The Butler weekly times., 1895-12-19
The DO-NOthins Policy.
New York World.

New York World.
Speaker Reeds remarks in the re.
publican caucus and upon taking the
chair have been generally accepted
as indicating do-nothing policy by
congress. His sayings that "history
may accord US praise for what we do
not do" and that "there are times
when rest is as health giving as ex-
ercise," if they do indicate, as is be-
lieyed, an all-round, do.nothing pol
icy, propose the neglect Of most i'm
portant public duties. In that sense
they are the words OF politician
and a candidate, not of a patriot and
a statesman.
A rest on tariff disturbance is no
doubt desired and demanded. The
country has adjusted itself to abe
new scedules. Business is prosper
ing. Labor is well employed. Com
merce has revived. The treasury
will receive for the current calendar
year over S2O,000,00O more revenue
from customs than it did in the last
fiscal year Of the Mckinley tariff. 1t
will receive this year $35, 100000
more than it did last To disturb
these conditions now ~ Id be both
a blunder and a crime.
But this does not absolve for the
deficiency in the revenue. This de-
fciency is due to the decision of the
supreme court, upon the procure
ment of conspiracy of wealth, null
lifying the income tax. The logical
the just and the easiest course to
pursue is to raise the needed $50,
100000 by an increased revenue tax
on beer. But if this cannot be done
congress should safeguard the treas
ury in some other way. This may
be done by authorizing the issue of
treasury certificates or short-term
bonds, under proper restrictions, to
meet emergencies like the present.
No government should be left with
it's credit unprotected. To DO moth.
ing new for the deliberate purpose
of "leaving the Administration in a
hole" for the next campaign would
be a shameful and dangerous omis.
sion. It will end the smart Mr.
Reed as presidential possibility il
he shalt forget that he cannot 'leave
the administration in a hole" with
out mourning the danger of throwing
the business of the country agair
into the ditch.
it will be further neglect of duty
if congress shall do nothing looking
to the cure of the confusion into
which our currency has fallen. Th,
next logical step after the resump
tion of specie payments has neve
been taken. On the contrary, ou
currency condition has grown stead
lily worse for the past seventeen
years under the coinage of a grea
store of silver dollars representing
now only about SO cents of thei
nominal value, and an imitation o
$50, 100000 in treasury notes ISSUED
for the purchase of silver and nom
inally redeemable in the name, bu
actually drain upon and an adde'
menace to the gold reserve. As tn
president says in his message, tn
government is ''forced to redeer
without redemption and to pa
without acquittance," under the la,
requiring the reissue of legal tender
1t is the duty of congress to d
something to remedy this conditio
of things, if it is nothing more tha
the appointment of an expert, nor
partisan monetary commission t
consider and report upon it. Th
president has presented his plal
but he assures congress that he i
prepared to cooperate with thel
in perfecting any ether measur
promising thorough and practic,
relief" This is the patriotic spiri
Speaker Reed and his party associate
cannot afford to refuse to meet tt
president half way.
Confederate Reunion Dates.