Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-21

In my boyhood days there was a religious 81 ct
called " Perfeetionists." If there were asso
citation to-day, and perfection were the test o.
admission, you might get in, could not, II l
did should be lonesome.
Not all the boys in blue in the armies OF the
Potomac, of the Cumberland and the Tennessee
knew the Westminster catechism, could re
peat the thirty-nine articles Not all the officers
who wore shoulder straps and sashes Were de
void of self-seeking and personal ambition
Selfshness personal ambition always have
been. always viii be- ingredients of every po-
litical movement. EVen religious ana philan-
thrOpic associations are not altogether free from
them. There is great deal of human nature
| in man." Even i'll this nineteenth century, in
this 'home of the brave and land of the free,
the old Adam has not entirely been cast out. l
have often observed in human affairs that au
ounce of active selfshness will accomplish
| more than a ton of good intentions. That po-
litical organization is best and will accomplish
most that regards society as it is, with its tre-
mendous forces for good or for evil, seeks to
combine these elements for the best attainGble
60, d, to marshal them the way they ought to
go, to harness even ambition and selfishness 10
the chariot of progress. That we claim the Re
publican party is and does, and that the Demo-
cratic party is not and does not. The one sub
ordinates success to truth, the other truth to
success.
Let me illustrate the charge that the Demo-
cratic party subordinates truth to success-that
it is disngenious. not bold, open and frank
The Democratic State Central Committee have
plagiariZed tAe Republican motto, and at the
head of all their advertisements they place the
sentiment: Protection for free labor and home
industries In the language Of D0gberry this
lis flat burglary as ever was committed" We
have all heard of stealing the livery of heaven
to serve the devil in'this is stealing the livery
of the Republican party to serve the Democratic
party.
The Democratic platform of this State declares
that the duty on wool should be re-tored to
what it was in the tariff of 1867 This is simp y
a bid for the votes of the wool-growers. Every
! wool is to be restored to what it was OF main
tanned at what it is, it will be by Republican
votes in Coe9ress, not by Democratic. At The
last session oi Congress, the Democratic leader
on the floor introduced a bill placing wool on
the free list. out of lS5 Democratic Representa-
tives less than forty voted against its eons,dera-
tion; out of 40 Republicans only seven voted in
its favor.
IN the Forty eighth Congress the contest in
the caucus for Speaker of the House was be-
tween Carlisle of Kentucky and Randall of
Pennsylvania. Next to the President, the
Speaker of the House is the most important po-
litical officer in the Government. He appoints
the committees. can recognize whOmsoever he
chooses on the floor, and in shaping legislation
has more power than the President. Carlisle is
an honest man, and has the courage of cOnvic-
ton. He is the ablest advocate of free trade
doctrine in either house of Congress Randall
is Il man of perhaps equal ability and integrity,
of larger public experience, a Democrat no
doubt from conviction, and protectionist from
the accident of his birth and residence in Penn
svlyania where in some districts they still think
they are voting FOR I" Polk and Dallas, and the
tariff of a."
Of course Carlisle was nominated and elected.
In the i9th Congress ne was nominated in the
Democratic caucus without opposition. Prompt
ly on his frs. election, he appointed Colonel
Morrison, OF IllinOiS, Chairman of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, which has charge of all
revenue bills, and shares with the Committee
on Appropriations the leadership of the House.
Morrison is bold, honest and patriotic. He
Siuaarp1I- hplipVpS that nrntpptiVp dufipS are
robbery. He has constantly, earnestly endeav-
ored to modify the tariff in the line of his con
victions willing to take what he could get, If
he could not get all that he wanted. The con-
sideratiOn of his bill for horizontal reduction
of the tariff was defeated by the almost unani-
nous vote of the Republican members, aided
by about forty Democrats -recalciirant Demo
Gratis the leading Democratic papers call them.
The Louisville COuTieT-JOarHdl one of the ablest,
if not the ablest Democratic paper in the United
states. promptly read these - recalcitrants out
of the party. asserts that none of them from the
southwest can be returned 10 Congress, and ad-
yiSes Sam Randall to leave the Democratic
party, to Join the Republican, where he properly
belongs on account Of his views in regard to
protective duties
Mr. Manning, the Secretary of the Treasury,
is undoubtedly the ablest member OF the CGbi-
net, and has the closest and most confidential
relations with the President If II had not been
for Danie! Manning, it is not probable that Gro
yer Cleveland would ever have been Governor
of New York, or President of the United States.
