New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-27
TIE DECISIVE ISSUE.

c,,o Democratic Journals and speakers are
,oo,,;,c 70 confuse public judgment by assert
ing that the Mckinley act is the main lsSue Zoo" W
the Congressional elections. 1t was III i0'o
..,,,, ,otors did not understand 1t ana were
.,.,,r,. ~ tariff agitation 1t was also III 1917
...h,, ,ho tincs were good and the act had lui-
filed triumphantly the expectations VI
,,.h, had advocated it, But it is not an issue
. ,b.p # has been repealed and the Demo
cratic party has provided a substitute ior It,
II is tbe German act which the people are 10
vote upon this year in clcctlnS n he" 'onei
tho tariff which both Senator fiill ana Il's'
don't cleveland united In condemhihS on '"o
cround that it involved an abandohi'eh' anu
surrender of underlying principles lor With 'no
Democracy had made Il losing struggle III ioo"
and won a decisive victory In nv. IL Is 'iic
tariff against which Senator Hill voted anu
uhch he called upon the President 10 'e'o'
and /, * the tariff which President CleVeahu
o,,Id NOT and would not sign, ana which he
hold nm 70 nublic exccration in the wilson anu
c,,cb,ngs letters. That Is the real issue OF 'ne
concrcssional elections, and so FAR as 'he IN
onnla of These two great leaders OF Democrat!
has any force or significance, it releases All theii
sunnortcrs from the obligation OF sancuohihg
grcss. ,,
pr, ,here are Democrats and harasscd bust
No.. mo, who say: THE President and Sen
..o,or I'm ,ycrc wholly right In their criticism
..of the German tariff 1t was false and uh
..rcasonabe measure. alike violatve OF parry
"nrinciples and party faith. and enacted by III
competent legislators under direct pi'''"i'
from monopolics and trusts. But the county
"noc,ls absolute cessation or tarlH aSi''''on
"RusIness interests have been under Ueih'"
"dous strain for two years ana rest Is ih"''
.pcnsabc The continuance. OF the "orlh'h '''
.In bad as II Is and scandaons rs were an Wv
conditions Of its enactment VIII be less h'i"
.ful than the rcopenng Of the tarln IucS'i'n.
Tho argument Of these waverng Democrats
and business men. II carried To us "slc'i 'on
clusion will force them To- vote lor hcP""
Ucan Congress Il the country imperatlVey ~
auirrs Il suspension of tariff agitatl"h' 'ne n'"S'
effective method Of securing peace ana ln'e' II
10 elect a Republican House, when VIII VET"
tariff legislation during the second hail III NV
Cleveland Administration. III Dcmocrauc
Congress be- elected tariff agitation VIII con-
tinuc during that period, and. indeed VIII De
r,opcncd when the present Congress r'asselhoi's
I'm December President Cleveland mas pro-
claimed that the war on Protection, so Tar from
hriuc ended. has barely begun. Chairman VIII
son and every influential leader Of the Dehoc'
racv are bent upon revising the German act ana
converting II into "A radical revenue tarn. B'i>!-
ness Interests will have no peace If the people
bv clccting another Democratic Congress license
,h. party To resume tariff agitation. what l.
needed for the sake Of rest II an unclu'oC"i
veto I'm the form ~ "A Republican House.
II is the supreme duty Of the people to pass
Judgment upon the German act rs II stahds'
There II i. n measure discrclitcd by the Prcsi-
dent. by the House which reluctantly adopted II
against convictions and by the majority OF the
Senate which was held up by minority group
Of Trust agents and attorneys. The election OF
I another Democratic House viii SIGNIFY popular
/ approvnl OF the German act and all the scan
| dalous processes Of its passage. That i the
issue which every honest and intelligent cItz'h
must conscienilou>ly consider before he votes
against Republican candidai" for Congress.
He must also decide from his own personal oX-
| pcrcnce as a business man, an employer or Il
wagc-carncr whether he can AFFORD 10 vote FOR
the Hard Times Tariff and To license the Demo
! cratic party 10 20 on with its deadly work after
| two years of commercial depression. paralysis
Of industrial interests falling wages ana lack OF
| cuploymcnt