The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-24
ruE TARIFF AND PARTIES.
pevision Will Come Whether the
Republicans Consent 10 II
o. Not.

=, sometimes occurs TO republican
rarer. on looking over the field and not
10 the widely prevalent discomfort Of
rerubilcans with the gross inequity a
.afn schedules and their rank fayorit-
IN toward special interests, TO admon-
~ The leaders OF its party that II repub-
Irans do not revise the tarin democrats
,,,il attend TO that work by and by. says
,he Washington Post. The Brooklyn
Times performed that d1ty, not long
sm hut did not do 1t skillfully, for II
IGNORED a highly important feature OF
~ situation. to-wit. the fact that the
house of representatives is not the
whole Of the congress. and is manifestly
irrtpable OF doing any legislative work
without the concurrence Of the senate
The Times said:
III would be the part Of prudence to
readjust the tariff, SO rs TO remove all
inst cause OF complaint, while the
friends OF protection retain control. in
stead Of taking any chances on what the
future may bring forth. The election OF
democratic majority TO congress next
wear Is not so far removed from the linn
its OF probability that the republicans
IN the present congress can AFFORD 10 ig-
uore IT,"
The election OF a democratic house in
fs06 would not be surprising That
party has suffered six successive defeats
tn confessional elections since 1892,
and ii would seem TO be quite time for II
10 wake up and do something lift is not
content with its chronic impotency. II
is much easier for party that is rent
with feud on national issues TO win
victory in an OF year congressional cleo
ttcn than in a presidential campaign. IL
there is anything in the so-called law Of
averages. why may not the democrats
rs reasonable exertion. gain a victory in
1875? But II they should be triumphant
then. and II they should repeat their vic
tory IN 1908 carrying the house with the
presidency, the senate will st.l be re-
publican. Judge Parker stated repeat
edly in his Inflated canvass that the
political complexion OF the senate could
not be changed before the end Of the
presidential term for which he was ne
democratic candidate. The American
Economist. special organ OF the leagued
standpatters takes up the warning OF
TIE Brooklyn Times for reproying re-
p'y which II ends with the remark that
"ihe party OF protection has for nearly 50
Years taken chances on the future. and
only twice in that period OF time has
- Mould
seem 10 be a good chance TO take 10 let
the tariff alone"
ID Is true that the democratic party
lost control Of legislation in ISIS, that
the last ante bellum democratic house
came n with Buchanan. in 1856, but It
is not true that the republican party has
been defeated. so far as relates 10 the
house OF representatives. only twice
since that far-Off time. But the stand
gatters' organ Is too generous 10 the
opposition If IL uses the phrase defeated
az the polls" as implying that twice
since 1856 the party Of protection" has
teen completely ousted, unable either TO
dictate or prevent the passage OF a bill
The democrats achieved an immense
victory in the election OF the Forty
fourth congress. in 1874. in the middle OF
President Grants second term. The
election Of 1876 was a democratic vic
tory all around. but the defeated presi-
Dental candidate was inaugurated. and
for two years sent .c2g list Of vetos TO
democratic congress. The fact that
Samuel J Randall. John G. Carlisle. Mi
chael G. Kerr and Charles r. Crisp were
democratic speakers OF the house shows
that the republicans were repeatedly de-
featei. Still there has been but one
congress since the middle Of the
Buchanan administration during which
Tho democrats have had full legislative
power; and If we may judge the future
by Patrick Henry's lamp. the prospect
Of a democratic revision OF the tariff Is
not imminent. But nevertheless. tariff
revision will come. The republican par
" will not be likely TO permit itself 10
be disrupted by the conflict over this
question. Internal forces will compel
a revision Of schedules which nosenator
or representative ventures 10 defend.
and which the best republican author
files have denounced as utterly indie
feasible.