Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-07
Secretary Manning.

II is TO he presumed that Mr. CLEvE-
LAND selected his new Secretary Of the
Treasury because the two agree in their
notions concerning the tariff, internal
taxes, and all other matters that come
within the purview Of the Treasury
Department.
What are Mr.. MANNING's views on
the tariff question:! We reply that he
is a Tariff Reformcr in the sense that
he desires TO see the present aboninable
tariff revised and bettered. But he is
not a Free .Trader--not even an anti
Protectionist, except that, like Mr..
RANDALL. he does not concede that
the Federal Government has right to
levy tariff for protection only"
Mr.. MANNING was all last year
the editor Of the Albany Argus.
Mr.. CLEVELAND, being the Governor
Of New York, resided in Albany. The
argus was his organ. Mr.. MANNING
had been the most active of all his
supporters, first in securing to Mr..
CLEVELAND the vote Of New York in
the Democratic National Convention,
and, secondly, in securing his nomina-
ton at Chicago. Mr.. MANNING was,
in q word, Mr.. CLEyELAND's right
hand man during all the campaign of
1884. Daily they took counsel to-
gether. and daily they map out the
lines Of their policy.
Constantly Mr.. MANNING kept stand
ing at the head Of his editorial columns
in the Argus this sentence 9 The Ia
riff is Not an Issue in this Election -
that is to say, Of course, the doctrine
Of protection. upon which doctrine
BLAINE and his followers in New
York based their hopes of defeating
Mr.. CLEVELAND as an anti-Protection-
ist. The Nashville american speaks
Of Mr.. MANNING and Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND us follows:
"Mr. Cleveland does not belong to
the class of men who meet questions
by obscuring them. The fact that he
selected Mr.. Manning for the Treasury
leaves no room for doubt as to what is
to be the policy of the Administration.
" During the canvass We frequently
quoted from Mr.. Manning's paper, the
Albany Argus, on the proper cOnstruc-
ton of the platform and the true policy
of the Democratic party on this all-im-
portant subject. We made it point
TO quote from the Argus. because the
american was more fully in accord with
it in the manner of presenting the ques-
ton than with almost any other paper.
On the question of the tariff Mr.. Man
ming and Mr.. Randall are in exact accord.
They understood each other thoroughly |
during the canvass, and it was at Mr..
Manning's instance, more than any one
else's. that Mr.. Randall was selected to
speak in New York and New Jersey.
So thoroughly was Mr.. Manning and
others convinced Of the folly of the
free-tradc element that not one Of |
them was invited to show his |
head in the doubtful States of Con-
necticut, New York, and New Jersey.
Mr.. Cleveland is fully appraised Of
ManniDg'S position on this question, |
and puts him at the head Of the Trea- !
sury Department.
"Mr. Cleveland is a reformer Of the !
boldest sort; he is for reforming the
tariff as Mr.. Randall is, but he would !
no more reform it by horizontal re-
duction than he would cut off the heads |
Of tall and low men to equalizc their
stature. A horizontal reduction is the
work Of man who does not under
stand the tariff sufficiently to write a
reform bill"
So if we can't agree with Mr.. MAN
MING on the silver question, we can
agree with him on the question accord
ing to American manufacturers protec-
ton enough to cover the difference be-
tween the prices Of labor in the United |
States and the prices Of labor in Eu-
rope.