New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-11
DEMOCRACY ALL AT SEA.
Continued from First raEeJ

tariff plank. which should mean protection 10
American labor and industry in New-Jerscy, rem
| sylvanIa and Ohio, 4" incidental protection ~ '"o
same in Indiana, Tennessee, virginia NcS'
| Virginia and Alabama and free tiado 10 lii''o'''
| Wisconsin, Mississippi and Texas
| CONGRESSMAN HurG spent most of he day IN inc
| ante room and was frequently consulteu Nv iio"''
Watterson and other free trade members OF INC CUM
! mittcc Another free trader who was IN lIeq"o"'
| conference with Messrs Watterson' ii'''"
Hewitt and other tariff reform members of the com
| mittee was Everett =. Wheeler president u 'no
Free Trade Club of New-York who late III tho altor
noon was in n happy and contented frame OF mhu
over the proposed platform utterances oil the Deilo
cratic party on the tariff question.
FIGHTING ALL DAY OVER THE TARIFF PLANK
The fight over the tariff plank lasted all day ana
il was nearly dark before it was ready 10 ne tin
scribed number of amendments to the report oi
the subcommittee were offered d scussed and voted
down nv the tariff rcformers The tariff plank OF
the Ohio platform rejected by vote OF 90 70
60 An amendment by Senator Mcfhersoh' VI
New jersey, to insert the words land must IN
order TO make the plank subject to n CONSTRUCTION
in favor of American labor was rejected by Vote
of21tol4. The St. Louis plank also was jected'
receiving only votes
Mr. Hay of Pennsylvania, moved to strike ont inc
"taxation shall he exclusively for public purposes
and made strong speech in favor of 1T. IN the
course of which he attacked the Democratic pat
form of 1850 and declared that it had caused the
defeat of Hancock.
This speech brought to his feet Henry Watters0n
the author of that platform He denied that IL
caused Hancocks defeat, which he said was due 10
tho cowardicc OF the Democratic party. VINO anah
dnuo1 tlnir Iiuas and ran away i'm confusion IN New
lam al Nh AnYl
stood hv THEN guns. ~ III eWAihauE DlStilUi III
DIANA Mr. Wattrrson said, they actually iuH4o liR
ga ms on the Issue of tariff for revenue or} anu
If those gains had been maintained througnp1t Wv
state Indiana would have been saved Ia the Demo
Gratis IN October of that year ,,.. ,,..
To this speech General Hutlcr mhl' WIZ ""'
urnhpr of the committee called an slang Wh1nr
ing reply lie said hr had heard aooul i'',np
Crntir pnius I'm the New Alhauy District, ana hNu
nluo Inward ilnt thry ware duo TO the Sudden itnin
grafton into lndana from Kentucky nhuui rlor'iHn
time I'm this sprrrh % ~ one innur 'N''l'l w w.
! dny IA e. uutrtVtund UoucrHl l}utlrt MOI ulN
strongly Advocated the Platform offered Nv nw ~
bu abused nud riliClHod the one itlpll'u ny w.
uhrumWilirr, vs. hch lie Guar ,i't',ou wv Z, Hi,,
uf nhsuidrs aud ntgatiuns, which meant n,i ur,H'
lo nll mon aud hy which The phin people ni ihn
| country could not he deceived nni hunuM,'E y, ~
Hruelnl lutlprs views un the thiln uu'alnn ~ ~
well known do not nRtcr with those oi tho Tree
trade nrmucrnls.
1nr rRrE rR,prns IN Hlun rrAIiirh
The free trade melnhcra of tho committee nnd
their allies were In high feather late Ia th' after
noon. llcnty WnirrsUn said Ihrf nave lunthl
the ground inch by inch. and we have uelrhi'h
them NJ eveiv point. Thay may prescht MINORITY
| report hul think II doubtful oh, wee presume
General llnilei Will present his views IN uppraltoh
to on report, bat have 10 idea thov wiz V"
ndnpird Il, The runyuniiuhi'
CONGRESSMAN iiurd said " AN rapnoihliI go"
about The defeat nt tho Ohin platform, tgld ih"
state convention that would hnprhl in III" ,ein'
cratic pafly ut tho country and ini"i'a +" hh"W
tnat tho Judgment n 81 hn ~ nv hN"i We hN' ~
he very careful nhoHt this platform We Wrfn dn-
trTminrd u exclude from II the idra ot protection
incidental OF OthrTN ino. OF course 10 litIi can u"
made which " II not IA some Iespeuts inhcr ol pro
te,t certain class of industry IN spite al It's
trainers. hat 10 inevitable