After months of agitation, which resulted
in great depression of business this scheme WAS
defeated. but only in such fashion as to prove
that the Democratic party, if possessed OF fulI
power would have adopted il without heSita-
ton or delay. The country Is spared the meal
culable disasters which that step would nave
caused only because The Republican minority
was faithful
Men say It is the worst Congress ever known
At least there is fair prospect that no "'hcr
like If will be seen for many years To come
Even the frce-tradc fanatics. with all their want
of practical sense. will hardly vote for another
such Congress as the one which bures itself III
dishOnOr to-day