New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-05

bnt something has happened Since last Tuesday
they have been demoral1ed and almost on the run.
inv ieuer OF acceptance discloses figure which Our
aporiHhal friends OF the far West would describe
Man'Afraid- of His Platform" and the party
| gaScs IN perplexlty ana alarm on a candidate who
accepts its nomination, but has not yet shown either
inc cannor TO accept or the courage TO repudlate It's
| principles.
mean to speak OF Mr.. Cleveland with that
| respect which all right thinking American people
wish to show for one who has passed supreme
ordeal. and been declared by majority OF
! American votes worthy 10 be the Chief Magistrate
OF this Nation. But 1t cannot be disrcspectfu and
! II Is obviously truthful TO say that Mr.. Cleveland
now acts toward the platform OF his party as If he
were afraid that II he should venture to step on 1t
| II would break through. The three distinctly vital
! points In the platform state Bank currency,
| Reciprocity and the Tariff on two Of them his
letter Is absolutely silent while he writes all around
and about the third through onehalf his whole
| letter. without being able to say in straight
| forward language whether Protection is unconsttu-
| tional, as his party declares IT, or right and eX-
| pcdcnt, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
declared II.
But he does tell us that Tariff Reform Is still his
purpose That is TO say. the business Of the country
must have peace everything must be once more UNI
settled. and the whole tariff must be turned over again
TO be tlnkered by Congress Of that party which at
Chicago declared by nearly two.thrds majority for the
/ English against the American system, and pro
nounccd Protection unconstitutional.
He might well have stepped boldly upon the plat
! form II would have looked better. and could not
have resulted worse; for what he does say brings him.
whether he likes ii or not. srach, TO the platforms
conclusion: ave declare II to be fundamental prnc
pie Of the Democratic party TINT the Federal Govern
ment has no constitutional power to Impose tariff
duties, except for the purposes Of revenue only. We
denounce the Mckinley tariff as the eliminating atroc
nj Ipoi.l atio and mis- Ifs -
! Are even the Democratic business men of Boston
eager just now this year next year, for an en-
! tertanment like that
In vain, after this does the candidate plead apollo
getlcally that his party wages cXcrminatlng war
against any American Interests. As well might he
plead that his partys demand for the repeal Of the
10 per cent tax on state Bank circulation makes no
/ threat against the National currency. He says he
wants TO change things BY reforming the tarif. The
party gives It's pledges TO the country the sort OF
reform its Congressman Mr. Cleveland but Its Congress
! would make; tariff for revenue only, any other
being unconstitutional He tries to quiet alarm by
saying Free Trade is impossible Certainly Eng
land says The same thing; and maintains most rgidy
Just the sort OF tariff Mr. Clevelands platform demands
"A tariff for revenue only. In vain is the net spread
In the sight OF any bird. No qualifications or omls
slons vague generacs and assurance OF harmless
Intentions blind the Of voters to the fact that
| however much MIR. Cleveland may regret 1t. an
honorable man he is bound hand and foot the plat
form OF his party at Chicago, Just as all the world
knows that he is TO day bound to the OF rumphan
! Tammany In NewYOrk.
/ Never since 1864 have our opponents disclosed so
plainly the real spirit that controls their majority and
! their actual ncapacity to comprehend their country
or their times In 1864 their resolutions declared
that the for the Union was failure; and within
IA fortnight the world had heard the answer as Sher
took possession OF Atlanta and sheridan's troop,
swept through the valley OF the Shenandoah. Now
/
constitutional denounce tla, Mckinley tariff promise
Its repeal, deny that there has been any increase OF
prosperity since 1t went into operation and declare
on tne contrary, that The Republican policy fosters
Industry much aS that Of The Sheriff. Before the
campaign Is fairly started comes the from Mr.
