Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-17
GENERAL MCCLELLAN.
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NOW 1ork, December lO.--Genpta
George b. Mcclellan was found Inv ,
reporter IN the study of his home NJ,
washington square. al have come )
SAID the reporter TO ask your orinior
on tariff reform as an issue In the naxl
presidential election. Do Won think
the Democrats will have the cournr,
10 make a square issue on the taritrpi
Yes, do said Gen. Mcclellan
win earnestness. 1.-The time wns moi
nlsny months ago when IL would hav,
cost any congressman his reelection Il
nave spoken favorably of frve.trnde,
To-day, while free-tiTde is not Thought
OF by any politician as OF imme,list,
application, there are many member,
OF congress who preach its doctrines rs
an ultimately good thing for the
United States. and many more who
are gaining political strength by fight
ing Tor low tariff In this connec-
tion may quote 10 YOU what "a promi-
nent
MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS
told me last spring He said that not
only IN Illinois but further northwest
aud west in the last election the win
ming men In both the Democratic and
Republican parties were those who
preached low tariff. These alone met
with sympathy from the people. And
that sympathy believe Is growing. "
Where will the strength of the low
tariff party lie?n
Mainly in the West. Ii Is there
that the fight will be fought, and 1t is
there that we shall learn shortly
whether we are To remain in existence
rs Democratic party, with all our en-
cellent traditions, or whether we are
to be forever wiped out of existence
through our own cowardice in failing
tn meet this issue. II is an inevitable
one, and will give the victory to any
set of men that will take IL upn
What makes you hink so?n
"Well, look around and tell me what
the people are thinking about. Is 1t
the emancipation OF the negroes. Is
it the
STRUGGLE o-DEsTRoY THE CoNFED-
ERACY?
Is it the paying OF our obligations? Is
IL the fight against the greenhack
craze? These things are all of the
past-stutl for the historian and mat
ter for a Republican back-county poll
tician. But When you 20 among the
men who are building the country on
its real foundations, who have stopped
raking up sectional spites, and are en-
gagged in the work of progress 10y all
the means civilization affords, our men
Of business, our farmers, our produce
men, our miners, our pioneers on the
new laud-what do they care for
na,ues of parties? Not shap. What
they do care for is whether they are
being cheated out of a share of their
earnings by "a mIll-owuer or an IRON
master n thousand miles from where
they work. Those men out West
know how much of the tax they pay
GOES STRAIGHT TO UNCLE SAM
aud how much to the men who get the
tariff tinkered 10 suit the infant
INDUSTRIES
"But will not the Democrats lose
greatly by antagonizing the protec-
tlonists of the party
Every we'll II there is amy section
of the party that callsitself Democratic
and does not believe in the cardinal
principle of Democracy-equal TAXA
iion-let that section Of the party eek
a congenial fellowship with The Re
publicaus who preach that one class OF
the community may be taxed for the
benefit of another We want no such
support. Our position is a sound one.
The Democratic party is Identified
with local seli.government, hard
money aud revenue reform. On that
platform We make II square issue with
The Republicans, and standing up, to
AT
UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC FLAG
n great number OF Western ana East
EN- Republicans who feel the injustice
of the high tariff but who have not In
the past been convinced that the Dem
ocrais are sincere in their advocacy OF
a tariff for revenue only"
is il not likely that the infant in
dustries OF the south will, as they nave
in Ohio, encourage desire for protec-
lion among those who have hitherto
been low tariff men?"
"From representative Southerners
aud Westerner-, too, for that matter,
tina. | have talked 10 on this subject
chiefly during the tariff discussion In
Washington last winter, many OF the
manufacturers in the Simultaneously
line iron men of Birmingham. Ala
are so favorably situated that they
would be able to thrive under low
tariff that would pinch Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania hadly."
What bearing do you think the NC
cumulution in the treasury OF
OUR PRESENT ENORMOUS suRPLuN
will have on the !uesiion|' ~,
"a very important one, that WIN pe
understood by men in business per
mans. better than by others, Inc
rapid paying Off of our national depi
Il. in my opinion, not only uhcalleu
for. hut Is creating serious alarm
among those IN positions OF trust VINO
must invest in securities that are
standard. Our excellent NATIONAL
bank system IL seriously threatened
Inv the prospect of having this volume
of public debt swept away without
any provision for anything Ia the ma
.tur. of a security take its nlace.
The Democrats should collect enough
revenue % run the government eco
uon,ically. They should not
I r0,l y h the treasury for the
uENEPIT OF PRoTEcTioNIsTs.
Every unnecessary dollar that IL not
wrung from commerce By an out
rapeolisly high tariff would, unuer
raTItl' for revenue only, 20 20 the Den-
Eft of the whole people through
cheaper commodities, cheaper rehls,
chea,,er household implements,
cheaper transportation. cheaper cloth
ing The people would find, under
th1s system, that wages would ps
batier and that there would be fewer OF
those periods OF depression u manu-
faclure and trade that form 80 consplc
mons a feature under the present sys'
tenn OF high protection"
ua,as Epoeked II Down.