Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-25
wxDNEsDAY......MARCH Is. 1885.
A Divided Party.
We find The following telegram in
a. xrNs. So,

A Divided Party.
We find the following telegram in
the Wheeling Register:
WARRINGTON. March GA local
paper says Senator Gorham, ex-Sena-
Tor Davis, Of West Virginia, and Mr..
Scott, of Pennsylvania, will begin the
publication of new Democratic morn-
ing daily newspaper in this city on
Monday. May 4th. The paper is 70 DC
an Administration organ.
We know personally two OF the gen.
tlemen named above, and are not in
clincd to think that they will ever be-
como practical editors. though OF course
they may start paper Of their own.
An air of plausibility surrounds the re-
port. however, growing out Of the fact
that the Washington Post has not
treated Mr.. RANDALL. and his friends
as they deserve to be treated,
Mcssrs. DAVIS, ScOrT, and GoRMAN
all being, like him, advocates OF 50
much protection to American industries
as will cover the difference between the
prices Of labor in this country and the
prices of labor in Europe. In other
words, they advocate just the same
sort of protection to which the Chicago
platform pledges the national Demo-
cratic party, and to which the new
Secretary Of the Treasury committed
himself in the interview which was re-
ported in our issue Of yesterday.
We deprecste divisions in the Demo
cratic party. Nobody can point to one
line which we have ever penned ques-
tioning the Democracy Of any man be-
cause he did not agree with us on the
tariff question. So long as the Govern
ment is compelled to raise annually
hundreds Of millions Of dollars Of reve-
nue from customs duties, it is-folly to
talk of resorting to free trade; and if
free trade is out Of the question, and
il all good Democrats favor revision
Of the tariff, as we are assured the Adj
ministration does, what is there to
quarrel about? Is it the difference
between tariff Of 40 and one Of rs
per cent? Why. MIR. RANDALL him
self has over and over again declared
that he does not admit that Congress
has the right to pass tariff 4" for pro-
lection only" lie advocates such re-
adjustment of the customs duties as will
produce revenue sufficient to support
the Government without any assistance
from internal taxes. He would abolish
all internal taxes. Is there a Democrat in
Virginia who is not pledged to the abo-
lition of the whole iuternal-revenue
bureau? Well, if we are all agreed
that all internal taxes ought to be abol-
ished, il follows necessarily that We are
all agreed that the tariff shall be so re-
modelled as to produce revenue enough
to support the Government. Is there
any doubt so far. Is there any other
way to raise the money:
How much money does the Govern
ment need every year? Last year the
receipts into the Treasury were $685.
O67, 489 from customs and sl2l ,5S6,-
OT2 from internal taxes, or about S3l7,-
600. 900. Now, isn't il a clear case
that IL we are in earnest when We say
we favor the abolition of oil internal
taxes and the raising Of $500, 10000
a year from customs duties, we cannot
quarrel amongst ourselves as to the
rates Of these duties: We must frame
. revenue tariff. We shall be CON-
PEELED to have the revenue, and there
fore we must adopt the only method OF
obtaining that revenue.
But what has the new paper il Wash.
ington to do with all this? Just this
The establishment Of new paper in
Washington means divided party there
and wherever else the two rival papers
can effect that result. We hope, there
fore, that there is no truth in the rumol
above referred to, but we also hops
that the Post will cease to belittle Mr.
RANDALL and his friends.
Again The new paper is to be al
Administration organ, it is said. Thi
We do not credit. Mr.. CLEvELANI
seems to US TO be one Of thelast menin tn,
world to countenance the establishment
Of either Protection or anti-Protec
sion organ in Washington. He ha
distributed his fayors impsrtially, 81
far As we know, between the Car
lisleitss and the Randallites. We TAX
it Tor granted that Mr.. MANNING
was selected for Secretary Of tn
Treasury because the President kne,
THAI he agreed with him on all ques
tioos growing out Of the revenues Z
the Government. Mr.. MANNING
views We reported yesterday. Il Ties
are he Presidents views, as we suI
pose they are, then we Dc net see VIII
az Virginia Democrat cannot coasis
enGiy be an Administrators Democrs
~ hr - he tariff is concerned; no
csa re undsrstsnd the necessity for a
Adninisksstsoa organ In Washington.
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