San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-15
TIE MESSAGE.

torial power. The President hold
to his idea Of sound currency
and says:
''In pursuit of this object w
should resolutely turn away from
alurIng and temporary expedition
determined to be content will
nothing less than lasting anC
cgmprehensive financial plan"
Winch evidently means a singl,
gold standard. This is not in nc
cordance with the financial idea o.
the democratic platform. On thi:
issue however we are willing t.
eoncede the possibility of his be-
ing right, though it does not con-
form to our idea of the money OF
our constitution, nor Of the money
spoken of our platform. But
his idea Of tariff reform we can
not endorse, nor do we belive it
democratic, nor do we believe it
just. He says:
Not less closely related to our
peoples prosperity ard well being
is the removal Of restrictions upon
the importation of the raw mate
rails necessary to our manufacture
ers. The world should be open to
Our National ingenuity and enter
prise. This cannot be while Fed
eral legislation, through the impo-
sition of high tariffs, forbids to
American manufacturers as cheap
as those used by thier
competitors"
Why, this discrimination in ia
vor Of manufacturers as against
our producers? The manufactur-
ers must be allowed to buy their
raw material at free list prices,
but must also have the benefit of
from 80 to 20 per cent, lad valo-
rem protection. This is an un-
lust discrimination closely border
ng on class legislation, which is
wholly foreign to our idea Of de
nocraey. The great producing
portions of our country, the great
West and the solid South, the pro-
iueors OF all raw material must
meet foreign competition, bat our
pet manufacturers must flourish if
he rest of the country goes to the
levil. We had fondled a cherish
ID hope that President Cleveland,
n his message to the regular ses-
sion of the 53rd Congress, would
make recommendations on the
and tariff issues that
would remove all doubts, as to the
of the democratic admin
stration, to carry out the promi-
les and pledges of the democratic
platform. We're We entitled to
nope thus? We say yes. The
,lan outlined in the Chicago plat
orm is plain and is what the dem
,eratic party declared for. That
,lan was clearly formulated and
aged before Cleveland. The nom
nation was rendered him on that
platform. He accepted the plat
orm and the nomination. We
ay, therefore, that as an honest
.emocrat he is bound by the de-
Jared principles contained in that
latform. He has evidently set
side the financial decree, and now
ttempts to discard Of overthrow /
be tariff idea, not only that but
e has acted so unfair towards the
enate, with reference to Hawaii /
hat that body must pass a resolu-
on requesting him to come to
All this Is so unbecom-
lg in the president Of this great
nd gloriously free government,
lat it cannot fail to excite ming
ID disappointment, contempt and
erision in any, but a Cleveland
ersus-the-world man. That helm
very instance favors tho money
lement, northern capitalists and
industries as against all
10 rest OF the United States there
an be no doubt Our hopes how
yer, lie in the wisdom of the Sen
te. But in case Congress follows
ne dictates Of Cleveland rather
nan the declared plan of Chicago
latform as they did ou the silver
uestion, the greatest, most inn
oriant and most widespread in
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