Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-07-19
WHY CANADA Is FOR CLEVELAND.


Montreal Gazette.
Canadian people have a special and
deep interest in the Presidential contest
in the United States. The Fish
cry Treaty might possibly be ratified by
the Senate if Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration is approved by the people. =
There can be no doubt that the chances
of its ultimate acceptance will be great
ly increased if Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tratiOn is indorsed.
There is, however, an even more i'm
portant reason why Canadians should
wish for the success of Mr.. Cleveland.
The great issue of the day among our
neighbOrs is tariff reform. x Mr..
Cleveland's success meaning the passage
of the Mills bill, and the passage of the
Mills bill meaning free market in the
United States for our lumber, wool, iron
ore, salt, and some other products, Can
adams will watch with deep interest the
progress of the campaign and the final
outcome.
THE Pomeroy, o., Herald, the Demo-
cratic paper of Meigs county, has placed
Harrison and Morton at the head of its
columns and come out in favor of pro-
lection to American industries. In
taking this step it says
The Democratic party therefore has
bitterly opposed Capitalization, but the
ST. Louis Convention has committed the
party to the most extreme form of cen
tralizatiOn-that of the one man power
by indorsing, not only the Presidents
message, but his iniquitOus "Mills bill'
also, and they have thus forfeited all
claim to the support of honest Demo
Gratis.
To expect the Herald to support the
platform and candidates of that Con-
vention would be to expect us to favor
the Wrecking of every salt furnace and
iron works in this region, as well as the
destruction of the sheep industry and its
attendant loss to farmers, together with
the compulsory idleness of every work
ingman who obtains living for himself
and family by either skilled or unskilled
labor in those industries. As we do not
favor any such measures, we can not
support either the st. Louis platform or
the candidates named by it.
THE vote on Mr.. Dingley's amendment
to the Mills bill providing for reduc-
ton of so per cent. in the duty on sugar
was a good test of the insincerity of
Democratic ''tariff-reformers." Follow
ing the Presidents lead, they have been
clamoring for months for relief from
burdens imposed on the necessaries of
life and for emancipation from the greed
of the manufacturing trusts. When
they were challenged to cut down the
duties on sugar, an article of universal
consumption, they voted against it to a
man. At the same time the fact was
wrung from their leaders that they had
been in secret consultation with Mr..
Havemeyer, chief representative of the
Sugar Trust, and had arranged matters
to suit him. If they had been sincere
in their protestations of solicitude for
the poor mans breakfast table, they
would have taken off One-half of the
duty on sugar. By that expedient alone
they would have reduced the surplus
revenues one-half. They favored neither
one thing nor the other, and were only |
too happy to take their orders from the |
Sugar trusts.-N Y. Tribune.
RUNS WELL IN ENGLAND.
Pittsburgh Times.
That Cleveland runs well in England |
is confirmed by every report. The Cob
den Club is hard at work for him, and |
every Free Trade agency is doing its ut
most to insure his election. The pros
pect through his election of flooding the
American makets with every description
of British goods is giving an extraordi-
nary animation to the struggle, all over
England. The banners and Transparent
cies express the single sentiment of the
London Times: cleveland and Free
Trade forever" ""Down with Protection"
"What is Harrison?" "What Care We
for Morton?" These are the uppermost
ideas. Whenever they can get chance
f,AA IL. 4 do.