Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-24
AysHERINa THE RECORD.'
A Few Facts About the Recent Democratic
Convention In Harrisburg.


Eps. INrELLIoENCER The rsbid and un-
reasonable attacks of the Philadelphia Record
on the excellent ticket nominated at Harris
burg, seem to awaken responsive chord in
the breast OF an occasional Democratic reader
of that paper who, taking the limited and
very partial view expressed in that journal,
appears to shut his eyes to any and all issues
OF the coming state election, except the tariff.
Now with such / would like to reason a
little for l am as low a low tariff man as any
such. / am as strongly opposed TO Randall
and his tariff notions and methods of accom-
plishing his ends as any free trader of our
country. Yet l cannot hnd 1t consistent
with either reason, principle or policy, 10
Gems ure the work of the Harrisburg conven-
ton, or to give aught but praises TO the very
excellent ticket il has presented for our votes.
| would warn the friends of protection that
public opinion is changing rapidly and radi-
cally on this question of the tariff, and men
who year or more ago were unquestioned
protectonists are to-day strong tariff re-
formers; and our leaders will shortly find
that the party that boldly declares for tariff
reform will be the party that will sweep even
this stronghold of protection, Pennsylvania.
Holding these views, as / do, l still cannot
see from any point of vision that my reason
ing powers command that the tariff or sam
Vandalism was the sun of all the issues be-
fore our convention that its dazzling bright
ness so completely hid all other issues that
the questions fsnti-discrimination, read Just
ment OF real estate taxes, adjustment OF the
labor troubles etc, were altogether eclipsed
| by that brilliancy.
No, by no means so tar from this being so
| it is exactly the reverse. Anti-discrimina-
| ton is the great issue of this campaign, aud
the one issue of all others on which our
candidate must have a clean and undisputed
| record free from all alliances or connections
| with corporations, a full and undoubted do
| votion to all the interests OF our constitu.
| ton and our laws; including that against
| robbing of the laborer by the store-order
| system and / think II undeniahle that any
man in the state could stand and was well
| known to stand squsrer on all these issues
than Chauncey +. Black.
| Though / would gladly have seen a strong
| plank favoring tariff reduction in our plat
| form, yet this issue at this time sinks into in
| significance when compared to the other
| questions there TO be considered especially
| when our candidate is weli-known to be q
strong and uucompromising tariff reiormer.
Long before ii was known or even hinted
| at as TO whom Randall would support, and in
| fact before he had made up his mind to openly
support anyone, the popular voice demanded
Black and anti-discrimination and ma ority
of the delegates were elected to the convention
| on that issue and for that candidate. Then
when Randall was forced by the public press
| and the indiscreet friends of Wallace to
| declare for somebody, he shrewdiy chose
| Black, seeing he was already the winning
candidate and would nave won as easily With
| out as with his help What then would our
| low tariff men WANT Must the delegates
desert Black and anti-discrimination in order
| to give free trade boost in convention for
| nominating state officers? Now outside OF
Philadelphia it is doubtful If the Randall in
| huence was felt in Blacks favor to any appre-
ciable extent Randall was rather looking
after the tariff resolutions, and his friends
and those OF his seven other colleagues in
Congress took good care to have ma jority OF
that committee composed of their friends or
else Of those who thought that the tsrif issue
was not q state issue but should be confined
to the congressional district convention where
alone IL would he effective.
Therefore fail to find reason or sense in
the Records charges that it is either a Ran
dali ticket or Randall convention in the
face of the fact that Black is a low tariff man.
And am constrained to believe that every
member OF the oranges which presented
memorials TO that convention will heartily
indorse the liberal manner in which that
convention indorsed their views and the
brilliant candidate they chose to enforce
them. 1t is certainly to be expected that
many of the Republican grangers will sup
port that ticket and that platform, when they
recollect how similar request was spurned
by their own convention, and their own
ticket was settled for them by bosses four
years before 1t was subsequently ratified in
convention. ID. +. NJ.