The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-28
CLEVELAND GIVES REASONS.
HE TELLS WHY HE WILL NOT 4P-
 PROVE THE TARIFF BILL.


 the struggie-Ho Loves the Principles of
 True Democracy.
 , Washington, DC, Aug. T.-President Cleveland has written the following let ter to Representative Catchings of Mis- Bissippi, in which he sets forth his views of the new tariff bill and gives his req sons for not approving 1t:
 Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., August 27. 1894.
 Hon. T. c. Catchings:
 My dear sir-Since the conversation l had with you and MT. Clarke few days :fso in regard to my action upon the l,r!T bill now before me have given tGc subject further and more serious consideration. The result is am more settled than ever in the determination to allow the bill to become a law with out my signature.
 When the formation of legislation which 1t was hoped would embody dem- ocratic ideas of tariff reform was lately entered upon by the congress, nothing was further from my anticipation than result which I could not promptly and enthusiastically endorse.
 It is, therefore, with a feeling of the utmost disappointment that l submit to denial of this privilege.
 I do not claim to be better than the masses of my party, nor do I wish to avoid any responsibility which, on ac- .ount of the passage of this law, l ought to bear as 8 member of the dem ,cratic organization. Neither will per init myself to be separated from my party to such an extent as might be implied by my veto of tariff legislation, which, though disappointing, is still chargeable to democratic effort. But there are provisions in this bill which are not in line with honest tariff re- form, and 1t contains inconsistencies and crudities which ought not to appear in tariff laws or laws of any kind. Be- sides, there were, as you and I well know, incidents accompanying the pas sage of the bill through the congress which made every sincere tariff reform CT unhappy, while influences surround ed it in it's latter stages and interfered with its final construction which ought not to be recognized or tolerated in democratic tariff reform counsels.
 And yet, notwithstanding all its vii rissitudes and allthe bad treatment it received at the hands Of pretended friends it presents vast improvement to existing conditions. It will certainly tighten many tariff burdens that now rest heavily upon the people. It is not only @ barrier against the return of mad protection, but furnishes a van tsge ground from which must be fur ther aggressive operations against pro. tected moropolies and governmental favoritism.
 take my place with the rank and file of the democratic party who believe in tariff reform and will know what is, who refuse to accept the results em- bodied in this bill as the close of the war, who are not blinded to the fact that the livery of democratic tariff re- form has been stolen and worn in the service of republican protection, and who have marked the places where the deadly blight of treason has blasted the counsels of the brave in their hour of might.
 The trusts and combinations-the communism of pelk-whose machina lions have prevented us from reaching the success we deserved, should not be forgotten nor forgiven. We shall re- cover from our astonishment at their exhibition of power, and If then the question is not forced upon us whether they shall submit to the free legislative will of the peoples representatives or shall dictate the laws which the people must obey, we will accept and settle that issue as one involving the integ- rity and safety of American institu- tions.
 love the principles of true democracy because they are founded in patriotism and upon justice and fairness toward all interests. I am proud of my party organization because 1t is conservative ly sturdy and persistent in the enforce ment of it's principles. Therefore I do not despair of the efforts made by the houes of representatives to supplement- the bill already passed by further leg islation and to have engrafted upon it such notifications as will more nearly meet with democratic hopes and aspira- tions. 'H
 I cannot be mistaken as to the neces sity of free raw materials as the foun- dation of logical and sensible tariff re- form The extent to which this is rec ognized in the legislation already se- cured is one of its encouraging and redeeming features. but it is vexatious to recall that while free coal and iron ore have been denied us a recent letter of the secretary of the treasury dis closes the fact that both might have been made free by the annual surrender of only about seven hundred thousand dollars of unnecessary revenue.
 am sure that there is common habit of under-estimating the force of raw materials In tariff legislation and of regarding them as only related to concessions to be made to our manufac- turers. The truth is their influence is 90 far-reaching that if disregarded a complete and benehcent scheme of tariff cannot be successfully inaugurated. When we give to our manufacturers free raw materials we unshackel American enterprise and ingenuity and these will open the doors of foreign mar kets to the reception of our wares and give opportunity for the continuous and remunerative employment of American labor.
 With materials cheapened by their freedom from tariff changes the cost of their product must be correspond ingly cheapened. Thereupon justice and fairness to the consumer would de- mand that the manufacturers be ob-