Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-30

wealth and power TO thwart the best ef-
forts OF the people to reduce their own
taxation. They have seen II hold w Con-
eress for weeks. and have heard its
Ininions boldly declare that there should
be no tariR bill in which It's interests
were not fully protected, and they have
realised the final fulflment Of that boast.
when the Sugar Trust thus challenges
the american people to contest OF
strength It's days are numbered. its tenn
porary triumph Is its speedier and more
complete overthrow. and with Its over-
throw Will vanish Its sister brood OF mo-
nopolies that are strong through Its sup
port.
"But, my friends, there Is another and
brighter side to this picture. With all
its manifold failures. its final retention OF
many protective duties. Its Objectionable
sugar-schedu!e. and It's excessive duties
on cotton. and woollens. and metals. the
new bill carries In 1t very substantial re-
lief to the American people, and must be
accepted as substantial beginning or
thorough and progressive -tarin reform.
1t means cheaper clothing. cheaper TOOLS
cheaper pottery. and many other neces-
saries for the people. It means freer and
larger commerce with those nations that
buy our farm products. and consequently
larger and better markets for our farmers.
II means a transfer OF some OF the bur-
dens OF government from what goes out
for the daily purchase Of the necessaries
OF HE to that which comes In over and
above the amount needed for such pur-
chase. IL We denounce some OF Its duties
and rates. 1t Is because what may be
much lower than the duties and rates OF
the Mckinley bill are yet enormities in a
Democratic BILL
THE FIGHT TO GO ON.
"But, as the President well said, we
have gained a vantage ground from which
we shall continue to Shell the camp OF
monopoly. The day Of mad protection Is
over In this country; McKinleyism will
disappear as dark and hideous. blight
from our statute books. The fight will
go On, not, 1t may De In such a general
engagement and protracted struggle as
We have just passed through, but in that
steady and resistless pressure that will
take one after another of the strong
holds OF privilege, until all shall disappear
before the advance OF public opinion and
public emancipation.
II have dwelt at some length upon
these phases of our tariff struggle which
are naturally and properly uppermost in
the mind OF every genuine Democrat. we
have a right to confess our own short
comings as measured by the high standard
OF our own principles and pro-
fessions. We have a right to hold our
own faithless servants to that response
blity which duty and party fidelity placed
upon them.
But all this does not imply dissatisfac-
tfon with our own party as whole. or
distrust as to its meanings and intentions.
If the closeness OF the vote in one House
OF Congress gave opportunity for few
to combine against the people and against
all the rest OF their party. and obstruct
its faithful efforts to redeem its pledges,
the overwhelming mass OF the Democrats
in the country are subject to no just
criticism.
They have kept the faith. They have
been true to their principles. We may
ourselves denounce or bitterly condemn
those that failed us in this fight. We are
not, therefore, subject to condemnation by
our opponents. If We have anywhere un-
covered a trust, and found 1t too strong
for our complete dislodgement in the first
attempt. we have never failed TO find
them sturdily and solidly arrayed for its
defence. The weapons with which mono
poly has fought US, they have forged and
tempered and supplied. The intrench-
ments and fortresses behind which prfvl-
Iege has shielded itself from our attack
they have bulded for II. stone by stone,
and stronghold by stronghold"