Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-28


Two Of our esteemed contemporaries.
the Macon TELEGRAPH and the Augusta
Chronicle. deDrecate the Introduction Of
the tariff question into state politics, and
sucEes1 that i we must oppose the re-
nomination Of Representative Nichols
our opposition be based upon something
else than his record on the tariff question
ia the present Congress. We do not
doubt that our contemporaries are in
E-enced bv the best Of motives in making
This suggestion. but in making il they
have done rs an unIuTentional injustice
by creating the impression that
We are influenced BY feelings Of
personal hostility 10 Mr.. Nicnoils.
How could We honestly oppose his renolll-
nation on other grounds than MS tarln
record unless We have other grounds q
0puosirion Is hims We stated distinctly
IN our article IN the candidates in this
district. that we were Influenced by no
feIir-s 81 personal hostility 70 Nj.
Nichols. We are simply convinced that
II l. impossible for the party % win VIC
tories and get control Of the government
a. Iouzas a very small minority i able n
defeat the party's policy on The most I'M
r--tant question AZ present before the
cruutry We have already said
and We say again. that We
as nor ma fault with Mr. Nichols
f-r opposing the Morrison bill because his
convictions led him in that direction. He
has rartact right u entertain whatever
views he ulaaSes on public questions II
- mi -Il-I r.lr-r
want Oh t.e represented by a man who ell
---sius tLe views that he does on the
-ariE question.
T. - only natural that the Telegraph
srl Ct-els should endeavor to lend
Nj. Nichols q helping hand, because they
- rsuatllzed with the forty-one Demo
Gratis who. with the Republicans, defeated
tie efforts 81 the Democratic party to
make yerymild REDUCTION in the present
war tariff. Il must be apparent to
them. however. that a divided party has
uot a. good a chance for success as
united and harmonious party, and il must
also he apparent to tHem and to Mr..
. Nichols that the majority ought to rule
and that it is not probable that four-hfths
of the party viii Weld to one-ffth. 1t is
fuv 10 suppose that the tariff question
can be kept out Of the Congressional can
vass. Ii VIII be the leading issue in the
approaching campaign, and Will be dis
cussed on the stump in every county and
by every newspaper in the country.
/ The people of this country
DO not intend to submit to taxes which
Weld 500, 000, coo a year more than is nee
essary to meet the requirements Of the
. government. 1t is a mistake to think that
they are net fully alive TO this question.
( They want to know why they are called
on 10 contribute from their earnings, year
after year. unused and unrequired mil
lions. \ reduction in the revenues must
De made some time. 1t is not reasonable
20 suppose that the present sys-
TEN Of gathering the substance Of
the people into the Treasury
can 20 on indefinitely. Either the Demo
Gratis or the Republicans must undertake
the work OF reducing the revenues. If
the Republicans undertake it they viii
not only get the credit for it, but they will
deal as lightly as possible with the pro
tect-d monopolies in which they are inter-
,ested. The sugar and rice interests need
look for little consideration from them.
Indeed. there Is already a disposition
among them to strike of the entire duty
on sugar. and it is hardly probable that
they viii treat rice differently from sugar.
The real friends Of these two interests
are the tariff reformers, because they
look upon them as revenue articles. The
passage Of the Morrison bill would nave
been the best thing that could have
happened for the rice and sugar planters,
because they would have had no reason
10 apprehend further reductions from the
Democratic party.
Apparently the protection Democrats
think that the reduction Of the revenues
will be effected without touching thetar-
if. Their organs point to the whisky
tax and say that it ought To be abolished.
because it creates monopoly. What u
il does create a monopoly: Are the PEG
PIE CRYING out for cheap whisky: are
the distllers or the dealers in whisky
demanding the repeal Of the tax, Nc
body Is asking the repeal Of this tax
except the protected m0nopo-lst7,
Who hope that if the whisky
. revenue j. CUT on L-- 4rF 81 10
viii De 50 reduced that it VIII not II
necessary to touch the tariff IN order
to bring them within the require
ments Of the government. VIII either
party dare to advocate free whisky while
the people are paving a heavy tax on
blankets. clothes, implements Of indus
Try. and hundreds II other things that are
absolutely necessary 70 them:
Whoever the Democratic standard
bearer may be. il Is certain Z a.
he viii stand On tariff for
revenue platform. The tariff issue vii
ne the leading issue,no only in the Presl-
Dental contest, but I'D the Congressional
contests. We want CongressiCna. can
didate Ga this district WHO j. in harmony
with his party On thatissue. aud 7no can
be depended upon % support the rsri1
policy 81 the larty il Congress.