River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-29

| NiSseldnO LetleI OI acceptance.
After waiting for weeks Mr.. Cleve-
land has at last accepted in a formal
manner the nomination of the Chicago
Convention.
In sentiment it is rehash of the ut
terances of the more prominent politi-
Clans who were the means of having
inserted the tariff plank in the plat
form. Mr.. Cleveland, in common with
others of bis party, arserts that pro-
tectiye tariff is not constitutional and
yet he alleges that he is not in favor
of injuring the labor interests of the
country and would favor the manufac.
tureTs by free admission of raw arti-
cles.
That is, protection is unconstitu-
tional when advocated by Republi-
can but freer admission for the pro-
lection of manufacturers of raw ma
terials may be permitted by a Demo-
cratic Congress.
On the money question Cleveland
agrees substantially with the Republi-
cans in advocating an honest currency.
While the letter is evidently intend
ed to read right to both wings of the
Democracy 1t is hard to see how he
can reconcile the theories of his con-
stituency. One wing advocates with
absolute holiness and decision Free
Coinage. Another an absolute tariff
for revenue only. MIR. Cleveland says
admit raw materials for the manufac-
turer free, ignoring the fact that they
are now lower than under any propos-
I'd Democratic bill. He says also that
we must have honest money.
The admission on his part that free
coinage is wrong leaves in fact but a
single important issue in the campaign;
that of wisdom and protection. Know
ing this and feeling deeply the fact
that the country has achieved won
deTful prosperity during the days of
the life of the protective tariff Mr.
Cleveland and his friends ignore the
teachings of Jefferson and Hamilton,
of jay and OF Washington aud for the
first time assert that the country has
no right under its Constitution 70 im>
pose a tariff having the feature of pro.
lection.
If unconstitutional. No matter what
the exigency. the country must base
its revenue laws solely upon the idea
of revenue. II is logical then to say,
that any tax adjusted so as TO afford
protection is wrong under the Consti.
tuition.
Mr.. Cleveland's idea of giving the
manufacturer raw material at lower
rates is wrong. The protection of
American labor is wrong for 1t certain
ly must follow that if wrong to aid
one class it is equally wrong to aid an
other. That candidate for the Pres.
idency should ignore the long line OF
decisions of the Supreme Court and
/ NAO sNAAClnCANo
arguments of the most eminent states.
men, augurs a contempt for law which
makes him dangerous candidate IL
elected he is by his own assertion a
law breaker, for if he believes the
present laws TO be unconstitutional,
how can he eonscientiously enforce
them. The law without enforcement
is broken and nugatory. Our country
is prosperous to-day. A sudden change
would bring a panic which would re-
suit in widespread ruin. Cleveland s
policy if he will carry out his own
statements would so unsettle existing
circumstances as to cause this panic.
Does the American citizen want this!
Is it not better policy for the eoun.
try 10 accept tine well known and OUT
spoken policy of the Republican plat
form than the uncertain platitudes of
the Chicago platform inconsistently
interpreted by its advocates and can
didatesl
We DO know what the policy of the
Republican party Is. We know that
it is pledged to such adjustments OF