The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-01
POLITICAL BABYISM.

The Tribune of this city joins the silly
cry against the Democratic administra-
ton in regard to present troubles and the
tariff. 1t echoes the nonsense thar has
been uttered on this subject for some
time, chiefly originating with the New
York Press and copied by country papers.
It repeats the foolishness about FLOOD
ing this country with cheap goods, - the
"numbing fear'' which has come on
the country OF what will result from the
doings of the Democrats against protec-
ton, and then proceeds with its common
lack OF logic to pound the Democracy in
the face for not killing protection, root
and branch. and for being so slow in re-
lieving the country of that fraud.
Of course we do not look for consistency
from such a source, but It's TRADE is
headed ''The Baby Act," and it winds
up IN this way:
The whole matter could have been
fixed during the month of March as well
as 1t can ever be fixed. The first step is
of course the absolute repeal of the Nc
KINLEY law. All Democrats are agreed
on the necessity of this; it was specific
ally denounced in their national plat
form for immediate repeal. Now, why
haven't they repealed it? How can they
consistently consent for months to a
fraud on the people and a public robbery
when they have every possible means in
their own hands, and have had for
months, for the killing of that fraud and
the stoppage of that robbery. The Demo-
Gratis should act or quit.
II there is anything in point that may
be properly called ga baby act'' it is the
writing of that paragraph. The absolute
repeal of the MCKINLEY law will probably
come quite soon enough for those who
falsely pretend such desire for action to
be taken upon it. But any reader of a
newspaper, to say nothing of an editor,
who is SO babyish as to ex-
pect legislative action before legis-
latiye body can meet, Or the repeal
OF a law governing the commercial rela-
tons and the revenue of the country be-
fore another law can take its place, must
be in the helpless stage of drooling in
fancy.
But that is not all. To the Democratic
answer. when the Republican talk of the
results of a change of administration. that
Inc DeDlcCTdts nave QOQ6 QOIllQp vet
that we are under the came laws as be-
fore, the Tribune says 'sThis Democratic
plea is all false'' Observe the two posi-
fions. In one it upbraids the party for
doing nothing, asserting that it could
have done everything last March; in the
other 1t declares that the statement to the
effect that they have done nothing is all
false. How is that for driveling babyisrn?
The Democrats denounced the Nc
KINLEY act, it is true. The country
emphasized that denunciation. Tariff re-
form is demanded by the people. They
expect it in due time. Therefore thew
have no 'numbing dread'' of it. Neither
do they expect the administration to in
augurate s'free traden under protective
statutes, nor Congress to change the laws
before it assemblies, or throw out the Nc
KINLEY fraud before just and equitable
tariff bill is authoritatively prepared and
duly enacted. The voting majority, is a
reasonable body, and therefore unlike the
Republican minority and its echo in this
city, which in the most puerile manner
are sfplaying the baby act.s