The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-15

men, it is used now TO give lhc Dem
ocrats power They have no regard
for Constitutional rights of State,
and will override tncm whenever it
suits their purpose. They have often
done 50 before in dealing with the
South they are resolved to do 50
again If they have power, With Mr..
Cleveland as President, they could not
succeed in their plan. Therefore they
have succeeded in defeating him,
The defeat Of Mr.. Cleveland is a
great blow to Tariff Reform, Nothing
can kill the reform, because it is based
upon the eternal principles Of right
and justice and will prevail, Speaker
Carlisle has well and truly said that
men may falter, men may die, but
that the agitation Of this question must
60 on until a just revision Of Our laws
is secured and the robbery ofthe many
for the benefit of the few, is forever
stopped.
Wise publicists and politicians of
both parties assert that if Mr. Clevc-
land had ignored the necessity Of Tariff
reduction, and gone before the coun-
try and asked reelection upon the
ground Of his administrative reform,
he would have been triumphantIy elect
ed That is questionable. Bat many
believe this, and there IS some reason
for so believing. But Mr.. Cleveland
could not have ignored this great cues
ton without being false to every obi
CATION that rests upon a statesman.
The plcthuIiC treasury was a menace
to honest government and a remedy
must be provided to get rid Of the sur
Plus. Mr.. Cleveland went to the root
Of the matter and declared that the
only effectual and honest way to get
rid Of the surplus was to stop raising
more money than is needed. We hon
or him more in defeat than we would
in victory won at sacrifice ofprln-
| ciple. He raised a howl and ClamOr
about his head, the echoes of which
still can be heard. The men who had
! been making fortunes because they
were favored by the government raised
a great hue and cry because a revision
of the tariff would stop their making
immense fortunes at the expense of
the whole people, They tried to pur-
suade the people (and suCceeded) to op-
pose Tariff Reform. In many instances
their ''persuasion" consisted in COM
polling their employees to vote against
their desires under penalty of discharge,
and also in buying up thousands of
voters, They threatened Cleveland
like Demeritus, the silver-smith 1T
Ephesus, treated Paul, as recorded in
the Acts, They held meeting and
said that Paul was preaching that
Dana was no Goddess that if the
people came to believe him they would
wear no images of Diana and ''by this
craft we have our wealth." Then
they stirred up the people and a great
uproar ensued. Paul was glad to es-
cape with his life, The fuss and fury
thus created saved the silver smiths for
a time, and they continued to coin
money by making images. But their
victory was temporary, for to-day one
of the finest Christian churches of
modern times stands upon the site of
the temple of 'Diana Of the Ephesi-
ans"
The same will prove to be true of
the great question of Tariff Reform.
The furore has postponed the accom-
/ plishment of the leading object Of the
great Democratic party wiz: A Tariff
for Revenue only for time Grover
. Cleveland is defeated and the Pro-
teCtionlsts Will go on amassing wealth
by "the craft" of taxing others for their
benefit. But the furore cannot last.
There will come a calm. The people
Will regain their reason. A temple OF
Honesty. created by Tariff Reformers,
will yet be erected on the present site
of the Protection temple, which is
. doomed