The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-07-27
CLEVELAND'S IDEA
The President Sent o Letter to
Chairman Wilson Of the Ways
and Means,

rs hAS
and Means,
And by His Consent 1t Is Now Made
Public, Being Read in the
House.
The Senate Compromise Is Roasted
to Q Dark Brown-Urged to
Stand Fast.
WASHINGTON, July 21.--The following
IL the full text Of President Clevelan's
letter to Congressman Wilson:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON. July 2, 1894.
To Hon. William L. Wilson:
MY DEAR SIR-The certainty that a
conference will b. ordered between the
two houses Of congress for the purpose
Of adjusting differences on the subject
Of tariff legislation. makes 1t also GER
tain that you will be again called upon
to do hard service in the cause of tariff
reform.
My public life has been 50 closely re-
lated to the subject; / have so longed
for ito accomplishment, and I have so
often promised its realization to my
fellow countrymen. as result
Of their trust and confidence In
the Democratic party l hope no
excuse ID necessary for my earnest ap-
peal to you that in this crisis you siren
uously insist upon party honesty and
and good faith and a sturdy
Adherence to Democratic Principles
l believe these are absolutely neces-
sary conditions for continued Demo-
cratic existence. I cannot rid myself
Of the feeling that this conference will
present the best IL not the only hope of
pure Democracy. Indications point to
Its action a. the reliance of those who
desire the genuine fruition Of Demo-
cratic effort, the fulfllment of Demo-
cratic pledges and the redemption of
Democratic promises to the people to
reconcile differences in the details com
prised within the fixed and we'll defined
lines of Democratic principles, will not
be the sole task Of the conference. but
as 1t seems to me its members will also
have in charge the question whether
Democratic principles themselves are to
be saved or abandoned.
There Il No Excuse
for mistaking or misapprehending the
feeling and temper Of the rank and file
of the Democracy. They are downcast
under the assertion that their party
fills In ability to manage the govern
ment, and they are a~pprehensive thai
efforts to bring about tariff reform,
may fail; bnt they are much more
downcast and apprehensive in theil
fear that Democratic principle may b
surrendered.
In these circumstances, they canno'
do otherwise than to look with conf
dence to you, and those who with yol
have periodically and sincerely cham
pioued the cause of tariff reform
within Democratic lines and guided b.
Democratic principles. This conf
dence is vastly augmented by the &C
ton under your leadership Of the hous,
Of representatives,, upon the bill nov
pending.
Every true Democrat and every sin
cere tariff reformer knows that thi
bill, in its present form and as it will
be submitted to the conference, fall
far short Of the consumation for whicl
we have long labored, for which W
v suffered defeat without discour
agement; which in its anticipation CAV
us q rallying cry In our day OF triumph
and which, in its promise OF accom-
piishment, Is 80 interviewer with Dem
ocratic pledges and Democratic success
that our abandonment OF the cause, o
the principles upon which 1t rests
means
One topic will tie submitted to tn
conference which embodies Democrat
principles so directly that 1t cannot b
compromised. We have IN our platforl
and in every way possibl', declared
favor OF free raw materials. We hav
again and again promised That tn
should be accorded to u people 8
soon a. the democratic party was II
vested with the power to determine til
tariff policy OF the country. The part
has now the power. We are as certai
today % we have ever been of the grei
bsneht that would accure to the coul
try from the inauguration OF this pc
icy, and nothing he's occurred to releai
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