The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-28

WASHINGTON, D, O., Feb. 27.-An ad.
dress was Issued to-day by the National
Association OF Democratic Clubs to the
Democratic clubs OF the country. ItiS,
in part, as follows:
The address of the National Associa-
tion of Democratic Clubs issued in
April last outlined the issues upon
which the contest OF 1902 must, it ap-
pears, inevitably be conducted.
We were not mistaken in the views
then expressed. The great battle was
pitched at every point upon the lines
indicated. The vital principle OF strict
construction was put at issue and 1t
was deliberately approved by great
majority OF the votes cast. Tho tariff
question, resolved and settled by the
application OF the rule embodied in the
10th amendment, is q question no
longer, Ii the overwhelming Judgment
of the people expressed at the polls Is to
be respected and obeyed by their repre-
aentatives.
The address quotes the language OF
the former address and continues:
"With great deliberation and solemn
emphasis the Chicago convention took
the same position.
"But while power steals readily and
almost imperceptibly from the manytc
the few, the progress OF reclamation is
ever painful and slow. The enormously
rich beneiiciaries OF the federalist
policy, taxing the many for the benefit
Of the few, circumscribing the industries
of tho mass to enlarge the license Of
class, are still in power as they have
been for moro than quarter OF CEN
tury They are in full possea.
sion OF tho monopolies, which
have enriched them as no privileged
class was ever before enriched in the
same length OF time and enabled them
to protect the party protecting them.
They will remain in power until q just
revision Of tax laws on the lines OF the
constitution, as decreed by the people
in tho lato election, shall lop OH their
undue profits and restore to the COM
mon people that proportion of their
own earnings which the federal govern
ment does not plainly require for OBJ
jects legitimate and specified. They
are banded still, as heretofore, in de-
fense OF their unconstitutional priv
-ileges. They will resist stubbornly at
every point aud stage, and tariff reform
tariff reform in Its whole wide
beueacient scope-as contemplated by
the Democratic party and the majority
OF the people, will be accomplished only
after fierce and prolonged struggle.
'The object OF this address is to urge
the Democratic people and those who
united with them at the election IN
November last to maintain perfect and
extend tho system Of associated Demo-
cratic societies whose recent service to
the great cause was so conspicuous, and
which must, until tho fruits of the late
victory are gathered, be required to
uphold the hands oi our official repre-
sentatives in tho long and desperate
struggle with private interests
which is still before them. A
Democratic Pre9idont and DEM
ocratic Congress will need in
tho next four yearg more than ever be-
fore the support Of a vigilant party and
an aroused people, represented in per-
lGCb OTBbllLHIlUu WuOao pTlHCl Iloh NHu
purposes are beyond any possible ques-
ton. A miscarriage in the elections of
1904, failure to return another large
tariff reform majority, would be Gala
nifty OF crushing magnitude. Against
this we can have no assurance eXceptin
u system OF Democratic clubs we'll
organized, active and aggressive in
every state where contest ia
to DO made, and their union in state
and national association. From the
good hour in which the national
convention OF Democratic clubs assem-
bled Mt New York in the first days ot
October last, tho election OF Cleveland
and Stevenson was seen to be beyond u
peradeenture. That magnificent assem-
blage OF active and patriotic men from
all parts OF the country. associated un-
der a simple declaration of axiomatic
Democratic principles, was q spectacle
60 striking and encouraging as to resolve
all doubts and IL is now very plain that
to the thousand Democratic clubs repre-
dented in the convention a too large
share Of credit for the final result can
not be accorded. Let us therefore be
better prepared in 1894 and 1906.
Yours truly
CHAUNCEY L. BLACK,