New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-04
rur rclE rRlDE Conspiracy

# must be ioy to President Eliot lo be ne.ocl
otcd with towards, who mean free trade bat
dare NOT saw no. In journals like The Aep-
York Times. HerdH md lvorid, people are
daily told that tree trade is not the main issue
and j. not al the bottom of Republican OPP
po,ition to Mr.. Blaine. Bat President Eliot
shows that the prctcnccs OF cAdsprialed virtue
are fraudulent. Asked why he and Senator
IIoar dilcr about Mr.. Blaine, he replies
Senator lloar is my personal friend ana Is ioI-
lowing ont his prOtcctomot convictions "
supporting Blaine. A. for myself shall vote
for Cleveland and Hendricks. Senator lioar
as an old-stylc protcctioni,t, and most OF thr
"young Harvard graduates are free traders
~havmg done with protection" That tells the
story. honestly and maniully. President Eliot
does not want to cheat anybody. But his party
does; his candidates do, and his principal
organ, do. His patty adopt, platform tl'i is
intended To deceive. His candidates stoop To- be-
come candidates ON such platform, conccallng
thcirrcal opinions Ills principal newspaper or
Kan, pretend tlat the main issue concerns Hr.
Bainc's personal integrity
More unmluly and m>iuccra than any other
of these organs is The Nclr- York Times, which
for months insisted that tariff reform was
and must be the main issue in the Presidential
canvass. and encouraged Mr.. Morrison 10 make
it sharply. promising him repeatedly the sup
port of great body OF free trade Republicans
if ne would do so. Now, being frightened by
proof that the working people will defeat such
a conspiracy, that paper falsely prc;cnd' that
its virtue is iufamed. Ncyt comes Hcrpcrs
WccIIy. which makes the sam" profession. But
its editor wrote ~ Mr.. kiNmillcr of Gctiys-
burg. before the Republican National Convcn-
ton: No man more obnoVious to them .thc
independents than Ir. Blaine could be nomi-
"nat,d fortho Pre- .dcncy. and The pyiHciD0i reo-
son or this is tdc strong following hc has in
"prnn>vlyania. The Independents IRE anti
@pyoteciion. and whoever we do elect must favor
"rcvcnuc reform" TO turn back after this and
pretend that the principal reason" was in
famed virtue. required just That same trait Of
character which Mr. Curtis showed when he
went into a convention intending To bolt, stayed
10 see fine nomination made unanimous without
protest. aud to vote for candidate for Vice
President. and then bolird.
Letters come duly to the so-clllcd a" In
dependent Committee pretending That the
writer's and their friends are greatly worried
about Mr.. Blain"s integrity The names of lI"
status or the writer's orc In most cl.rs con-
crncd. bat in most eases when Tine name leaks
out and the nin cln 70. traced. the motive app
po,rs. as in thc clsc of Nr ljromrc, president
of thr Michigan Free Trade League" whose
.sulfmr U1s refused lourcpp'icr bf tho +rrrr-
tlli ol tIfn independent committee These mrn
are mot only prrprIutips fraud, IN pretending
that M Bniuo's unvoiihinrs is Tine reason of
llrir bolt lul they prove lHlt they un aware
al il Wv trying to rpnrail thnrtilop'a7 of ihriI
ltro trade rpnspt1rf
1iis ronnd .nro game a 0ptsn llun anything
ibat hls batn ALLEGED about any candidate
always excepting Nlr ltrndti'ks, II lhe ttcr
traders have honor al honesty they viii pal
stop ~ these t,zr Professions by men who
represent and head them. anl viii hunurlbly
dYoN, a. President Eliot docs, their real reason
for opposing "a candidate la whom friends q,
honest and conscientious as themselves have
fail confidence