Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-08

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ton of the current year will he 100 mu,Q0O
pounds, and that by the end Of the year
our production will ba at the rate Of 2uQ'
uun mn pounds per annl,m.
Another industry that has been practi-
caIlv created by the Mckinley bill is the
making Of pearl buttons. Few articles
coming to us from abroad ware So dis
tinctly tho product If Starvation wages,
hut, without unduly extending this letter,
! cannot follow III detail the influences of
the tariff law Of LOO 1t has transplanted
several important industries aud cStab-
lished them here and has revidcd or on
larged all others The act gives to the
miners protection sgainst foreign silver
bearing lead ores, the free introduction Of
which threatened tho great mining indus
tries nf the Rocky Mountain States; and TO
the wool growers protection for their
lccccs and locks which has saved them
from further and disasteroIs decline.
The House Of Representatives, 1t itR last
session, passed hills placing these ores and
wool unon the free list, The people Of tho
west we'll know how destructive to their
prosperity these measures would be, This
tariff Law has given employment 70 many
thousands VI American men and women,
anl will eacn vcnr give employment to
iaHtnasiRg thousands, Its repeal would
throw thousands ont Of employment and
give work to others only at reduced wages
ENLARGEMENT or TIiR FREE List.
shrcwdly, but not quite fairly, our adj
vcr4nrieS speak only of the increased
duties imposed upon tin, pearl buttons aud
other articles b. the Mckinley bill, aud
omit altogether any reference to the great
and beneficial enlargement Of the free list.
During the last fiscal wear 1865, uOn.77l
worth Of merchandise, or hj.a5 per cent of
utr tutal impoTtatipus came III free itlIe
largest percentage IN our history, while
in 1889 the per cent Of free impqriBtious
was only Stig per cent, The placing Of
sugar upon the free list has saved u the
consumer in duties in fifteen months, after
paying the bonptics provided for, $50
ufttob This relief has been substantially
left IN every household, upon every SDtur-
days purchase of the workngman.
one Of the fayorlte arguments against
protective tariff is thar il shuts us out from
II participation III what Is called with
swelling emphasis "tbn markets Of tho
world. IL this view is rot a false one how
does i happen that nur commercial com
petitors are not able 10 bear with more
serenity our supposed surrender tothfm Of
| the markets of the world ~ and how docs,
| il happen that the partial loss Of uiir
market closes foreign tinpinte mills and
| Plush factories TINT still have other
| markets. Onr natural advantages our
! protective tariff and the reciprocity policy
| make il possible for us 70 have a large par.
| ticpHtion III the markets Of the world
I without opening our own 10 n competition
| that would destroy the comfort aud indie
| pundencr OF our people,
The resolution Of the convention in
favor Of bimclalisnl declares, ] think, the
! true and necessary conditions of move
| meMt that has upon these lines my cordial
adherence and support, J am thoroughly
| convinced that the free coinage of silver 1T
such u ratio TO gold as will maintain their
| equality in their commercial uses Of the
Two coined dollars would conduce to the
| prosperity of all the great producing and
commercial nations Of the world. The
one essential condition is that these dollars
| shall have and retain an equal aecepta-
bility and value in all commercial trans
actions, They are not only q medium OF
exchange, but q measure OF values; and,
| when two unequal measures are called in
| law by the same name commerce is unset
tied and confused, and the unwary and
commercial value will not circulate to
gether. The better dollar is Withdrawn
and becomes merchandise,
THE ALABAMA ELECTION.
1t seemed to inc that an appeal to our
people to consider the question of re
adjusting our legislation upon absolutely
fair non partisan lines might find some
effective response Many times | have
had OCCASION to say the laws and election
methods, designed to give unfair ad
Nantsges to the party making them, would
some time be used to p!erpetnate IN power
q faction of party against the will Of the
majority of the people. OF this we seem
to have an illustration in the recent state
election in Alabama. There was no Re
publican ticket in the field. The contest
was between white Democrats. The Kohl
party say they were refused the repre-
scntation guaranteed by law upon thu
election boards and that, when tina courts
ny mhnuamus, attempted to right thit
wrong, an appeal that could not be heard
antil after the election made the writs in
Gfieetual. Ballot boxes were thrown gu
tor alleged Irregularities or destroyed, am
II is asserted. on behalf of one.half, u
least, Of the white voters Of Alabama tina
the officers to whom certificates have beer
given were not honestly elected
There il no security for the personal o
political rights Of amy man in commun
ity where any other man is deprived of hi
personal or political rights. The power 0
tho states over tho question of qualillca
ton Of electors Is ample to protect then
against the dangers OF an ignorant or lie
PRAYED suffrage, and the demand tina
every man found to 10 qualified under tn
law shall be made secure in the right /,
l Ctlpl ~ llCC uAllllL AlIN 10 nave IHht DullD
honestly counted cannot be abated. On
old Republican hattle-Cry, "A free balin
and Il fair count" comes back to u.s. no
only from Alauama, but from other state
and from men who differing with II
widely in opinions, have come to see tina
parties and political debates are bur
nockerr if, when the debate is ended, til
Judgment of honest maiorities IL TO be RI
yersed by ballot box frauds and tally sheC
manipulatlons in the interest of the part
Dr party faction in power. These ne,
political movements IN the states and tn
recent decisions in some of the state court
against unfair hppOrtianment laws, on
courage the hope that the arbitrary an
partisan election laws and practices whc
nave prevailed may be corrected by til
, states, the laws made equal and non-partl
san and the elections free and honest. III
Republican party would rejoice at such
solution, rs a healthy md patriotic i1ca
sentiment is the best assurance OF free an
honest elections, shall again urge mo
, congress that provision be made for III
appointment Of q non partisan commit
sion to consider the subject Of appurtio.
lnentS ana y eefinng IN their relation to III
Choice IT Federal oliicers.
CIVIL SERVICE
The civil service system has been e!
J tended and the LAM enforced with yigo
c aud impartiality There has been n
I partisan juggling with the law in amy
E the departments ar bureaus as had hptoI
I happened but appointments to the class
! fed service have been made impartial
+ from the eligible lists. The system no,
\ in force IN all the departments has, fc
e The first time, placed promotions strictl
g lpou the bass of merit, as asGertainei b
g q daily record and the efficiency Of Il
y force thereby greatly increased.
ORR FOREIGN pnEIFY
\ 1t has been the purpose of the adm mi
Il tration to make lis foreign policy not
= matter Of partisan politics, but