Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-21

There has been very little disposition manifested
by the advocates of low tariff, SO far as we know
to resort to the turning out process, but, as we
have before asserted. the VINDTCAToR and the Pro-
lection Democrats did make war upon Mr.. Carlisle
and Representative Tucke r, because these gentle
men, as we understand the question. maintained
the genuine Democratic doctrine on the subject OF
tariff. as expounded in our State platform.-Nor
folk Ledger.
Made ''war" on Mr.. Tucker ? A Dem
ocratic Virginia member of Congress goes
to the State convention, participates III
it's speeches, the convention adopts plat
form demanding the abolition of The in
ternal revenue tax and protection suffi-
Gent to foster domestic industry, the
congressman goes straight to Washington
and joins a movement directly in oppos'-
ton to the platform OF tt INVENTION
ard yet statement of that action by the
press, is called "making war" or him. We
fully recognize Mr.. fuckers ability as .
lawyer and particularly as constitution
al lawyer, tsis personal and political popn
larity and the fact that his experience IL
congress ought to make him valuable t.
his constituents, Aud we quite as fully
recognize the fact that if he could realize
that the world moves, and that the people
do really understand what they want when
they adopt platform to express their
wants, he could make himself invaluable
to his party and his State. Discomfort
with his position existed in Mr.. fuckers
old district, the 9Th, and it exists in the
new district. the 10th, in which he now
resides. Is it "war" to point these
facts out, and thereby save valuable
Democrat to the party Is it war TO
say that the November majority in the
10th district of 9, 06 is lllusory, and that
the majority of 1871 which was Lips is the
one upon which we can with most reason
base our calculations; and that. with
this majority tn Republicans need only
to change 700 votes in the whole eleven
counties to carry the district ? The De-
mocracy of this d. trict certainly do not
think that Mr.. c. rlisle, Mr.. Tucker or
Mr.. Morrison are arrying out the Vir-
ginia platform they are we'll Informed
enough to know that there can and viii
be no abolition of the Internal Revenue;
that the Morrison bill if it passes the
House will not pass the Senate and 8
therefore a useless agitation of the tariff
question, and that, the three gentlemer
named have greatly imperilled the pros
poets of the National Democratic part,
las they doubtless must now see) by theil
sudden and unexpected Injection of tariff
reform as an issue. The VINDIcAToR ~
an independent Democratic Journal max, 9
war on no Democrat, but it thinks th
BEST way to prevent the Republicans from
making victorious war on such one, il
to sound note of warning. We don'i
want to see the Democracy of the Tent
district follow general, arrayed in al
the glory of a leader, into swamp and
there be suddenly pounced upon by tht
Republicans and lose their bittle and
the general to boot. The supplemental.
tariff-reform proposition to repeal the
internal revenue tax on distilling fruit Of
farms is one that would be most damagin
in its success and will breed fraud upol
the revenue laws, and bring to life cross
roads drinking resorts, and Is no subsJi-
tute for the abolition of the Internal
Revenue demanded in Virginia and else
where. %
We assure our esteemed contemporary
that we are not warning on Mr.. Tucker
but making sincere 6ffort to save con-
gressional district to the Democracy OF
the State aud Nation. A representative
in congress and his cons ituents should bt
at one on the legislation proper to ad-
advance the material interests of those
constituents. Mr.. Tucker. unless he
changes some of his views, will not be in
accord with the material interests of the
counties comprising the Tenth congress
sional district. 1t is far better this fact
should be stated now frankly, than i:
should be lamented over when defeat shall
make 1t too late.