The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-17
SOUND DOCTRINE.
Principles which Prompted tina Presi-
dcnf'n I.ttcr "a q Anlrunnn Mllsnn.

dents Letter :" Chairman Wilson.
The presidents letter 10 Chairman
Wilson is full OF sound democratic doc
trine. II Is refreshing TO read il after
the weary weeks Of democratic silence
IN the face Of betrayal of the partys
pledges by senators who hold demo
cratic commissions but who place their
own interests ADoyc those Of their
party and their country.
Mr.. Cleveland wrote the letter as an
appeal To MIR. Wilson in this crisis 10
''insst upon party honesty and good
faith and sturdy adherence To demo-
cratic principles
The question n presented 10 the con-
fcrrccs is, in Mr.. Cleveland's words.
whether democratic principles them
selves are To be saved or abandoned.
In view Of his belief that democratic
principles are imperiled by the senate
bill, senator smiths protest against
the interference Of q democratic presi-
dent i'm behalf Of his party by writing
letter to the democratic chairman OF
tho ways and means committee is of
piece with his insisiencc on no tariff
bill at all unlcss the sugar trust shall
be amply PROVIDED for.
What are the democratic principles
In behalf of which MIR. Cleveland has
done an unprecedented thing under
unprecedented circumstances? lie
states them in his own tcrse way in
the letter. lie says:
Il, must be admitted that no tariff measure
can accord with democratic principles and
promises or bear genuine democratic badge
that does not provide for free raw materials
This is absolutely true. absolutely
sound. absolutely democratic. As SEN
a;or ill said the other day in his re-
marlable speech unfolding the presi-
dent:
1t expresses better than cnn hope TO do
the true. sound anu logical position OF the
democratic party upon this question.
| Upon the question OF free raw materials the
| president Is right, and YOU know IT, You cannot
answer his arguments You cannot success
| fully dispute his propositions You cannot
/ doubt his sincerity and patriotism. You must
| yield la the end to his views. You cannot stand
up against the sentiment OF the great demo
! cratic masses OF the country wAsh Will rally
| around the president in his contest with you
| upon this particular branch Of the subject
Again the president says. in speak
ing OF the senate bill, which leaves the
wool of the farmer on the free list and
proposes To protect the coal and iron
ore of the capitalist
How can we face the people after INDUCING
| IN such outrageous Determinations and viola
tions OF principles 1t Is quite apparent that
this question o. free raw materials does not
admit OF adjustment On any middle ground
since their ssbieCticn 10 any rate OF tarln tax
ation. great or small. is alike yio.tsvc OF dem
ocra,ic principle and democratic good faith
II thi, is not democratic. and if Mr..
Smiths ''sweat-leathcr' statesman
ship and his and Germans and Brce's
sugar trust craftsmanship are demo-
cratic. then those who have made the
democratic party what il is. those who
have led it through its hard but patri-
otic struggle for tariff reform, those
who have won its triumph. those who
have given Smith and German and
Brice what power they possess. have
been bascly deceived. 1t was Cleve-
lands democracy. not smiths, for
which the people supposed they were
voting in 1890 and in 1892.
And this again is theirs as it is Cleve-
land : democracy:
The democracy Of the land plead most earn
estly for the speedy completion Of the tarn leg
islation which their representatives nave I'M
dertaken; but they demand not less earnestly
that no stress Of necessity shall tempt those
they trust to the abandonment Of democratic
principles
Rather than a bill dictated by the
sugar trust and the money-bags Of the
senate IL would be better 10 have no
bill a, all. We will then at least save
the issue for which the democratic
party has been couragcously and hope.
fully struggling for twenty years.
In conclusion we quote once more
from Senator Hills speech, because OF
the force and cloquence with which he
emphasizes the point made by the
World since this bill went into CON
ference:
The house OF repre- scntatives. fresh from
the people. which represents more distinctly
and peculiarly than wo do the taxing power OF
the p.opie fcpudiatcs our bill and a demo
| cratic president has emphasized that rcpudi3-
ton and the condition which confronts US Il
one OF extreme embarrassment Shall we re-
treat or advance : hall we surrender to tins
house while do so honorably. or shall
| We wait until we are driven to itg-N \
World