The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-23
Advice 20 Republicans.

Success can only be guaranteed by
close, compact and complete organization,
and then by personal effort on the part of
all those citizens who believe that the
country is better off under a Republican
than under Democratic administration
Let those who 50 believe get together in
their various communities Let them talk
over the issues Of the campaign with their
neighbors. Let them equip themselves for
a discussion by careful study of the Re
publican newspapers and Republican doc
uments. Ii they hear Democratic argu-
ment advanced which they are not sufli-
GENTLY informed to answer let them write
to the state committee or to some good Re
publican newspaper, and find out what the
facts really are. Many things have oc-
CURED to prove that the administration of
Benjamin Harrison has satisfied the peo-
pie, that they regard him as a man of ster-
ling honesty and high ability, who has
given the country a clean, pure, efficient
and sufficient government.
''What about the tariff and its bearing
on the present canvass 2" the veteran
statesman was asked.
That Democratic Free Trade Plank.
"As to that, " replied Senator Sherman,
as he moved i'm his chair, crossed his legs
and smilingly addressed the interviewer,
'sof course, you know | am decidedly in
favor of "A protective tariff that is a tariff
act framed with "A view not only to secure
ample revenue for the support of the gov
ernment, but with a distinct purpose to
encourage and protect all productions
which can be readily produced in our
country. l do not believe that a tariff
I framed under the doctrine now announced
and proclaimed by the Democratic party
in its national platform can protect and
| foster our home industries. Mr. Tilden
and the men of mis- school believed that the
old doctrine of the Democratic party, pro
| claimed in former national platforms and
supported by the declarations of jefferson,
| Madison and jackson, was a wise and
constitutional exercise of national power.
| This doctrine has been abandoned and de-
nounced by the Democratic platform re
/ Gently adopted by the Chicago convention.
A tariff framed in accordance with this
new doctrine would be confined simply to
| levying revenue duties, excluding the idea
| of protection, and that is the purpose and
object of the men who made the platform
and of the men in the Democratic con
vention that adopted it by large ma
lOrity Such tariff might be levied eX-
| rlusively on articles we cannot produce in
this country, such as sugar, coffee and tea.
The Fairest and Best Tariff.
81 have believed thai as to certain items
In different tariffs we have gone beyond
the line of protection which is necessary To
foster American industries few rates
have been adopted that / think win eX-
clude competition between foreign and
American productions, and secure a mo
nopOly TO the American manufacturers
This / do not believe to be a wise policy
There are some details of the Mckinley
tariff bill that may be subject to this OBJ
lection, but, on the whole, it is the fair
est and best tariff, not only for revenue
but for protection, that has had place on
our statute books. The tariff plank of the
Republican convention at Minneapolis is
the clearest statement Of the extent of pro
lection favored by the great mass of Re
publcans of this country. The actual
result of the Mckinley bin has been not
only 10 give to all American industries rea
sonable protection, but has increased oul
foreign trade, enlarged our exports and Oui
| imports, and greatly encouraged and added
: To all kinds Of American productions
whether of the field or of the workshop"