Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-05-11
1910.
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conc eft2n4Ilg me ex-oFleakef of the HcuSe
dor going over to the Republican minority
with tiliT-y-aine Democratic Totes in order
TO defeat Democi ate measure of revenue
reform made necessary for The country's |
welfare by the failure of the Republicans
OF the last Congress to do In this regard
what they had soleoaly promised and
pledged. They promised, as result of
Democratic assistance, during the Presi-
dental f,-4nvass Of 1850, a twenty-six per
cent. reduction in 1882, but only granted
a five and one-haH per cent. reduction On
tAs WAY tariff by which Iaonopolies have
been fo5tsred and the poor mans crust has
been weighted with taxes. What is il to
De 'trait0rg7 Webster says, "One who
5etrsys his trust" Did Randall and those
who voted with him to secure triumph
fOr the monapoly-iossering Republicans
bstrsy their trCst? They did. How did
they bet-zy Their trust? By voting against
their pledges and promises as Democrats
z4andsii has been a member OF every
Satio.sl Democratic Convention since
The wsr, and in every platform passed by
those bodies our correspondent will find
the DsmOcratic part pledged to the re-
dustion Ct tszes, pledged to tariff reform,
pledged in 1880, when Randall was a con-
spicuOus candidate for President, to &
'-taritr for rerarue oHl;' - When the platform
containing these words was read, ther,,
Ess 70. enc dissenting voice on of the
ic3e or rore delegates prese.lt at Cincin-
natl. no. one even fry,m pennsvlvsnia
What did that Platform mean? Wasit
4 rn7re jumbo Of words to deceive? Was
II serle-s of lies put forward to betray the
1fasi.uG and tTustful people2 Was 1t not
pointed and plain, especially on this
one sub. ect OF the tarid! What
other plank IN that platform was so
ably, 50 clearly and so plainly discussed
rs that Of ''lar.6 for re1ense only?'' And
s7hy was this Because it was above all
other planks that which most distinctively
marked the line between the Republican
and the Democratic parties. 1t was the
p.Ans OF most pointed demarcation. 1t
Wss the plank that sOlemnly pledged the
Democratic party as the representative OF
the masses to tighten the burdens of taxa
tion, 20 free them from the bonds of I11onor-
oily tat for twenty six years IA. bowed
thc-- TO the.eartl, that has strengthened
a class of grinding, crushing, heartless
and robbing nnonOpolists whose greed
knows no safety. Mr.. Randall was
pledged to this tariff for revenue only"
plank OF the platform of 1880. When
the opportunity was offered him
now did he redeem that pledge
by going over TO the Republicans with
thirty-eiEht other Democrats, only four OF
them from the South, only four. The peo-
pie believed Mr.. Randall when he voted
for the platform Of 1850 with its "tariff for
revenue only plank. They trusted him.
Has he justified that trust1 No. He
went over 70 the enemy, the only enemy
tEs Democratic party hes, and defeated it.
ne turned his back upon his pledges and
ms promises and voted against even the
simplU reforms provided for in the Morri-
son tsr.fT-reform bill. This is a free coun-
try. Every man has the right to follow
the dictates OF his own conscience in all
things affecting him or touching the wei.
fare OF his country or his neighbors. but
when man voluntarily and deliberately
pledges himself TO co operate win others,
whether only two men or 81. Ooa, GOO men,
on certsia line Of policy ne is bound
IN honor TO do so, or declaring to
the contrary to step down and out Be
lore plai-0rm is adopted the utmos,
stretch OF debate and opinion is admissi
p - IL.
and the minority yields OF dissenting sets
up for itselL In this way party strength is
s0hdifed, in this way m asses of men are
made the medium OF accomplishing re
forms in government and legislation. In
this way parties are made 90 illustrate the
bundle Of sticks, which, bound together,
y'oad mol be broken. By stern and strict
,nsTts discipline the Democratic party has
seen held together thIou2h eighty years
of the lire OF the republic. Had the
Randalls who in that time cropped up had
their way, it would long ago have ceased
10 exist. Mr.. Randall deserves the severest
eensure for his conduct, and We believe
il wiz be meted to him in the Chicago
CO8yention. Let us look at the vote on the
Morrison bill. The Democrats have in
the Forty eighth Congress 1874 votes, of
which the South CLAIMS 1O7 votes, the
North 81. OF the l07 Southern Demo
Gratis one from MARYLAND, enc from Vir-
ginia, one from West Virginia and
one from Louisiana voted for the
war tariff to remain as it is.
How is il with the West2 The
States of Illinois ,e), Indiana t9l, Iowa (S),
Michigan ~. Minnesota III, Missouri
(t9), Nevada 1), and Wisconsin C6) elect
ed to the Forty eighth Congress forty five
Democrats for the iirst time in many
yesrs. How many e the fOrty-fve Demo-
crsts, fresh from the people of the great
West. voted against the Morrison bill?
Not one. Take the eighty seven North
ern Democratic votes, including those
from the West, from Pennsylvania 10,
California 4, Massachusetts ., New Jersey
>, New York 20 and Ohio II, and We have
il New York Democrats voting for the
Morrison bill. , Massachusetts,, Connecti-
cut and > Ohio. To sum up, of the
eighty seven Northern Democrats, in
cludinS the wool srowers Of Ohio and the
psmpere3 pcts of Pennsylvania, fifty-th7ee
voted TO relieve the countfy7ef the enor-
NOUS war taxation in time of peace.
From all the States thirty nine Ran
dan men voted to protect the
rich st the expense OF tie poor. But again,
Of the forty one Democrats who thus
amalgamated with the Republicans TO de-
teat the revenue reform bill, twelve-the
entire Democratic delegation-were from
Pennsylvania, ten froRn Chic and one
from Illinois, States which have always
been Republican in Presidential elections
since 1850; four were from California and
one from Connecticut, States carried out
once by the Democrats for electors since
IS6O-a total Of twenty-eight out of the
thirty-niue votes recorded. Thus for
the Morrison biz l55 Democrats voted
Yea, snd 80 nay; majority of Democrats
for the bin. ll6 Randall, 1t viii thus 5e
seen, leads faction. with whose votes he
helped the Republican party TO triumph
with whose votes he belied his pledges
and promises 10 support, sustain and de-
fend the platform of 1850, with its tariff
for revenue only" plank; with whose
votes he helped to defeat his party on the
one vital issue that today separates it
IRON the Republican party, To the AP-
rKAL principles are paramount and pledges
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