The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-20

argument thus far the Democratic party
has been driven back 10 their trenches.
Their assault on the policy Of the Repub-
lican party began with the assertion o. the
unconstitusionality OF protection. On
this point the Democrats have been CON-
pietely driven from the field. David 3.
Hill, who made by all odds the sblest
and most ingenious argument On the
Democratic side, frankly admitted tina.
on an appeal to the courts the con.
stitutionality of a protective tariff would
be affirmed, a. il has already been IN the
case Of the Mckinley tariff. NJ. Reid
points ont tina, the first protective tariff
was signed by Washington: that the con-
stitutionality Of the protective system was
affirmed by Jefferson, Monroe and Jack
son. The men who made the constitution
al affirmed the 'consti.utionality of pro.
lection, and every Democratic statesman
from Jefferson down to Samuel J. Tilden
and Sam Randall have since reatirmed it,
save John C. Calhoun and his apostles,
jeff Davis, Toombs. Yancey, Sidell and
Roger Q. Mills, Of Texas.
The Democratic platform further made
broad issue between a protective tariff
and tariff for revenue only, which, as
the London Tinaes confesses, is the same as
British free trade. On this issue, too,
the Democrats have been substantially
silenced. David B. Hill, in his speech, and
Cleveland, in his letter, were forced to re-
cede from this declaration of the Chicago
platform; Hill declared himself q protec-
ZIONIST of the Sam Randall and Tilden
school, while Cleveland plainly intimated
that for the present he would be content
with the platform of his tariff message
OF 1887, which declared for free raw
materials, with protection to manufact-
ures. This means. of course, free trade
for Western producers Of raw materials
and protection for Eastern manufacturers,
mere bride offered to the doubtful states
Of New York and Connecticut. but a
"black eye" when enacted to the West,
since the free importation of raw mate
rials will compel the West to compete
with foreign raw materials produced by
cheap labor.
the Mckinley Law. On this issue the
Democrats have clearly the worst of the
argument, for challenged to the proof the
Republicans have shown that the McKin-
ley law is able to rest, for its justification,
on improved prosperity, on greater wages
in the aggregate. on increased production
and on cheaper prices. The farmers Of
the country have fiourished wonderfully
under protection and reciprocity. Tho
American Economist has been making some
comparisons between 1890 and 1891. which
show the following results:
L. Increased our exports OF bacon, hams and
2 Exported sl2.oco,oeo more of beef pro-
ducts.
g. Exported SIS oo0, 200 more live cattle
4. Exported SlJ0,o0o0 oO more OF cereals,
namely: Wheat. slib,0oo.o0o; -four, $4,000 os0,
and corn, 100000.
s. Exported so. 600 200 more cotton.
g. Exported 32.bOo. 900 more seed.
T. Exported $4,000 more fruit. and nuts
Exported 100000 more oil CAKE and
9 We have increased the foreign sale O. all
agricultural products by s275,o0o.Ooo.
Besides this great foreign trade there is
the great home market, made possible by
well paid workers maintained by the pro-
lection afforded to American industry and
American labor by the Mckinley law. On
the issue Of reciprocity the Democratic
platform presented no argument except TO
cell st sham" Mr. Reid shows that
under reciprocity we have increased our
trade with the foreign countries, TO which
il has been applied, 2s.0s per cent The net
value of reciprocity. denounced as "a
sham" by the Democracy, has been in a
brief period to the United States So. So, =
024 On the platform issue of reviving
the wildcat state bank currency neither
David d. Hill, III his speech. nor Cleye-
land in his letter of acceptance dared say a
word in defense or extenuston. On this
issue the Democrats have been routed and
driven of in complete disorder by John
Sherman and Gov. Mckinley.
The logic OF the campaign has thus far
been crushingly with the Republicans.
for We have compelled the Democracy 20
retreat from the position OF free trade"
tn that OF incidental or semi-protection:
we have rested the justification OF the
Mckinley Ia III and reciprocity on an
invincible array of Official facts and
figures many of them from Democratic
sources: We have proved the Democratic
party by Its most recent congressional
record 10 be the party OF free silver" We
have proved that It's proposed substitution
OF state bank issues for national bank
notes mean. q return 10 the disastrous
days OF wildcat currency when the bills Of
all the state banks were At discount ana
the bill holder lost his dollar il the bank
burst On the subject Of the alleged force
bill" Mr.. Reid neatly points out that the
Democrats have placed themselves in an
absurd attitude when he SAYS:
The very title of the bill proclairas IL. ohiao,
- he t. prevent the use OF force at elect.on. II
failed, anyway, ard southern while men. who
were lately its chief and most tn,cres.e 1 ouns,
nenJs. now begin q wish x Was revived 10 pro.
tcct them irCgp hefuE themselves counted On NJ
elections they fairly won, as the other day in
AsbAms by their own white fellow Democrat.
Ii IS We'll. however. 20 say that the enumeration
in the Democratic platform O the rtlnclple
that tho federal govern yaert NAV SUPERVISE ia
election OF federal ofice,s Ia e-otssque TIE
principle has been long rcc0-nised and su..
tanned " the courts L lsw stands undlsputet
on ,re statute booss AM Wa enforced az race, >
elections by Grover C.svatsnd. then president.
baths rot 10 be disguised thu. tie recen;
claGior against tSs TT.aCipic, II IL means s-v-
thing. mesns purpose to Ea,.ity the fourteenth
AID fifteenth amendment - tAe Constitution.
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