The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-28
10 Whom It May Concern.

10 Whom It May Concern.
Is 1t credible that any newspaper profess
Ing to be Democratic and to desire the
election Of the Democratic ticket should be
d6votlng Its energies at this time to the
alienation OF the hundreds Of thousands OF
Democratic voters who have made up their
minds TO stand by the party IN spite Of the
WArTERsoN-NEA tariff plank In the Chi
cago platform?
Yet there ore such newspapers. and they
are keen for the accomplishment OF their
incomprehenslble design. They nrc tho
Free Trade extremists. the single Issue
enthusiasts. tho no-compromise. last-ditch.
rule-Or-ruin apostles OF n theory which hns
clouded thoir intellec.s for the most obvious
considerations Of practical politics and
common senso. Mr.. CLEVELAND may
thank his stars that they are not
numerous, but what they lack in numbers
they mako up in fatuous zeal. Thry are
becoming holder and moro voluble ut the
very timo when they can do the most
damage. We find In some OF their recent
uttoranccs the text for few remarks of
q dogrrc OF Importance which no Sane DEM
ocrnt will DO disposed to underestimate.
Tho attempt Of the FREQ Trade journals
which hnve engaged in this enterprise Of
unprecedented folly is to persuade people
that no man Is Democrat. and no mans
vote Is wanted by the Democratic party. UNI
legs that mhn Is ready to affirm the unconsti-
tutionality and imm2raIav OF any tariff into
which enters the principle OF protection to
American industry. They would force. II
they could. upon tho party rs new
and final test OF Democracy the WATTERsoN
. NEAL plank as substituted at Chicago for
the resolution favored. If not framed. by Mr..
CLEVELAND. and reported to the Convcn-
tion by his friends and representatives.
They would read out OF tho party, II they
could. every one Of the thrco hundred and
forty-two delegates who voted against
the WATTERSoN-NEAL substitute and for
the resolution rs originally presented
to the Convention with Mr.. CLEvE-
. LANDS approval. They would read out
Of the party. II they could. every Demo-
cratic citizen who regrets that a majority
OF the Convention agreed to n change so
unwise II it was proposed in good faith.
30 sinister and reasonable If not proposed
In good faith and honest conviction
that the party's success required the
astounding declaration. And they are
8OAu8 oNou OF ldL I'D u assert uOU only LIHC
the WArrERsoN-NEAL plank does not mis-
represent Mr. CLEvELAND's personal opin-
Ions on the subject Of protection. but that
1t Is II anything too moderate and feeble as
an expression OF tho candidates. implacable
hostility to the interests OF American man.
ufactn-ers and American labor.
II that Is not what the Free Trade news
papers mean when they try to torture Mr..
CLEvELAND's sensible and adroit words ut
the Madison Square Garden. practically dis
missing from the canvass tho WArTERsON-
NEAL attack upon the constitutionnlty OF
= protection. into n declaration OF the cand-
dates belief that protection Is so odous and
ebominabe thing that unconstitutlonaity
IL the mildest charge that can be brought
against 1t. then we are at loss to know
what our esteemed contemporaries can
mean. so far from refusing to oppose the
protective tarilf as unconstitutional" saws
one wild Western Free Trader "he rises in
Ne tnfeHaity Of his opposition to a plane eren
abore the Constitution"
However. the opinions OF Mr.. CLEyE-
LAND respecting the protection Of American
industry have been conciscly and exactly
etsted by himself in tho document to which
the Free Trade extremists would now be
pointing as tho final formulation of the
Democratic faith II the WArrERsoS-
NEAL substitute had been rejected
at Chicago and If the CLEVELAND.
WHTTNEY-JoNEs resolution had been re-
tained. We refer to tho celebrated thrift
message OF 1887. in which rrotcctionist
Democrats have found 10 much to tleplore,
and In which the Free trade extremists have
,1, 10
OF the phrasoology OF that message with
ehc terms OF tho resolution which Mr..
CLEVELAND desired to have adopted u.
Chicago. will servo double purpose. 1t
Will show just where Mr.. CLEVELAND stuud,
with regard to protection; and it will throw
some light on tho authorship OF the modcr-
ate and sensible tariff plank reported to tho
Convention by Major JONES. with tho an
,provai OF Mr. WHITNEY and his principal ut
Gray Gables.
Speaking In his message OF Dec. O, 1887, OF
the customs revenue. President CLEVELAND
used language which 1t Is impossible TO
miaunderstand:
III Dot proposed to entirely relieve the country of
shh nsA'isa. 1t must be extensively continued as
the source Of shs Governments income; and in A r.
adjustment Of eur tariff tho interests of American
labor snsaSsd In manufacture should he carefully CON-
Edsrsd, - vsn ss the preservation of our mAnufuc
sursrs "oy b called protection. BY any other name
But relief from tho hAd,hps and dangers Of our pr..
vss laws shoald be devised with especial prsca
Won Asaass 'mpsriins the existence Of our manut.o
Surins intsrsstI"
ms from tho man who. as tho Free
Graders would have tho country believe.
goes even further than the WArrsRsoy.
NEAL fanatics In his fierce hatred and ab-
horronoe OF protection! Compare the OK
tract from Mr.. CLEvELANp's message az
1887 With the text OF tho resolution of 1892
offered to the Convention by Mr.. CLgyE-
LANDS representatives and set aside in
favor OF the wATfERsoy-NE lunacy:
"But In making reductions in take. IL ia NO, ,,o
posed 70 inJuTs any domestic indusrles bu, ra,h.r u,
promote shstr healthy growth From tho foundation q,
this 0svvSnment the taxes collected At thu vu.tom
Hoaos hsvs been the chief Of Federal revenue
Such they must continue to be- Moreover many in.
trfa hay IN rally