, 1880-10-31
DEMOCRATS, FREE TRADE, AND HANCOCK.
IL tile Editor ef Tie Chicago Ii1bune-

DEMOCRATS, FREE TRADE, AND HANCOCK.
IL tie Editor e} Tie Chicaoo Ir3bune.
- CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-1n 1865 the Democrats in.
Convention assembled adopted this resolution:
III t Tat sr9 n s 1se whe n
to domestic question whatever. The time lns
r M 81 o 9f u }he a @a
trade throughout the world by solemn ln,ifesaons
eesSf.A Trunlpie.
In 1860 they In general terms reai1irmed this.
In 1864 they were so nnx;ous for the success OF
the South and 1.-The Little Napoleon" that they
forgot about a tariff, and said nothing.
In 1865 they '' resolvcd" fora tariff for revenue
upon foreign imports. In 1877 the Democrats
we've forced to tako as their Presidential candi-
dnte the most ultra protechonist OF the day
Horace Grceley,-nnd SO eager were they for the
spoIs and Office that they snd in their platform,
'.,xmitino 1t to the people i" their Congressional
In 1876 their platform said:
~ denaunes s present tar ltritd upon enrty
2 1 s.t 3. f ses 81 naas tn.s1 no ysar
rising revenue; nany ,nl ,nustrss
% he fsM III
rded A.neresn commerce from & the f n te 1
sales OF American manufacturers home and abroad
an s e e1 ha %f peee Il
people ve times more than II produces to the TEeas-
ssnr ans r,e': entehss 81 se
tsstset sss msre ssa s. ony }or f @er@nae 'N'
And in 1850 III platform on which Gen. Ham,
acceptance @ be indorscd, stated that they reaf-
.f1rrs.ed the platform Of 1870 aud ssll previous
years Also thoy indorscd The peculiar traditions
of the Democratic party, rs follows:
a.ten5sa s s
eSft1a este Say rs inst1ted b. she teaelins.
ample aiong iins Of M statesmen n nna
RasT H1T1oxah 1HS EHos o. TME rA
INA reF sna Of
aas ind rs Saoaa sss sD PaiS
llGcn Hancock. in answer to this, said:
accept the nomination with grntcfut appreciation
:! :s* j. !: e
jsta@t. +, tas p'' 1' ''' '''f"'0' 70 "''" >" l'
The present protective tar!G was passed ssa by
thereafter which the democrats controlled. tno
Morrison Tariff bill, anti-prntcctive. trec~trade
In every respect. was introduced and received
nearly n solid Democratic vote. The Senate,
then Republican, und Il Republican PRESIDENT
objected, end 1t wns not pressed 70 a vote. On
Adams, Of Nov York introduced tho following:
+ j. II
this te zrcat!y iepressed una that nil
values or Inc rendering of mani afac!arlns meshan-
ic. or mining operations uncertain Is un"ise there
Il The % of n 5s
OF the Id who voted against this, III were
Democrats and Q Republicans. OF the o. who
voted for it, II were Republicans and only II
Democrats. Defeated OF course ny Ill Demo-
On Dec. j, 1877; Mills tDemocrat), Of Texas. Of
fered the following: To so revise the tartH ms
to make it purely and solely Il tariff Fur rev
euue." On this 60 Democrats voted aye aud 7
Republicans; ST Republicans voted no and II
1 n the od the
Democrats for and 104 Republicans agnfnst.
On Jan. l., 1851, Hatch, Of Missouri Demo
following:
Be enacted, That no duty shul! be lerted Or COL
lese a5ee; Or fe M Of
suit ne or conEse IN bulk Or II. kcs sacks nerrcs
The roll stood l00 Democrats tor and luz Re-
publicans agaiust,-A Democrats and NATIONAL
lists voting with Republicans defeated the meas
urc. Fernando Wood, in hs speech presenting
his bill, said:
eas th. il IS d'icait 70 SPEAK them patience.
They aTs inaiorn IN thsoTy %tter!y !adefcnsl6s u
ti nost afe,sss and Tei:paia Ssneaeales can main.
dea1 % viii them as their ie;asrs deserve. reeose
ntze Implied mora right TO little !onser continu-
N 6
u r. fur e tss q s dnss ., sfe 9 % sv
Should b. and tn ny opinion fhfy eaNh ,otu a6"r
s 91s }s to p0T3
CENT Instead Of lsss than Is per cent upon an aver
Gen. Hancock, after his letter Of acceptance
fully indorstng the Democratic platform, III nm
fnteriew Published IN the {S j.
The thrift question is local question. The same
question was brought up once In NY native place in
ernment seldom cares % nterie5e viii ma noth,ng
Industries OF the country.
To further show bis utter incompctcncy and
absolute want Of consistency, he on Oct. l.. 1s80,
published his now celebrated letter:
GoyE1NoNs ISLAND, n. w. Oct. L. l5S0-My DEAR
GovEKSoli: have received Your favor q he m "a
s IL oa
eoke plainly enough to satisfy our Jersey friends re.
ssxey tat - ffsn a1y r. Sstaas
s1 aso{s% ,ntsnd f
& I'll g
OF then ,S re sass nd
rnoaous eaantry Shall certainly in time pa7 OF
M as S q s s sas n e
as long human nature lasts All parties that
=! AZ sseat 5Fss !1aSs i + 5oy Sqs tis
% ~ .! intefs;ts and psops y ssme ;uss III =
be S nteS s
american Industries will suggest tar measures that
existing present mrs and sonr'n e " IA sys-
si1e1.s't em Yery tsy yours, 10 " t. HAScoci
On all tbs the ablest 81 revenuc-tarif" paper
in New YG-E, the Public, sad:
The cause free trade Ind better be beaten every
year for half century than disgEuccd and made
tempt1bte by the election of this. For
It would be disgrace y elect as the candidate OF
M ran.es @ 6nvo
just much prot ecton underA DemocEntc ndmint5-
would make the cause Ut tariff reform utterly con-
tenlptible to elect ns its candidate who thinks
~ thut question brought up once In my nntfve
place III PENNSYLVANIA" Whit ean any man Of Or
.the tariff Is lDca guesdon-u matter that the Gen
crnl Government seldom cnteH to Interfere with II!
This Is succnct record Of the Democratic
party, whose main plank has been and IL now
anti protection and tariff for revenue only.
JAMES Fl. GILBERT.