The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-28
Democratic Ticket.
Common Pleas Judge,
JOSEPH G. HUFFMAN.
A TARIFF LETTER.
The President Expresses His Views
to Mr.. Wilson.

The President Expresses His Views
to Mr.. Wilson.
Text Of the Presidents Letter Read in
the House.
Washington, July 19.-President
Cleveland's letter to Chairman
Wilson. which was read in the
House to-day during the debate on
the tariff conference report, is as
follows:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mansion,
Washington,July 2O,ls94.-To Hon.
William l.. Wilson--My Dear Sir:
The certainty that a conference
will be ordered between the two
houses of congress for the purpose
of adjusting differences on the sub
ject of tariff legislation makes it
also certain that you will be again
called upon to do hard service in
the cause of tariff reform.
My public life has been so close
ly related to the subject, l have SO
longed for it accomplished, and l
have SO often promised it's realiza-
tion to my fellow-countrymen as Il
result of their trust and confidence
in the Democratic party, that /
hope no excuse Is necessary for
my earnest appeal to you that in
this crisis you strenuously insist
upon party honesty and good faith
and Il sturdy adherence to Demo-
cratic principles. 1 believe these
are absolutely necessary condi-
tions to the continuation of Demo-
cratic existence.
cannot rid myself of the feeling
that this conference will present
the best, if not the only, hope of
true Democracy. Indications point
to it's action as the reliance of those
who desire the genuine fruition of
Democratic effort, the tulfillment
of Democratic pledges, and the re-
demption of Democratic promises
to the people. To reconcile differ
.ences in the details comprised
within the fixed and well-defined
of principle will not be the sole
task of the conference, but as it
seems to me its members will have
in charge the question whether
Democratic principles are to be
saved or abandoned. There is no
excuse for mistaking or misappre-
hending the feeling and the tenn
per Of the rank and file of the De-
mocracy. They are downcast un-
der the assertion that their party
fails in ability to manage the Gov
ernment, and they are apprehen-
sive that efforts to bring about re-
form may fail; but they are much
more downcast and apprehensive
in their fear that Democratic prin-
.ciples may be surrendered.
In these circumstances they can
not do otherwise than to look with
confidence to you and those with
you who have patriotically and
sincerely championed the cause OF
tariff reform within Democratic
lines and guided by Democratic
principles. This confidence Is vast.
ly augmented by the action under
your leadership of the House OF
Representatives upon the bill now
pending.
Every true Democrat and every
sincere tariff reformer knows that
this bill, in its present form, and as
it will be submitted to the confer
ence, falls far short of the consum.
nation for which We have long
labored, for which we have suffer-
ed defeat without encouragement
which in its anticipation gave us &
rallying cry in our day of triumph
and which in its promise of ac
complishment is so interviewer
with Democratic pledges and Dem
Ocratic success that our abandon
ment of the cause or the principles
upon which it rests means party
perfidy and party dishonor.
One topic will be submitted tt
the conference which embodies
Democratic principle so directly
that 1T can not be compromised
We have in our platforms and in
every way possible declared in fa.
yor OF the free importation of raw
materials. We have again and
again promised that this should be
accorded to our people and our
manufacturers as soon as the DEM
ocratic party was invested with
the power to determine the tariff
policy Of the country. The party
now has that power. We are as
certain to-day as we have ever
been ofthe great benefit that would
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