The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-01
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| Mr.. Cleveland, in allowing the Will
son bill, with the senate amendments
to become law, has allenated HIM
self from the honest tariff reformers
in h,s party. After publicly anhonnc-
ing his disapproval of the action Of
the Democratic senators. and censur-
ing them in very severe terms, he dis
PLAYED bis moral cowardice by refusing
to exercise the constitutional preroga-
tive of the veto. No free trader, who
is sincere in his convictions, can ap-
prove of the action of the executive
in this matter, or will entertain the
least hope that such legislation as was
enacted by congress is step in the
direction that be desires. The Even-
ing Telegrans, in this regard. has been
consistently Democratic. and the fol-
lowing editorial paragraph on the sit
uation, is very pertinent:
"If MIR. Cleveland is honest in his
advice to Democrats to continue tariff
agitation, and if he is sincere in his
statement that the new tariff law Is
vantage ground from which opera
tions conducted. why didn't he sign
the bilI7 There ia an Inconsistency in
the presidents attitude toward this
question which Is hard to explain.
Just at time when the country had
right to except re It from tariff agi-
tation, the president issue manifesto
urging q renewal of the strike. And
to what purposeq Are not the INDUS
tries of the country sufficiently unset
tied, and has not business already
suffered enough from suspense and
uncertainty There are indications
that there will be a popular revolt
against the new tariff law, but it will
not be in the direction that the presi-
dent anticipates. 1t will be against
the Gorman law, but it will not be in
the direction of the Wilson bill.
This time the sweep of the pendulum
will be in the direction of Mckinley
ism and away from the so-called 'van-
tage ground of Democratic incapaeity.
There are as many tariff reformers in
this country today as there were in
1892, possibly more, but the time will
never come when the Democratic
party will ever again be entrusted
with the work of tariff reform. The
Dem ocratic party has lost its last OPP
portunity to score reform record"
The Telegram is correct when it
says that there ara indications of a
t'popular revolt against the new tar
iff," and that the sweep of the pendu-
lum will be SIN the direction of Nc
Kinleyism" aud away from Demo-
cratic tariff reform. 1t was wild
"craze" of the people of the country !
that placed the Democratic party in
power in both houses of congress and
elected Mr.. Cleveland president in
1892. and after the experience of the
past two years 1t will never happen
again. The Democratic party we're
with the reins of govern
nent because change was desired,
Ind it has proved itself unable to per-
'orm the task. From the beginning
# December until the last days of
August Democratic majority in both
louses of congress, under the leader
hip of the master minds of the party,
evo.ed the time to framing tariff
ill to carry into operation their ideas
f free trade, or tariff for revenue I
My, and the result has been the mon
rel measure which became a law last
londay. 1t is unsatisfactory to the i
ank and file of the party, and is bit t
'rerly condemned by the press of the i,
'untry. Democracy has proved It Il
il inconsistent, incompetent and dis. "
onest. and it cannot expect to regain Il
1blic favor. This is not true of Re n
,blicans. They came into being on 70 =
10 broad platform Of protection to e,
merican industries, and they have q.
eadily followed that policy from 1861 ci
1892. The people know what to
pest if the Republicans are again is
aced in control Of national affairs, in
d they always favor honesty and oh
urage rather than deceit and COW hr
dice. McKinieyism-adjusted, per ia
ps, to suit the altered conditions of a
8 country-would be re established, ca
such an event, as the economic pol 80 80
;, and the surplus products Of the 90
,ms of Great Britain would not be ca
United dnty free. There is no mis- n'
ring the trend Of public opinion in
8 direction, and it i, more marked 6o
W than hen tie passage of the WI co
! bill was IN doubt. The elections s;d
xt November will make this fact more oh
parent than ever, and Democracy 20,
i have difficult task to rally from th
. blow 1t will receive. grl
oe
A prominent Democra. of the state wa
credited with saying that the Will ~ ~