The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-19


brought about disaster There were
various causes which tended 70 pro
duce the polif;sal revolution Of iaas
faIl, but thu Democratic party viii moi
admit that there was ese q para
mount importance and there are lev
supporters 81 Democratic party TFira-
cinles who viii acknowledge the true
reason which suddenly took their re-
pre<entstives. after ioar years lease
81 power. and hurled them back into
private life AZ guardians who Eere not
faithful 20 American interests, ard
Who were not. therefore, Qualified -
remain in ofsice a. the peoples seI'a-
tors.
There i one man. though, who has
sized up the situation. and be =
fsharies 4 Dana, OF The sew York
San. He admits that the party i
dazcd and that it, reason Is shaken !;
still, he says, recovery L possible. and
be endeayors. plainly and practically
10 show the error into which the great
mass Of his Democratic brethren have
falIeu. The fatal error. Mr, Dana
maintains. i 10 having followed the
foIiy Of free trade. He holds that il Is
wrong ID theory. wrong in practice,
and contrary 10 the traditions Of the
Democratic party. From the arst u
has been losing issue 20 fight for.
Mr. Carlisle was first elected speaker
in 1855, and there .as a Dem
ocxat:s majority Of seyensy-shree
In the popular branch Of congress.
Committee we're appointed and iegis-
Iasion engineered in harmony with
Mr.. CarIisIe's free trade ideas and 81
the next election the Democratic ma
lority was -educed 10 forty. The old
theory was fought for. nevertheless,
and two years later. IN 1857, the ma
;ority was reduced to fifteen. Then
came the presidential election and
free trade made IN reality the issue Of
che campaign with not only the sweep
ine away Of the last yestiges Of Demo-
cratic rule In the lower house Of con
gress. bus IN absolute acquisition of
the control in both branches and the
election Of Republican president.
Tie sage OF the Sans sanciuns be-
lieves that The cause Of this disastrous
overthrow can easily be traced and
located, and he proposes 10 do Il. TO
state the facts clearly and propose the
remedy. He maintains that the pol
Icy OF the Democracy, as established
by jefferson, Madison and Monroe, Is
in favor Of protective tariff and hos
tile 10 an internal revenue. An inter
nal revenue tax Is iniquisisorial. OPP
prcssive to our industries and exeus-
able only In times Of war or dire ne
cessity. IL was first imposed to meet
the expenses OF the revolution, but
abolished a. soon as the Democracy
acquired ascendency under jefferson.
II was revived again TO meet the ex-
penses OF the war OF isi2, bat
repealed under Monroe as quickly
rs the requirements Of the govern
inent would admit. The present tax
was levied at the beginning OF the civil
war when the draft on the national
treasury was beginning To be Excess
sive. and even then, a. the record
shows, il was opposed by nearly every
Democrat in congress. The party
from the first days Of is organization
has been opposed to ii until the su-
of Mr.. Carlisle and his fol-
lowers. who in the face OF platforms
and against party traditions have
stuutiy fought for IL and reeklcssly re-
versed the policy of the party from
position In favor Of a protective tariff
and against an internal revenue tax 10
that Of hostility 10 u protective tariff
and In favor Of internal revenue.
The recent hight was aboyeboard.
the issue distinctly stated and the re-
suit u tremendous druhhing for the
Democratic cohorts. In spite OF the
Iaet. however. that they were disas-
trousiy beaten and the truth demon
strated that they were radically wrong
In their theories, the party has held 20
its laundering tactics. cried Justify for
free trade and refused I'm the lass
hours OF the Fiftiesh congress Ia allow
the hnuse 10 reduce or repeal the In
tcrnal revenue taxes, even when il
was demanded by majority 81 con-
gress and the people OF the country
For this reason Mr.. Dana believes the
interests oi the party imperativeiy de-.
mand change Of leadership. He
holds that il has been clearly shown
that the American people mean 10
main talk and vigorously support the
policy OF protection aid that the inter
nal revenue tax must 90; aud u the
Democracy would regain its power
and have hand In the administration
of affairs L must return TO OLD Demo.
cratic doctrines. adjust its platforms
and select its leaders in harmony with
the ideas which the great mass of the
American people endorse thoroughly
aud believe in.