The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-17

When Congress lh't -N''
his now protective tariff bin all ready
I'm his pocket. and so far as the Commit
.,o nm WAYS and Means and the House
~, t,c,r.ecntafivos are concerned, the b'!
ae Dingley had it prepared Is aIe"uF
lass, Tho machinery has all been pre-
,o,e1 and thoroughly oiled for running
d, thronsb the House upon schedule time
and there will not be hitch or s'op
,, any station. except such as have been
oiroa6v determined on. The rules Oh the
e,,oto ollow intormlnable debate. and
Il is barely possible the bill may strike
cana snaes there. But this is not very
nrobable. Those who favor IT declare
,tcv Will change the rules so as TO allow
them 20 force IL through, If such action
becomes necessary. and the President
with his patronage, has already pre-
pared q few lessons for rcbcllious soma
tors. that viii wake them up when tho
| time comes. lie announces that he VIII
mako no appointments 10 office until the
tariff bin is disposed Of. which means. Of
course. that no senator need expect any
attention to be paid to his rccommenda-
lions for Office. II he kicks upon q
massage OF the tariff bill. We think II
a forcconc conclusion. therefore, that t-'e
Dinelcy bin. as Mr.. Dinslcy has pre-
pared #. will be the law OF the land
I'm very short time.
Since the Wilson tariff bin became the
law. the people have seen the Ordinary
noccesarics Of life that they buy at tie
stores fan in price in most astonish-
ing way. Men with small incomes have
been able 10 stretch them far beyond
what they formerly ala. because their
| store bills were so much less. All tins
is now TO be changed. In presenting
| his bin. Mr.. Dingley made n brief sketch
of the changes he expected 1t TO make,
and amongst them he said wool and Woo
lens would added S25.00OOO0 10 the revenue.
| This. Of course. means that an the wool
len clothes Of the people arc to be in
creased in price. They viii have the
prices raised on them also in many other
| directions.
This bill viii be the death OF Repub-
Hcan rule in this country. If the Demo
cratic party will only have the sagacity
to take advantage Of the opportunity
10 VIII offer. The people are never go
| ing 10 allow the Democratic party TO
come into control Of the country Whine
| il adhcrcs TO cheap money and makes war
upon capital. IT is an utter peryersion
of the whole natural order Of things
| 10 mention Democracy and these per-
versions Of sound principle in the same
breath. Democracy obtained its pow
erfm hold upon mankind because IT
founded itself upon the proposition that
each and every citizen should have equal
and exact justice. But how can there
be equal and exact justice if the laws
are so framed that one man can swndle
another by forcing him to take nifty cents
when a dollar is his due, or if they are
| so framed that one man is TO be deprived
/
Democracy loses all OF its hold upon
men as soon as it allies itself to Gree
silver. and continues war upon capital.
But if it will only return to It's old and
elementary principle Of allowing every
man TO hold and enjoy what is his, ana
will tie itself indissolubly 10 a fixed and
| ,,,,,... ,,.ir,t. standard Of yaluo this Ding
ley bill will as surely see 1t returned
to the control Of this country in 1900
as that 1900 comes.
The whole plea for the politics tiki
! have recently wrecked the Democratic
party is that the people must have more
money. But if the party would abandon
its effort to dobase our money. and would
address itsolf to the attempt 10 secure
10 the people their State banks. win
their notes redocmable in gold coin, II
would command the confidence Of conser-
vative men generally, and at the same
time supply the people with all the money
they could possibly need.
The cry for cheap money and Ait
eeldlsm has utterly wrecked the party
ana made all sensible men see tbat II
can never come into control Of the conn
try while IL adheres to them. Suppose
the party makes just one attempt TO Sc
cure the confidence of the country ~
fastening itself to sound principle. II
| e. xrorfb Tho effort