The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-03

PIES party Is point by point being put oiI
the Democrats. The Republican party,
which in it's early days was famous in the
the line of liberalism, has become a
Tory party of the most pronounced char
acter. MacVeagh reviewed at great length
the history of the past two years. charging
the Republican party with responsibility
for ali the business panic during that
period. Coming down to the issues in
VOWED in the present campaign, he said:
81 am tariff reformer. and know of no
way left under heaven except through the
Democratic party, 10 make fast what we
now have of tariff reform and TO get more.
I believe in the reform method of the DEM
ocratic party, in its radical. imr erative and
immovable demand for free raw mate
rails. Republicans in GarheId's time be-
lieved in protection which leads TO free
trade. The Democrats of Cleveland's time
believe in tariff reform, which leads to free
trade"
AS to the delay in passing the tariff bill,
Mr.. MacVeagh said
''The blame lies first In our absurd Gus
tom of eleciing n congress and retus-
ing TO let IL sit except in special
session for year and = month.
Then the panic came on directly
after the president went into
office, and the extra session 70 allay the
panic crowded out the final consideration
of an extra session for tariff reform. But
as soon as congress regularly assembled in
December the tariff was taken up, and it
steadily absorbed congress until it was
passed"
Mr.. Mcveagh said he believed in BIZ
metailism. "We need absolutely both
gold and silver, free coinage of both. But
in attempting the reform We must neither
damage the credit the nation nor stumble
unintentionaliy from gold mono-metaI-
lism, which is bad enough, into silver
recommendation, which is worse. Up 20
now neither party has taken a frank
position on the silver question. il must
be taken up With frankness and de-
termination, suen as / characterized the
taking UP of tariff reform, and the Demo
cratic party. the only party of the people,
il best fitted for the task" Speaking OF
the question raised during the recent
strike as 20 interference by the Federal
government, he said he believed II local
self-governmeat. State rights is not what
he meant. bat local self-goveFnment Is a
far different matter. On the other hand
We cannot feel certain that il may not
be for the national government to
take control of certain strikes. owing
perhaps 10 the threatened continual ex-
istenee of organized strikes. But, if so,
then let us not blind ourselves 10 the fact
thas this will mean another great step
toward the Capitalization of our form OF
government and change in our actual con-
stitution and a most serious weakening
OF the local responsibility OF the admins
tration Of Law, and local sense Of sesf-re-
lance. to weaken which IS 10 weaken
American Democracy. And IL this Is to
be tho effect Of the present condition 81
wider strikes on the one hand and wider
ioekouts on the other, then the duty Of
The nation becomes more Imperative than
ever to destroy the present tarharoas
way q settling disputes betpeAi
organized labor and organized capital.
And" he concludei. Il have = strong
hope that before Grover Cleveland has
done With the leadership OF ths Demo
cratic party be wall do for the industrial
issue shat he did for the tariff"