The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-11
FREE-TRADE DEMOCRATS.
Pennsylvanians DenOunce PrOtectfo
and Nominate a Victim.

HARRISBURG, Jan. 10.-The Democrats
of Pennsylvania in State convention to-day
nominated James Benton Hancock, Of
Franklin, for congressman at large, TO OPP
pose Galusha A. Grow, nominated by the
Republicans last week. The following reso-
lutions, among others, We're adopted:
THE present disturbed condition of the
business and finances OF the country Is the
natural and inevitable consequence of long
years OF Republican maladminiStration and
vicious legislation. Inequitabie and oppres-
Sive tariff laws, wastefulness and profiigacy
cial makeshifts are responsible for the pros
tration Of American industries, the derange-
ment Of the currency and the deficit in the
federal revenue
THE extravaganza Of a Republican Con-
gress. tolerated and abetted by Republic
administration of the executive depart
hundred million dollars which had been
gathered into the public treasury by a
Democratic administration and left a deficit
of over thirty million dollars in it's stead.
"Evasive legislation on the currency by
successive Republican Congresses debased
the public moneys, rendered the standard
Of values shifting and uncertain, disturbed
confidence and wrought financial disaster
from which the slow but sure recovery Of
the country is mainly due to the courage
President.
Three years experience Of the Mckinley
high tariff bill has resulted In general bust
ness oppression anu III WTeCk ana ruin 10
manufacturing and commercial interests.
This result has fully justified the Demo-
cratic opposition to that measure and the
demand for its repeal which found express
sion in the overwhelming Democratic VIC
tory Of 1892.
Every consideration Of political honor,
fidelity and expedlency demands that the
pledges upon which that victory was won
shall be faithfully and fully kept, and that
the Democratic Congress shall revise the
tariff by promptly passing the Wilson bill,
reDOrted bY the and commit
tee, TO the end that the raw materials
necessary to American industries shall be
admitted free Of duty, that tariff taxes
shall be lowered on the necessaries Of life
and that import duties shall be distributed
with view Of tightening the burdens OF
the many instead of protecting the inter
ests of a favored few.
I'VE denounce as a crime against the
business interests of the country, against
welfare of the workingmen, the efforts of
the Republican minority in Congress to de-
lay and TO prevent the settlement Of the
tariff question. We call upon our Repre-
SentativeS in Congress SO to act and vote
as to promptly determine this issue in &C
cordance with Democratic promises and
Democratic professions
"A speedy and thorough revision Of the
tariff on the lines Of Democratic policy,
enunciated by the last Democratic ma
tional convention and adopted by the Dem
ocratic President, will revive the indus
tries Of the American manufacturer, en-
nance the profits Of the American farmer,
iIiCiCdoc INC "d6cS VI Tie <Aill6IlCdn me
chanic and enlarge their purchasing power,
stimulate export trade and restore our SUI
prenlacy in the commerce of the seas
ITO these principles and policies we
pledge the candidate for Congress this day
nominated: to their support we invite all
the electors Of Pennsylvania who would
record the vote of their State in Congress
for an enlightened and progressive system
that must quicken the prosperity of our
commonwealth and promote the general
welfare of the country
1t was agreed TO print 100000 copies of the
resolutions for distribution among the toll
ers of Pennsylvania