Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-27

The Rock on Which the Democracy
Of the East Are Likely to Split.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.

Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
New YORK, Oct. 21.-The tariff ques
ton is giving the democrats infinite
trouble. Their national committee is at
its wits ends. The attempt to direct az
tentiOn from it by the stupid forgery of an
alledged Chinese letter of Garfield it is
seen ia likely TO fail The desperation of
the democrats is shown by the fact that
even the protectionist iron manufacturer,
Abe Hewitt, takes the stump that the
| democrats are as good protectionists as
republicans are. The democracy obtains
no comfort in any quarter
The Hearld says:
At this moment the best informed men
of both parties believe the republicans are
more than likely to carry the election, and
the question is mainly in the minds of such
men one of majority. Commenting on
| the absurd speech of Hewitt last night, in
which he declared Gen. Hancock Is
| protectionist, and Garfield free trader;
second, that which ever party gets in the
| tariff will be considered by a committee;
third that republicans have hindered a
reform of the tariff in congress. which is
true; fourth, that the democrats are as
sound protecionists, as their opponents,
which is not true, and, finally, that it
does not matter, the Hearld says Hewitts
speech shows that he thinks democratic
prospects all but hopeless, but wetake the
liberty to say to him that he owed it to
his reputation to be silent rather than
bemuddle an important question as he
did in his last nights speech. E
Let nobody be deceived. II the DEM
ocrats carry the election they will change
and revise the tariff; they will lower many
i duties which are now high and they will
abolish many duties which now bring
in little or 10 revenge. They will repeal
the navigation laws and enable ouI
merchants to buy ships where they can
buy them most advantageausly, and they
viii refuse subsidies to ocean steamship
lines aud to railroads. If the republicans
carry the election they will keep the
revenue laws as they are They will re,
fuse free ships" and grant extensive
subsidies to ocean steamer lines as a way
of increasing our foreign commerce.
That is the exact truth about the matter
Whoever wants to see tariff maintained
whoever wants to see our navigation laws
unchanged /; whoever fsvors subsidies and
grants ought to vote the repu blican ticket
Gen. Hsncock's letter and all other at
tempts to befog these matters to the contra
ry notwithstanding. 1fany working mar
anywhere believes that 1t would iniurt
him or his interests to alter the tariff q
MS time, he should vote the republican
tics ct, no matter what sort of contradic
tory argument is used at this late day il
the canvass by Messrs. Wells, Hewitt
Bayard s. Co. -...g-.
As to Connecticut, the Herald says:
1t is difficult to see on what ground th,
democratic party can expect to carry Con
necticus. especially since the Introduction
of the tariff into the canvass, and the mud
die Gen. Hancock has made of it. Con.
necticut is indeed small state, but it
electoral votes are Indispensable to the sue
cess of the Democratic candidate.
The most careful estimate tiven by tn
conservative managers in New York cit.
as to the vote there, comedies to the demo
Gratis majority for Hancock of 68,G00 il
New York and Kings, but allows then
only 1l,000 elsewhere, and gives tn
state to the repub leans at this moment b.
g majority of Ia, COO, with a probability @
steady increase during the remainin
sixteen days, through Influences now in &C
tive cpeI ation-chieAy those arising fror
democratic failure OF courage and limbs
cility of argument touching the tariff leg
slation. .