Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-21
NOTIFIED FORMALLY
Synopsis of oleveland's Reply O.
Acceptance.

"
ton. Mr.. Wilson said, besides bring
ipe the notification from the Demo
cratic party, the committee was also
charged with the duty Of presenting
its platform of principles, which IL
all its utterances is merely develop
ment of that one great principle thai
whatever governments and law cal
do for a people must be done for al
the people without precedence of sec
ton or grades of citizenship. Demo
Gratis place themselves upon prin
cipIes of taxation and against the
tendency to Capitalization of polite
al power in the federal government
and the Capitalization of wealth In
favored classes.
cLEvELAND's REPLY.
The following is synopsis OF
Cleveland's reply to the notification
committee:
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen
The message you deliver to the Da-
iional Democracy arouses within
the emotions which would be well
nigh overwhelming if did not re-
cognize here the assembled repre-.
seDtatives of the great party which
must share with me the responsible
| ty that our mission invites. Turn.
ing our eyes to the plain people OF
the land, we SEE them burdened as
consumers with tariff system that
uniustly and relentlessly demands
from them In purchase of necessaries
and comforts of life an amount
,clrcely met by the wages of hard
and steady toll, which exactiohs thus
wrung from them build up and In
crease the fortunes of those for whose
benefit this injustice is perpetrated.
We see the farmer listening to the
lelusive story that fills minds with
visions of advantage while his pock-
1t is robbed by the stealthy hand of
high protection. Our working men
are still told the tale oft repeated, in
spite Of its demonstrated falsity, that
he existing protective tariff Is q
boon to them and under its benefici-
snt operation their wages must in
crease, and while they listen scenes
are enacted in every abiding places
of high protection that mock hopes
of toll and attest the tender mercy
that workingmen receive from those
made selfish and sordid by unjust
governmental favoriteIsm. We OPP
pose earnestly and stubbornly the
theory upon which our opponents
seek to justify and uphold existing
tariff laws. We need not base our
attack on a question of constitution
al permission or legislative power.
We denounce the theory upon the
highest possible grounds when we
contend that in the present condi-
tion its operation is unjust, and that
laws enacted in accordance
with it are unequal and unfair.
Ours Is not destructive party.
We are not at eDmity with the
rights of any of our citi-
zens. All are our countrymen. We
are not recklessly needless of any
American interest, nor will we
abandon our regard for them, but.
invoking the love Of fairness and
justice which belongs to true Amer
icanism, and upon which our con-
stitution rests, we insist that no plan
Of tariff legislation shall be tolerated
which has for its object and purpose
forced contributions from the earn
ings Of the mass Of our citizens to
swell directly the accumulations of
favored few, nor will We permit a
pretended solicitude for American
labor or any other specious pretext
of benevolent care for others to
blind the eyes of the people to the
selfish schemes of those who seek
through the aid of unequal tariff
laws to gain unearned and unrea.
sonable advantages at the expense
of their fellows. We have also AS
sured In our covenant with those
whose support we inyite the duty of
opposing to the death another
avowed scheme Of our adversaries
which, under the guise of protect
ing suffrage, covers, but does not
conceal, the design whereby to per-
petuate the power of the party afraid
to trust its continuance to the un-
trammelled and intelligent votes of
the American people. We are
pledged to resist legislation intended
to complete this scheme, because
We have not forgotten the saturna-
liza of theft and brutal control which
followed another federal regulation
of state suffrage. Every sincere
Democrat must believe the interests
of his country are deeply INVOLVED
in the success of our party. Success
can only he achieved by systematic
and intelligent effort ON the part of
all. Let us tell the people plainly
and honestly what we believe, and
how we propose TO serve the inter-
ests of the entire country, and let
us, after the manner Of true democ-
racy, rely on the thoughtfulness of
our countrymen.
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