The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
CIcveland's Tariff Record.

The New York San says: "The In
dependents now bitterly repent of their
Chicago compact. They see that they
have b2en deceived in Cleveland, but
they are not recOnciled to Blaine: They
0verestimated their numbers at the
start, and the result of the elections in
Maine and Vermont show that they are
gradually wasting away. A body of
Democrats far more numerous than the
Independents ever claimed to be are
even worse disappointed in Grover
Cleveland. They have been misled,
Doth in respect to his private character
md his opinions on important public
questions. They feel that the decep-
ion is closely akin to cheat, which
they ought to resent. The mass of the
Democrats in New England, New
York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio have been entirely mistaken as TO
Cleveland's position on the tariff. They
lad supposed he held to the doctrines
If the old New York school, of which
Van Buren,, Marcy, and Wright were
!XpOnents. But now they find that
Nr. Cleveland is free-trade dOctrin-
Tire. So it turns out that the Demo-
ratio candidate for President is fully
IL accord with those celebrated free
trade leaderS-Frank Hurd. John &.
Carlisle, and Henry WattersOn. This
equalization of every element of pro-
lection by Cleveland will drive from
him a multitude of Democrats in the
manufacturing States, especially those
lying east of Illinois"
The New York Tribune publishes the
following letter to the editor from Mr..
Nelson. whom the World has recently
called liar:
Il find copied in your issue of to-day
the following:
If your dispatch refers to the allegations
that ! have written letters to Congressman
to influence their action on tariff measures
or legislation you may deny it in distinct
terms Oh my authority.
Grower CLEVELAND.
"In the editorial in which this APP
pears you say that it is a telegram from
Grover Cleveland, and that it is intend
ed by it TO deny the truth of an asser-
ton made by me in the Boston Herald.
That assertion was in effect that Gov
ernor Cleveland wrote letters to men,
bers of Congress asking them to sup
port the Morrison bill. and that the
Governor influenced at.least one vote.
The knowledge of these letters were
derived from an intimate friend of the
Governor, whose name am not at lib
erty to mention. This friend came to
Washington from New York just be-
fore the House of Representatives
voted on the motion to strike out the
enacting clause. He informed the
leaders of the revenue-refOrm move
ment that he had made it his business
to see Governor Cleveland, and that tine
Governor had written letters favoring
the Morrison bill to certain members of
the New York delegation, who were
supposed to be inclined to vOte to strike
out the enacting clause. When the
vote on Mr.. Converse's motion was ia
ken one New York member did change
his position. He had voted against
Mr.. Morrison i'm the caucus, and on the
motion to consider, and he voted with
the Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee Oh the motion to strike out
the enacting clause. The friend of the
Governor who has been referred to
stated that this change was due to Mr..
Cleveland'S influence. If Governor
Cleveland did not write the letters
and have no doubt he did not If he
says SO-his friends made a mistake.
Yours Respectfully.
HENRY l.. NELSON"