The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-16
QUESTIONS OF pnMocpAov.


ON the tariff quesli ~; ~ also ON our favor
iug the abOltiou. at thu earliest nomen',
OF the internal revenue taxes. We speak
not withou, our reckoning when we took
those positions. He further con'end' TIA
"MR. RANDALL IN not o. US
neither arc bis supp Ilers." The
thing Of arbitrarily reading domoorst'
cut II the rank, is eX rem,ly furious u
not wholly ruinous 10 the party. The
Penney lyania convent IN We spoke oi, tdop'
ted for It's tariff plnnk the defiant Qua Of
the Onio pla form which carried the d. moe
r.cy TO victory IN that state last year under
the most adverse circumstances; which Id
sured democratic ,ilumphs In New jersey
and California and on which alone New
YoIk c,n be kept democrat @ this year.
81 otjec lonnble and porleniious ~as tits
sirot OF that A lentown COM eption 10 the
repub lean side that leading paper
depicts II es "of the patent elastic Kind Ike
that Of lss0 on which Pennslvanis was
aumbugsed into voting FOR Pork. DALLAS
and the tSTfl ~ 1872 No tnch humbuG
can succeed In 1854, even II Mir RANDALL
81 uld get the Chicsgo nomination,
No, Il will no, do TO oenouo,e rs pro
tec'ionis those wh1 10 net deLounce inc
P nnt, lysn!a platform. VIII our CORE
y ordtn, tGy that JIFFEEsoH, MADtoS,
JACKscN, pix WriGHot utmocraN? Ihe'e
was speciM -ipu iicai &c in The adoption q
the Oui1 tar Il pIatf I'm ~ exact terms by
Z a 4 . n
dttireo the is uo 6r Chicago, ne tho o 10
resolution d,liu,s the true tor II pal oy o.
the eov,ruiaepi ~ the precise language OF
JrFycRscs, MhDnoS, JACKSON end
Polk. u has dsmocra.ic trad =
ton, history and uniform praoucs
10 yiadlca.e its ciaini t. democratic accept
ance, aid T. fully Ills The gaping void 10
the new school democratic theory that
would cops'g1 democracy aud our great IL
dustriai systrm to q common grave Inc
IlFFsR,rN aud MADISON tgfin WGa e'rieli a
revenue" isriH, and the aid and enoour'
aeemehl II gave TO home productive indus
try and labor was simply aud s'riciiy Incl
dental, aud secondary and subordinate to
the revenue purpose. In pssliUg a. tariii
bl congress IL compelled to sn'ol'y the
article, on which the duties ole Levied, and
t. fix the smcutt on each. This 10 ell
there 10 Of il. And here this political
empiricim exposes and detects IT.
self. Tho depuncia'ion OF JIfrSR-
SON, Of MADISON and Jackson Us
Pre- .ec,ioniStl A reputation OF the de-
mocraoy OF JiryERsoh AID the whole line oil
democratic eaters from Ais time dom Ill
the present. republican party camo into
powell Wha, could be more absuro?
-Four years sgo trose who accepted the
OHIO platform with iis tariff feature, were
G, &c ed,d democrats. Tho Pennsylvania
platform 10 the same as the Ohio c,nyen.
ton. Now, either the lapse Of time with
the same plaior must change democrat
into a nondemocra,, or the char gesble
tariff i.sue is one Of partisan policy. II II
be thing Of policy, why should q nam be
read out Of The party so long ~ he stands
upon he ss yet unchanged pronunuc-
mentc? Wien % democtat refuses 10 abide
by the expressed will OF the
uar.y 20 be mede known this
summer In Chicago. aud bJl $
then there win be scme justice in thu riot
act tsirr mad 10 him.
Bat again we are criticised for urging the
abolition Of the internal revenue take, on
the ground ,hst this viii furnish an excuse
FOR the republ cans 10 ksep up their high
tariff kgsip we speok by the card. lie
us see. In the first place, that internal rev
enue system is republican and utterly I'M
democratic, hut wsivirg this let us proceed
to some feursp. We raw The Other day
that the amount asked by the secretary OF
tbs treasury to meet the national expenses
FOR The coming year, including pensions, in
t,fest on the debt, etc, was $2s5 900, COO o.
this $48,t eco IL Tor the sinking 'und, but
wnich, bye thu bye, is.realy no~ overpaid
by some SO OC00 coo. But letting tai
stand we find tse.requifement t. he $3.50.
0O0, 900 Tha. Is too ssy, this is the libsrel
amount asked for, aud which is doubtless
moro than enough, az usual inspcb cases,
and which will be cus down By cosero O.
Now. how can We raise this? II can DC done
very readily, aud wiiA small eSlense b q
Jaw thrift duties on luxnries 81 ,re and it.
ternal revenue on hqrors, ard Tobacco
o.ly. In 1884 .hsis wi be heavier than
In 1883. Toe figures for this later y.sr