The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-06-30
The Republican Platform and Ticket
Comments of the Press.

From the editorials of leading papers on
the Republican platform adopted at Chicago
the following expressions are extracted.
| New York Herald, Independent: The plat
form commits the Republican party fatty
against all reform of the tariff. WE'LL we
! congratulate the country that the Republicans
have committed themselves squarely upon
the one question of which everybody is think
ing, and on which the canvass ought to be
and will now be made. They are for high
taxes, and for wasteful and jobbing expendi-
lures in order to perpetuate high taxes. The
Democrats offer against this low taxes, eco
nomical administration and no surplus.
Meantime it is still our deliberate Judgment
that the protectionists made huge blunder
in not accepting the Mills BILL"
New York Times, Republican: "The Re-
publican platform is very, very long, and its
merit is in inverse proportion to its length.
1t is distinctly and defantly reactionary on
every important point involved in the present
canvass except civil service reform, and as to
that, while it takes an advanced position, it
falls short of the declarations of the Republi-
can party twelve years ago. As to the ques-
ton of taxation, the party clings to everything
that is bad in its previous policy, and avows
its1obstinate determination to aggravate and
extend the evil features of that policy. We
/ fought the Democratic party for many years,
but we never found it, except in 1864 and
|. 1868, SO hopelessly and stupidity blind to the
issues of the time as the Republican party now
is, and never SO completely under the domi-
nation of avowedly selfish and demoralizing
interests
New York World, Democrat: "While the
Republican platform is Enthusiastically in favor
of extreme protection, it has no ringing sound.
1t lacks the directness and confidence of the
of tbn nann0rotie r,latfnrun in
vindication of the policy of tax reduction and
tariff revision as upheld in President Cleve-
lands message and embodied in the Mills
bill. The tameness of the tariff portion of the
platform indicates division in the party on
the question of high protection and an unwil-
lingness to go to the people without some sort
of a pretense in favor of reducing taxation and
revising the war tariff. "
New York Star, Democrat: THE Republic
can platform is a diffuse document, explana-
tory and apologize in tone, which fails to
present any plausible pretense for asking the
people to displace Democratic control of fed
eral executive affairs and to return to discard
ed Republican methods. As an attack upon
the party in power it is pitiable failure. As
an explanation of Republican shortcomings
when Republicanism was in vogue it loses all
influence by the reactionary and revolutionary
character of its propositions, which Republi-
cans did not dare to suggest when the chief
responsibility for the government of the coun-
try rested upon their shoulders.
New York Tribune, Republican: 1.-THE
main issue, protection or free trade, is met
with the courage of men who know that their
principles have made the growth and pros
perity of the country great beyond all prece-
dent, and we believe that American voters can
be trusted to defend American interests. On
such platform as this-the best and strongest
statement of Republican principles since the
days of Abraham Lineoln-any worthy can.
to be elected
New York Press, Republican: ssThe. plat.
form is one of the most straightforward and
patriotic ever adopted by political ronyen-