The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-08-27
CHANGED TO CLEVELAND.
A Lifelong Republican Turns Demo-
erat on the Tariff.

Chester D. Burrows, Jr., wealthy whole
sale and retail provision dealer, OF Brooklyn,
New York, has left the Republican party and
Joined the Cleveland forces.
In 1888 Mr. Burrows was a Republican
e1ector ana the President of the Republican
League of the Fifteenth Ward, where he is
still a member of the association, and from
which he will soon resign and put on the
armor of the Democracy. Some OF the he
publican leaders, including Secretary OF the
Navy Tracy, have heard with regret that Mr..
Burrows has decided to desert the q. o. r.
after years of faithful service and join the
Democratic ranks, and they are naturally
alarmed. Their CONSERVATION is increased
by rumors that between two hundred and
three hundred other Republicans in the Fit
teenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards will
follow Mr.. Burrows's example, and are max
ing heroic efforts to eounteract the effects OF
the stampede.
In am interview on Monday Mr.. Burrows
said;
'sFor the past three years have been seri.
ously considering the ACCESSIBILITY of joining
the Democracy. You might say was born
"A Republican. ! don't think there was II
Democrat in my family. | always voted the
Republican ticket. have been studying the
tariff question for several years have
watched the operation of the Mckinley bull
carefully. The effect of the high protective
tariff is the cause Of my resolution to become
a Democrat The tendency of the bull is to
create lnonopolies to the detrimeut of smaller
business interests. 1t tends to the centrali
cation of large interests in the hands OF a few
men, Protection has been the issue of the
Republican party for several years. But
don't see how or where it protects. Instead
of benefiting the masses it has fostered the
formation of monopoies and injured the
growth of American institutions. Owing to
its centralizing tendency it is almost lmpossi-
BILE now for young men to enter business for
themselves, as they cannot compete with
monopolies. prefer the tariff plank i'll the
Democratic platform because | believe 1t will
have tendency to check the formation OF
monopolies. ! don't believe in free trade.
| think the Government should have a tariff
for revenue, but not the high protective tariff
indorsed by the Republican party. ! do not
believe in opening the foodgates to allow
foreign countries to send their goods free to
America, and | am sure that is not the mean
ing of the Democratic tariff plank.
AFTER some years of careful study and re-
Election have resolved, solely on account of
the tariff, to join the Democracy permanently.
| am not an Independent nor a Mugwump.
| think Cleveland made good president, and
| indorse his administration and views, but
cannot agree with the high-tariff views of
President Harrison.
at is reported that large number Of Re-
pubicans in Brooklyn have decided to vote
for Cleveland. Is that so p asked the re-
porter.
Il am told that in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Wards there are between
two hundred and three hundred who will. |
could give the names of at least one hundred
of them. The most of them have, like myself,
been allied with the Republicans for many
years. The high protective tariff has convert
ed them to Democracy. After a careful com
putation think Cleveland will carry Brooklyn
by &c, 900 majority, and if ! were betting
man ! would wager that he would carry this
State.