The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-22
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TEE NEW YORK REEoaai CLUB.
What wonid Have Happened if Bill Had
Been Nominated Instead Of cleveland.
Tatini Reform Inperatiyely Demanded.
NEW YoRK, Dec. q. PRECEDENT Z. FL
lery Anderson. otlthe Reform Club, has
prepared a report Of the years work.
and viii present i at the au.
nual meeting OF that organization. It
.isa yoluminous document, and deals
with the history Of the anti.snspper
movement from its inception to the
nomination Of Mr.. Cleveland and his
election. Mr.. Anderson mainta ins that
&c D.B. Fill had been nominated, in
stead OF Mr.. Cleveland, the cause or
tariff reform would have been defeated.
The policy which the club desires TO be
pursued by the Fifty-third Congress is
outlined, and assurances given that y
this plan ii carried out the country will
enter upon an unparalle led era OF pros
perity.
Senator Hills speech in Elmtra on
silver is referred to. and the report then
comments upon him as follows: Pass
ing over all other questions relating TO
his availability as q standard bearer Of
the Democratic party, his openly ayow-
ed sympathy with the silver policy de-
manded by the west and south made It
manifestly impossible for Senator Hill
to command the electoral votes Of the
state OF New York. His nomination
therefore meant the absolute defeat Of
the cause Of the tariff reform. For this
reason, and not because Of any personal
animosities whatever, your committee
reached the conclusion that the defeat
OF Senator Fill as q possible candidate
for the Presidency was absolutely nec-
essary II the cause Of tariff reform was
to be saved. " =,
The difficulty Of raising the necessary
revenue is admitted, and the report
says: at Is probable that no adjust
ment OF tariff rates upon articles now
dutiable, whether high or low, could
produce a sufficient increase OF revenue
to meet the necessities OF the federal
government during the next three or
four years." Several possible solutions
of the difficulty are suggested, such as
an increased whisky tax, tax on raw
sugar, tea and coffee, an income tax and
deficit bonds All Of these are, how
ever, frankly admitted to be open to se-
rious objection, and the club Is not com.
mitted 10 any of them, and no specific
Recommendation Is made except the
following:
"Upon ono point the opinions OF the
committee are unanimous. Whether
the reform Of the tariff results in in
creasing or decreasing the government
revenue, it ought to and must succeed,
without delay or evasion, upon the
lines prescribed by the Chicago plat
form Of 1892. Every increase Of taxes
made BY the McK inley law must be abb
solutaly repealed. All raw materials
must be admitted free OF duty, and all
partially finished materials for manu-
facture must be admitted at very low
rates Of duty. The taxes upon finished
manufactures must be reduced at the
very least 70 the full extent OF the re-
duction on the tax upon their materials:
All the so-called compound rates OF
duties, that is, partially specific and
partially ad valorem, must be olished.
Nolduties must in any case be retained
at q higher rate than that which will
produce the largest revenue to the gov
,ernment and the least revenue to pro-
tected individuals. The promises made
to the people, which they have believed,
and upon the strength OF which they
have restored Grover Cleveland to
national leadership, must be fulfilled
to the last letter without the smallest
unnecessary delay"