The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-03


sels TO be an intense partisan. Its editorial
utterunces leave the impression that il
would much rather have no legislation at
all for the Improvements of the govern
ment's financial condition than TO have
the republicans accept suggestions FOR
financial legislation from the democrats.
Il SAYS The Congressman who has been
sent TO Washington TO cure disasters re-
suiting from democratic partisan legisla-
ton, and proposes 10 90 IL 10y accepting
the non-partisan plans OF democrats and
leaving their partisan legislation UNI
touched. viii not rank high in the House
or elsewhere. This country was grandly
p-osperous-more prosperous than ever
bcfore-nnder the republican laws Of 1880"
Is i, a fact that the country was grand
ly prosperous under republican legislation
OF 1892 The legislation TO which the Tri-
bune refers was the Mckinley tariff.
There are two reasons-very strong reas-
ons-for saying that that tariff did not
contribute to the prosperity Of the coun-
try but that. on the contrary. it helped
TO bring on the bard times. These reas-
ons are that the hard times began under
the Harrison administration, ard that tho
people were so dissatisfied with the Me
Kinley tariff that they turned the control
Of the government over to the democrats.
In support of the first reason it will be
remembered that the Secretary of State
under Gen. Harrison's administration
thought Seriously Of issuing bonds during
the'latter part of Gen. Harrison's term
lie would hardly have had such a pur-
pose IL the condition Of the country was
as prosperous as the Tribune says it was.
Not long ago, in a speech in Maine. Sena-
tor Frye admitted that the hard times
really began while Cen Harrison was
President If the statement of the Tribune
respecting the prosperity of the country
under the legislation of 1890 is true, Sena-
tor Frye would hardly have made the
foregoing admission.
To satisfactorily show that the second
reason which we have given to refute as
sertions of the Tribune is sound. we have
only 10 refer to the victory Of the demo-
Gratis in lS92. If the people had found re-
publican rule and republican legislation
so satisfactory. they would have retained
the republicans in power. The fact that
they turned them out is pretty good evil
dence that the Mckinley tariff did not
make the country prosperous The Tri-
bune should keep closer to the facts It's
misstatements and erroneous conclusions
are not likely to do its party any good.
The country was extremely prosperous
during President Clevelands first term,
and the prosperity of that period extend
ed through at least half Of the admins
tration of President Harrison. The Nc
Kinley tariff was adopted when the first
half of Gen. Harrisons administration
was about over. and soon after its adop-
ton -the-sisns of the approach of hard
times began to be apparent.
The republicans ought to be glad to
receive suggestions from the democrats.
They ought to welcome suggestions from
any source. The aim of both republicans
and democrats should be to enact such
laws as would give the greatest promise
of benehtting the people. There is no good
reason why republicans in congress should
not receive suggestions from democrats,
or why democratic legislation should not
remain undisturbed If it is good legislation.
1t would not be craftsmanship, but par
tisanshp, for the republicans to refuse
to receive any suggestions from the demo-
Gratis, or to maintain that nothing the
democrats did while in control of the
House has been beneficial to the country
If the republicans want to retain the con-
hdenco of the people they must manifest
a much more liberal spirit than is found
in the Tribunes editorial utterances.
Not All Happy.
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