New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-29
DEUUCEICY COMPLAINS or C0NTfMPr

DEUUCEICY COMPLAINS or CONTEMPT
Tnr fact j. thar the Dcmpualic party n"
longer dare, t. aIpc,I Ia l." :, Ud ~cl>" 81
III" prupl.. This Explains y. "nuiIrh"n NhIch
c..iirIn u. moo ia'> a." Just Bow mentioning
vrh >,Inr Indignation. Vi. that ia" Rcruh-
li,au patty uncon>ri"rr>,y hr,Iay> u consider
able c,afclnjG for lis adversary. This feeling
IF contempt i ~ far rra. and general that "X-
cited Democrats ar" wont 70 r"mdik. In the
Democratic patty are many men "i hTh chdr-
lct.r and ability. and Ia prh - or feel con
tclnm fDl such houy Of voters i unh"rnm
ing" This VouId be III >Iln" >cIi>c ira" II th'
Drmpcrlilc patty itself dId moi take care Il"
render any other feeling impossible.
For many years that party has progressed 10
desire freedom and honesty of elections III
order that the will IF tn" people may be rIuiy
cyure,snd and may prevail. Yet il has voted
against almost every mca<ur" calculated TO
secure fair elections. and i even now deaicnng
ihc people with ClamIr a%:llr>: an ELECTION
'aw. less stringent than St m" Northern states
have voluntarily adopted for the protection Of
their citizens. on tho ground that il would he
4 sectional measure. certain ~ cripple the Dem
ouat'c party at the South. unless is adhrr nj
should resort to volonc" and llDoGShcd. Could
there br 4 more stupid position for any party
10 take?
For many wears the Democratic patty has
PROGRESSED in Northern manufacturing States 10
favor Protection heartily Bat i; followed
President cleveland into Wantom crusade
against the protective system, and particularly
against that part of il which benefited the
farmers and other producers Of raw materials
Tho appeal e. the people resulted in complete
and decisive defeat OF that party. and III" Re-
rnblicans. having thus gained power proceed
cd 70 make the tariff moe strongly protective,
especially for the farmers. in exact accord with
their pledges i'll their Notiona platform. And
now the Dcmoqatic party proposes 10 the peo-
Die 10 rcbukc She Republicans for doing lust
what they had promised f. do, and just what
the people had elected them 10 do.
There are possible some things even more
stupid. and the Democrats proceed - do them
they raise a great outcry that the new act in
or aScs the cost Of living. making food dearer
because farm products are dutiable. though At
the same time these Democrats assert that the
tariff does not benefit farmers in tho least.
How the prices Of farm products can bc adj
vanced by the now tariff without hcmclitng
larncrS at all the Democrats neglect 10 explain
Instead of sober reasoning in regard Ia the
probable cf:ccl OF new duties Oh prices Of man
ufacturcd products. Democratic papers and
speeches i"you>y announce that foreign mar
ufacturrr>, whose exports tO this county will
he GU of. are pushing their Governments +"
lctaliatory mea ,urcs In the same papers and
speeches appear reckless assertions that no new
4 Ia
into existence in tiis country. and that the
American consumers will have T. pay the whole
of the increased duty. Why shonld the for
eigners get angry. il the Americans have Ia
buy their goods just AZ before and to pay all
the additional duties? Can there he outside
the Democratic party an individual 20 dull as
to suppose that prices Of goods on which
American duties have been raised will not he
depressed abroad by excessive competition and
overproduction, 50 that the foreign producers