Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-02
Gte Eanfastrr 1ntrlligeufes.
LANCASTER. JULY 2 ,sss ,sss.
To Meet the Real Issnes.

state cogvention of Pennsylvania, the men
whS have been selected as candidates and
<fhe speeches they made to the convention,
foreshadowed the issues upon which the
Republicans propose to appeal for success
this fall. While it is not the part of wisdom
for the Democracy to accept situation
made for them by the opposition, and
while it will be next TO fatal folly for the
Democrats to let the battle for state ofi-
GERS in Pennsylvania be shifted to federal
issues, it isa mistake to suppose the organ
ization which is now in control of the exc
cutiye branch of both the state and federal
governments, will be afraid to speak clearly
and boldly on all questions of vital public
concern.
If the Republican platform means that
the present tariff, with its crudities, its
absurdities, its inequalities and its loop
holes for fraud, cannot be improved by re-
vision if it proposes to give the lie to the
platform of the Blaine party of 1884, which
pledged anew the Republican party to
correct the inequalities of the tariff
then we trust the Democratic state con-
vention will meet it squarely with decla-
ration that the tariff must and shall be re-
vised-not by the Morrison bill, the Ran
dali bill, or according to any particular
schedule--but as the Chicago platform de-
clared in a spirit of fairness to all inter
ests," so as to not injure any domestic
interests" and without depriving Amer
lean labor of the ability to compete sue
cessfully with foreign labor, and ritltON
imposing lo,rer rates Of duty than 'cil be
ample to corer dny increased cost Of prodlc-
ton uhich may erist it consequence of,the
higher rates Of ,cageS prerdiling in this co1u1-
try" Upon that platform the Pennsylva-
mia Democracy can stand and win.
If the Republicans hope to profit by their
attack upon the federal administration
and the disposition shown by the president
toveto unworthy pension bills, we welcome
the issue. The country is ready for it.
The true soldiers suffer far more to-day
from the multitude of fraudulent and un-
worthy pension claims than from any re-
striction put upon them and the public is
altogether ready to sustain the president in
his discriminating examination of con-
gressional grants and his fearless veto of
the unworthy. The New York Ipdepend-
ent, radical Republican paper, which most
bitterly and coarsely opposed Clevelands
election, thus expresses itself upon this
subject:
The people can have no other feeling than
that Of sincere gratitude to the president for
his frank and manly course in respect to the
system of pension jobbery, which has so
largely become the order of the day with the
members OF Congress, whether Republicans
or Democrats. The system has become an
intolerabie abuse and perversion OF the pen
sion idea; and this abuse and perversion
spring from political and party motives, on
the theory Of courting what is called "the SOL
dier vote" The time has come to call a halt
In this business, and soberly inquire whether
taxpayers have rights which Congress Is
bound to respect The presidents vetoes are
calculated TO open the eyes of the people to
Z what Congress is doing with the the public
money. Though courteous in form, they
are, In fact, q stern and sharp rebuKe of Con-
gress on this subject, and any one who takes
time enough to examine the facts as they ex-
lat will have no difficulty in seeing that the
rebuke has been well deserved. 1t is to he
hoped that the president will repeat the re-
Duke whenever the occasion calls for il, and
thus do good service to the general public
J.
timent, widely prevalent; and while the
Democratic state convention will no doubt
commend in generous tones the liberal pen.
sioning Of all deserving soldiers and sailors
1t will do itself credit and make its part,
strong by outspokenly declaring agains
frauds and jobs in the abused name of pa
triotism or the misused cause of charity.
While the supreme court is cOnsderin.
the constitutionality of law already or
the statute books of the state prohibiting
oleomargarine; and with protests repre-
senting $4,000 workingmen of Pennsylya
mia on file at Washington against such fed
eral legislation, there is no occasion t,
make support Of it part of Democrati,
state platform the wrongs of the colore,
people in the South are not half so real an,
OF SO much concern to the people of Penn
sylvania, as the wrongs visited upon TIN
soldiers orphans in the state schools,
But though no question will be shirked
We repeat that the issues put to the from
py Democratic state convention, I,
nominate state officers, will be state issues
Ins Is lust what Beaver, Quay, Cooper
Cessna q Co., do not want and what the,
40 not want it is safe to give them. If tb,
commonwealth is to fall back into tn,
nands OF weak executives, corrupt lobby
ISIS and pardon brokers, treasury specula.
tors ana legislative roosters, it shall not bs
done without vigorous Democratic protest
and the five men whom the Democrao,
nominate will not be afraid to say some
thing hereafter and to illustrate by tbei
public records what they think of tbes
things.