Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-20

| able. Tariff should be imposed Tor the
EXPRESS PURPOSE OF REVENUE,
and not for any private purpose. We be-
| lieVe in revenue with incidental protection,
and not in protection with Incidental rev.
| enue. In so far as the tariff IS necessary 70
/ meet the necessities Of the government, IT
may be imposed, and any other benefit
| which may be legitimately derived from
/ its imposition may ana does necessarily &C
I company IT, If the burden imposed would
| operate 10 prevent foreign competition the
| benefit is indirect and unObiectiOnaOle.
! President Harrison, in his ingenious let
| ter of acceptance, endeavOrs 10 place our
/ party in a false attitude by calling to the
I fact that while our platform in 1884, re-
| adopted in loSS, contained an express
/ plank upon this question Of the equaliza-
/ ton of wages, yet IL was omitted In lS9S,
| acd asserts that we have changed our posi-
/ uon. beg 10 differ with him. There has
I been no change. IL is not always practic-
/ able to place in a platform the details OF
| prODOsed legislation We stand not only
upon our platform Of 1892, but upon the
| Mills Bill. which was the latest general
/ Democratic legislation upon the tariff SUB
/ iect. The bill was as good au exposition Of
/ our principles as any elaborate platform
could possibly De.
| III were asked to define as concisely as
| possible the whole Democratic policy, l
should state 10 substantially as follows:
We favor a tariff for revenue only, linn
tied to the necessities of the government,
economically administered and so adjusted
in its application as far as practicable, as to
prev ent unequal burdens, encourage pro-
dUCtive industries at home ana AFFORD
JUST CONVERSATION To EAROR,
but not to create or foster mouopoies.
rrtt.. rrs n
which the details of all tariff legislation
should be based. Our opponents profess
20 be much disturbed because we have In
our platform denounced Republican pro-
lection as "a fraud What else is iti II IS
a fraud for these conclusive reasons:
First-It is secured 0y palpable abuse
of the taxing power of the government.
Second-It uures TO the benefit of the
few at the expense Of the many.
Ihird-It is based upon favoritism Of the
worst species.
Fourth-Tt tends TO create ficticiouspros-
perity to be followed by subsequent busi-
ness depression.
Fifth-It is deceptive in its promises ana
unsatisfactory In its results.
Sixth-Its principal beneticiaries constl-
tute q PRIVILEGED class, and their lmportu-
mites Tor governmental aid lead TO public
scandal and decentralization.
President Harrison aud all the other
great and small advocates Of this vicious
system diligently seek 10 create the I'M
pressiOn that the Democratic party has
assumed a bOlder attitude than formerly,
and become an advocate of absolute Tree
trade. l said in the campaign OF 1888 IN
NV Opening speech at the Academy or
Music at New YORK City, that II be-
lieved the Democratic party favored aoso-
lute free trade. I should not advocate It's
cause. ana I repeat the statement mere TO-
night. -.,.
i insist that neither the Democratic
party nor L have changed our position upon
this question, but that we stand where we
have ever stood. Tariff reform
DOES NOT MEAN FREE TRADE.
Our opponents misrepresent our position
now as they have ever done since the
famous tariff message of 1887. In that MS
tOric message, our candidate expressly re-
undated the suggestion that he was enter
ir,s uDop any crusade of free trade. He did
not demand that our tarln laws should DC
wiped out of existence.
He then quoted FROM President CleYe-
lands message, and took up the Mckinney
bill and said: It's undoubtedly true tnat
i'm this State the aggregate amount or all
tbe wages paid the year after its passage
may have been greater than tue aggregate
amount paid the year preceding, Out thaI
does not prove any increase IN tne Tdte Ol
irqJcS paid, and only shows tnat some new
industries have been established or addl-
tiOnal men employed IN ot1erS. anu IL
does not appear that such increase mas
neon ANYMORE than the usual natural IN
crease Occasioned by the steady growth oil
the State. il may possibly also De true
tbat there have been few less strikes
during the last two years than during the
y,~ecs8iDr two wears, but this may be at
fribnted to the moderation OF and GOOD
Judgment Of our labor organizations, rather
than 10 the effect Of any tariff law. know
this much, that the Democratic party Will
no entirely content 70 permit every work
inqnan whose wages has been increased
since the passage OF the Mckinley ohI 10
vote the Republican ticket, II our oppo-
nenrs will consent that all those whose
v,ares have not been increased shall vote
the Democratic ticket, and upon that basis
we will carry the country
BY MILLION MAJORITY.
Coming 10 the force bill he says: There
is oDother issue in this campaign OF equal,
IL nor greater importance than the tarlHl
which effects the rights and liberties OF
everv citizen The Republican party seems
- hs irrevOcablv committed 20 the passage
NJ the federal election bill generally known
as the 'fOrce bill" and although II must De
evident to the most patriotic and thought
ful members OF that organization that
II is a piece Of political 10onSh-
ness. only eQualled by its menoacity,
rbere has appeared for them no escape from
its advocacy. The proposed bill usurpS
the rights and prerOgativeS Of the State,
hrealxs down ell the safeguards which nave
existed for a century and places al our
elections at the mercy OF federal ohcialS,
Who hold their offices for life. The bill Is a
desDerate attempt 20 prop up the falIlng
fortunes of a once great political party. IL
,vos conceived in political anlmoSlty, is
,,rrad from the narrowest and worst OF
motives and is uuworthya place among the
statutes Of the American Repuohc.
The Democratic patty desires Tree, honesV
and fair elections everywhere. IL desires
tbs7, NOT merely because they would IN
sure 10 its benefit, but upon the uhseInsn sl
o,,5 high ground that they are essential TO
tbo nTessrvation OF our free institutions.
S,,r marty has suffered much In the past
S,.',, the corrupt and tyrannical methods OF
r,,y adversaries. The Republican party IS
tbo Dartv of wealth, plutocracy or cor
norate influence, and OF
PROTECTED MoNOPOLIsTs.
Ours IS a party of the plain people, the
-, ~ moderate means, the bone and sinew
~ lrrbe ri,e snsaker then went into State mat
tiers ana closed as follows; -. -, >,
1SeIloyv citizens. need not urge you 70
.he'oarformance of your full share IN THIS
',.',,,E,,oien 49, Kings county was never known
~ fsIter in its duty. The interests IN