St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-26
FIVE JUDAS IscARIoTs.
THEIR DEFEAT OF THE WILL
son BILL RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEIR OWN DOOM.
DEMoCRAcY,s ONLY PLATFORM.
Commercial Freedom and Sound
Money With Tariff for Rev
enue Only.

tended, on behalf of the Minnesota
Democratic association, an invita-
ton to Secretary Morton, of the de-
partment of agriculture, to address
the annual meeting of the association
in January. In his letter of invita-
ton Mr.. Smalley suggested that, now
that the Democrats of Ohio, Mary
land and New Jersey had shown that
they had acted on the advice of the
president in his letter to Mr.. Catch
ings and marked the places where
the deadly blight of treason has
blasted the councils of the brave in
their hour of might and while some
prominent Eastern Democrats, mis-
taking the meaning Of the action,
were counSelling a rest that is re-
treat, the moment was opportune to
sound the bugle note that should
rally the Democracy and send them
on the forward march towards their
ultimate goal.
In response Mr. Morton sends the
reply given below, a letter eminently
characteristic of the uprightness and
downrightness, the blunt honesty
and sterling Democracy of the man.
It's hearty courage, its high spirit
and it's bold sagacity will carry cheer
and inspiration to Democrats all
over the country. 1t is by just such
signs as these that Democracy will
conquer.
Department of Agriculture, Office of
the Secretary, Washington, D. c., Nov.
16, 1S95-My Dear Mr.. Smatley: Your
communication of Nov. came to me
on the 18th instant, and now, lmmedl-
ately upon completing my annual re-
port for the fiscal year closing June
80, 1895, 1 reperuse your letter and reply
thereunto at once.
Accept first my grateful thanks for
your commendation of my conduct OF
culture, and of my utteranceS OF the
doctrines of Democracy as you and
understand them
The elections encourage me TO be
lieve that the apparent disasters to
Democracy in 1896, which they indicate.
are only seemings, and that really
those elections teach that to achieve
victory the Democratic party must de-
clare Infinitely its doctrines on all oc-
casions, and that the disciples who are
expected to advocate and represent
those doctrines must never be untrue
to them in deed or act. My real and
DrO1OunQ cOQVlCIlOH IS llbcl Tie i've
sena tors who, like mutinous sailors on
a craft, scuttled the Wilson tariff re-
form bill, are wholly and entirely re-
sponsible for the temporary loss OF
New York, New Jersey and Maryland.
The Democracy, instead of having enc
Judas Iscariot among its disciples, had
five in the United States senate. I'm
like their original prototype, besides
hanging themselves, they hung their
party in three states and demoraitzSd
it everywhere else.
Now idiotic men, who profess to be
Democrats and to adhere to the plat
form of 1892, say that we must raise
the tariff to a protective point In or
ernment. The truth is that the reve-
nues from the tariff are entirely salts
factory and increasing daily. The de-
ficit of income is from internal revenue
sources. The admirers and followers
of the five men who defeated the tariff
reform in the United States senate, as
a rule, ignore the fact that a tariff for
revenue brings very little protection,
and that a tariff solely for protection
brings no revenue. A tariff for reve-
nue., with incidental protection, was
the war cry of these same pirates for
years. They did not understand, ap-
parently, that at the point where pro-
lection, as an incident, comes in, reve-
There is no future for the Democrat
ic party. except upon a platform de-
claring definitely for commercial free
dom and sound money. The former
means untilmate free trade and the lat
ter gold monometalliSm:
With our present system of internal
revenue, Of course free trade is, for the
time being, impossible. My judgment
is in favor of a tariff tax for revenue
upon tea. coffee and sugar.
I am also favorable to an increased
tax upon beer of one dolalr per barrel.
This would give a revenue of So, ,000, 900
per annum. It would increase the cost
of a schooner of beer just two mills.
I believe in the restoration of a stamp
tax upon all deeds to real estate. trans
fers of bank stocks, bank checks and
drafts, and policies of life insurance
and fire insurance. This latter means
of raising revenue never imposed any
hardShipS upon thoSescitiZenS of small
checks or transferred real estate.
Further than that, I would have
stamps upon proprietary medicines and
matches. From these subsidiary sources
vast revenues could be drawn without
working any hardship upon the masses
of the people.
Before your letter arrived had par
TALLY consented to go to Omaha to
speak on the Sth of next January be-
fore the Jackson club. Therefore.
am unable (and [ regret it exceedingly
to accept your very kind and altogeth-
that date with the Minnesota Demo-
cratic association at st. Paul.
Assuring you that I profoundly re-
gret this. and that hope your organi-
zation will unequivocally declare itself
in favor of sound economies. and that,
in my judgment, it is far better to be
beaten for upholding the truth and the
right than to be victorious in advocat-
ing the false and the wrong, I remain,
with great respect. very faithfully