Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-05

have classified as the opponents OF tenn,
perance reform. The Democrats viii
probably not allow themselves to be
be put in this position, and the Demo-
cratic convention will doubtless oner
Mr.. SHERMAN more pertinent issue
on the temperance question than his
Scott law, and one that will expose tne
double dealing which the Republicans
of Ohio have for years practiced In TINS
connection.
Mr.. SHEEMAN's tariff plsnk Is not
more definite than. his temperance
nlank. ".ShaIl our tariff laws be
framed,n he asks, with q view to
protect labor as well as levy taxes"
t'That,n he adds, sis the fundamental
national question of the time, which
viii engross the attention Of the next
Congress, and be the pivotal issue on
which the Presidential election will
turn. We, as a party, maintain that,
while the main object of taxes on inn
ported goods is to furnish revenue for
the support of the Government, yet
that in lcvying them special care
.hOuld be taken to foster, bnild
up, and protect such manufactures,
agriculture, or production a are suited
to our climate and the habits Of our
people, with q view to secure TO cur ar
tisans fair wages for a good days labor,
for our farmers a home market for their
productions, and to u country
strength, wealth and independence"
Upon this he "invites a contest with
our Democratic friends whenever, if
ever, they make up their minds upon
the subject"
We leave this tariff plank of Mr..
SHERMAN's to the critical analysis of
a leading Republican ~paper-the New
York TGmes-which says of it:
Mr.. Sherman's position" is one that
q considerable part of the Democrats
can accept without any trouble, and
which Mr.. Randall would be very glad
to have them accept. He and his
special followers believe quite a much
as Mr.. Sherman does in the tariff
framed to protect labor as we'll as to
levy taxes. They might differ from
him as to how the duties should be dis
tributed for that purpose. Some of
them would like to protect the pig
iron industry at the expense of the steel
mills; some of them would prefer cheap
srA,, for III. 1fpa1 nNillE an1 m laf fhp
iron men take care ~OfthemselveS. Some
would be willing to protect the wool
growers, and Others wooden mills; some
OF them would favor the copper
miners, and others the brass founders
and workers in sheathing metal; some
would discriminate i'll favor OF the
makers of rods for fence wire, and
others in favor of the makers OF the
wire or the makers of the fence; some
would encourage the labOrs of the max
ers of wOOd.screws, others that OF the
carpenters who Use them, and so on
through a good part of the long tariff.
But all could unite on the general
statement made by Senator SHERMAN,
and some of the clevereSt OF their ead
trs are trying TO get them to do 80. II
they succeed in tni, effort, the senator's
invitation to u contest will mis-
carry.
Probably the most significant matter
that the Ohio election is to determine
this fall is whether or not the Germtn
vote has been permanently alienated
from the Republican party. That fact
is really of more political consequence
to the Republicans for this campaign
and the next, than either their temper
alice or tariff plank.