Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-05-09

ers of a state are as much benefited by
protection as the manufacturers. Virginia
desires to rival the prosperity of Pennsyl-
vania. The wisest act Of the Democratic
party was its action at Lynchburg look
ing to protection, and it would have been
a wise thing for Mr.. Tucker to have Sc
conded that action. That convention.
like Tariff Reformer'' thinks Mr..
Tucker Is, was animated by de-
sire to lessen taxation, to release Vir-
ginia from the 81 100000 Internal Reye-
nue. tax she pays every year, and it went
to work the right way to get rid Of it by
urging the total abolition of the tax. 1t
is idle to repeat Watterson's silly talk
about taxed clothing and free whiskey.
The whiskey tax comes out of the peo-
pies pockets in the end, just ras any other
tax does. The abolition of it would save
the people that much money. The defeat
of the Morrison bill in the House,
on Tuesday, will now give Mr..
Tucker an opportunity to follow the wiser
lead Of the Virginia Democracy and ad-
dress himself to carrying out its mode of
lessening taxation, by abolishing the in
ternal revenue tax and aiding Mr.. Ran
dali in his efforts to reduce the govern
ment expenditures, SO as to bring them
with the government receipts.
TIE DEFEAT OF THE MORRISON
BILL,
In the House Of Representatives on
Tuesday last, the Morrison tariff bill was
defeated By vote of 159 to 154. AS it
had not been made a party question the
vote was not party one. 1t has been
claimed that the majority Of the Demo-
cratic party in the country favored that
bill, and this claim rested on the fact that
large majority OF the Democratic Con-
gressmen in the House favored it. We
hold differently as to the views of the
Democrats who elected those congress
men, Tariff-reform, not being an
issue at, or having ever been heard OF
before their election. But conceding that
mode of estimating the views Of the people
to be correct, it must be clearly evident
that the majority CT the people of the
United States represented by the votes OF
their representatives in congress are OPP
posed to the method Of reducing taxation
proposed by the Morrison bill, and in
favor of some other. Upon the majority
of The people must the Democracy depend
in November to elect their candidate for
President, and they must see that their
platform at Chicago is in accord with the
majority and not with the minority.
AS to the tariff discussion as party
measure for the Presidential election, the
defeat of the bill should end it. Every
Democrat has right to his views Oh
tariff If lie lives in this section CT Vir-
glnia and fayors the Virginia platform
which will give reduced taxation and at
the same time give protection to his sec
tion Of tbs State, he will do we'll for HIM
self and his neighbors but he must not
fall into the ab5urdity of thinking that
other Democrats who do not agree with
him cannot be quite as good Democrats
as he is. A Democrat holding to tie
Virginia platform representing the Tenth
district, would give increased confidence
to the capital which IS already slipping
away from Northern fields to the cheaper
minerals of the Southern, and, looking to
the material welfare Of the counties COM
posing it, we should be rejoiced to see
such Democrat sent. a.tf