New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-24
WORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, ls9t-1wE1vE PAGES

Mr.
land to the other opposed his nomna atams and
he elected for his tariff message. had created a
great deal OF excitement and feeling throughouIi
drawn with his approval not saving word about
the Mills bin but spy rsair That v sns his own
wish wanting TO stand as he ought to have stood.
lndorsIne tho platform upon which he was elected
1857 we're OF necessity in strict compliance with
that platform 9Pon whlcn ab ne W free raw material
PLATFORMS ON WHICH CLEVELAND HAS
STOOD.
Mr.. President, as It has been published by a very
distinguished authority, Mr.. Henry Watterson ana
the facts are no longer private | can afford to re-
peat what Mr. Watterson said. after the convention.
because every word Of 1t true. When went
to the convention Mt the express request OF me
man who vas TO be nom nnas 10 10 he convention
] mean the frec-traders and the more au.ahceo
s qT Gf qS e GSnfor 10 Of f0 ISL They
got up resolution indorslng the Nils 3iI as ii
find the resolution indorsing A. bill which taxed
coal IL cents ton and iron ore % cents ton IN
that platform Mr. Cleveland ran ana maze ms E ca
from from NewYork ana his friends who think as he
does, when ths specific declaration was made Tor
Take the convention Of g 1t IN net uo aft cGntr ng
this body or the executive branch-had passed NJ
nervous bills to put this and that article on -. the
Tarln SIN So they came not with a great con-
sructve measure but for the puLposG OF Inc drecs
ton Of tariff reform. the dstingushed chairman ,s
OF the Committee on Ways and Msans Ssed T rhe
other house sent lot Of Bills not 70 put coaI
the free list but 70 put numorr 0s and the
heads Of the Democrat" party ana ASSUME i,I
the closest friends Of the Presdsnt WIZ my 'grn s
take not and the distinguished senator rom LEM
ware Mr. Gray-ou the committee prspareu
Ind
we we're too astute to do that. We commented the
Thon came inc nomination of Mr.. Cleveland amid
that scene which has never been equaled In any
convention with the thunder rolling and tne iignt
ming flashing. and every man IN the convPnuUn , r'
RE men VINO were opposed 70 Mr. Cleveanis nomi-
nation who in all probability. wanted 70 str l a
hon going beyond what the conservatives, who
we're Mr. Clcvelanl's friends wanted put IN tle
platform. They put in the addition that pro'eo''o"
was a fraud. etc.
THE PRESIDENTS PROMISES.
The President scanned the platform as an ABLE
conscientious earnest man would. He had no res
ervatons. He ready 70 present to the country
HIS best thought. and to tell frankly what ne woul
do II he became President He felt az all MS iren's
around him felt hat the extreme action al chicago
would pm: his election in jeopardy re kneW; Jus
ne captain or the other sce DIT, e o.,
g g2a N&&nti9n c5nvsation consisting Of hundreds
OF delegates. had no longer any weight WIZ ~
candllte himself 70 which the people 2oked PIa,
forms gone. 1t was the letter or the cahlioa't
accepting The nomination. and saying what ne wouid
10 Il eeced nat me 6s Ister To nv per
s sons knoMese after conference with his friends
he debraey and wsey sad IN ba the so me , o. of Of
prsceiens OF al the iecaTa,ons ne d raI maze in
~ Grover cioveand in ISL, we viii no, destroy
9nv In lus,ry. We VII remodc tine tarin: We vii
give lower duties; We VII ven he huriers Of me
people and We viii give freer raw materials NOT
freer ri
II There /, stood As have once before said in the
S Ml cy @i, Or coad d have aa country aRd
been elected Presden; OF he United states Is tne
HGTSS7i H" wor thIn any DSmocra, over Gained
To put upon coal when we bad the power hsre'o33
Tisre were mpor.ed in 1871 under duty OF IS cents
ton 20, 81" ion, IN v have ,@ rsu 5S the duly
one ia and II tho importations 10 not d9uoe men
every man VINO Is 'a'ar ~I,n m ,S.egn syndi
cate In Ave years all tho trade from Boston east.
neqy ,s os r @ s5a T h coa S not as
cep, for manufacturing purposes II IS not usei ior
domestic purposes il Is used Tor mahuiac'urHS
purp and oy he railroads.
WHO WANTS FREE COAL?
There "a not a human being man. woman or child. |
fr,n, he Ohio River 20 california. who would be |
benefited ore iota by free coal You have II within
your States TIE cost Of transportation prevents |
coal coming to you from any foreign shore Ih ere
iomac river 20 the tiu.f Of Mexico that would be
, sng,y With CHEAPER fuel would be benefited i
announce 10 anything 70 'hem. But theA 90 no'
waHr n gor 10 one OF the New-Englani SEN
e,ors viii vote FOR a. one other state has an IN |
SsoTna ba mRS gres asl L, p' WhS
/ have Just stated. The senator from california |
he s. Louis convention N 1855 and his colleague. |
a Republican. both stand hSre ana ts, YOU 'no ma,
va, r. Tiey prefer 20 see the American nierss;
fairly protected under a revenue duty. ~ -
III, ~. tto
,baorrtc1 ref5rmer saws +, viii reduce the OF
manufacturing The cost Of what manufacturing
I have The senator rom RHODE Island CMr Adrch,
in my eye are "a astute as any people on me face
found or made they can nni It or make / quicker
than any other people on tho face Of the earth
They 60 into de'an in all their expenses What DO
You suppose free coal would give them IN the mann
facture Of voollcn goods or cotton goods or any,
thing else in the way 81 ramsnt for me psopiea
II would give them about = Of per cent on In, me
cost II would be- So small you could not deduc! |
4 from yard OF GaSS or l2n 81 P ba pros Of
the manufacturers but IT IS so small tnat they 40
not want 1t to the exclusion Of the American III
terests
FOR THE GOOD OF ONE CONCERN.
Whom would free coal benefit? There Is but orr
concern on the face Of the earth 70 which 1t would
give any special benefit AS we have gone on with |
the revolution in commerce. the methods OF trans
portatlon. the modes of operating lines. ana the !
facility WIN which we d$ rom dnr oTwe'S r 90
metals Rave changed all the conditions which ex-
isted twenty years ago. In Nova Scotia there IS
deposl, OF coal as great there Is In any other
one spot on the face Of the earth The Canadian
Government every ounce of II, ana until hve
wears ago no man could dig II without paying
royalty to the Canadian Government The policy
or the Canadian Government until five years ago
was the same as that OF West Virginia. and Viz
glnia. and Maryland. They thought the coal SO
valuable that they would not ease the land except
in small lots OF thirty forty acres so small tnat
10 great plan, could b. put on H. The coal could
NOT be dug although IL j. right at the sea and
un Ter the saa Mined In this way 1t could not De
worked successfully 10 compete with American coal
Five years ago. | think IL or four years aGu,
the Canadian Government was induced to change It's
policy They wiped. out. or permitted To be wiped
ouf All the small leases They took the officers OF |
that great mammoth corpora ton the Canadian
Paclnc Railway which was built by the English
Government as n great measure, the most
thren tening nlcce Of work that has ever been con-