The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
"THE MAN OR THE PLATFORM"
A Word to the Chicago Delegates from Hon.
Seab Wright of Rome.

Seab Wright of Rome.
Rome, Ga, May 29.-(Special.) Hon.
| editor of The Rome Tribune, has word
to say in regard to the action of the late
state convention. Mr.: Wright says:
Leaving out Hon; Fleming, duBignon and
II. Richardson and Hon. Dupont Query were
elected by the state convention delegates TO
the national democratic convention, avowedly
Cleveland men. 1t is equally certain that
immediately after their election the conven-
ton adopted platform directly opposing
The two " % the dee
Which is the 70 greater of the two, the plat,
tives of a hundred thousand Georgia demo
Gratis. or Mr.. Cleveland, of New York?
The issue is squarely made; what do the
gentlemen propose to do about it2
In 1883 the great democratic party adopted
no platform. Bndy cropping in the darkness.
1t planted itself upon the back 1 Of one man
ural consequence was, that Hercules and the
party both landed in the ditch.
Do the gentlemen propose to repeat the
comic performance of 'S8, or stand by their
state platform and vote for no man not in
sympathy with every plank?
Cleveland personally All would support him
gladly, upon u sound democratic platform.
The trouble is the democrats Of Georgia differ
with Mr. Cleveland upon great questions of
party policy. For instance. the democrats
of Georgia, in convention assembled, endorsed
the Tree ana unlimited coinage Oh SILVER, WlIIl-
out dissenting vote. Cleveland opposes this
measure. viii the delegates to Chicago stand
for the man or the principle!
Tariff reform, advocated by Mr.. C1eve-
land and his supporters, L say it deliberately.
Is one of the lesser planks in the Georgia
platform. The reform demanded is the diff
ference between the Mills and Mckinley bills.
Let us see. ] quote from the Tariff Reform
Club of New York paper kindly furnished
me by Hon. Frank Richardson,
"Reduction of revenue by Mills's bill, &c.,
0O0, 900.
''Rcduction of revenue by McKinley's bill.
S5T, 900 900"
Included in reduction Of revenue by Mils's
bill is reduction OF internal revenue, $751;
600, 200.
This $4,000 600 deducted from 1000 900
leaves reduction of custom duties, 100000, 900.
InclIdcd in reduction Of revenue by Mckn-
Iey's bill IS:
Reduction intern Il revenue, 900.
This $7,000.0OO deducted from $57 100000
leaves reduction of custom duties, $50,000-
coo.
Reduction custom duties Mckinley bill,
S50.0oo,oo0. Difference between the two bills,
$1O,OO0000.
Receipts from duties on imports for year
1890 was S230,000,0o0
Reduction of $4,000. 600 difference between
Mills's and McKinley's bills is a little over
per cent in favor of Millss bill.
This Is an average reduction. difference
on different articles, Mr.. Mills proposing free
wool and Mr. Mckinley free sugar and so on.
The Mills bill undoubtedly making the tariff
to bear less heavily upon the masses of the
But take the average. There are 100000
Iab0ring men in Georgia to whom n 4per-
cent reduction OF the tariff would not mean
II saving OF 80 cents year, And yet after
this is all the relief Mr.. Cleveland and his
mugwump friends offer to the people.
Poverty in the crowded novels Of the city,
rags in the lonely cabin on the hillside and
this poor crust IS all that is offered.
Forty million dollars mortgages on Geor-
gin farms, cotton at cents, no money, the
old homestead going to wreck. and after all
these years Of waiting, you bring them this
little sop. tell you the vinegar laid upon
TN diving SaviOr's lips not more cruel
There are brave men, washed by the waves
of adversely out upon the bosom of the ocean,
tired with the struggle, they lift their weary
hands to you, and cry out, Help! help! ami
you push them straw and say. I'VE Will
give You another tomorrow, and by-and-by Il
raft will be built, and you can float to shore,
and their voices come back faint with the
struggle: Send the lfeboat or we sink to
the bottom of the sea.
Mr. Cleveland and adopted by the Georgia
convention, is one Of the lesser planks OF the
platform. Compare it, If you will, with the
demand for an increase in the circulation to
a sum sufficient to do the business or the
country. This means the doubling of the cir
culatiug medium. 1t would fall ike a behe-
diction upon an oppressed people Compare
IT, if you will, with the demand for the re-
peal of the 10 per cent tax on state banks,
which means more money, not Il brd-of-
passage currency, which lights for n moment
on the Old red hills of Georgia, then back
to its nest in the iron vaults of the north
and east Compare 1t, If you WILL with the
demand for an income tax, which means that
the untaxcd lcrdliug of the east shall help
Farmer John Smith. Of Georgia, bear the
burdens of this government. which means