The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-28
rHE HARRISON CURRENT.


1Turat HaIsteed Proves That 1t IL Flow
tng Stronger Than Ever.
Stronger than ever the constant cur
rent for Harrison flows. There has not
been for more than year an obstruc-
ton or an eddy in the steady stream of
events providing commanding forces
for second term of national admins
tration by Harrison.
The nomination of Mr.. Cleveland was
a bid by Democrats for conservative
support, and 1t has aroused the ALI
snces in the south to opposition, seri-
ously threatening the solidity Of that
section for the Democracy.
The strike agftations In this country
are as much exaggerated abroad as the
European cholera is sensationalized here,
but they have gone far enough with us
to show that the Democratic partisans
had greater reason than the Republicans
to be alarmed about their political influ-
ence. The strikes have testified to our
industrial and commercial prosperity
under the protective system, and it Is
prevalent public opinion that there can
be no safer, no stronger administration
than Harrison's.
| There has been Democratic effort to
change the scene and the issue Of the
national political contest-to locate the
decision in the northwest and insist
upon fighting the force bill. But it is
the tariff issue that rises up incessantly,
and the state Of New York that draws
with the attraction OF gravitation.
Democratic concern ~ to the purposes
of Senator Hill amounts to dismay.
Tammany is unequivocally for Cleve-
land, but Hill has not taken his place at
the head of tho procession. His vote on
the silver bill for free silver after the
Chicago platform was the party law has
been deep mystery. There has been
added to it the publication of state sta
) tistics showing officially, on Democratic
authority, the increase of wages oil
wor1ingmen in New York since the
Mckinley law took effect. Labor Com
missioner Peck, who makes the report
is close friend of Hill, and had just
seen him before giving out the figures &c
fatal TO his party. Does this candol
amount to treason? Can it show thai
i Hill means to strike Cleveland1 That {
cruel knocking down and out blow ha'
been delivered there is no doubt.
Coincident with the statistics, which
: are deadly dose for the Democracy
comes the home speech of Mr.. Steven
son, which unreservedly places the tariff
and involved labor and wages question:
in the first place, and then aggressiyel,
includes a subject SO tremendous tina
-, others cease TO DO distinguishable. Thi
does not obscure the consideration O
the tariff, for it at once supplements ant
magnities that issue.
= Stevenson's point is, 1t would be 9Th
essence Of Justice to restore the inter
l nal revenue war tax on our home manu-
features that one year yielded $121 goo,
900. and other war taxes of the sam
character, the income tax among them
}. This is adding tho platform Of Oman
= to that Of Chicago, and would grind tn
, manufacturing industries between til
u upper and neither millstones Of free trad
4 and special war taxation and grind theI
j.. very fine.
The speech of Stevenson making thi
4 shocking suggestion was delivered in
t mediately after he had been in consults
!. ton with the Democratic managers i
J, this city, AMI gains significance fror
u that fact.
G Taken in connection with the labo
commissioners report Of tho inforlna
tion gathered from manufacturers i
o New York, its influence upon bushes
+ men on the deciding questions in tn
decisive state, and indeed all tho mani
= featuring states. must be considerabl
eI if not conclusive.
? Republicans greet President Harrisc
with cheerful confidence and warrante
10 assurances that matters and things al
going his way with accelerated velocit.
-Murat Halstead in New York Herald