New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-18
HON. ABOUT THOSE CALdMITIES :

II is already apparent that the leaders OF the
| Democratic party are troubled to Know what to
do with their victory. So far, Of course, ~
Tammany Hall and the Murphy organiza-
ton arc concerned there is no CONSERVATION,
Tor even doubt. To these exc llcnt citizens
the event of last week meant offices, and the
torso Injunction OF our ncghb0r, 1.-The New
York sun "Adlai get your axe, contains
fer them the whole of the law and the prophets
But there are influential Democrats to whom
scnso Of responsibility in the present situation
il not wanting and their hroWs are ALREADY
overcast with anxictics They realize that
thor Ia,ty has received a comm sson from the
people 70 make god the professions and ciaImN
on which Cleveland was elected. They recall
The language If their Chicago platform that
Protection is a fraud that it Is "a fuEd1-
mental principle OF the Democratic party thai
the Federal Government has no power 10 i'm
rose and collect tariff duties except for the
rurpCsc o. revenue only; that the Mckinley
bill Is the eliminating at,octy of class legs
atiCn" and that they "promise It's repeal as
enc of tie bonel cent results that will follow the
action of the pc pie in intrusting power to the
Dcmcc ate partv.'
tons a1d assurances. They arc straightior-
varl. uaequivocal and apparently earnest. The
campagn was conducted on them. ard the
People were told that Frcc-Tmdc Iariii
would make everything cheaper, while there
would be no decrease Of earnings. no los'cnln9
of production and no fa'ling-off in the demand
lo- labor. It was denied that Prot" eli N upheld
wage. II was asserted that ia benefits &C
crued only to plutoc! as and 0thrr undcS"lvln@
persons. The people believed thoSe things.
and have authorized tho Democratic party T.
exec t. is platform. The vo'c' Of their in
S;ruCt on has scare il died away hcf)lc Dem
ocratic clam0r arises for time to reflect and
consider We are told that there is n hurry.
Why, isn't the country going hop. skip and
lump TO the dogs? Haven't there bon " ten
reductions of the wage, Of lahoring mon to ono
incielse' since the now tariff went int elect.
ana isn't this deadly rtrogrcSSion ing on
all the while? Don't our friends call the
dulncs> AID distress tho wage roduc IONS ard
strikes thcy hmcnt'd in tecir pl1tfoim? D~ni
they remember the acute anguish with which
thcy called attention TO the houses and farms
! buyil ncd with q mortgage debt Ol $1,000
! coo. 900? Don't the remember that in orr
| Of the chief agricultural states OF The Wet
| there appears a real estate morlgag debt
Averaging $3.50 Per capita Of the populaton,'
aad don't they know that the existing R'pub-
! lean y. Icy " fosters 10 industry 50 much n
! that OF the Sheriff.? These are the claims on
which they elected their candilatfS SuTly. if
| ,hcy believe Whit thcy said. thy can't wait
an ssary hour before breaking down tho
syst IN which has ccatcd and i. adding con
stanty t. this long catalogue OF woes.
The Democracy must come forward immcdi-
atoy with Il Frcc-Tradc Tariff or 1t must ac
| knowledge Itself 20 be cowa'dly and inSinccrc.
1t cannot back and ILL., tamp0rizc and play.
at legislation. 1t cithet means what it said
nj Chicago or il dcc.n't If il docs, the cllam-
| tiles it described are too shocking and general
/ 70 admit Of delay in removing them. If it
! doesn't. and if there are 10 such calamtleS,
the victorious party is a humbug and has
achieved lis triumph by misrepresentation and
! fraud. 1t will do well to spend a portion Of
the time il is demanding il reflection upon this
| homcly sentence Of Abraham LincJln's: You
can fool some Cf the people all the time, and
! all the icOplc some of The time, but you can't
| fool all the people all the tme'