Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11
FRIDAY ,sEPrbMBRK IL. 1859.
MR. SAMUEr RANDALL Of Penn

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Thonsh q, Democrat aud an aspir-
4sht for the presidency at the hands
Of the Democratic party, yet for
years he has been more in sympathy
With protective Rspublicanism than
with revenue reform democracy.
Republican Pennsylvania has recog-
missed and appreciated bis protective
proclivities and made his election
easy. The advocates Of tariff for
revenue hare bad no greater nor
nsrs able opponent than Mr.. Ran
sAsll. 10 his efforts shd influence
M~sslsrsely dus the defeat Of tariff
Negifiation in The last Congress. By
Ale p4fty thst in power he was re-
4 6aFted = faithful ally, and favor.
ed accordingly. He was a repre-
sentative from State benefited by
protection. His arguments in be-
half Of protection were eloqusntt
and apparently earnese He was
accredited with expressing his con.
seisRtious CONVICTIONS, and admired
by many who dissentsd from his
"a. views, He was one of those Dem,
ocrasic politicians who disapproved
Of Olevsland's nomination' and who
.did little towards his election. But
administrations cannot change any
quicker than Mr.. Randall, who is
now not only an open and ardent
.adnirer Of Cleveland but q sudden
convert to the principles of tar,
iii for revenue. He who has hith-
erto trained in the Republican ranks
under the monopolistic banner Of a
high protective tariff and has siren.
uously opposed the party to which
he nominally belonged, now consid
'srs it his party duty not only to de-
siss from opposing the revenue re
form but to assist in carrying out
~ thS promises on this point TO which
NJ, the Psrtyis pledged The Demo
cratic party is new NO more pledgee
to tariff. reform than it was -four
@ years ago, and Mr.. Randall ough
to have some difficulty in persuad
ing any one that ho is now actuatet
by . siacere desire for party success
or even if he Is, that he would b.
justified in stultifying his record TO
more. party advantage. Mr. Ran
dali did not honestly believe tn
protection policy which he found
profitable to preach under RI
publican administration, or he
not now sincere in bis exrresse
opinion that nc obstruction shoul
be placed in the way of tariff legi
lation under a Democratic admins
'sration that has the disposal of p'
:litical patronage, or he has expe
fenced sudden, very radical an
complete change of opinion On til
most important economic questiu
of the day. 1t is significant, tkoug
not conclusive of wrong, that NJ
Randsll's opinions should SO rsmar
ably coincide with those Of the pa
;:y In power. 1t looks very mue
like case Of propitiating the po,
srs that be "that thrift may folio
fawning." Party allegiance d
mands no such sacrifice of opinlo
If Mr.. Randall, or any other De'
ocrat, conscientiously believes tn
high protective tariff is conduct
to tho best interests of the Ams
q can people, it is his imperative al
bOundsn duty to use every homo,
bile effort and influence to secu
such tariff, no matter what
party may believe to the contra,
Party success should not he plac
before public good. Partisansf
should not run counter to patri
ism. But this sudden zeal for t
harmony of the democracy on t
part Of Mr.. Randall is somewi
startling. Only few months q
he was the head and front of nu
ber of democrats who rendered u
less the Democratic majority in
House, of Representatives. Tn
was NO yielding of opinions then
secure the success ard harmony
the democracy. If ever concessit
were needed it was then, but \
Randall was as imuovable as
Mountain: it was not Democra
administration. Mr.. Randall
ambitious, aspires to political ;
.fermeni. The general elect
showed that the tide of popular
vor was running towards the d,
-ocracy. 1t behoovss the ambiti
politician to trim his sails to ca
the popular breeze. Mr.. Bla
'was running on the highest kin,
protectionist platform. He
beaten. His defeat was q warn