The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-15

English establishments because the United
States shut herself ont from the market
Of the world by . high protective tariff.
England raises . large part Of her revenue
from customs duties, but she taxes the
Injuries and not the necessities. Among
the things she calls Injuries are tea and
coffee and these with liquors and tobacco
make up her chief sources Of customs
revenues, and from less than twenty arti-
cles she gets more than $i00, COZ, 900 a year.
This tariff question" continued Sena-
tor Mcdonald, lis m evidence how his
tory repeats ITSELF The first political
home in a crswordsv l IN a' Indiana 0i Il
was fourty-four years ago and President
Polk was the candidate upon tariff for
revenue platform substantially the same
IS that of the Democratic party during the
last presidential campaign. During the.
Cleveland and Harrison campaign | made
my .Gyd sss sn.n at nt ceswfG1d'vs
said that he did not believe
an instsnce could be shown in
our history of man making two speeches
for q presidential candidate forty-four
years spart and advocating substantially
the same issues. The first message of
President Polk was substantially the
President Cleveland, and it brought about
the enactment of the tariff of 1885,"
THE ISSUES OF 1892.
"What will be the chief issues of the
next campaign"
"There is no doubt" replied Senator
Mcdonald. abut that the tariff will be one
Of them. The silver question will
be another, and / believe that the
of substantially the same nature
L. IL % he ell
question, have been always on the hard
money side rather than on that of green
backism or fiat money. Today | do not
know how / would vote were ] in the
United States Senate. If the ratio were
based on the intrinsic value of the silver
In the dollar as compared with gold, there
would be no danger in free coinage. |
hardly think it would be dangerous as it
is, though 1t may affect our dealings with
foreign countries. When money passes
from one nation to another, it goes by its
actual value and not by its mark on the
face, and If the dollar does not contain 100
cents, it cannot be used as 100 cents in
settling the accounts of nations"
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE AND MUSHROOM
PARTIES.
"What figure will the Farmers Alliance
cut In the next campaign"
at will have its place and will perhaps
affect matters to considerable extent.
don't expect it to last, however, and year
or two will be the extent of its life. You
cannot have a successful party in this
country which is not broad enough in its
principles to embrace all classes and to
suit all sections and all sorts of individ-
uals. These single idea parties spring up
their work by the great scythe of public
sentiment. and the people fall back into
tho two great parties which, under ono
name or another. have been in existence
since the organization OF our govern
mcnt. 1t is best for tho country
that parties should be evenly divided and
the two great ideas which have controlled
parties since the days of Washington and
Jefferson form the main-springs of party
action today. The Democratic party was
originally called the Republican party
and it was not until some years that it got
the name Of the Democratic party. 1t was
originated by Jefferson, and Madison on
the idea that the people should rule and
that as little power should be given to the
government as possible. This was opposed
by the idea of the Federal party under
Hamilton and his followers, who believed
In the Capitalization OF power and in the
spelling the word nation with capital N.
These same principles are working today.
The Wings held to the Alexander Hamil-
ton idea all along from 1924, when they
became known as such under. Henry Clay,
up until 1854, and again in 1856
the same principle was the central
idea Of the Republican platform,
which was put forth with John c. Fremont
as its presidential candidate. suppose it
will continue SO for generations to come.
There will be party like the Democratic
party which win cling to every right and
every privilege that the individual now
possesses in the carrying on of the govern
ment, and there will be another party
which will believe in the increasing the
power of our government officials to the
exclusion of the individual. As these two
powers strain this way and that, out of the
two will come the golden mean which will
be peaceable and fairly good government.
The one which pushes too hard will be
corrected by the other, aided by public SEN
timent, and the great United States will go
on its way..in prosperity and in rejoicing"
cLEvELASp's CHANCES SLIM.
"How about candidates."
ssIf the nominating conventions were
held today suppose the candidates would
be Harrison and Cleveland and under such
circumstances have no doubt but that
Cleveland would be the next president Of
the United States. The situation from
now on, however, promises to be very diff
ferent. If the silver question enters into
the campaign it may mean q change of
candidates, as far as the Democracy is con-
cerned Ifthe free coinage bill passes the
House and is vetoed by President Harri-
son it will force silver to the front as a
campaign issue. President Cleveland is
understood not to favor what is known as
free coinage while claiming to be friend
of the silver coin, and he might not be
satisfactory as candidate in q
campaign in which free coin
age would be the leading issue.
/ believe that Harrison will veto the silver
bill if it passes. and it seems to me that
there is no doubt but that he will be the
next candidate of the Republican party.
The only man who would stand any
chance against him would be Mr.. Blaine,
who shows no inclination towards the
shown by his acceptance of the place of
premier in his administration, would
hardly permit him to take the nomination
even if it were rendered him. The power
of an administration in the denomination
of its head for second term is very great,
and President Harrison will develop a re-
markable strength before the convention
meets. His actions have been in accord
with Republican principles. l know him
as an able lawyer and IL is one of his char
acteristics in his conduct of cases that he
never leaves the bars down. 1t has been
the same in his presidential speeches and
acts. He is very cautious in his express
sions, and warrant you if you Will study
his speeches from the time he was NOM
mated until now, you will not find a weak
point or a flaw in the armor of his Repub-
licanism. 1t is true that he has not great
personal magnetism, but he has good
record and he has the power of the admin
istration with all the organization and OBJ
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