Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-28
GRAND OPPORTUNITY
= conservative View OF the Nationa,
Political Situation.
Inc Issue that Dwars all Others
VIII the Democracy Seize n,

MAsHINGToN, April %. rnd,oa
lons are almost daily multipiv,n~ a.
eorroooration of the Intimate,
tnrown out in this corrc
spohuence fortnight or nos.
oack, ana since repeated. OF the s,rn v.'
PROBABILITY of Democratic harn,on ns
ana union on the subject of rednn,,n.s
Of the tariff. Viewing This o,,ac.i
merely from the point OF tem "es.i on
c c;apna IL Is amazing that pollti.
o,,niD OF me least sagacity aud experi.
s, can put themselves In the atfi-
."ue winch has been assumed by The
minority OF the house Democrats
WITHIN the last twenty
yeals anything has been con.
o oy settled in the politics of the
country II has been established. time
anu again that the Democratic marty
cannot succeed by following passiyeiy
ur actively In the wake of the RennH.
llcans. The Republican party fnr
many years has possessed the patent.
rlgnt 10 each and every ADVANTAGE
which may ensue from the adyocacv
OF enforcement of protective doctrines
~ mas entrenched itself too strongly IN
DE uisioddged in the affections Of ev.
cry grade of the manufacturing and
operatlve classes who, by reason of
iaise ana fallacious teachings. delnde
themselves with the idea
mat a protective tariff ia
LOT their interest and benefit
with individual exceptions too insig.
hlhcant to be noticed, no fact is better
known than that at all national cleo.
tions the industrial classes, who imay.
Inc that their welfare is bound up in n
protective tariff, march solidly to the
polls and vote the Republican
ticket. This they will con.
tinue to do until the day comes when
they are convinced of their error and
the very policy of inaction which Mr.
Randall and those who side with him
nave declared for would only make
them firmer In their allegiance ia thai
party, which, whether its princinlas
and policy for the time being are
good or bad, ploclaims them unreserv.
edly and stands up for them yipor.
ously and nggressively. 1t is PERTAINS
an awakening to these facts which
mas had some influence in Inducing
the symptoms above spoken of. as evi.
denced in the manifestation of n will.
ingness TO discuss plans whereby
uecisive action can be reached
on the part of those who have
heretofore shown positive dlsincIina.
tion TO concur I'm action of any charoc. |
ter. But outside and beyond any con.
ssiiderations Of expediency for the hour.
lhe Democratic leaders here are he. |
coming forcibly impressed with the
convection that now is the time for
me democratic party to take ground. |
ana decisive ground, on the question
which Will in all probabilitv |
dwarf all other domestic issues for
Years TO come. Special essayists who
ire working for hire, and political
iemagogues who howl from, the floors
u congress and from the stump their
dishonest and insecure professions
nay possibly succeed in deceivinp the
'e0ple of this country during the i'm
'endipg campaign, but it will not and
annot be possible to commit the people
or any long period to a policy
which is directly inimical to the In.
erests OF nine tenths of them. and
'hich fact, upon the proper opportuni-
les for enlightenment, they cannot
Ill TO perceive. If the Democratic
,aders have, however, the wisdom to
rasp the situation and the courage to
leet its exigencies, the people will
urely give them the govern.
nent of this county IN No
ember, and 1t will then rest with
hem whether they hold IL for an in
efinite period. Ifthey do not rise TO
he occasion now it may well be doubt.
d whether any man living will see
he Democratic party in possession of
ne general government, for Just as
nrely as the sun shines the Republic
an party will, when its OPP
ortunity comes, cast aside the
of high tariff and eouip
self in the impregnable armor of reve-
ue reform. 1t will do this with as
tile conjunction as IL has always
lsplayed In dropping old issues when
ew ones are demanded. To mention
ames would be a violation of faith
ut the fact can be given without OBJ
ction that in their private utterances
lily one-fourth of the Republican
LENDERS of the house have
nreservedly admitted that while they J
oped and expected to carry the next
ection on the tariff record of the
irty, 1t would be impossible to repeat
le success ON that line, that low Il
riff must be the next rallying cry. il
ne OF the most eminent and expe.
enced Republican politicians in the
that the people
this country could not
UGH longer be blinded in this respect,
I'd that he fairly trembled at the
,poftunity now presented to the
emocrafs,. such an opportunity, he
Ia, as had rarely, fever. come to
,litical party before. He said 1t !.
ould be an easy task to show to the v
.riculturalists of the United States, :,
no constitute u vast majority OF
70 voting population, that all
'elr interests lay In the opposite
rection to protection, and why they n
I'd not appreciated this was only be-
use the Democratic party had made \
effort to c0ntrovert Republican ar
lments. 1t would be much more 1
iIicult, he said, to convince the man
acturing classes, whose monopoly q
nployers favored protection, but
e day Is comparati vely
y lar distant when their y
es will also be opened. This is the
ew of many other Republicans OF J
uhiuehce, VINO nope LOT hotniuk
tier than that the Democrats will II
II depart from their do-n0thing pol
OF the past. The Democrats may II
once disappoint them. Itwould be
less than criminal folly, more >
pecialiy in the face Of
g Overlooking and constantly accu q
ulating treasury surplus, for the
'use Democrats to adjourn without Il
anting themselves squarely in favor