Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-01-05
WASHINGTON.
Cleveland's Backbone Not the Least
Splintered by Defeat--A New Wrin-
kle in the Census.

members Of the party to follow him
and for every member of the party
to uphold the principles voted for by
a plurality of more than 100000 in
the total number of voters in the
country last November. After ex-
pressing his regret at not being able
to attend the banquet, Mr.. Cleveland
wrote: "Our institutions were con-
structed in purity of purposeand love
for humanity. Their operation is
adjusted to the touch of national
virtue and patriotism, and their re-
suits under such guidance must be
the prosperity and Happiness of our
people; and so long as the advocates
of tariff reform appreciate the senti-
ments in which our institutions had
their origin, so long as they appre-
bend the forces which alone can
guide their Operations,so long as they,
in a spirit of true patriotism are con-
secrated to the service of their COun-
try, temporary defeat brings no dis
enlargement. 1t but proves the
stubborness Of the forces Of combined
selfshneSs and discloses how far the
people have been led astray and how
great is the necessity of redoubled
efforts in their behalf. TO lose faith
in the intelligen ce of the people is a
surrender and an abandonment of
the struggle. To arouse their intelli-
gence and free it from darkness and
deluSion give assurance of speedy
and complete victory. In the track
OF reform are often found the dead
hopes Of pioneers and the despair of
those who fall in the march. But
there will be neither despair nor
dead hopes in the path of tariff re-
form; nor shall its pioneers fail to
reach the heights. Holding fast
their faith and rejecting every allur-
ing overture and every deceptive
compromise which would betray
their sacred trust, they themselves
shall regain and restore the patri-
mony of their Countrymen, freed
from thetreSpass ofgrasping encroach.
ment, and safely secured by the
genius of American justice and
equality"
Brave words, these, for a defeated
candidate, and very badly needed
too, for many Democrats in Congress:
have recently shown very decided
weakness of the spine on this subject
and have talked about compromising
with the enemy to the extent O
passing a bill making large reduc.
tions in the internal revenue, leaving
the unjust import duties to remain as
they now are, etc. The indication!
now are that Mr.. Cleveland's lettel
will furnish the necessary stiffenine
for the wobbling back-bones anC
that we shall hear no more talk 0
compromise.
The Democrats of the House vii
handle the Senate tariff bill withon
gloves when it goes to them after it
passage by the Senate. They
propose to show the country what {
one-sided and unfair measure /
really is. They are now busy gather
ing facts and statistics for the pur
pose.
Representative Crisp, Chairman O
the House committee On contested
elections, expects to call up this weel
the cases of Small VS.. Elliott ant
Sullivan VS.. FELTON,.
Michigan has handsome statue o
Gen. Lewis Cass to be placed il
Statuary Hall at the Capitol.
A new and very fine crayon por
trait of Speaker Carlisle has beer
hung in the lobby of the House.
The Blain, war grows apace
Everywhere two or three Republi
cans are gathered together you ar
certain to hear the name of the gen
tleman from Maine mentioned. Hi
enemies are bitter and his friend
staunch, and the battle is sure t,
rage continually between them iron
now until four years from mex
March, with what result only tim
can tell. Mr.. Harrison prObabl.
wishes most heartily that Mr.. Blain
had never been born, but if he hat
not, the people of this country woulC
: have missed lots Of fun.
AS if there were not already
surfeit of candidates for Speaker o