The Springdale news., 1913-09-19
PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL
 AS \ DEMOCRATIC FEAT.

William L. Wil.on was repudiated by the bill which passed the sen ate under the leadership of Arthur P. German Tae Mckinley and Dingley bills followed each more highly protective. than it's predece=s- or. partly for the reason that there vas enough sympathy with the pro- tectlye i'd within the Democratic ranks to render the minority party restraint on the dominant Republi- cans. The Pavne-Aldrtch bill was suDer.atiyely protective, partly be- cause Of Democratie eonniyanee with it's authors The Democrats of tue House did, indeed, three years ago. pass number of bills reducing certain schedules. They somewhat deserved 10 be called tariff re <orm bill=; but the zcaatiness of the reductions they made and tie certainty that they would not be allowed to become laws were eircums .anees which deprived one af reason to believe that the Dem ocrats, in their profession of tariff reform. were animated by that de- gre of sincerity which alone could enable them te enact Ruine re- form with a slender majority.
 Hen e. i. was not strange, but quite natural, on the contrary. that When lat April the Democrats un- dartook to revise the tariff down ward in aeeordan " t their prom isa perhaps not ous nan Il ten had any expectation T at [ e would SUI ceed The histo of tariff mak- ing for fifty year admonished ene to expect, rathes. tf at at best thsy would give the ountsy Eomeopath ie reform. and that even that small success would entai party confusion, pa " s#UpzIon
 It is only 6y fk.ng th5s glance Ia k8ar1 tha eau appreciate hoH Heaarkabl Lot to say aston isaing. the #at which tHe Demo aratt patty achieved wBzn. last Tues day afternoon al [ o'clock. the ssnate not only gave its sanction 10 t#e Hoa=a neesaae tat was gen eeous fulfillmerf of tie Democratic promise, but mad | even more es- santially a reform u =asufe than it MS when | cane to that hodf Ne ? ak af the matte as # it were tfr ads q ummat.oa, for whlle Jhe b#il has yet t6 withstand the tanpafing Of q seafeeense sea4miftse where s9 many .asift b.as haze , zen emascaIated. this one is = cure from that outrage by the con i.t-oas whi la made possible what has alr-a3y been accomplish e1 50 truly an epo hal svett II oar p2litiE al history.
 TA=@e eonfit.o. a-e te com pound of several e!#meAts One Of ta III. probably the chef cf them, l. the p4eseae= fn he White House os a man who as mind of rare in- gri.y, the courage begot of con v5ction and the suayity which dis tinguishes courage from brayado Tae fassase of { i- tariff bil $ primarily triumph of H'ilseniaa ad rshiP l. teSttf 70 the pow e 4f fae y.ztfes NJ Wilson exemp- l.fa so siznal3. and thus the sts age ef tLe Biu has moral 3snisisa a-ian which is Lot fhe least o the value os tals event One vi Iail to make te full measure os this leadership f oEa Heglset 10 note that in one house of congress Mr Wilson lad 10 deal with a party maiorl.l |. slight and as re- lue,aat as that which made success ia9.sosz ta #e. Cleveland An ora element Of The coalitions that aaFe n tAis feat pas.I5.e was t.te D mo rattc consciousness tAat the Dsmo.raae farts was an nsoha- ton Tie YeFy fac that the eoun-
 ry daaht=d both ifs =iHeerity and its ability. Was skeptie al of its de sire ta siye genuine tariff reform, aal e4#n more of its power to do % this feeling % disparaging 70 the party and making both it's pfes nt and futHra 5 pr eeaeioqs a4mon- is ed t shat the wslfase and per haps even the l.fe Of the party de- mandad as never before. the sacri- flee of individual diseontents II was one of those crises that make dissent partake tae nature of treas oa
 The meagazn $ Of tae Democrat r. majority ma ie the invocation of caucus rule spensable; the s1ate of tae Democratic mind made made the inYo ation of caucus rule