Ueveland's own Commissioner OF Labor statistics that
during The last year, in TIE State OF New York. wages
have advanced and production has increased Next
CONES his own superintendent Of the Bank Department
who reports fet That the deposits OF worhngmen IN
the savings banks have increased. and second that
aS dS OF the v ~GnS%s s th' Sa b Ssa
hgd S hS h Ep'rpF LAD ,4 IN ' S GnT r S
Work With lis eliminating atrocss, the real and
p.Itonl properly OF ne state have increased over
tse reports by Mr. syeSd own S 10 % a
on,C1as into the breiest ta3ular form, we have the
This yca?s Democratic official reports in Mr. Cleve
lands own state oil New-fork:
Net Increase OF wages .............. S0,3T792 90
Net increase OF production. ......... 3l.3i5 1870 Us
Increase OF savings bank deposits 1872 AZ -
/ Net sum Invested during t.e year In 1900
building and loan assJciations...... lo.7e972O 90
Increase In The valuation OF lhe real ---o oo
and personal property Of the state. 32,3i7733 90
Tgch cI:.c inc Cihcn pors from Maoaach seiis,
| NcwJelsy and elsewhere. showing slbsantL,ih.
gene al prosperity. We deny that there Ia, bel any
ncleaSs Of ro.pc'y snce the Menlney BAL Wet mt
las been 'ass MI CleNcaids Commissioning Of lao
statistics. There has tecn. says hi nnk Commi,
confirm II al Well may Mr Cevcland r.p-a, to HI,
Moab 10 Hanun the Prophet :" took thee to CURSE
.:acl. aud behold, thou last bless him alto-eth r."
about reversing the esiabisl,d Currents Of taIih
and trade and currency which merely affect the lniIl
unIn pol tant and that the ONLY vital Issue IN this
caIIptign Is whether The Fedefnl Government shall
permitted TO regulate the election VI Federal officers
If Is. then. according 10 the democratic platform re-
publican government In the United States Is doomed
ii (, Gilcut t. believe that opponents expect TO be
taken ,eiouSly III such proposition The real question
involved is. Shall every citizen Of The United states,
% y yOq 10 oS = Rh ReubcnHs
The DemocrarIe platform pra'ealy SAYS ,t, 10; DR. 81,
otto to his piltfoTm. Now, If ms Democratlc OF,
lion mem It ms.s t99 ,h nnCao4 Of
o. the UIcd state. Is Massachusetts ready for lha
Here was tlne when nuli.ic, tion came naturally
nom the Democratic party but the Of the MasSa
cets mon who favored 1t hnye N Gfen ever coro, ' me-
NIX dness OF thcr dig a. fathers; -, l.,
There !, another Question Of real c9mmand ,h m
again a posses the seas Ths Republican pnry say,
cnthu as,ically Yes, and points 70 the belnning; IL
has made II has frankly adopted the methods other
nation; have found necessary and has voted SUBSIDIES
To- our ship. carrying malls: We have even IN
vadcd the most holly contested Held Two oI the
fastest and largest ships In the void havf been Sc
cured for transatlantic line; four more Hre to be
constructed In our shipyards beginning ana even
viii these sin we shall nvc lnr equal TO uit pest
that enters English ports That Is the Rep naii,,n
noeltion on the subject What does the DcmNih,ic
ppI,ifo,m say about it, So'iinh. What does NJ"
/ tleveland say about itl Nothing VIVA does Boston
| ,t.ta,,.,
tha, does not find Il needfu to SANDER the country
thai doe, rot seek for caanics and does lt3l ''t'
Its own defeat In tie general prosperity. iherr -
one party that has rOtlne to conceal ana tiet y
u.I,, g. means IL las rCninCcs who are not aifalu d
II. n-inciple, Il /, not trying 10 succtci ~ ctluh
one part o. the country to vtc Dr rs pauoi'' @nu
th,r par TO vot, only for lts cf!dai's IL >t'IS
cVervwi,ar. for protective tanh a." wants no ~,
] - hnnnsi money. an