Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-18

Representative Nichols says that M
Kendall Is the coming man for the Presi-
dencv. NJ. Nichols Information on this
uoint must Be exclusive II Mr.. Randall
Is the coming nan he must be 20 far q
that only a favored few have been able 70
catch a glimpse Of him. His boom, pro
vided he has one. is not perceptible out
side q Pennsylvania. It Is true Mr..
Randall las an ambition 70 be the Demo
cratic staudard-bearer in the approach
ing contest. but it is not probable that the
Democratic party will stultifg itself. and
abandon is policy d tariff reform II
order 70 crafty Mr. Randan's ambition
1Ir. Randall has no strength g. Presl-
Dental candidate worth speaking o. out
side fPennsylysHis. and ID Is not admitted
nor even claimed that be could carry that
state. All that can be said Tor Mr. Ran
dali f. that be is a man Of great force q
character. and that as a POLITICAL leader
h. possesses uncommon ability. but. M
fortunately FOL him. be is not in harmony
with his party On the one great issue BE-
fore the country. It's about as certain
a. anything can ~ that the national Dem
ocratic platform viii speak out emphati-
cally for a tariff for revenue. II is imp0s-
sible for the party u take any other pC.
sitiOn with respect 10 the tariff. That was
its position in 1s-6 when it carried the
country, and it was its position in ls>l.
That position was overwhelmingly in
d0rsed by the election Of Carlisle a.
Speaker. aud by the vote % take up the
~ -aG.- -r.--fs &.
revenue platform will be adopted, would
| IL not be f0llY akin 70 madness to nominate
an extreme protectiOnist like Ar. Ran
DALI such a thing j. not % be thought
I o.. Parties which 20 backward DO not
| win victories. They must 20 forward
vigorously and aggTessiyely. Converts
I are not % be won By a yacillating policy.
I It is not to be expected that the country
Y viii have confidence in a party that Is
/ uncertain what it believes. Mr.. Nichols
/ idea is. perhaps, that if the Morrison bin
/ j. defeated the National Convention VIII
adopt the tariff plank in the Ohio plat
/ form, which VIII make Mr.. RandalFs
nomination possible. The Morrison bill
may be defeated but if it is the defeat
/ will be due 70 Mr.. RandalPs efforts. Is
\ it likely that the party viii reward Mr..
\ Randall for that sort Of work by making
Y him its Presidential nominee. II Mr.
Randall and his squad Of adj
mirers hope 50, they hope
in vain. a very pretty spectacle
would the Democratic party present with
/ a tariff for reform record and with a pro-
/ lection platform and "A Pennsylvania pro-
/ tectionist for its candidate. such mix
I ture would BE- highly pleasing to the Re-
\ publicans, because they could make a
l stronger canvass on the basis Of prOtec-
! ton than they could if the Democrats
should stick 10 their policy Of tariff re-
l form and nominate a tariff reform candi-
/ date. They would simply claim that the
/ Democrats had become converts 10 the
/ doctrine Of protection. but that it wouldn't
/ 10 ~ trust them with the control Of affairs
until their conversion was proven TO be
| genuine. We feel confident that Mr..
/ Nichols Is mistaken. The Democratic
party isn't going to commit such blum
der as to make Mr. Randall its nominee
I for the Presidency