Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-07-10
THURSDAY. JULY 10, 1915.
LETTER FROM HON. RI. WALKER.

LETTER FROM Hun. K.J. ai.kr"'
Eriract from Litter 10 he scaior eiior q he Mss"
sppial. dated Jme Oh. 1915.
III would he inppssihlr fa 10 give ynu any alc-
qnaie conception of The abfs IL This 9TH - Secretary
nCfLe Tfeasnry) suffice it IN say never have any lr
sure. Al present my chief oecuplon is with the de-
tails of the IadG Ir MUST REDUCED TO THE
REvEsuE STANDARD.
- do hope aud Trust our feS5sin Missss ipp will not
quarrel about men, elections fr office Their motto
should be. any good democrat (or all the Offices, and
un,n and harmony his support against all the W hugs
There should be dirison. or II may produce ends
that Ill defeat The party.
Ever truly yours.
T. }. WALKER"
We fad The foregoing letter in the last Aissisppia-.
The first suggrsIun hc occurred us, reading II,
was that busy as the Secretary oc The Treasury repre-
scns himself to be. Oke all The other members o. this
hard,uorkug Administrations il is 10 be- regretted a,
he found "lesure" enough. as high officer OF the Fed
era Executive interfere with Slate elections. When
he assumed authority nullly the appointment Of his
successor the L. $. Senate by Withholding from hr
gentleman appointed To fill that ofice The commission
wilh Which he was Temporarily entrusted, he wasguiliy
of high offence against the sovereignty Of his State,
scarcely rprehenshe than this vioalion Of all del
cacy aud pr"prey in laying dawn rules for the s-Irc'on
Of candidates Tor State "ices to save The Tarfy from
possibe defeat. Wha, fleet the interference uf this
osant lilile gentleman may have upon his friends Al
home, conjecture, but if they have the spirit
Of fncmen. they will not fail 10 rebuke his mpernrnce.
though they may be DESTROYS Of The triumph Of
"ihc pauy'' as he seems 10 be.
But the most important part Of The Secrearys letter
is the sentence emphasized W. find in the VI ISL iss-
plan. The Tariff must be reduced to The rcr,nue
Standard" And what, pray. is The revenue standard
Ask Mr. McDnffir. and he will tell ynu, maximum of
70 per cent duties, discriminating below that point But
g. farther North. and ask the Pennsylvania Lpc,s, and
what will be their answer Fortunately, We are no,
left To conjecture On Ills point. We have their answer
auhorllaisely given, in The Address, now 6cJre Us, of
The "Demecrs,lc members" of the last LIE. isalure Of
that State to Their constituents yindlcaug their supp n
Of Judge Woodward as u. s. Senator, in place If Mr.
Buchar.n, ard d,nouncing that portion Of their pli,i
Cal brethren, 10 in "rmber. who. in conjunction with
The Wings succeeded in defeating thai gentleman and
in eleclng Gen. Cameron They expressly deny ha,
Judge Woodward is orposed 10 protective tariff, and
quote letter Of the Judge prove il. And wha, Dies
he say2 II we could cumtnand Secretary Walkers
ear, we could invoke his attention to the response e.
am" (says Judge Woodward) lin favor of PROTECTING
dnmesllc production and labor according to the ma
lisp A REVENUE TARIFF; and believe i, afrds, in
"a Judelous manner Tor the must part. lNc,DEN-
tai PROTECTION rhich is The right Of government
10 gre 10 home interests" This be it remcmlered
Is the av"wa Of The selected candidate of the ocofco
members Of the Penns, vana Legislature for u. s. Sen
ator. as the successor of Mr. Bnchasn So that h,Ie
Secretary Walker is in favor Of producing the Tariff Ia
the revenue statndard," his Pennsylvania friends and
allies thunder in his ear that that standard has already
been reach I'd
Does he need any farther evidence Of hat the voice
OF the Pennsylvania Democracy isl We poin, him to
the language of The Pennsylvania Address which. no,
c1n'ent with vlndcaing Judge Woodward f rom the
imputed heresy Of Free Trade, proceeds to show tina,
President ok Is decided advocate of protective duties
Referring to the late Presidential election they saw:
during the recent contest 1t will be recolecied tina,
the distinguished c'i'zn, who fills the oflic of
President o the United States whose public career has
been characterized eminent ability and by n fa,bfl
and patriotic discharge Of every public and private ,v
who Was known by his unprm devotion to the truths
o democracy. was assalled with all the pouca maly.
MY that his enemies could devise, IL deirac, from his
virtue anu abilities The most prominent o these pol
cal SANDERS that he for free trade and
10 tariff uhich ronM afford Incidental prot,ri,ou IN
me great purpose Of american mdustlu His own H.. .
ter upon this subject was the best refua,on of these al
anu ""htWhS me rue Irhncipie IN relation to
The 'ar, IN accordance with the spin o the constitution
and the settled doctrine 9he Democratic party With
me same purpose. and governed by the same alos;,y
he political enemies OF the denncoriic nominee <,turye
W. Wo"d Hncd have asserted that he WAS for free trade
and oppostd 10 the principles and provisions If the .,r
OF 1912"
And again sit is scarcely necessary I, remark ,b,
fhe democratic party. during the recent contest, was
'he" and is now. The aronrd uarocate Of the ,ssuei
pies and provisions Of the tasif Of 1922
i What say the demo, ra tic party Of Viru;,, A.,
south to these av"wss9 DO they no, know that, bow.
ever true the declaration may be- as to Pennsylyan;, il
Is false rs 10 them? DO they know that. here ,ncs,
sing hostility to the tariff Of 1912, as Unconstitutional, :,
ptinc're and oppressive in its details was the unc,s;
"aTr'y Of the pary How does this strange dscrepancy
hapren2 How? Precisely in the marner we 7,.vs h,o
'ofore exposed. |, shows that James K PL,s .lo.,a
was 'and npch the couniry--ffa while he bois,.J
the Tree Trade flag in the Suh he was nroclaincI >,
be in favor Of The Wing tariff of 1912 in p.nnsvlv,o
and that his own letter To James X Kane mad. him
Pcrsiceps crnnis in this deioesa,e and in(am.,s do
cepon
IL IS manifrst, from these devehpmrnts ina, A.
though Secretary Walker may deem reduction If Tho
Iai'1 necessary 10 bring it 10 The "revenue standard
his p"l''ics allies in Peunsy lvania will resist tl,, IT,
dur,ion.
The fact is, the term ''revenue standard, is ,h,, 90
vague and unmeaning lhe old phrase ..udcious "a,
nm, which, having performed its office If gulliny IN.
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