New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-10

the President. while great body Of the people
Is decidedly at variance with all Of them.

or the President while the great body OF the people
Is decidedly at variance with all OF them.
THEY ARE DEsERvEDLY DOwNcAsT.
Under such anomalous circumstances Is 1t any
wonder that President Cleveland in his letter 10
Chairman Wilson should have mournfully exclaimed:
There Is excuse for mstaking or msappre-
hending the feeling and the temper OF the rank
and file OF the Democracy They are downcast
under the assertion that their party fails IN aolil,y
hensvc tina, efforts to bring about tariff reform
may fail; but they are much more downcast anu
apprehensive In their fear that Democratic prih-
No party. can be safely trusted with the sacred
interests OF the people or the control Of the Gov,
enlightened purpose Slngeness OF purpose is neces-
fay to eSTr e want Of this quality
is the nhrmy OF the present Administration anu
Gould the people have expected any different result
or condition under the circumstances Of the last
due to discomfort OF every kind. II was not the
result OF unity OF purpose nor OF LOFTY ana une
judgment. pique, passion and prejudice The ma
jority of those who voted for Mr.. Cleveland end
They had their several different reasons for OPP
porary union was not inspired by devotion to
Democratic principles purposes or poncles. pree
Of free silver. or to any silver in our circulating
medium voted il: the widest inhationists. as well
ton OF our currency. voted It: the Protectionist
voted 1t because he did not believe the Democratic
leaders would be reckless enough to disturb the
tariff; the Free Trader voted 1t In the BELIEF that
the Democratic leaders would abolish all custom
Houses and inaugurate unrestricted commerce WIN
all the world: the Popust. and those Whom ,hey
call the gold bugs Of Wall Street" both voted 1t;
the single-tax men. the disciples Of Henry George,
voted It, while thousands who hate all such vaga-
es voted III the SILVER b ene soa adVo
Gates and the advocates Of State bank money voted
1t: the pensioners voted 1t. and those who were
certain that the Democratic leaders could be count
ii upon TO wipe out all pensions voted IT, Ana n.
;hoee various antagonistic and contendinE ee-
menss. the realization of their hopes and the en-
country were. OF course. found to be utterly i'm
possible.
WITHOUT COMPASS OR RUDDER
Failure and disappointment bound to fol-
low an Administration and Congress thus chosen,
and the whole country suffers as "a result. The
Administration and Congress are without compass
or rudder. They have at length passed Tariff
law such as II is. but II credit Democratic tes-
tlmony alone the people burn with impotence
for an opportunity to repudiate both 1t and them.
ceu an5 pear II the Bemocratc
party the sole sufferer. But when We contem-
ppr,se and employment we appreciate the dreadful
sacrifice which ths Administration has entailed
and the appalling mistake Of lss2
The law Of 1894 lie not National It is sectional;
Every paragraph manifests It's inspiration ana
the manufactures Of the south but has 1t spared
the vast Industries OF the North Whatever pro;
Northwest has been grudgingiy given. and only be-
cause without 1t no Tariff law could have been
passed and where concessions have been made
to Northern Industries IL will be found that they
were made the dctaton OF Southern people
who.a interests Identical with those OF the
people OF the North Have you reflected that the
minority, and not the majority representing the
great industries and occupations OF the people,
made this law?
BY the census OF 1890 the manufacturing products
OF all the States In the Union were $9.37DOOWC In
value. OF this vast the entire South, includ-
Ing Maryland. produced by the same census but
81 POP Oo) H about II cent. or one-eighth OF
the whole The small fraction OF our industrial
life dictates the Industrial policy OF the whole Ma
ton Eighty-eight per cent of our manufacturing
product and natural resources and nine-tenths OF
the laborers employed were not consulted or even
considered in making up the tariff. w-York.
whose manufacturing product alone exceeds that
Of the entire South by SjO0G0.00O was totally ig-
no-cd. except 8 to single industry at Troy and
tSe senior Senator. representing that greatest
manufacturing State In the Union. refused TO sub
M. IL [, the dc;atIon Of the South and voted
against the bill. Pennsylvania. too. whose manu-
futuring product Is greater by sl290oOo than that
II the whole South together. had no voice in the
framing OF n tariff law which was TO AFFECT every
home and every days labor in the State. New
England also could only protest as IL witnessed
the destructive cyclone sweeping over and against
its Industries A law thus made cannot perma-
nently stand. The majority must rule, and the
majority voice alone ran write Into public law
statute which Will endure.