The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-10
Advertisements for THE WEEKLY SrN.
issued TO- rorro,r morning. must DC handed an
this ercning before O'Clock.


Ercc Trade ana FREQ 1lunucr.
II is quite appropriate that the Hon.
DANIEL n. LOCKWOOD of Buffalo should
now loom up as tho foremost and londest
advocate Of q Billion Dollar policy in the
Democratic House. Mr.. LOCKWOOD was the
origiun, promoter Of tho Hon. GnovER
CLEVELAND In national politics. and no
pridcs himself. as wo understand. on his
part In fastening Clcvclnndism upon tho
Democracy and launching the Democracy
upon dcg,insoladc Of disaster
Tho connection ia direct between tho
present outbreak oi crazy extravaganza
and selfish rccklcssncss among tho Demo
Gratis cf tn, House. and the fatal policy of
free trade inauguiatcd Ivy Mr.. CLEvELANps
message rf 1857. For nearly five wears tho
promoters of Clr,clandism have lost no
opportunity to impress upon Democrats In
Office and out oe cfl,rc :hc idea that tho one
issue FOR tho PARTY. tho one duty before tho
Democracy. is the amendment OK tho tariff
on imports. according ~ their notions OF
what such tariff should To- Tariff reform
the only issue. is ClevclauIisn summed M
In five words. Practical questions OF nd
minist,atirn. practical economy and fru-
gality in the expenditure Of tho peoples
money. tho prudent adjustment Of outlay
to income. have all heon subordinRted to q
theory OF rolitica, economy. in tho creed.
IL the propaganda. ami in the political
practice ci these uislcadrrs. Tariff reform
the all in all; tho Democracy OF JEFFERSON.
JACKSON. Nud TILDES obsolete: every old
fashioned idea Of Democratic principles and
Democratic policy superseded by the new
gospel according to tho Stuffed Prophet:
such has boen the doctrine. and certain
Democrats have accepted it.
Two years ago tho Republicans Of the
Billion Congress put before tho Democrats
OF the ration Just such a golden oppor-
tunity as the latter had enjoyed twice since
the civil war. once In 1874 aud again In
1881. The tidal wave OF honest Indignation
at unbridlcd extravaganza aud defiant mis-
government by Congress. swept over the
land. 1t WAS tidsl wave Of the sam,
origin as those which had swamped the
vicious Republican majoides in the
Forty.third Congress and the Forty
ton Of Democratic Presidents In 1876
and 1854. Tho lesson Of the Congress
elections Of 1890 WAS as plain as daylight:
yet Cevelandism at once set about misin-
tcrprcting it. The Democratic Represent
a,ives sent to Washington and to power
by the vote Of two years ago were told
that the tidal wave to which they owed
their election was tariff reform tidal wave.
Thcy wcro instructed that their presence
IN the Capitol was due. not to the protest
Of the nation against tho enormities COM
mitted by the Billion Congress. hut to a
sudden and irresistible popular reaction In
favor OF Clevelandism. Their commission
was not to supplant proiligate expenditure
with honest economy. but to advance the
tariff reform cause and prepare the way
for tariff destroying canvass In lSs2. And
there were fools who believed Il!
What wonder that tho Eght-weights. the
sc!.-scekcrs. and the nerccnaries In the
Democratic majority 81 tho present House
hsvs eagerly seized upon this theory o!
their mission. and practically interpreted
I: in n manner that threatens destruction TO
tho pArty's hopcs2 So long rs they can
utter siihly the FREQ trade shibboleth. they
have fol. themselves secure against cr!,i.
cisci on any other score. Their cy,,s ars
fxc>i upon the StSr-eyed Goddess and their
FISTS aro in the nations money drawer.
The situation Is pcrlious in the extreme.