Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-24

people dssfened American eats with iheir
cries of "Hesr, hesr." They saw him
adopt as slogan Of the Democratic party
for the presidential battle OF 1888, the Old
doctrine of free trade, "rhat duty is e tax
psd By the consumer" Woat wonder they
nailed Mr.. Cleveland IS their champion.
they ssw hin promise TO open TO them
participation ~ the American market,
and they knew the participation would
start their batting looms and feed their
hungry unemployed men and women.
WHAT wonder tha. the approval Of the
Presidents message went ringing over
TIE world But the attitude OF tie Dem
ccratic party OF this country was of more
Importance practically than the attitude
CT Crest Britain. Would the Demo-
cratic party of the UGited
States, he asked. indorse their
new chief He wss strongly IN
cIined TO think 1t would He knew that
the members OF that party had been ms
querading for years as reformers favor
Jog "rariG for revenue only, with inci-
dental protec ion." or Tariff for rev.
enae exclusively" snd that In the manu-
featuring districts of New jersey and
elsewhere they masQueraded as mild
n.snneied pEotsctlonists. In the south
they had no2e boldness and less diversity
OF Industry. but even there, within
the last year or two, blended, probably,
By the smoke Of newly built furnaces or
disturbed By the hum Ct looms, there WAS
to be found here and there 6 friend of
protection. The Senator from Missouri
(Vesl had declared the other day that he
| endorsed every line, word and letter in
the Presidents message The Senator
from Indiana (VoOrhees) had in an elab-
| oratelg prepared speech II perfect cold.
Eess, with no excitement whatever, de-
clsred that the doctrine enunciated 5y the
President in his recent message hsd been
toe doctrine OF the Democratic party for
eighty-seven years ard that he Endorsed
( it. The Senator from Tennessee had also
| in q speech made elsewhere declared lhst
his voice and vote would never be for pro-
| lection or the encouragement OF any
American industry. So that he Frye
wss Inclined to thick that the Democratic
party really shared in the Presidents con-
vicsions and really believed that the tariff
wss vicious. Illogical snd in equitable and
ttst the duty vas Sax paid by the con-
sumner, ynd why should!not the party SO
tbiGkp The controlling clement Ct the
patty Aeu tSCu III NV
the southern wing OF the Democratic
psrty controlled to day as powerfully and
completely az it did before the rebellion
when it compelled the party into the
cham pionship Of slavery. There wss not
the slightest doubt as to the sttitude of
the south on this question. When the
south went into the rebellion Il declared
in the Confederate constitution that no
bounty should be ever granted from the
Treasury, nor any law be enacted to tos-
ter or encourage any branch CT industry
whatever. That had been the solemn
declaration of the southern Democrats,
AMI they believed now 80 they had be-
lieved then. These southern gentlemen
learned very slowly and forgot as
slowly. They were blind to-day to
marvels which were being wrought
10 their midst under the protective tariff
The D-mOcratic party had come into
power il the House of representatives. in
the Forty-fourth Congress End lad held
power in that House ever since except
In the Forty seventh Congress, and il
ND Illuminated its promotion to power
by demanding that the tariff be revised
and the whole business OF the country
disturbed. The Democratic chairmen Of
the committee OF ways and means since
! then had been FerdinanGo Wood, with
Randolph Tucker as en- assistant, and
William +. Morrison, ell three OF them
out and out theoretical free trsders, end
| to dsy MIR. Mills Of Texas was chairman
of thst committee and Mr.. Mills was even
| g crank In his devotion to the principles
of free trade, and indorsed the message
OF the President. The distinguished
| Speaker Of tie House, for whom be had d
profouod esteem, in his devotion to the
| principles of free trade, hsdtdared in the
| lest Congress to srregase to him
self almost despotic powers and
to declare from his high
piace that heswould recognize no member
of the House to make any motion to Gu
down the surplus, unless it swas frs
submitted TO the Democratic caucus. The
Democratic Secretary OF the Treasury
had also Joined the choral song OF fTes
traders apparently with all his neart. II
| fact he was satisfied that all Democratic
leaders agreed with the President excep
that they had not the Presi-
dents boldness or honesty. II how
ever, by cheating the people in the
next election as to their position they
could get new lease of power sud OBJ
tain control of the United States Senate
then the people might bid farewell tt
every principle OF protection. The Re
publicans took up the Presidents gsunt
let of free trade with great pleasure sut
Joined issue with the Democrats. Th'
Republicans declared that instead Of tht
tariff being vicious, Illogical and inequi
table, 1t increased marvelously the pros
peIity Ct this country, ant
mat instead OF dat.
oelpg tax psid by the consumer, NJ
instance could be found in which tn
duty had not decreased to the consume
I'll cost of the ertlcla consumed. rh
Republicans further declare that tn
future prosperity of this country, TO
twenty-five years 81 aby rate, depended
absolutely on the benign fIfi FENCES OF 1
protective tariff. lie admitted that thi
country possessed many scvantsge
over compe log nations, but ne declsre'
that with all those advantages
could not compete in manufacture
. with European nations, because it wa
Handicapped in the matter Of wages. Mr.
FRYE supported his argument with nu
. merous illustrations, many OF Their
drawn from his own observation i
Europe. As to the surplus, it vas Dem
. ocratiC ipcspaclty, he ssid. which cause
il, and now the country must look out
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