Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-04-08
A TELLING SPEECH.

A,p,ov,aano. phod. leland on ss,u,.
asv last there was AN immense outpourine
If The Democrscv of The state which was
addressed NV Ex, President Cleveland and
other dis,;ngpisbed sne.kers
Mr. CLEVELAND held the onnonents Of De.
m.cr.cv 10 the tariff isspe and refused To be
diverted into the discus ion of silver and
other like tonics of minor importance-
.TsriF raforu he sa,d ala the sbibboletb
ef true Democracy and the test of LOYALTY To
the naoni.,s cspas - II ia n matter he con.
tended or GOOD morals. Common honesty
and Justice demand that the taxing system
of the country should not be perverted into
u scheme for the enrichment Of the rich at
the expense of the impoverished masses
"Our opponents" saic the leader OF the De.
mocracy, must, in the coming national can
vass, settle accounts with rs on the issue Of
tariff reform. II will not do for them to saw
10 rs that this ia an old and determined con.
tention. The Ten Commandments are thou.
sands of years old, but they and the doc.
trine of tariff reform will be taught and
preached until mankind and the Republican
party shall heed the Injunction. Thou shalt
not steal, Il doubtless would please our
aaycrsaries II we could be a,lured from our
watch and guard ever the cause of tariff
reform TO certain other objects. thus forfeit.
ing the peop,e's trust and confidence. The
national Democracy will hardly CRAFTY this
wish and turn its back upon the peeples
cause to wander after false and unsteady
lights in the wilderness Of doubt and dan.
ger"
Mr.. Cleveland reviews the history of the
tariff controversy since 1885 TO show that
the Democratic party's advocacy of tariff
reform is unouestionsbly sincere. ain the
beginning Of the struggle" said the speaker,
1--WE were not only bitterly opposed BY
great party of ayowed enemies. but were
embarrassed by those In our ow a ranks who
had become infected with the unwLolesome
atmosphere our enemies had created. We
hesitated not a moment boldly TO encounter
both. We unifea our party, not by ANY
surrender to the hall. hearted among our
members, bot 10 an honest appeal To Demo
cratic sentiment and conscience. We have
never lowered our standard" The defeat
of 1883 did NOT cause the abandon menl of
the issue The day alter that disaster the
party was still undismayed, defiant and de-
termined. The reward was not long de.
fsrred AT the Waterloo Of $780," said the
speaker, atarif reform had its yindlcaton
and priBciple and steadiast devotion to
American fairness and good faith gloriously
trumphed over plausible stiffness and at
tempted popular deception. The Demo.
cratic party still champions the cause which
defeat could not cause il TO surrender, which
no success short of complete accomplish.
msnt can tempt il TO neglect"
With great force Mr. (,levela.d aen;c,s
the cruel disappointments inflicted upon
thoss who looked with hope to the McKin.
ley bill-ihe tariff refrnl" as the Republi-
cans Understand it. 1t has brought injury
ID almost every interest. "Fhe consumer"
it is held, "hss found life harder, and II
there is workman anywhere who has had
his wages increased by virtue OF its opera
LiOn he has not vet made himself knoWn