The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-01

shae 80 'Mass) Republican, an
e. .a intelligent political critic, is of
!, p'nion that the Republican party is
Si..'cai position; that its fate depends
On its capacity to adjust itself to en-.
new conditions thai have been
'osusd upon it.
- sne republican is right in its belief
49, the election just held is cumu alive
~ overwhelming condemnation of the
rs.'cy OF protection. then certainly the
s.ouno has been cut away from under the
- O the Republican party. The $1,000
s1.slsy Tor Harrison in Massac husetts is
.iy IN object lesson in condemnation
Ie american policy of protection. The
s'on journal says on this point:
,..s III this theory is correct, where should We
Is...sx sne most convincing proof OF 1t II not to
sso,s~sAs Ills here that the tariff reform
49,. was earliest begun, and had been
49,. .ss noisiiy and we will admit most ably con-
= 1900 The so-called Campaign OF education
Dnau OF Tree trade has been nowhere
e. 80 20 vigorously and persistently az in
~ .cuusstts And what are the results? Do
10y suegest permanence of sentiment in favor
lu retorm?' Just the contrary. They
..W evuision against the ideas on which e
49, smps.sn OF 1890 was won by the Democrats.
10y snow the state standing by the Republican
s-Islusses, when other states, where the propa-
sssua was newer. were swept away.
me large plurality given Harrison in
sne state Of Iowa is hardly an object les
son In condemnation of the American pol
~ Of protection: the fact that no Demo-
eratlc evangelist, from David B. Hill and
drover Cleveland down to the most OBJ.
scure Democratic stump screecher east
Of Buffalo. N. Y. dared to stand
by the anti-protection tariff plank
o. the Chicago platform, is not an
object lesson in condemnation of the
Republican policy of protection. It is
true that at the West the Democratic ora
tors stood by their tariff plank, but they
wefs defeated badly In Iowa. the only
state where there was square fight made
on the tariff, separated from the race and
religious quarrels and the socialistic labor
insurrection that defeated the Republican
party in Illinois and Wisconsin.
OF course If the election was won on the
tariff issue the Democracy ought to be
vill,ag to promptly prove their sincerity
in this belief by losing no time in evils
cerating from the body Of the Federal legis-
lation this Mckinley tariff that is de-
scribed as ''robbing the farmer and manu-
featuring labor" Is there any sign at
present that the Democracy are in a hurry
to call an extra session and "move imme-
diately on our works." Oh. no! II there
any pretence that the Mckinley tariff 10
ia danger OF repealf Oh, no; the best
that is promised is free wool, lumber, coal
and ores; that is one-sided protection to
the manufacturer with the added boon of
free raw materials to swell his profits.
Protection is to be retained for the East
ern manufacturer; to be denied the West
ern producer and consumer.
No man of business brains will pretend
that the Republican party is in any danger
Of being without a vocation, or an occupa-
ton, on the ground that "the ground has
been cut from under its feet" when the
Democratic party is found enacting sec
tional one-sided protection measure, like
the Mills bill, which retains the American
policy Of protection for tho products and
Goods of the East and South and denies its
benefits to the West. We are inclined to
,uspect that this kind OF Democratic iegis-
alton will rapidly bear fruit in some
kriking object lessons serving to prove
hat the Republican party on the plat
arm of a fair tariff all around for both
raw materials and finished goods is
vsrv lively corpse. II the Democracy so
bevond this policy of one-sided protection
far manufacturers with free raw materials
and give the country both free wool and
trae WOODEN goods, free ores and free iron
manufactures We suspect that IN that
event the Republican party will be very
t,valv CORPSE in the instruction of both
I.hor and capital that will follow.
chauncey Depew asked q Democratic
s.,ard II his party seriously intended to
excise protection from the tariff laws Of
N. country. The reply was in sub
.,.nce that the platform and plan of cam
r,i,n were q shibboleth TO get in on. not
-.,;cv To stand on. Undoubtedly the
:...rt;on of the Democratic leaders is TO
s,.v in power; and they ara quite equal
- the hypocrisy of running the govern
,,.nt for the next four years largely within
~. line, of the Republican tariff policy,
.ra then saying impudently at the end OF
-. GEARS. "Behold the results of our
...sF r.form." During Cieveland's first
- the country was governed both
snance and the tariff. within
-. lines of Republican policy; it
~. not until 1887 that Cleveland began to
a tariff reformer. favoring free raw
s~,ar;als and protection 10 finished goods.
Ts., wss we'll enough as bid or bride for
.,sction; he knew his reform could not
..,ed but today Cleveland has been
- and his hand is now expected TO
IKE good the promises OF his mouth to
Eastern manufacturer; his accepted
.a .;,s must be enacted as part of his policy;
IN branches of the new congress are
ocratic. and there viii be no excuse
enactment of tariff reform.
- ! ra. democracy can no longer pose as
.,;o.. the power and responsibility
10th in their hands. They have
sse .a5 the box. seized the whip ana
"a are bound 10 drive forward or
fe'.' u,;,h the fail knowledge that the
' ga !. theirs If they ditch the team
s IAN not halt; the Eastern manu-
...rers will below increasingly Tor the
If the bride of free raw ma
endSsi -, that .~-x ia heard the