New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-02

occasions when they have made no reference
to the subject. They had no trouble win IL
until General Hancock brought his MIND 10
Lear upon it, and then they for the first time
regretted its presence in the platform Mr.
Watterson says that while he does not claim
the honors of authorship. he did and does
approve the sentence. since 1T expresses as
@nearly rs single sentence can express the
"principle sought to be established, the prlncl-
aple of revenue and only of revenue that
awhcn the Government gets its tax, the tax
q shall stop, not cent of 1t being legislateu
afrom the peoples pocket to the pocket OF any
"class or individual" That is honest and
manly and does away with the petty clubbing
about tariff for revenue orly" meaning
. tariff with incidental protection" Whatever
may be said of the discretion of Mr. WattersOns
course, we must all admit that it is frank and
straightforward.
Having eucdated the past, Mr. Watterson
puts on his sternest front and lays down the
policy for the future. ave contend for and
- shall Id St upon the revenue basis, and we
" are as sure that it will be adopted by the party
as we are that the party will put a National
" ticket in the field" So much in general
sense now for particulars "As to the elec-
I" ton of Mr.. Randall Speaker OF the next
House, he has just the chance OF election
"that The EUCMing SmOkeStdct has Of going to
heaven in one of its own cOal-scuttes. And
"as for Pennsylvania, she and her Democrats
"may as well prepare to swallow the physic or
walk the plank That means business.
Pennsylvania has her orders and if she chooses
to disregard them she must take the cOnse
duences. Mr.. WattersOn is not disposed to
stand any trfing. :" If we should build the
" tariff as high as the moon we could not carry
Pennsylvania and if we could carry it we
would spurn the election of a President as the
"price of compromise of the principle ut
"stake." He inumates plainly that liancOcks
denomination is not of the question, for he adds:
Anybody was preferable to Hancock III the
"White House, surrounded by Pennsylvania
"infuences and representing Protecti0nist in
"terests. The loss of the next House by the
democrats would be blessing compared with
"the election OF Mr.. Randall as its Speaker,
which would mean, and would deserve, the
"certain destruction Of the party in 1884"
This is dogmatic and forcible language and
we trust it will prevail with the Democracy.
1t evidently will, for Mr.. Watterson concludes
with this account of the array of force behind
him: "The Democratic party is either tariff
O. for revenue party or it is nothing and until it
"can come into power so united upon the Ques-
- ton as to be able to deal with il rcsoutely and
effectively, we don't want it to come in at all.
In this view we are backed by solid mutitudes
" in the South and West; we know what we are
about; we mean what we say, and the sooner
"the Pennsylvanians understand it the better
"for all concerned" We do not see that there
is any room for further discussion. It's merely
question whether the party shall wag Waiter
son or WattersOn wag the party. We are not
betting on either side yet.