Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-05

what he does say brings him, whether he
likes 1t or not, straight to the platforms
conclusion: Eve declare It to be funda-
mental principle of the Democratic party
that the Federal Government has no consti-
tutional power to impose tariff duties, ex-
cept for the purpose Of revenue only. We
denounce the Mckinley tariff as the cul-
minating atrocity of class legislation, and
We promise its repeal" Are even the
Democratic business men of Boston. eager
just now this year or even next year for an
entertainment like that?
In vain, after this, does the candidate
plead apologetically that his party wages
no exterminating war against any American
interests As well might he plead that his
party's demand for the repeal of the 10 per
cent tax on State bank circulation makes
no threat against the national curr ency.
he says he wants to change things by
reforming the tariff. The party gives Its
pledges to the country as to the sort Of
reform its Congress-not Mr.. Cleveland, but
its Congress-would make; tariff
for revenue only. any other being
unconstitutional. He tried to quiet alarm
by saying free trade is impossible. Ger
tsinlv. England says the same thing; and
maintains most rigidly just the sort of
tariff Mr.. Cleveland's platform demands-a
soA Al ioH ISVCuuc Oulys LII NoiH io tuc Het
spread in sight of any bird. No qualifica-
tions or omissions or vague generalities
and assurance of harmless intentions can
blind the eyes of voters to the fact that,
however much Mr.. Cleveland may regret 1t
as an honorable man, he is bound hand and
foot to the platform Of his party at Chicago,
just as all the world knows that he Is to-
day bound to the caf of (triumphant) Tam
many of New York.
Their Real Spirit Exposed.
Never since 1864 have our opponents dis
closed so plainly the real spirit that con-
trolls their majority and their actual inca
capacity to comprehend their country or
their times In 1864 their resolutions de-
clared that the war for the Union was q
failure; and within a fortnight the world
had heard the answer as Sherman took
possession of Atlanta and Sheridan's troop
ers swept through the valley of the Shen-
andoah. Now their resolutions pronounce
any protective tariff unconstituti onal, de-
nounce the Mckinley tariff, promise its re-
peal, deny that there has been any increase
Of prosperity since it went into operation
and declare, on the contrary, that the Re-
publican policy fosters no industry so much
as that of the Sheriff.
Before the campaign is fairly started,
comes the answer from Mr.. Cleve1and's own
Commissioner of Labor Statistics that,
during the last year, in the State of New
York, wages have advanced and production
has increased Next comes his own Super
intendent of the Bank Department, who
reports, first, that the deposits of working
men in the savings banks have increased,
and second, that the deposits of the work.
ingmen in the building and loan associa-
tions have increased. Then comes his own
Board of Equalization, reporting that in the
one year, 1891, when the Mckinley bill has
just got fairly to work, with its eliminating
atrocities, the real and personal property of
the State have increased over $50, 900, 900,
or 8 $40 per cent.
An Answer to Growers Platform.
Or to put all these reports by Mr.. Cleve-
lands own Democratic officials into the
briefest tabular form, we have the follow
ing answer to Mr.. Cleveland's platform
from this years Democratic official reports
In Cleveland's own State of New York,
Net increase of wages, Sc, 377, ,925 90; net
increase of production, S31, ,315, 130 68; in
crease of savings bank deposits, $13, 1885,
i4S 27; net sum invested during the year
in building and loan associations, S18 789,-
720; increase in the valuation of the real
and personal proper of the State, S152, ,347,-
1853.
Then come the official reports from
Massachusetts,, New Jersey and elsewhere,
showing substantially, though in varying
degrees, the same rising tide of general
"We deny that there has been
,nv increase of prosperity since the Nc
Kinley bill went into operation" saws MI.
Jleveland's platform. 'There has been,"
,ays Mr.. Cleveland's Commissioner of Labor
Statistics. 'There has BEEN" says his
Bank Commissioner. 'There has been,"
'ays his Board of Equalization; and the re-
ports from the officers in other States con-
irm 1t all. Well may Mr.. Cleveland re-