Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-13

Ara rot some OF cur iron. clad 'proteo.
tionis.s'' talking little at random when
they question President Cleveland's asser-
ton that tho cauae of "iust aud aansible
revision of the tariff" Il ''the peoples
cause" or when they say that "the peo-
pie did not agree with him." that "the
question is settled aguinst him and there
10 no need OF considering the views he
has chosen to express" that "a great
people has weighed him in its balances
and fo1nd him wanting" that he ''scolds
60,00o,000 people for failing to appre-
ciate his transcendent wisdom and do
voted patriotism" that "a majority Of
our voters agreed with Mr.. Cleveland in
his earlier objections to a second term
and voted in favor Of o change in the
White House" and much more OF like
tenor? OF course these irritated ones
really mean that, under our system
of choosing the Ohiet Executive,
the Republicans have succeeded in
capturing 9 majority OF electoral votes,
but, even upon the violent assumption
that all who voted for Harrison aud
Morton were 'pro:eotionis:s, this does not
mean that majority or even plurality of
the people have recorded themselves in
opposition to exactly that kind and meas
uro of tariff reform advocated by PresI-
dent Cleveland. Gu the contrary he re.
;ires from Office, with q minority Of cleo
tors itistsue, but with the endorsement
Of o decided plurality Of the popular vote.
Tie latest compilation wa have seen, that
of thursdays Philadelphia Ledger, shows
thst Mr.. Cleveland received 9S, 2O4 more
votesthan Mr. Harrison. Does this look any
thing like q popular Republication OF his
tarif reform policye Does this plurality
of 9S. 2o4 indicate that ''the people did
not agree with him." that "there is no
need of considering the views he has
chosen to express" that 80 great people
has weighed hin in It's balances aud found
him wantingf" Do you find here any
popular repudiation of his ideas in favor
Of on advance towards free trade" as still
another "protection" utteranoe has it?
The question answers itself. In spite
of Fosters "fat," in spite Of Dudley's
"blocks of Ave." in spits of all the
power Of corruption, Intimidation and
misrepresentation that overprotected
trusts and monopolies, struggling in
desperation to retain their unholy grip
on the pocketbooks of the American
people, could and did put forth, that
people have, by plurality Of 9s, 400,
asaid that President Cleveland was right,
faSt the Mills bill emhodies the popular
idea o. fArif reform, that the cause of "a
just and seAfble revision Of the tariff
is 'the peopieS cause" and that, to
quote the Presideasn latest ringing
deliverence to the Congress pnd to the
nation, "there should be no ceksation Of
the struggle until q plan is perfected Y air
and conservative towards existing indus
tries, but which will reduce the cost "a
consumers Of the necessaries of life,
while it provides for our manufacturers
the advantage of freer raw materials and
permits no injury to the interests Of
American labor" Technically deSea ted,
'ine 'Iaf'h rsturmers yel emo4gu ..ol. L.,
struggle encouraged by the popular votl
to 90 or until comf!ste victory sha!
perch upon their banners, until the cause
of the plurality shall become the cause o.
an overwhelming majority, until there
shall be an end of the inordinate taxa
ton of the many for the aggrandizement
of the few, until our great country, NJ
longer handicapped by the delusive AMI
restrictive policy "that the govern
ment shall protect the rich an6
they in their turn shall care for the labor
ing poor, shall stand forth to take til,
commanding place in the manufacturing
and the commercial world that it hal
already won, without any protection,
in the food, the oil and the cotton mar
kets Of the world.
Backed by a plurality of the whole
people, and unquestionably by consid-
cradle majority Of the progressive aomi
nant race, there is little danger that O
minority administration will seriously
attempt 30 thwart the nations onward
uaEcn. Obligations to tho nsroenary in.
terests that elected President Harrison
will hardly weigh so far as to tempt him
or a Republican congress, to ignore the
MILLIONS who voice the peoples cause
The handwriting is on the wall, and Re
publicans as we'll as Democrats can read
in it that a policy Of war tariff, foe to
bsseo. fres whisky and wassefnl extraYa
gaucs would be policy Of politica
suicide.
5,35d,3Ii Tariff ReIOrnAcrS,
That liz The total. and a nrnttu hnnlth,