Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-10-04

The Philadelphia Press nails Mr.. Gin
gerly tothe issue from which he Is trying
to escape by quoting from an 1856 utter
ance of his newspaper that comes in very
handy. The Press says:
THE esteemed Record Is doing its ut
most to make it appear that in cam
paign for the election of governor there
ought to be no tariff discussion; that the
tariff opinions Of a candidate for governor
cannot be of any consequence. 1t has not
always held that opinion.
when in June, 1886, the Democrats OF
the state were canvassing the merits OF
several gentlemen as possible guberna-
torial nominees The Record said:
"Tt has gone out with some show Of au-
thority that Mr. Mortimer F. Elliott, OF
Tioga county, would allow his name to be
used as a compromise candidate for gov
ernor. 1t it is important to know whether
Mr. Elliott stands with the Democratic
party or with Mr.. Randall on the question
of tariff reduction and revision. Demo
Gratis of Pennsylvania should run Dem
ocrat for governor
eff it was important to know the tariff
views of a candidate for governor eight
years ago, when there was no disturbance
of the country on account of the tariff and
no immediate menace of 1t, there is far
greater reason now that the country has
suffered for eighteen months of Demo
cratic administration, with its threat and
purpose to wipe out protection. The peo-
pie, in fact, were never so much concerned
y ha nn
of the issues of the war have never had a
more important one.
"Mr. Singerly was not nominated fol
the purpose Of keeping the tariff issue in
the background, but rather for the pur-
pose of obtruding it. If he represents
anything in the Democratic party it is a
steady advocacy of the policy of free trade.
1t is the only thing in which he has al
ways been Democrat, and most of the
time for the past twelve or fifteen years
he has given very little support, and some
times very active opposition to Demo
cratic state nominees because they were
not up with him on the tariff question. He
wanted to know where Mr. Elliott stood
on that issue, and when Mr.. Black was
finally made the candidate Mr.. Singerly
declared he ought to be beaten because
the tariff part of the platform did not suit
him There was less reason for the tariff
issue that year than there Is now.
"On this point Mr.. Singerly's candidacy
Is not to be misunderstood. He is in the
most radical free trade position yet reached
in Pennsylvania. If it were possible for
him to be elected, or to reduce the Repab-
lican majority in any significant degree,
1t would be heralded all over the country
as Pennsylvania's desertion of protection.
None would make more use of such an
Interpretation of the result than those
who are trying to make it appear that the
tariff has nothing to do with the voting
in Pennsylvania this year. 1t has great
deal to do with it, as will be discovered
when the votes are counted.
"Mr. Singerly, who has been so much
dissatisfied with previous Democratic can
didates for governor because they were
not altogether of his way of thinking on
the tariff question, now has candidate
whose tariff views he cannot question.
Let him stand up to his candidate
record,n