Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-06-15
THE PLATFORM.
HOW 1T is VIEWED FROM DIFFER,
ENT POLITICAL STANDPOINTs.

Louis:
New York World, Der locrat
"The Democratic platform has the
great merit of brevity, clearness
and fOrcefuIness of state .nent, and
in point of style is a MOI lei compO
sitiOn."
New York Star, Democrat: "It
was a policy, a distiI lct and EN-.
phatic issue, which tn Democracy
needed. Cleveland has found it
has stamped 1t wit hrs own
strength, courage az I'd ability; has
incorporated it II to his united
party's platform, az I'd now goes be-
fore the country as the peoples
candidate and tho inspired cham
pion of tariff refO rm.'
New York Tribune, Republican
at is not easy TO pack so many
audacious false hoods into a single
platform as may he found by any
well.informed reader in this plat.
form adopted at st. Louis. All
proof goes TOR nothing, all argu-
ment is thI own away, with men
who are car able of placing before
the world with deliberation asser-
tons so VIGOROUSLY contrary to
truth"
New Y ork SIM, independent and
high tar fl: GAS a matter OF cOmpO.
sltion tie platform is clumsy, in
congrn Gus, sleazY piece of work.
Free wool and free raw materials
of al sorts are flung into the waste
basket, where the old platform of a
tariff for revenue only has so long
been resting IN innOcuons desue-
tude. The convention and Mr..
Cleveland have alike put their love
OF free trade out to roost; and may
it's sleep be peaceful and undls-
turbed. 1t might have been made
a good deal clearer. but we guess
the thing will work"
Philadelphia Record, Democrat :
"To the extent of the recommends.
tons of the message and the gener-
al character Of the pending tariff
bill, adding to the free list crude
materials of manufacturing and re-
ducing the taxes upon necessaries
of living, the position of the Demo
cratic party, has been indisputably
advanced. There 1t stands; and
its enemies may make the best of
it,
Boston Erening Transcript, Re.
publican: "The platform, in spite
of its acceptance of the Presidents
message as the proper interpreta.
ton of this previous Delphic utter.
ance, and in spite Of the subsequent
Endorsement of the Mills bill by the
convention, forced by an ultimatum
from Washington, is insincere and
shifting"
The San Francisco Post, Repub-
lican, asserts that the tariff plank
means free trade, and that Cleve-
land is the steadfast foe of silver.
The Post adds: "With these two
issues honestly before the people,
without shutting or evasion, the
people will have the chance to in
dictate BY their votes the policy
they wish their representatives to
enforce
San Francisco Alta California
Dem. "The President has proyld.
ed for the permanent exclusion of
the Chinese, but above all bis ex-
ample has sweetened and corrected
politics. The masses OF the party
here thrill under his name as under
no other"
The San Francisco Examiner,
Democratic, is enthusiastic over
the ticket, and pledges CalifornIa's
electoral vote to the Democracy.
The San Francisco Chronicle, Re-
publican, says: GAS regards the
platform, the convention was driv-
en- to desperation, and 1t had to
squlrm and twist to avoid commit
ting itself to any definite policy,
but the platform must and will be
construed by the people as a free
trade declaration, and upon that
issue the party must stand or tall
at the coming election
Pittsburg Dispatch, Rep: "All
that can be said is that, as to can.
didates, the Democracy have pre-
sented unquestionably their strong |
est and most available men; but |
they have put them upon a policy |
and platform that the business
interests of the country must feel
to be hostile and probably fatal to
their prosperity"
Pitts5urg Post, Dem: GAS a
whole, the platform is a magnif.
cent statement of the faith of De.
mocracy of the Union. 1t is clear,
honest and positive"
The Fredericksburg Free Lance,
independent, says: "The Demo.
cratic platform in a nut shell : Free
Trade and Red Bandanas' both
highly cOloTed."
st. Louis Republic, DEM. at is
evident that their the protection.
ists' scheme for emasculating the
platform has been managed with
adrOitness, and will be adhered to
to the end. That scheme was dis.
closed several days ago, and is
still the rallying cry of the protec-
tectlonists on the committee. 1t is
10 "reafllrm" or to "endorse" the
platform of 1884, and to substitute
this meaningless mummery for a
definite utterance regarding the
and policy of the party
n this year of grace, 1888.
"Such an evasion as this-such a
Ditifnl confession of weakness and
ndecision-.would actually be worse
han a newly devised straddIe, be.
,ause the people thoroughly under
stand how that platform was con
,tructed and what it means, and
,Ould in nOwise be deceived by it.
Rather than acqulesce in this, we
rope that the Cleveland Democrats
IN the committee will refuse to
Igree to any report at all, and thus
efer the whole question of tariff re-
Orm back to the convention
Baltimore american, Rep: The |
rec traders at st. Louis did not
ave everything to suit them after
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