The sun., 1893-06-13
Neal. Not johnson.

Tho interest In tho approaching campaign
IN Ohio. shown by the eubjoined letter,
helps greatly. In spite OF error. to elucidate
the momentous Issue Of the contest:
>, Let me except to your remarks in toiay's paper
eseut Another Man to KNOCK Out McKisLEr'
y -Nr NEAL OF Chiiicothe 10 good and true. but
hs's only tsrh reformer What the logic Of the stu
eton calls for. II seems to me- is sresl simon.pure
everyday in. .th O. week free trader
~euoh man 10 the Hon. Tor l. JoHrsor OF Cleveland.
lrnt he the man who constructed that famous tariff
psank n the glory Of It has gone TO NEAL and
wArTrsor and Tammany and other promiscuous fac
trrs that helped to put IL through the Conventiont
-JoHxsor always talks free trade when he runs for
osasress and his constituents In great manufactur.
ine district to like 1t Put him up against Nc
EiSIIv. who always talks protection ana you will have
eequAre light with lots of entertainment in Il.
-whars tho matter with Ton L. JoHssosf
"HEw ronK. June II. 1898. c. oC HEsErssr."
Upon the essential nature OF the situa-
tion calling for a Democratic candidate for
Governor OF Ohio. our correspondent Is
radically mistaken. Mr.. NEAL and Mr..
JOHNSON might. perhaps, have been inter-
changeable while their individual ardor for
tariff smashing was unreguated by any
authoritatively defined principle for smash
Ing the existing schedules. But such Is not
the case at present, and. as that stands. Mr.
NxAn's claims to lead the Buckeye Demo-
Gratis In their special assault upon the home
fortress OF MCKINLEY. JOHNSON for several
years past has boon particularly conspicu-
ous among those who. In tho absence OF any
decisive party declaration on the revenue
question. have fought the Republicans rather
- FREQ lances than rs members OF the regu-
lsrly organized Democracy. After the Con-
gressional campaign OF 1890 was concluded.
the 81. Louis Republic. We recollect. printed
an interview with Mr.. CLEVELAND COM
mending admiringly Mr.. JoHNsoN's vigor-
Gus free trade or" anti-protection " crusade.
% tho latter himself termed 1t. But Mr.
JoHNsoN's politics. however acceptable they
may have been to Mr.. CLEVELAND at that
time. are orthodox neither according to the
test Of Democratic tradition. nor to that OF
the last party platform. He Is a free trad
or and believer in HENRY GEORGE and his
single land tax. without which. or some |
thing like 1t, free trade Is impossible. The |
Idea that guides the Democrats to-day by |
the force OF national ratification was not |
presented at Chicago by Mr.. JOHNSON. but |
by Mr.. NEAL. Here it Is:
"ws denounce Republican protection a . fraud; . |
robbery Of the great majority of tho American people
for the benefit OF tho few. We declare IL to be fundn
mental principle OF the party that the Fed.
syal Government has constitutional power to I'M.
and collect tariff dus except for tho OF
revenue only. and demand that tho collie ction Of
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities OF tho
honestly and economically administered"
To the simon-pure free trader. like Mr..
JOHNSON or Mr.. GEORGE, the Democratic
OF taxation has only negative
virtue. Instead Of abollshing the tariff. it
will preserve 1t for raising revenue. But
the element Of protection. that insufferable
fraud imposed upon the many by criminal
and unconstitutional audacity laboring for
the benefit Of the few. must be utterly OBJ
liberated. And to do that will be easy.
Unlike Mr.. JOHNSON. Mr.. NEAL can be put
tp against the representative Of the pro.
tectionist few. Major MCKINLEY. as the
original. square-toed Ohio champion Of the
theory under which McK1NLEY's was pro-
foundly buried last November. He Is not
. stalking horse for some other more ad-
vanced and diametrical population Of the
tariff as the Republicans have made it. Be-
tween NEAL and MCKINLEY the fight will
be straight. and in accordance with the late
solemn profession OF the national Democ-
racy. No other is to be thought Of for
while occasion for fight remains.