Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-13

were q great aud substantial contribu-
tion to tariff reform and showed the
Fidelity Of q Democratic House to its
pledges, although powerless to carry its
measures into laws because OF Re-
publican Senate and executive"
The Governor said: THAT embarass-
ment, unfortunately for the country,
will no longer stand In the way OF the
Democratic party, ald its chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee. Both
the Senate and executive, as well rs the
House are In the hands OF the Demo-
cratic party; every restraint Is removed,
and we may, therefore. be sure, In the
language of the chairman OF the COM
mittee. that . general revision VIII
take place In the line OF these six bills
to which he has referred; and, as he
puts 1t, more bills of like character
will now not only be proposed In the
House, but will pass the Senate and be
approved by the executive. With this
record and these declared purposes be-
fore IL, the business world would be
singularly blind IL 1t had not felt and
showed its alarm.
so the two economic systems are
again on trial in Ohio this year. The
Republican party has renewed its ad-
herence to the system OF q protective
tariff, and the Democratic party has,
through it's platform, declared Its ad-
herence to free trade or tariff for rev.
enue only, and has put in nomination
gentleman who has been conspicuously
identified with the free trade wing OF
the Democratic party and Is the repre-
sentative of the most radical views upon
the subject.
What the Republican party means
by protection IT has interpreted In Its
legislation for the last thirty-three
years, and Its most receDt expression
upon that subject is found in the tariff
law OF 1891. So the people know what
the Republican party means by pro-
tective tariff, and would be glad to
know what the Democratic party means
in detail and with particularly by a
tariff for revenue only. 1t is fortunate,
therefore, that we have one so distln-
guished and able-the very author OF
the last Democratic national platform
itself-to advise the country exactly
what the party In power will DO with
the tariff. 1t has occurred to me, there
fore, to ask my distinguished compa-
triot what his tariff would do with the
law OF 1890 In detail"
The Governor then quoted utterances
OF Senator Brice at the jackson banquet
In Columbus, in which the Senator de-
cared that the Democratic adminlstra-
tion would put into operation the pro-
fession's OF faith upon which the canvass
was made. He then quoted from Presi-
dent Cleveland's message In August
showing how conditions had changed,
prosperity being followed by distress
and failure.
"This changed condition" the Gov
ernor said, lis not the result OF our
monetary system. Whatever evils, II
any, are to be found in that system,
they can in no way account Tor this
wholesale curtailment OF production
and dismissal OF employees from their
accustome workshops. The cause lies
dee per than all this, and II is found In
the fact that every one OF these great
industries is threatened with destruc-
tion by the party in power. You
cannot expect men to invest their
capital in producing for the
future when they do not know
what, that future will be. They can
only wait and see; but waiting is para
lying to the business OF the country
and brings distress to every man who
works for wages. Any adjustment OF
the tariff, however conservative, Is sure
to disturb every industry Of the coun-
try. 1t affects the cost OF production
and the price Of such product In the
market. The producer is, therefore,
unwilling to accumulate his product for
the future demand, the profit OF which
may all be wiped out by change In the
tariff.
The Governor spoke at considerable
length on the pension question, declar'
ed that the Democratic administration
has been unjust to the pensioners and
that no man should be condemned with
ont n hearing