Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-10-30
NORTHERN TRIBUNE
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1884.
Hendricks Issue of"Little Frauds"

Hendricks Issue of"Little Frauds"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Hendricks occupies position OF
nOtOriety, IL not of reputation before, the
country which renders II incumbent up
on him that he should not rashly say
what he does not know to be trse. Yet
in his speech at Chicago he gravely
charged that the increase of 1000 in the
total vote in Ohio over the enumeration
of the year previous was accomplished
by repeating. He of course implies that
! this repeating was done by Republicans,
and more than insinuates that the large
| force of United States marshals were en-
gagged in assisting repeaters.
Repeating is voting by the same per-
son twice at the same election, and Is a
| crime. No charge of any such crime
having been committed by Republican
has been made before any criminal
court in Ohio, though the police OF the
state were under Democratic orders, and
in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo the
Democratic city police would have been
quick to arrest Republican repeaters IL
any had appeared. On the contrary, not
a single charge has been made any
where in Ohio of the commission by Re-
publicans of class of crimes to which
Mr.. Hendricks has the audacity and the
baseness to charge that the increased
vote of 1884 over the enumeration of 1883
is chargeable.
Governor Hendricks well knew that
there is no truth in his wild charge. and
no basis Oh which to suppose 1t true. 1t
would have been strange, indeed, II there
had not been an increase Ia the vote over
that of last year as great as that which
he makes the preteXt for his reckless in
ventiOn.
1t is very eilly also in Governor Hen
bricks to argue that because the Repub-
lican party in its platform promises to
correct inequalities in the tariff this is
tantamOunt to an admission that the
Republican party is the author of these
inequalities. Inequalities in the tariff
may come about through changes ia
values and in prices, in production and
in demand. For instance, when the duty
of $27.50 per ton was put Oh steel rails
their price may have been something
like $3.50 in gold per ton, as 1t was in
1864. Such duty would then have been
only 20 per cent, and if unequal at all
would have been too low. But when
steel rails fell to $35, so that the duty
becomes 80 per cent and the selling
price is higher than the f8reign price by
only fOarth of the amount OF the duty,
the fact would be recognized as an "ln-
equality" in the tariff needing cOrrsc-
ton. Yet the existence of such Unequal
ity produced by these causes, so far from
being discreditable to the party, Is in
the highest degree creditable to it, and
proves that its tariff policy has achieved
magnificent success. Yet on this basis
Hendricks told his audience that the
Republican party had in it platform
conceded that its polieythad been I'M
equal" He knew better. He well knows
that cOnceding that inequalities have
arisen" i'm tariff is very far firm being
a concession that the policy" of the tar.
if is unequal.
Mr.. Hendricks made much ado of the
protection extended by the Democratic
administration to Martin KOzta, an
Hungarian who had declared his inten-
ton to become an American citizen. In
the matter Of protection to American
citizens the DemOcractic party is equal
ly strenuous to shield foreign dyna-
miters and revOlutiOnists, who either
never had or have voluntarily resigned
their American citizenship in order to
hold office or win the rewards of rebel
lion i'm foreign countries, and to disfran
ehise anu trampls upon six MllliOns OF
American citizens born in this country,
who have never set foot on foreign soil,
whose only crime is their loyalty to our
own government, and about whose citl-
zenship there is no doubt or question. If
the Democratic party will discover that
it is as important to protect American
citizens from forcibls denial Of their
rights rs it is to interfere in behalf of
persons prosecuted abroad