Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-07

70 encounter both. We unified Our party,
not BY any surrender to the half hearted
among our members, but by an honest ap-
| peal TO Democratic sentiment and con-
science. We have never lowered our
standard. 1t surely was not policy nor
| expediency that induced us detiantIy to
carry the banner of tariff reform as we
went forth to meet well organized and
desperately determined army in the disas-
trolis field of 1883. A time serving or ex-
have boon found Tie day after such I.
crushing defeat, undismaycd, defiant and
determined, still shouting the old war cry,
| ana anxious to encounter again. in the
| peoples cause, our exultant enemy. We
had not long to wait. AT the Waterloo of
\ 1890, tariff reform had its vindication and
| principle and steadfast devotion to AMER
lean fairness and good faith gloriously
triumphed over plausible stiffness and
attempted popular deception.
"lhe Democratic party still champions
| the cause which defeat could not induce il
to surrender, which no success short Of
complete accomplishment can tempt it to
neglect.
FALSE REPUBLICAN, CHARGES.
when We began the contest for tariff
reform il was said by our Republican op-
ponents, III the face OF our avowals and
acts, that we were determined on free
trade. Sectional prejudice was invoked in
the most outrageous manner, and the
| people of the north were asked to condemn
the measure of tariff reform proposed by
us because members of Congress from the
south had supported it.
~ will not refer TO all the means by
which our opponents succeeded in that
| contest. Suffice il to say they gained
complete possession of the government in
every branch, and the tariff was reformed
by its alleged friends The consumer has
found life harder since this reform than
before, and If there is workingman any
where who has had his wages increased bv
virtue of its operation he has not yet made
himself known. Plenty of mills and
factories have been closed, thousands of
men have thus lost employment, and we
daily here of reduced wages but the bene-
Tits promised from this reform and its adj
vantage to the people who really need re-
lief are not apparent. The provision il
contains permitting reciprocity Of trade in
certain cases, depending on the action of
the President, is an admission, SO lar as il
goes, against the theory upon which this
reform is predicated, and IL lamely imps
IN the direction of freer commercial ex-
changes. If hypocrisy is the homage vice
pays to virtue reciprocity may be called the
homage prohibitory protection pays to
genuine tariff reform.
BENEFITS or RAW MATERIALS.
raw materials ought il seems to me, to be
warmly seconded by the citizens Of your
state. The manufacturer who sees in free
raw materials a reduced cost of his pro-
ducts, resulting in an increased consninp-
ton and an extension of his markets, and
constantsactivity and return for his in
vested capital, can hardly trust the party
which first resisted any reform in the tariff
then luggled with it and at last llatly re-
fused him the relief he still needs. The
Workingman who has been deceived by the
promise Of higher wages and better EN-
ploylnent, and who now constantly fears
the closing of manufactures and the loss
oil work, ought certainly to be no longer
caJoled by party whose performance has
50 clearly given the lie to its professions.
The consumer who has trusted to Il refor-
nation of the tariff by its friends, now
that he feels the increased burden of taxa
tion in his home, ought TO look in another
direction for relief.
TARIFF THE ONLY ISSUE.
1T doubtless would please our adyer-
saries if we could be allured from our
watch and guard over the cause of tariff
reform to certain other objects, thus for
felting the peoples trust and confidence.
The national Democracy will hardly
ratiiy this wish and turn its back upon
The peoples cause to wander after false
and unsteady lights in the wilderness of
hOhut uiltl NluStT.
Our opponents must, in the coming
national canvass, settle accounts with us
on the issue Of tariff reform. II will not
do Tor them To say to us that this is an old
and determined contention. The ten COM
mandments are thousands of years old,
but they and the doctrine of tariff reform
VIII be taught and preached until man
kind and the Republican party shall heed
the injunction, Thou shalt not stcal.'
AS leave you let me say to You that
your cause deserves success; and let me ex-
press the hope that the close of your can
vass Will bring you no regrets on account
OF activity relaxed or opportunities lost.
Demonstrate to your people the merits of
your cause and trust them. Above all
things Danish every personal feeling Of
discomfort and let every personal considera-
ton be merged into a determination, per-
vudlng your ranks everywhere, to win d
victory. With n cause so Just, and with
activity, vigilance, harmony and deter
mutation ON the part OF Rhode Islands
staunch Democracy, believe you Will not
fail"
cHEEnED AT EVERY POINT.
Mr.. Cleveland spoke half an hour. Each
paragraph was greeted with round of
applause. His first reference TO tariff re-
form was the signal for burst of cheers.
There was another when, referring to the
same subject, he said: I'VE have never
shouted, And never will In the next
five minutes he was interrupted again and
again with applause and cheering. The
audience was evidently thoroughly in sym
pathy with the speaker throughout his
discussion of the tariff.
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio followed
in an effective and entertaining tariff re-
form argument.
THE RECEPTION TO MIR. CLEVELAND.
Ile recnDtipn which prpviInupn traun ~,
Mr.. Cleveland in the evening was big,
hearty and not altogether Democratic in
political complexion. Plenty OF Republi-
cans who didn't care to hear Reed or Nc
kinley did honor TO Cleveland instead.
True, the mass of those who bowed 10 MIR.
Cleveland and shook his hand were Demo-
Gratis, put there We're so many Republicans
thnt thc demonstration WAS significant.
The reception was held i'll the MAYORS
room of the city hail. Standing beside Mr..
Cleveland We're Mr.. Wardwell, candidate
for governor; Mr.. German, candidate for
lletitenant-governor Congressman lap
ham, Ex-Governor Davis, members of the
Democratic state committee and various
leading Democrats from all over the state
The police arrangements were admirable
MIR. Cleveland was not in evening dress
because the afternoon meeting ut the
Opera House did not end until after 6
O'clock, and he had not time to get dinner
anu rnaHEe MS clulnes ana De NJ the CITY
hall at 7.3O the time fixed for the receT-
ton to begin. But he put red rose in the
lapel of his froclI coat and wore a smile of
good nature through all the evening.
just how many passed before him it is
impossible to say, but they moved along
rapidly from 730 until 10 p. m, and at
times went by him in files of two and
three.
The spontaneous enthusiasm was cause
of happiness to the Rhode Island Demo
Gratis gathered around Mr.. Cleveland. Thew