The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-24

laws as will remove their lnlqultoub IN
equalitieS, tighten their expressions
and put them on constitutional and
equitable basis.
"But, in making reduction in taxes,
1t Is not proposed to injure any domes-
tic industries, but rather to promote
their healthy growth. From the foun-
dation Of this government the taxes col
lected at the custom house have been
the chief source OF federal revenue.
Such they must continue to be. More
over, many industries have come to rely
upon legislation for successtnl continp-
ance, so that any changes OF law must
be at every step regardful OF the labor
and capital thus involved. The pro-
gress of reform must be subject to the
execution of this plain dictate OF JUS
tice.' ~
"The following is the plank on state
banks:
prohibitory 10 per cent tax on state
bank issues be repealed "
WHY MR.. DAWSON WANTED IT PUBLISHED.
"Why did you desire to have that in
serted in the Registeri" Mr.. Dawson was
asked.
because am informed that there
are many Democrats in the city OF
Wheeling, who are intelligent gentle
men, and who don't believe that the ma
tional Democratic convention did adopt
free trade platform, and one declaring
it to be "a fundamental principle Of The
Democratic party that The federal government
has no constitutional po,Uer 10 impose and
collect tariff duties e.rcept for The purpose Of
revenue only say have been informed
that there are numbers OF Democrats
who do not believe that the national
convention ever adopted such plat
form, and that they did believe that the
convention had adopted the report OF
the majority upon that subject. which,
in fact, the convention didn't do, but,
as Mr.. Blaine says, after discussion and
dellberation, voted it down and adopt
ed the report OF the minority. simply
desire to get that fact before Democrat
ic voters. l have succeeded in doing it
partly by the publication Of the plat
form in the Register this morning. OF
course, am greatly obliged to the Regis
Ter for doing that much, but can't see
why they will not publish the two
planks, the one adopted and the one re-
jected, as matter OF public Informs
ton, and, OF course, my surprise Is
greater when they decline to do it asa
matter Of business, and for pay. And
then do not think either party appre-
ciates fully the state bank plank, which
simply means restoration Of the old
wildcat banks in all their infamy.
"But you will notice tina. the Register
says that it not only publishes the sec
tions OF the Democratic platform which
wanted 10 pay to have printed in that
paper, but every other section OF that
platform to boot, free OF charge This
is very clever on the part of the Register,
but the public will take note that the
Register declines to publish, and lido
not believe it will ever publish, die re-
port Of The majority Of He committee on reSo-
l,ltions, OF which committee Mr.. James
B. Taney was a member, and | think
the attention OF the public ought to be
called to that fact.
"The point is not only what the con-
vention adopted in the platform, but
also what the convention refused, after
deliberation and debate, to adopt.
wanted those workingmen who may
only have opportunities to read Demo-
cratic papers to see that the plank
which the Democratic convention voted
down by large majority declared that
changes in the tariff should be regard-
full Of labor and that differences in
wages between here and abroad should
be considered, and that 1t adopted in
stead plank which says tariff for any
other purpose than mere revenue is
unconstitutional"