The sun., 1893-07-27
No jumping on!

Governor WILLIAM ]. STONE OF Missoui
made the principal speech at meeting c
Kansas City and st. Joseph Democrats lns
Saturday: and vigorous speech IL was
Governor STONE showed the interest OF
loyal Democrat In the tariff for revenu
only. but another part OF tho Democrat
platform he seems 20 have forgotten.
"Mr President" he asked. what ha
become OF tariff reform? Last year every
body was talking about the tariff On ever,
hillside. in every vallev, bearded men anc
lovely women clustered. and with waving
banners they marched and countermarchet
with flaming torches In their hands. al
because they were convinced they were
wronged and impoverished by the tariff"
He spoke earnestly OF tho great Demo
cratic Issue OF 1892. and insisted that II
ehould not be evaded in ls93
-B.isrns thA, though there were other thing,
wrong. and that needed to be rlghted this tarii In
iqsty this monsrous system OF iega,ed robbery had
for more than quarter OF century been the chefest
Of ali agencies bringing disaster to our homes and
unitng in this belief one of the most memora.
be struggles of modern tmea hut when the went
down in November that great contest all over tho
land the people hreathed sigh OF relief Light and
hspe were the sky. Never did sunset fall ban
psrs borne more happily or proudly Than oura But
scarcely have four months passed since the Democratic
sfncials were inaugurated under tho imperative
date Of tho people. till sudden and startling change
Swesps over the horizon of dreams and the tarn
question seems to have got lost In the shuo Gentle
men. the hoKiSLrr bill Is still the books: limo
Or syllable II changed Is still fettered
We were told that merchant marine would
appear and bear starry banner jaunt,y and tri.
umphanty over every High tarn sits undisturbed
and unmolestsd with its braEon crown on Its brow.
my follow citizens. playing hide and seek'
In plain Anglo Saxon. wero lying when We talked
this tariff and thrust forward the one great
issus which interests rested, ANEW issue has
bsen sprung. All the Ills the body polite heir to are
BOW attributed to the SHERMAN law. six months ago
It was tho tariff"
The Democratic party" continued Gov
ernor STONE. was headed for tariff reform,
when wild. mad hurricane came out OF
Wall street and struck US amidships; and
now we are scudding away, only the devil
knows where" Which means that Governor
STONE does not believe In repeating the
SHERMAN law. To use his own words
against him. in plain Anglo-Sa1on were the
Democrats lying when they put this dec
laration into the Chicago platform?
I'VE denounce tho Republican legislation known as
tho SHERMAN act of 1890 \ cowardly Inakeshift
frausht with possibilities OF danger in tho future
which should make u o: i:s supporters well Its
author. anxious for Its repeal"
The dangers predicted have come. and |
Congress has been summoned to deal with |
them. The repeal Of the cowardly make
shift is an obligation Of honor to every |
Democratic Senator and every Democratic |
Representative in Congress who is not will
ing to help his party to write itself down
q liar. shameless breaker OF promises.
The obligation to bring to an end the spolia-
tion and robbery called protection. and
to provide the constitutional method of
taxation has not been diminished. as Gov
ernor STONE seems to suppose. by the tenn
porarily or seemingly more pressing
obligation to repeal the SHERMAN act.
Tie first step. at least. toward the
new system OF revenue will be taken
ut the session called for the special pur.
pose Of clearing up tho financial sit,la-
ton. but not restricted from perform
Ing. 30 far as it can. the task Of clearing up
the economic situation. 1t may be that the
financial results OF a change in the system
|
much more important and far-reaching
than those to be expected from the repeal
of the SHERMAN act: but the Democrats
nave been elected to carry out certain poll
cies. weighed by themselves and by the peo-
pie and not to be abandoned timorously
and dishonorably without a trial. Good
faith among Democrats requires that
they Shall carry out their promises
and not draw back from this pledge
or that or say that this must give
place to that. Governor STONE seems to
be sincere believer In tariff for revenue
only. but he is doing all he can to POSTPONE
or prevent the destruction OF protection, by
opposing the repeal of the SHERMAN act
III the uncompromlsing silver Democrats |
break one promise. they cannot reproach
the trimming or conservative Democrats
who want to break another. The platform
should be preserved in its entirety, as a
OF opinions to which the De-
stands pledged. There will be
nothing left OF 1t II this or that individual
Or section snaps the fingers at the particu- {
lar part OF the platform which may seem
nconvenient to stick to in 1893. at the same 7
lime bowling voluminously for some other /
part. The sincere milk Of Democracy must c
BIO taken straight. and extracts and decoc- G
lions cannot fill its place. t
Eyes on the platform. brethren! No skulk- @
ng, no breaking for the BUSH no skedad- [
Hing. II you please Every man for himself G
8 a maxim OF defeat. and you are Just fresh 6
rom victory. v
Parlor ID and the Chameleon Three. =
Tho infusion OF the anti-monopoly green t