The advocate., 1892-06-08
A REMARKABLE ANSWER.
Some time ago We asked the Law

honestly opposed to a high protective tariff,
consistently support 3 party that holds the
policy OF protection to be the chief Issue upon
which 1t hopes to succeed in the coming cleo
ton? Please explain.
We have always regarded the
Record as one Of the fairest Republi-
can journals in the state. 1t has
been above the scurrility that has
characterized the majority of the pa
pers of it's party. Its answer to the
above inquiry is so remarkable for
the admissions it makes that we take
pleasure in reproducing it. While
we were conscious of the fact, we did
not suppose that any Republican
journal would acknowledge that the
leaders Of the party had "mortgsged
the bones and blood Of the people"
for the slnews of war with which to
carry on the campaign. 1t is sppsr-
emit to the people that this.is not only
true, but they have likewise allowed
the mortgages to be foreclosed.
The Record remains with the party
with the hope Of reforming it. Such
a thing is impossible, The same old
gang controls the party now that did
when the former mortgage was given,
and they will mortgage the bones and
blood Of the people for a like con-
slderstion this year, and during all
the years to come, until the people
repudiate the mortgage and refuse
to longer be parties to the contract.
But read the Records answer:
The Recfrd is always ready to answer ques-
tiOns asked as honestly and respectfully as the
above. II It's position has been misunderstood
upon the tariff question heretofore, It has beeIl
through no fault Of ours. We have In season
and out Of season, doubtless, urged our views
upon the public. The point remains to recon-
Cie our position to les compatibility with men,
berShip In the Republican party.
When the Republican party was organized 1t
embraced men Of all political faiths The only
common bond of association was supreme
purpose to keep the territories Of the Union
free from slavery. The tariff question had been
as vital an issue before that time as at any
period since. Th' re were high and low tariff
men, Wings and Democrats, IA the party at It's
organization. The party had no tariff policy un-
I'll the necessities Of the war compelled an Inn
menSe governmental income. This was pro-
Vlded for by y war tariff, laid In q common un-
derstandlng to endure only during the cOntinu-
ance of such exlgencieS. Upon this proposition
men Of all shades OF opinion upon the tariff
were agreed.
But the Republican party after the close Of
the war showed no disposition to relax the
heavy strain upon the people incident TO the
support OF the war tariff. It was only until
Grover Cleveland, with courage as rare as
heroic, forced the inequalities Of the tariff upon
the startled attention OF the country, that the
Republican party began seriously TO consider
the revision Of the duties schedule. The cam
were In sore straits for money. A compact Cds
made lOith the manufacturers by lOhtch the
needed Sinecs of Tdr rere furnished, and the
leaders of the party IN return mOTtgdOed the
bones and blood Of the PEOPLE. The Mckinley
bill followed, with its obvious determinations In
favor Of the industries whose representatives
had furnished the money for the campaign.
All this action was un-RepubllcaD. The grand
old Republican party should not be charged
with the acts Of attempted suicide perpetrated
by the gamblers who controlled her destiniss.
Neither would member Of the organization
who assisted az the formation Of the party In his
state, and who has supported her just policies
ever since, be justified In leaving It on account
Of the temporary alteration of It's financial
policy.