Evening journal., 1890-05-30
least encourages their comrades 10 those
states which have had such surfeit Of
Republicanism.
HONEST, BUT nor WISE


When the Morrison bill was intro.
duced to reduce the tariff. few greedy
Democrats from Louisiana opposed it and
assisted Randall and few greedy Demo-
Gratis from Pennsylvania, to defeat it.
The plea of the Louisiana men was that
the 20 per cent. reduct ion would destroy
the sugar industry; the plea of Randall
was that any change in the tariff would
disturb the business interests" of the
country.
When the Mills bill was urged by the
Democrats, Randall and a few other
Democrats Of Pennsylvania. New Jereey
and Ohio, With the Louisiana sugar men,
opposed that bill also. for the same
reason that the Republicans opposed it,
and joined with them to defeat it, because
It proposed to reduce the tariff. They
professed to prefer to reduce the tax en-
whiskey and tobacco.
Both of these measures were endorsed
BY ths sense and the sentiment of the
party and they were in perfect harmony
with Democratic principles. Tilden won
his race upon reform and "a tariff for
revenue only campaign. Every national
convention since 1879 has endorsed the
principles Of tariff reform. Those in the
party who were opposed to reduction Of
the tariff we're beaten at every turn.
Every time the sentiment OF the party
was taken the Kentucky idea. as 1t was
called, was uppsrmost and the protec.
ZIONIST sentiment was Overwhelmingly
beaten.
Those members Of the party who
followed Randall did so against the plain.
est,sentiment and the most emphatic and
unanimous declarations of the party for
tariff reform. They we're treacherous TO
the party. They went into the con-
ventions Of the party to ascertain the
will Of 1.-THE party by consensus, by .
majority vote, presented their Rspub-
lican fallacles and we're over whelmingly
beaten every time; but still they came
away TO oppose their party's will. They
we're bigger than the party. They pro-
posed to 60 with tine party when it was
with them and with the Republicans
when it WAS not.
What did they gsin2 They assisted In
the defeat OF their party and gained con
tempt for themselves.
Randall was defeated twice for the
Speakership, though he was tho best and
strongest parliamentary leader in the
House, and was one Of the most valuable
men TO the party in the sountry. He
took position Of radical opposition 10
his party when he was The most available
candidate for the Presidency, and when
with him as candidate the party would
have won great triumph. He
gradually sank into position where
hs was powsrless TO help himself and
worse than useless to the party. He died
a disappointed man, though friends de-
clarsd that he was an honest man. If
that is true his judgment was starthngly
poor, to induce him to throw away the
Presidency for the vulgar greedinsss OF
Pennsylvania protectioniSm.
What have the Loaisiana sugar men
accomplished?
The Republicans, fer whose treAchsry
they themselves became traitors to their
own party, have proposed 60 recall all
protection from the sugar industry
whore the Democrats asked only mod
crate reduction.
Neithsr the Randallites nor the Louis
lana men have gained OF can gain any
thing, because the Republicans are pro
posing now ito disturb the indastir es, "
and to q greater eEtsnt than the Demo
eratspropossd they have abandoned their
threats about whiskey and tobacco and
broken their promises about sugar.
These little and foolish minerities in
the Democratic party either sold out to,
or we're deceived by thu Republicans
They sought to entrench themselves
behind a refuge Of lies and now they sse
the Republican party unable longer to
resist the logic of facts and the senti-
ment Of the people actually engaged In
"revision Of the tariff"
1t is sham and q lying protest. on
but il is a contradiction OF their former.
position all ahe same.
Now, after eauslngA check and tenn
porary defeat to their party, Randall is
dead, his place Is Hlled by a'free trader, ?
and the other fellows have sneaked back.
The Republicans have no further use for
them.