The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-24

ing hard to convince themselves
that the Democrats are in a fair way
of doing such radical things, when
their President-elect and new Con
gress take actual hold of affairs, as
will create reyulsion Of public SEN
timent and restore Republicanism to
power in year or two. This is just
now the only CLEAN of hope in the
Republican sky. From the Presi-
dent down they are forced to admit
that it was protectionism run mad
that brought them defeat, and now
they ore hoping and, therefore, pre-
tending to believe, that the Demo
cratic course will take the equally
erroneous shape of Tariff Revision
gone-crazy.
Let them not compose their souls
in this expectation for they will be
disappointed. The Reform Club, of New
York, leans heavily towards absolute
free trade. Some of the members
are willing and even anxious to have
the country 60 full lengthof free trade
here and now. But the majority
are like the late President Garfield
in that they favor that character Of
protection that will lead to unre
stricted and, therefore, terminated
and profitable international com
merce. by the most natural and safe
means This was the position held
by Mr.. Garfield and declared by him
over and over again, the difference
between him and the members of
the reform Club being that the lat
ter have the courage of their con-
victions and are not he'd back from
living up to them by the desires of
fat fryers and hungry politicians
There is nothing in the character
Of this club, or in the fact that Pres
ident Cleveland has addressed it, or
that its presiding officer at a ban
quet chose to inflict what looks very
like snub upon Speaker Crisp, to
presage any folly by Democratic
President or Democratic Congress
regarding the tariff. All Democrats
have not precisely the same views
touching the tariff any more than
have all Republicans. The varia-
tions are in some instances, as to
details, quite distinct. But Demo
Gratis are near enough together ON
that subject to insure two things
first that they will act, and, second
that their action will be ma rked by
a patriotic and kindly interest where
by men and women in this land earn
their bread and butter, that does
not involve continuance of too cru
ell imposition upon some other in
terest. He who cannot read this
certainly in the utteraces of Mr..
Cleveland, in the positions of all the
leading men and newspapers of the
party, in every sign of the times, is
but fool for his pains. He had
better give up trying to forecast the
political future and take to some
other avocation wherein lack OF
ability to see beyond the end of his
nose will not SO greatly interfere
with his success.
All the brighter men of the Re
publican party see it. They saw it,
or something like it, and the posi-
bility of Democratic president
with it, four years ago, when they
took the position that the tariff
should be reformed, by Republican
Congress. 1t was the addledheads
of the organization that brought
about the refusal to redeem that
promise and the consequent politi-
cal overturning Of last month. and
it is the same set of incompetents
who are now trying to comfort them
SELVES and their fellows with the re-
Election that the Democrats must
necessarily prove themselves equal
ly insincere in considering and mad
equate in applying the task that has
been popularity assigned them.