Nnen, q lew llOntlS ago, NE lSHuGTtu his IcSlS
nation on account of his Illness his letter CON
tanned two suggestions in the nature of a tesla
mentary legacy They were to the effect that il
the coinage of silver were stopped we should
have the best currency in the world; and that
| if our tariff were revised and duties imposed
| only on few leading articles, we should have
| the best revenue system possible. he undoubt-
| edly voiced the sentiment OF the Administra-
| tion, and the leading sentiment of his party
Now this is Just the kind of tariff that England
has. and it approaches more nearly 10 absolute
free trade than that of any other nation in the
civilized world. The principle of protection is
entirely eliminated.
The people of the Southern States are imbued
with the doctrine of free trade and have been
since Calhoun invoked notification - to pre-
vent the collection of duties at Charleston. The
Southern COufederacy held out the boon OF free
trade to England and France as an inducement
to recognition. New Norz city, the commercial
capital of the country, and so largely engaged
in foreign commerce, is for free trade, and the
Democratic party depends upon the Southern
States and the city of New York for any national
success. am not here 10 discuss the compara-
tive merits of protection and free trade, 1t is a
broad question, about which many honestly
differ. What object to in the position Of the
Democratic party IS, that ii Is not honest. The
direction of the party, its best and intelligent SEN
timent is for free trade-fDr such Il tariff Sec
retary Manning recommends. Every National
Democratic Convention viii adopt resolution
in favor of tariff for revenue only" and
every Democratic State Convention will resolve
duction.
Judge Baldwin once wittily said of famous
decision of our Supreme Court that " it gave
the law to the North and the negro to the
South" The Democratic party discounts that.
1t offers free trade or protection to any one who
wants either, or it will serve them both together
in Just the proportions any individual voter
fances.
As National Democrat, the Californian is in
favor of tariff for revenue only-as State
Democrat he is in favor of protective duties on
wool. on wine, on fruits, on qulcksilver-and
certainly one very distinguished Democrat
would be sorry to see the duty on bOraX re
duCed. The Louisiana Democrat is in favor of
free trade-and protection for sugar Even the
South Caroliuian, though he may have sat at the
feet of Calhoun, if he happens to live in rice
district. is for free rade-and protection fOrrice
The Michigan Democrat, nationally, is for Il
tariff tor revenue only: as Michigander, he Is
for protection to lumber and salt. The New
Jersey Democrat is for free trade and protection
for silk. The New England Democrat is for free
trade, and especially for free wool. aud for pro-
lection for WOODEN fabrics, and whatever else is
manufactured in New England. The Pennsyl-
vania Democrat VIII indOTse the national pat
form - for revenue only as a member of Con-
gress he will trade everything with everybody
for protection of coal, iron and Pennsylvania
manufactures.
In national Convention. in the supreme couu-
sell the party is for tariff for revenue only, dis
carding the principle Of protection. IN the
various State Conventions its opinions make a
political crazy-quilt and justify the famous eX-
preston Of General Hancock, that 1.-The tariff
is a local question"
The position of the Democratic party on that
subject was well illustrated by wsg, who said
80 II reminded him of the boy whose trousers
were made the same way before and behind, 50
that the boy never knew whether he was going
TO school or coming home"
In contradist inction from this, the Republi-
can party is in favor of Protection of AmeTi-
can labor and industries" 1t supports it as a
principle-as broad national policy. 1t pro
claims it everywhere-in districts where II is
unpopular as well as where it is popular. IL
does not hedge or double deal It is consistent.
It's position may be assaulted, its sincerity can
not be doubted.
The resolution of the Democratic Convention
of this State on the Chinese question is open 10
IL charge graver than disingenuo An old ac-
quaintance of mine coined word. lot to be
found in any dictionary" duplicious which
l have added 10 my vocabulary, and often find
convenient. l desire to keep within the bounds