Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-07
HURD ON THE TARIFF.
The Ohio Reformer Talks Out at Oh

The Ohio RefOrmer Talks Out at Chi
cago.
Congressman Frank Hurd, of Toledo,
o., arrived at the Grand Pacific Hotel last
night" says the Chicago Times. "I am
not delegate to the convention" +" he said,
''and would not be here were 1t not for the
interest 1 take in the platform. My mis-
sion is to see that there is no mistake
made there?v
principally in the tariff plank -
"Yes, in the tariff plank. l want a
tariff for revenue only, as we had in 1876
and 1880. do not care especially for the
verbiage, but it must be plainly under
stood that the Democratic party is deter
mined that the money collected by tax
alton shall go into the National Treasury,
and not into the pockets of private in
divlduals and manufacturers. There
should not be, and according to all Demo-
cratic principles there cannot be, any
plank in the platform that even winks at
a protective Tariff
NO OHIO IDEA.
"Then the Ohio platform does not suit
you?''
''No! and 1t would probably suit me
less if anyone could tell me what it
means. 1t is mass of meaningless nom
Al
tend to understand it, say that an Ohio
Congressman who stands upon it could
not vote for the Morrison bill, so l imagine
do not stand upon it."
"Do you anticipate fight over the
tariff plahk?'
HOT TARIFF PLANK.
"There must Of necessity be fight,
and l hope there will be a hot one. 1t
will have the effect of bringing the issue
squarely before the country and commit
ting the party thoroughly to tariff reform.
1t is an issue the party can not afford TO
dodge, and will be the one prominently
before the country. There can be no
doubt Of the action of the convention, and,
if it is done after str uggle, it will be
the surer to place the party ON record IN
the matter. The Committee on ResOlu-
tiOns will be made up with
clean majority of tariff refOrmers on
it. The only States that will appoint
protectionists will be Rhode Island,
Vermont, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia, Ohio, and possibly New
Jersey. In the convention orr eide will
have clear majority. Oc the 200 Demo-
cratic Congressman 160 voted for the
Morrison bill, and it can be surely claimed
that all of me delegates representing
their districts will support a tariff re-
form plank Also, all of the Western and
most of the Southern delegates are tariff
reformers, and even from Ohio there will
be from 16 to 90 votes to support
the majority report. There will be, as l
said, a fight, but it can only result one
way; If it were otherwise it would be n
victory for principles that are in direct
opposition to those of the Democratic
party"
'Will such an open and announced
platform winT'
TARIFF REFORM WILL WIN.
"Winl OF course it will win; it is the
only cause that can win. It has been
claimed that the Democratic party has no
principles and only wants offices. / do
not allow that, but 1 do say that if we
abandon principles now we can never
hope to get office; neither would we de-
serve them. They say that the revenue
plank of 1880 defeated Hancock; / say
that deserting that plank and apologizing
for it after it was put in the platform was
what defeated Hancock Put the plank
in, and stand by il; do not try to explain
1T away, but stand up and say it is the
only right thing, and we will carry the
country. We never had such a
chance before. In 1880 all things
were right, now all are wrong;
then all men had work, now crowds of
skilled mechanics cannot work more than
half-time; then all branches of business
were good, now they are bad; and it is all
because of this cursed protective tariff
which shuts us out of the markets of the
world. Four months intelligent discus
sion of the question will convince the
country of that fact, and the party which
advocates a reduction of custom-house
taxation will be the party which will
win. If the Democratic party, however,
does not show itself any better on the
question than the Republican it cannot
hope to get the votes that are rightly dis
satisfied with the present order of things"
''Who will be nominated for PresidentY"
81 don't know"
'Who do you preferT'
''Gen. Slocum, of New York, or Senator
Thurman, of Ohio"
"Would Hoadly suit you?
"Nol l understand, however, that he
is candidate. l imagine that he would
be a candidate for anything in sight"