Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-04-02

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WEDNkSDAY. APRIL ?. 1884.
H. Deans Questiops Answered.
Elsewhere in the REPUBLICAN will
be found letter from William Dean
sharply criticising an editorial in this
paper Of March 2Sth, headed, " Hunt
ing policy and President" In
reference to the discussion of protection
or free trade Mr.. Dean says:
The representatives Of the people have
right to discuss questions OF Inn o lance to
-. people NJ such time, and In such manner
~ best su rs the rep essential YES themselves,
and thei- acts re- always subjects Of hOn0ra-
Die ard ruth vi criticism"
Why of course they have that right,
who said they had not ? As for the
criticism on their acts we used our dis
erection and judgment We do not be-
lieve their motives are for anything
else than to make political capital upon
which to run Democratic candidate
into the Presidential Office.
We referred to the question of Nor
monism and called it " the moral pol
luton Of polygamy," and we freely in
timated that the Democrats in Congress
were so busy hunting policy and
Pre- ident that they could find no time
TO lrgislate for the abolition of this
deeply scared curse This also has
aroused our genial friend, and he says ::
.tls strange We could not discuss Its bad
effects WIN ie TIE epublican party Was in
power
al We would say in reply that the Re-
publican party was aware of the evils of
Mormonisnand if it had not been for the
opposition of the Democrats in general
to measures that would check its growth
the evil would have been abolished long
ago.
Every effort that was made to curtail
the evil, met with the determined and
nearly solid opposition of the Democra-
cy aided by few Republicans that
thought it was best to put up with the
evils Of d" this moral pollution rather
than to Cypress them. Then again, the
Republicans were not aware until late
years that MormOnism was as bad as
1t has proved itself to be. Has Mr.. Dean
forgotten that when the Edmunds bill
was passed it got but few Democratic
votes.
Next, Mr.. Dean asks when the vii |
famous band of Obbers'' commenced
operations on the poor defenceless In
dams, and wants to know why the Re-
publicans did not stop it as they were
in power. That is easily answered. Sim
ply because whenever the Republicans
introduced measure to punish these
robbers, there were always enough bad
Republicans to join with the almost
solid vote of the bad Democrats to de-
fend the thieves and robbers. If Mr..
Dean does not know that this is true
from observations in the past he will
know it is true it he will but watch
operations in the future.
We said " the nations currency is
being impaired by a cessation of the
issue OF national notes and the coinage
Of millions Of silver dollars while gold
is in its flight to Europe and is already
commanding premium in New York"
Mr.. Dean wants us to tell our readers
when the Democrats stopped the issue
OF national notes, or when the time was
that they had the President and a ma
jorlty Of both Houses of Congress to au-
thorize the coinage of silver dollars ?
The question may be answered like the
others.
TWAS done when the Bland dollar
bill was passed, when a few initiation
Republicans united with the almost
unanimous initiation Democrats and
passed the bill over a Republican Pres.
ident's veto, the Democrats having a.
majority in the House of Representa-
tives at that time. Hayes was at that ,
time President. Mr.. Dean, do you not
recollect ? We do not claim that the
Republicans are al Saints, Mr. Dean,
neither do we claim that the Democrats
were all unprincipled.
When was the date of the organize
lion of those great land syndicates, we $
are asked by Mr.. Dean. We cannot
tell exactly, but it is enough to know
that they have existed, many of them
for years. 1t is only lately that their
danger has been made manifest. Then,
again, the Democrats profess to be more
opposed to grant monopoIies than the
are, and even if the latter
we're in power that did not hinder the 4
Democrats at any time, and surely it
loes not binder them now from intro
lucing some bill which would head off I
his great monopoly.
Republicans do not introduce bills,
Mr.. Dean, simply because the Demo
rats would look upon tanything they
Introduce as a partisan measure and u
liil it. One honest, kind of Demo-
rat has introduced bill of that kind,
nut, poor fellow, he has found out that
he Democrats are in search of a policy
md President, and have not time to a
lttend to such minor details. 1t must n
Ne recollected, too, that it is only lately
hat the true nature of these monopolies
las been disclosed. President Arthur
will be very apt to refer to the evil of it [
o his next message. Iol
We said in our article there has been .
10 chance since Congress assembled, nor q,
ven slightly modified tariff bill to h
lass and to secure the signature of the &C
resident. Mr.. Dean then asks us ~
Why need the people become frightened d
nat the democrats Wi DO something so
erribly bad a. toruin the country"
Mr.. Dean, this is nothing to be sneer-
ii at. 1t is true that there is no chance
or a lowering of the tariff during this
congress, bu. that does not excuse the
Democratic party. There would be
cry sudden reduction Of it if the Dem
Gratis had possession of the Senate and
lso had the President. To-
The people know all this and they c,
now that there is a chance for the cleo "
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