Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-26
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viUiEiive of Democrats principle snd
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/ | hope that Aou will not consider Il IN
trusiKe II say something in relation 10
another subject s-h ca can hardIs fail
to be troublesome 20 Il conference. ]
refer TO the adjustment uf tariff taxailon
on sugar Under our party plstform
and in accordance with cur dec AIRED
4 parry purposes. sugar Is II legitimate
ard iOgIesi article uf rsveuuss taxation.
Uutoriuust Is. however. incident. have
accompanied eeit uu stages of the iegi-
station which viii be sui mitted To the
conference that have sruustd In con
necii "a with t9is subj G a natural Dem.
oerstIc s.Ilmositv Ira The meitois aud
manipulHiiops Of trdsts aud combina-
tionS. | conts 5, To sharing n this feel
my; anu }et IL seems 10 ma W. ought.
/ # possible, Ia sufficiently iIeu ourselves
I fram PR ID &c u enahle us caoIfv 10
/ weigh ii.- cousiaer, ons which i'm
/ formulating laiiff legislation ought o
guile ur lrratlnel ~ sugar IS IA tea
/ able articiv White up teudern.s s.
should be entt rtsiHed tor irnst-. and
/ Wi am ds ciiedi, opposed To grant
ling them, uuder tie curse of tai ii tHxs-
4 tion. any emporium ~ TO further their
/ peeuliar methods. suggest that we
ought rot to o. driv, II aAay from the
/ Democratic pTiueiple snt policy which
4 led To The isxaiion OF sugar by the
fear, quite likely exaggerat, d, tnat in
carrying out this principle and policy
we may Indirectly and Unfortunately en-
courage a combination of the sugar
refining intert IS. | know that in
present conditiops this is a delicate
subj ct. and app. aciate the strerg b
of the feeling which It's treatment mas
aroused. | do not bt ieve we should
do evil that good may come. hut it
seems to me that we should not forget
that our aim is the completion of the
tariff, and 10 taxing sugar for proper
! purposes and within reasonable bounds,
whatever else may be said of our action,
we are IN no danger of running counter
/ to Democratic principles With all
/ there is at stake there must be in the
! treatment of this article some ground
upon which we are all willing to stand,
where liberation and Cancellation NAV
be allowed to solve the problem with
out demanding the entire surrender of
liked and conscientious convictions.
ought not to prolong this letter. II
what | have written is unwelcome,
beg you to believe 10 my good inten.
tions In the conclusions of the con-
ference touching the numerous items
which will be considered, the people are
not afraid that their interests will be
neglected. They know that the general
result. so far as they are concerned, will
be to place home necessaries and CON-
forts more easily within their reach.
and TO insure better and surer compen-
sation to those who toll
We all know that tariff law cover
ing all the varied interests and condi-
tons of country as vast as ours must
of necessity be largelythe result of hon
orable adjustment and compromis3. L
expect very few of us cen say, when
our measure is perfected, that all its
features are entirely AS we would prefer.
You know how much deprecated the
incorporation in the pr posed bill of the
income tax feature. La matters of this
kind. however, which do not violate a
tiXef and reco xnized Democratic doc
trino, we are willing 10 GeFer to the
judgment of majority of our Demo
cratic brethren. think there is gen
eral agreement that this is party duty
This i more palpaby apparent when
we realIzs that the business of our
country timidlg stands ard watches for
the result of our efforts 10 perfect tariff
legislation; that quick and certain re-
turn of prosperity waits upon wise
adjustment, snd that a contidng people
still trust in our hands their prosperity
and well-being. The Democracy of the
land plead most earnestly for the speedy
completion of the tariff legislation
which their representatives have under
taken, but thew demand not less earn
estly that no stress of necessity shall
tempt these they trust to the abondon-
ment of Democratic principle.
Yours very truly.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
mr.