Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1884-06-07
Or mr.. cox

| "You know my position very WE'LL" Mr.
Cox said. ''There has never been any doubt
/ rs to my views on the subject of protection
Recent events have not toned down my opin
ions. 'Not one cent for tribute is my maxim
do not expect or desire any new doctrine from
the national convention. The old declaration
| "A tariff for revenue only is good enough fol
| me, and will meet the views. of New Yorl
democrats"
Said Mr.. Dorsheimer, of New York $50
far as ! have observed, the zeal of the reve.
| nue. refOrmers in the house of representative
| has been intensified by the defeat of the Nor
| rison bill. We take our appeal to Chicago
| in full confidence that the 1876 democrats who
tried to reduce war tariff taxes will be sus
| tanned; that the, platform will fully meet ou,
wishes as regards the chief issue Of the cam.
paign." = =
"The good old democratic doctrine of O
| tariff for revenue is what we expect from
Chicago" said General SlOcum. New York
| stands where she has hitherto stood on this
question:"
Il am with my colleagues on this ques-
tion," said Mr.. Campbell. '.The New York
democrats have taken no backward step since
they first uttered the shibboleth. "a tariff for
revenue only.'n .-t-
for me-" said Mr.. Adams. New York is
more than ever before in favor of revenue
Tariff
1.-The national convention" said Mr.. Hew-
lit, will give US ringing revenue reform
platform. 1t would not be a democratic con-
Messrs. Potter, Beach, Bagley, Greenleaf
and Rogers, the Post says, will stand with the
gentlemen quoted above.
MR.. BLACKBURN's IDEA.
Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky, said 1.-THE
circumstances under which the national con-
vention will assemble will furnish much
stronger reasons than existed in 1876 or in
1850 for q clear, ringing enunciation of the
democratic doctrine that it is neither )awfnI
honest nor expedient to impose any tax for
any other purpose than to raise such reye-
nues as are required for the purpose of GOV
ernment honestly economically administered.
That the platform will be in accordance with
the views OF those who stood bv the Morrison
Dill, that it Will be as emphatic declaration
as has ever been put forth by any similar
body, admits of no doubt. We look to Chi
cago Tor Vlndlcation of the effort we have
made here in the house to begin the work of
REFORM by reducing war tariff esq
hep5eSenfafives Turner, Clay, Robertson,
Halsell, Willis, Thompson and Wolford. of
Kentucky, expressed themselves as uncom-
promlsingly hostile to a tariff whose object,
either primarily or secondarily, is protection
Mr.. Buckner, of Missouri, aid:-"The
aemocratlc party is in favor of a revenue
year as clear Oh the revenue question as was
the st. Louis platform of 1876. Our true
policy is to go straight on in the line indicao
TED by the votes and speeches of those who
supported the Morrison blll.''
=. Nearly all the other Missouri representa-
tives, the Post says, including Messrs. Hatch.
Dockery, Alexander, Graves, COsgrove, Nor.
gan, Clardy, Bland, Burns, Fyau and Davies.
favor tariff reform and ''look to the national
convention for declaration as strsiphtfor-
ward as words can make it."
Representatives Van Eaton. SINGLETON
Money, Muldrow and Barksdaie, of Missis,
slppl, favored revenue tariff nlank in the
national platform and a straight, honest as
sertlon OF the democratic doctrine of tariff
for revenue.
"All my colleagues voted with me for the
M0rrlsOn bill. The national convention will
be a demo cratic body, with no republican
contingent present. should deprecate any-
thing like fight or any tendency to split.
but the convention will undoubtedly lake
democratic ground on the tariff"
Messrs. Jones, Rogers and Pool of Arkan
sas, favored revenue referm and war on a
tariff for protection.
GENERAL RosECRANs QUOTED.
General Rosecrans said:-"I am in favor
OF a strictly revenue tariff plank, but Won
must quote me fairly. l think the nresent
tariff should be thoroughly revised, simpli-
ned and reduced to the smallest rates of
uu!les winch Will produce the revenue re-
4ulred for an economical administration of the
government, and so laid as to give lust and
reasonable protection to labor.0
Judge Holman said: d:-"I have ALWAYS taken
it for granted that the old ticket would be
nominated and the old platform adopted, in
II the positive declination of Mr.. Tilden
should prevent the nomination of the old
ticket there will be no reason to give nd The
democratic doctrine of a revenue tariff as on
posed to the protective theory"
fofi,,o 7
''rhe platform of 1876 suited me, and have
not changed my views since that time T
think we shall have the old ticket and the
old PLATFORM 'S
Mr. Culberson ofTaxos eo;a x,o