Show A Conservative tariff iolicv Already the Republican press is burning with anxiety that the Democratic party at once plunge into a radical policy of lieo trade Their half potulant remark 13 the people havo voted for free Hade now lot them havo it That distinguished afterdinner orator CIUUNGLI Di rvvv in his illhumor following the Republican defeat on Tuesday last is represented assaying as-sayIng he hoped The Democracy will have control of the Senate then they cannot say we nave pro vented their fuliillmg their Chicago promises and we can say to them youro phenomenal frauds and got control by lying W o will make them confess they did not daro fulfil their promises Our friend DEPEW was evidently VeXed when he made these remarks Ho doubtless doubt-less hoped in the event of Republican success suc-cess to have appeared as minister plenipotentiary pleni-potentiary for tho United States at the splendid court of St James But that dream having passed away like the baseless base-less fabric of a vision it has left tho great orator somewhat out of sorts and he is anxious for his successful opponents to make haste tobreak their necics It will not be however Thero will be no wild plunging into free trade by the Democratic part There will DO no sudden sud-den revolution to unsettle the industrial and commercial prosperity of the country Yet there will be a movement to place the tariff policy of the country on a strictly revenue basis as soon as practicable and it will be none the less effectual because It fill be gradual and accompanied by a determination de-termination not to create confusion or bring disaster business interests in the transition from a high protective tariff to a revenue tariff The Democratic House bus given good earnest to the country of the wisdom that would direct the party now placed in power With a majority of over one hundred hun-dred and with such an emphatic expression expres-sion of disapproval of Republican policy as the country gave in 1890 the temptation tempta-tion to Introduce radical measures respect jag the tariff was great but v iser counsels coun-sels prevailed The iniquitous McKiN LEI bill was attacked in detail by the Introduction In-troduction of separate bills placing wool binding twine and lead ores upon tho froo list The first would havo given better clothes at lower prices to the people and cheaper raw materlalto the manufacturer while the increased demands for wool would have given tho wool grower a better and steadier market for his product The second bill would have lessened tho burdens bur-dens of the farmer by enabling him to harvest his crop cheaper The third while giving the consumer cheaper load by furnishing the miner and the smelters the necessary fluxing material mater-ial for tho reduction of our American ores would have contributed to the prosperity perity of the mining industry Such were the moderate measures introduced into the Democratic House notwithstanding the temptations to do otherwise Our defeated opponents need have no anxiety in respect to the use Democrats will make of their victory Parties like tho government itself are but the servants of the people and the Democratic party will not hesitate to carry out the wishes of the people as expressed at the polls on the 8th inst but in bringing about that change which is demanded by the sovereign people of America a wise conservatism willpre side m |