New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-10
THE CONING SESSION.

Congress was for so many years under Demo
cratic control menace to business, and the
dread Of unwse action became so deeply root
ed. that it Is not strange II the approach Of
new session is regarded with some apprehen
sion by the large number Of business men who
have only faint conception of the difference
between parties. Many have considered il fash
ionable or have thought it convenient in their
business to "have nothing to do with politics"
and the penalty for Sinking public duties is
that they are destitute Of the knowledge which
would save them from great loss in their own
business. Many have been Democrats, but dis
gusted with the course Of their party, and
have found 1t salve to personal vanity to say
that both parties are about equally deserving
of distrust. But business men who know the
difference between the forces controlling with
i'll the two parties are aware that there Is no
occasion for scare about Congressional action
this year.
There is no possibility Of mischievous action
on the monetary question. II is, indeed, well
known that the Senate might pass an unwise
BILL but II Is equally well known that the
House would not pass nor would the President
hesitate to veto any dangerous measure and
not even In the Senate itself could twO-thlrds
vote be found TO pass such q measure over a
veto. 1t is unfortunately true that nothing can
prevent unlimited speech IN the Senate. Sill
yer men and Populists there will have ample
time to repeat the assertions now made by lot
of s0-called hard-money Democrats and curren-
CIV reformers TO the effect that there is no real
Improvement in business, that there Is nothing
but a squirt due to unusual foreign demand for
wheat and that the country is going to relapse
into the mire Of doubt and depression again very
soon. Hearing this from the free traders, who
want to create new party, men Of sense under
stand that they are only trying TO break down
the success Of a Republican Administration,
and a repetition of the same doleful statements
by the soft-mOney Senators will mean nothing
more. The false assertions and predictions will
delude some people, as there are some born 10
be deluded, and to that extent will retard
progress But otherwise all the talk or voting
against sound money in the Senate will be i'm
potent.
Neither is there any probability that Con-
gress will make mischief In foreign affairs.
There Is. first, the fact that the influence Of the
President with strong Republican House, in
respect to matters involving possibilities Of for
eign difficulty, will be great. 1t should be, be-
cause the Administration only can know the
exact state Of foreign negotiations or the readi-
ness of the country to meet foreign difficulties,
and II will be naturally increased by the po-
litical desire Of Republicans who have cleo
lions to meet next fall to see the Administra-
ton most successful The disposition of the
President is known to be anxious for peace. so
long as 1t can be maintained with honor and
without sacrifice Of important American inter-
ests. and the more because years Of peaceful
progress are just now needed to restore the in
dustries and the condition OF the people TO the
measure OF prosperity desired. 1t is not to be
expected that the Administration will invite for
cign trouble where there Is ground to hope that
American rights can be maintained by peaceful
negotiation, and the disposition now shown by
Spanish authorities 10 avoid controversy by
many concessions which have been long refused
indicates clearly that the path OF peaceful ne
COLLATION. is still open. Spanish statesmen are
not destitute Of reason, and know full well