New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-08
DEMOCRACY AND FREE TRADE.
IDENTIFIED BY THE HON. THOMAS b. REED

engaged turning with child like faith Flaffom
! TO Candidate. III were select the plalnest In
stance In all history where good have been tred
with, should select this gentle dalance with CViI
service Reform. Mr., Cleveland's first manoeuyres
committed every civil service reiormer 10 his side.
They could not say too much After such loud
and se keep sen ma eaa aG mem ho h end ," M
Cleveland's term finds him with enough officials In
Office to run conventions and enough Offices out OF
which he yet Republicans to make a free
| raw matcra which Will be very useful in tho manu-
features OF the campaign II Mr. Cleveland were
no; already fixed In our minds utterly gulelcss
man. the sole object Of whose creation show how
much better man could be than his party, somebody
would suspect him o, being politician. In fact
NJ. Cleveland has been in this, as in his tariff
utorance, controlled by his party NO man, however
near his head may be 10 his shoulders, ccn long
resist the people he allies himself with especially
thoughts and been bone Of their bone
1t may be fine thing to he better than your party.
u certainly is very profitable thing to appear 10 be
The world Is very busy world. na5 no time 10 ex.
anime shops but VIII read advertisements II the
when Mr.. Cleveland loudly proclaimed his opposition
10 silver The world thought HIN fixed in tie faith, and
has never noticed that he has coined more silver
worth noticing. by rewarding the postmaster Of
bS ey S %oic deT i 10 G Se9S Reor
high reputation for clemency that he was able
40 eehssd al the rest %h due sg1ay and
elevation which seemed to signalize the Appointment
Oh PEARSON, 70 mat scene IN the pennsylvania Con-
tration dragged down Mr. Randall, the a5lest Demo
crat In public life, may be very great indeed but
The grade was easy, for the road winding and
there were many loops. The French historian. Len
frey seems to have been right when he said that
little charlatanism IS necdnll 10 Of
men. Mr.. Clevelands administration does not seem
to lack the needful motive power. Eu; the effort
from his party friends, pure while they impure,
strong where they weak, intelligent where they
life, and today no skllfu divder of hairs tell
where Mr.. Cleveland leaves OF and the old dominant
ana domlneerng wing Of his party begins. They
twain are now vSibly flesh.
FREE TRADE AHEAD AT ST. LOUIS.
The victory in the Convention secured by Mr.. Wat
ierson oyer the Maryland senator, whom he dragged
aftcrward openly behind his trumphal sulky not
the victory Of Mr. Cleveland the Convention, but
the record of the fact that the majority Of the party
as OF Right had taken possession OF both Cleveland
and Convention. For years this dominant faction
10 tho public view their protecllonist brethren whose
useful icct were shod with swiitness they sped 10
10 assure those of lie faith that Mr.. Cleveland was
as good proiectonist democrat as If all the in
dustrieS OF the United States were localized In his
but this dominant faction IS no longer In the rear.
Encouraged by the election of 1854 they have taken
the front and are now openly in control. This is
a situation long expected by Observant men, Most
party men have hoped for II, but most business men
viii regret committed to the hazards of
political campaign The entire business interests Of
kept out Of politics: They have been forced into
the next election and must take heed to themselves,
unless they welcome lrrcparable loss The danger
is not that the people OF the United States have failed
10 understand the causes Of that great prosperity which
extravaganza of Individual luxury with a national
growth unparalleled in the history OF the world The
danger Is that under dccetfu twisting of Ambiguous
words men may be tempted to retain their party
fealty IN fcrgetfuness of real interests Party
thew both bind mr oeeer and hdV helm NO % %
governable. No man ought to leave the party his
not il he Is wise, for it means disruption Of friend
snip ana the sunderng OF ties the strength Of which
keep with their party on the slightest pre- ences
But parties cannot remain stationary Their real
malorities may bde their time, but they finally take
~ mi thn dine 81,
outcome Of the St. Louis Convention can have no
more doubt that the free trade wing has taken the
that they have done in the House of REPRESENTATIVES
When Mr. Randall was deposed from the speakership,
high personal character, it was not a defeat OF per.
SON. but Of principle. From that moment not
has been allowed a seat on tho Committee of Ways
ana Means. with that reluctance to break from
party tleS, OF which l have already spoken,
and hoping for better days the Proectonist Democrat,
gave New York and NewJersey and Connecticut to Mr.
hand and foot to those who sought their destruction
Inc same scene IS now attempted larger stage
taiives have been delivered their fees without
even recommendation 70 mercy. Can the same thing
De uonc with the Proteconlst Democrats Of the
Try That depends entirely opon whether they have
closed their eyes or opened them
THE SURPLUS A MERE PRETEXT.
But the in control care nothing for the surplus
except as means to an end They are looking beyond
to-day Using the tactics of the skilful lawyer who
calls many witnesses 10 prove an uncontested fact in
order TO conceal the lack of evidence on the point
Speaker Carlisle to lay great emphasis on the aS sr e
p SuS put put t thac IS only to beg1e the unwary TO
cuated that the effect of the bin will be wofom They
believe that whatever they put the frea list will
the lumbcrmen and satmen aud woomen. il them uiI
selves denied tho markets OF America, will unite with
and that they VIII thus march over the ruins of the
industries Of the far North TO newer victories aided
some one may ash what pretence they viii have in
the future. Their bill once passed. viii they not be
hou tla
there is from the place where laws are made to tho
people who are governed by them. Not day passes
bu some friend OF the present bill in the House amid
the loud paudtS OF his associates proclams that Iis
IS ony step In advance, only step in the right d.
recIlOn only turning OF the face 10 the sunlight
But II you ASK me what excuse they viii have before
WSa RSp olse! e ns s ONE they hsve
free list. WILL II the present Bill should be carried az
heT i'n @ be be made up by the amounts
very Dill IS Intended to promote Such a bill will
lower income. on the contrary 1t win surely Increase
u. remember what the object Of the bill IS 1t is
to facilitate importations. II could have no other pur
pose and yet the alleged reduction outside the fres
nst; IS based on the idea that imporaions win re-
TO increase them. Let such bin be passed and even
hef9e me ruins are cleared away shall SEQ an I'M
diminished surplus and these victorious gentlemen
again 10 the front proclaIpng that the surplus must
u icduced and that the only way Is to again
t2rin Where ms s tn end It needs only eyes 20 SEQ
II he voters Of the United states desire TO reach that
END desire to GFye up our markets TO those beyond
sea- TO abolish the system which has prevailed In those
dec@es of American history which have most dazzlod
ne world those decades which have filed tho earth
WIN such sense OF our power and might that every
American abroad feels himself nvigorated by tine wide
Iecogniilon OF his couniry's glory II such be their
uesle me way Is As broad the great avenue OF our
caplfal CITY. Follow whcre the 81. Louis Convention
eadS ana the shock o. arrival Will render other evil
u.nce unnecessary. II the triumph OF Mr. Wsttcrson
al ~ Louis. the crushing OF Mr.. Randall I'm PennSvl-
ANA ana ne debates and the action OF the House
OF Representatives cannot show that tho DAYS os the
Proiecilonis wing OF the Democratic party are num-
bcrcd, what CAM