Huntsville gazette., 1892-10-15


hse tari6 unconstitutional denounce the Nc
kinley tariff. promise its repeal, deny that there
has been any increase Of prosperity since 1t
went into operation, and declare. on the con-
trary that the republican policy fosters no
industry so much asthat of the sheriff
Before the campaign is fairly started comes
the answer from Mr. Cleveland's own commits
sioner of labor statistics that during the last
year in the state OF New York wages have ad-
vanced and production has increased. Next
comes his own superintendent Of the bank de-
partmcnt who reports, first, that tho deposits
of workingmen in the savings banks have in
creased and second, that the deposits OF the
workin9me en- in the building and loan associa-
tons have increased. Then comes his own board
of equalization, reporting that in the one year
1891. when the Mckinley bill had just got fairly
at work with the eliminating atrocities, the
real and personal property OF the state In
creased over $780, 900, 600 or $40 per cent Or,
to put all these reports by Mr.. Cleveand's own
democratic officials into the briefest tabular
form, we have the following answer to Mr..
Cleveland's platform from this years demo-
cratic official reports in Mr.. Clevelands own
state OF New York: Net increase OF wages So
377 925.G9; net increase of production S3l ,3l5,
l306s; increase of savings bank deposits, S13.-
755 448 p; net sum invested during the year in
building and loan associations, SlS 10: in
crease in the valua ton of the real and personal
property of the state, 1852, 347, ,763.
Then come the official reports from Massa-
chu5etts, New Jersey, and elsewhere, showing
substantially, though In varying degrees, the
same rising tide Of general prosperity.
'' We deny that there has been increase Of
prosperity since the Mckinley bill went into
opera ton, says Mr. Clevelends platform There
has been,' says Mr.. Cleveland's commissioner
Of labor statistics. There has been,' says his
board of equslization and the reports from the
"a. IL -oll
may Mr.. Cleveland repeat to his officials the
desparing exclamation of BaIak, king OF
Moab, to Balaam, the prophet I took thee to
curse Israel, and behold thou hast blessed him
altogether
But we are sometimes told that all these
ques tionS about reversing the established cur
rents CT tariff and trade and currency,
which merely affect the business and well-being
of every citizen. are comparatively unimpor-
tant, and that the only vital issue of this cam
paign is whether the federal government shall
be permitted to regulate the election OF federal
officers If 1t is, then, according to the demo
cratic platform, republican government in the
United States is doomed 1t is difficult to be
lieve that our opponents expect to be taken
seriously in such proposition. The real ques-
ton involved is: Shall every citizen of the
United States, lawfully entitled to vote, be per-
mitted to vote and have his vote fairly counted:
Republicans say yes. The democratic platform
practically says no. Me-. Cleveland in this case
has the courage frankly say ditto to his plaE-
form. Now, il this democratic opposition means
anything it means the nullificaticn Of the four
teenth and fifteenth articles of the constitution
of the United States. Is Massachusetts ready
for that?
''There was time when nulliication came
naturally from the democratic party, but the
sons of the Massachusetts men who favored II
have been ever since walking backward, like the
sons Of Noah. to cover the nakedness of theiI
disgraced fathers.
There is another question Of real command
ing interest to the whole country, and especial
ly to the seaboard. Shall we restore our mer
chant marine and again possess the sea: The
republican party says enthusiastically Yes,
ana points to the beginnings it has made. 1t has
frankly adopted the methods other nations have
found necessary, and has voted subsidies to ouI
ships carrying our mails. We have even in
vaded the most houy contested field Two OF
the fastest and largest ships in the world have
been secured for q trans Atlantic line; foul
more are to be constructed and in our ship
| yards as a beginning, and even with these si1
we shall have a line equal to the best that eE
tefs English ports. That is the republican po
| sition in this respect. What does the demo
| cratic platform say about it? Nothing. Wha
| does Mr.. Cleveland say about tt9 Nothing
| What does Boston say?
There is one party in this campaigs, Mr.
Chairman, that does not find it ncedful !, slam
der the country; that does not seek for calani-
ties and does not read its own defeat in the
general prosperity. There is one party that
has nothing to conceal and that says what il
means 1t has nominees who not afraid oi
its principles. 1t is not trying to succeed by
getting one part of the country to vote for its
platform and another part to vote only for its
candidates 1t stands everywhere for a protec
tive tariff. and wants no mistake about that. II
stands for honest money, and wants no mistake
about that. 1t stands for equal rights under
the law, for reciprocity, for revived shipping
for American wages, and for America all the
time And, finally, it challenges the verdict OF
the American people on the character, the abil
ity, and the safe and brilliantly successful ad-
ministration of Benjamin Harrison"