The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-13

frcm the Bolivar Bulletin, written
by ysu, both before and after my
nomination. Meriwether's Week.
ly in September, 1882, in a very
kindly article upon a member Of
my family, said of me:
Mr.. Pbslan favors free trade. upon
which the youth OF the country pa rtieu
Iarly depend for future prosperity.
I do not remsm Der having gwen
utrerance to free trade sentiments, /
though I have always held with the
Democratic party on this subject; /
but if were a prStectlouist it is !
hardly likely that the writer of
that article would nave called ne
a free trader. Again, in an inter
view whic oh was published IN the
Memphis. papers in August, 1886,
l said, in answer to a reporters
question.
stand on the Chicago platform
want to emphasize this fact, because
notice an inclination to criticize me for
this on the part of some who do not stand
| en- it, and who yet claim to be members
| of the Democratic party. Col.
| NcNeal was on the committee on plat
| forms and raised no objections and made
no mi nOrity report. l stand Just where
| he stood then and where | suppose he
still stands. That platform calls for a
/ revision OF the tariff, and has lie word to
say about protec ten for projections sake
1t says that the amount of tariff levied
| shall be sufficient to equaliza foreign and
home labor. This, therefore, il what l
mean when 7 say I stand upon the CHI
| cage pIatformt. ] favor an economical
| government and reven1e sufficient to meet
its requirements. Within the limits Vf
that revenue l favor the highest amount
| of protection for the Southern manufact-
urss and products The present issue Is
| between those who favor revision OF tho
monopoIistic war tariff and those who OPP
| IL.
Of free trade aud prstec ton tor prOtec-
| tons sake is net live one. These are
abstract general principles calling fer nc
legislative solution" But because l favor
as great an amount Of protection for ur
industries as can be gotten oWt OF the
tariff, in opposition to the great monop-
oily barons Of LEVEL and Cor cord and
Waterbury and Roxburgh and HlrtfSrd,
I am attacked for not standing or
the Chicago platform.
In its issue of September 10, 1885,
IN speaking ofthe joint discussion
between. my able and d istnguiS heC
competitor ard myself, che editor
of The Bullet inCy eurself) says;
He (Phelan) denied that he favored a
high protective tariff: and announced
hi mself in favor ef collecting only an
amount Of revenue necessary to dsfr sy
the e1pensesOf the government cconOm
cally administered,
On September 18th, 1886, 1 was
nOminatedtor Congress. You had
very earnestly opposed my nomlna-
ton. But when I was nominated
; you wrote an editorial in the BJli-
var Bulletin which was certainly
generous Yoa said:
!, In his speech At this AMI Othsr places
during the can vass he opposed the idea {
protection and announced himself in ia.
= vor Of SO reforming and reducing the tariff
as to collect only 80 much revenue as was
| needed to defray the expenses of the
J government economically administered
This is the democratic idea.
[ After | was nominated made a
speech on the End Of October, 1883
at Covington On ''The Dem OcraLic
Position Sn the Tariff, This peech
was printed and you doubtless have
a copy. In this ! attempted ts
show the difference between a dis
} cussion of the abstract gu estlOn Of
tree trade, which any clever s opho-
mere can make speech or or
against in a weeks preparation, and
an attempt to treatit as a busl ness
problem, pressing for solution
l went into an elaborate discus
sion IN order to show that the real
issue now is tariff reduction and not
protectIen and free trade. I hau
hoped that no one weuld be found
to confuse the fact that l recognize
the inpossibility of chan ging, at
one blow, the present iniquitous
tariff, with q recognition and Gu
dorSement Of protection as Il syst EN-
or a scheme Of government. [ am
, committed to and in favOr Of rad =
ical reduction Of duties. In my
speech specify on certain articles
The duties / tavOr were In many in
| stances voted dswn in favSr OF big h
er rates BY a Democratic caucus
with Mr.. Mills at It's head.
Am l therefore a projections
because | abide by the result OF this
Democratic Yet this Is tibet
position into whlCh you wsnld fierce
me. The end and aim of party is
: to accomplish practical legislation
D in accordance with its principles
and ideas of government But even
y party is compelled to adopt means
D to an end, You say | believe in aud
, advocate the doctrine of protection i.
D SOdSes Ways and Means Conmittee,
: and so dees Mr.. Cleveland. You
yourself are a prOtectlOnlst Of some
l some sort and recognize the doctrine
OF protection, unless you favor d.
rect taxation In voting for the
Mills bill you would necessarily
stUltIfY yourself, hut your attack
t upon my position is a direct attack
upon that bill, which recognizes
that the tariff can oaly be red uced