The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-23
Ex.secretary whitney. Views.


Ex-Secrctary Whitney unbosomct
himself to New York World inter
viewer Saturday. He stated unc1ulN
ionally that while he proposed to take
an active part in the selection of Tho
next Democratic candidate for pre-
sident, he should not be candidate
himelf, and no candidate ever hao
been or would be nominated agalns,
his wishes. He dccl AIRED he knew
any thing personally about Mr.. Clcve'
lands wishes, and hardly believed the
latter desired "A third term, though he
was unquestionally the strongest Dem
ocrat in the country today, and the
man whom four fifth of the rank and fill
of the party would want for "A candidate
| but for the sentiment against third
term, and moreover he is sure to grow
in the public esteem in the next IL
months. "Hc is now necessarily the
only bulwark against Republican ex-
travagance in Congress, and ! think he
will mako a record of it.. 4" As to the
outlook for next year Mr.. Whitney is
quite optimistic. He says:
81 think the condition of the Demo
cratic party in the whole country to-
day is remarkably strong, stronger
than is has ever been since the war,
For the first time since the war 1T
has record to stand ON. 1t has done
something. The country was in
1892 in a deplorable condition In
spite of an extremely high tar
i'll public revenues were falling, and
the republican party had proved itself
absolutely irresponsible by its ex
travagncc The so-callcd prosperity
of the country was not well distribu-
ted. it was not general prosperity.
1t was confined chiefly to indus
tries monopolistic in character and ten
dency. They were fostered by Tariff
which granted enoromus profits in
spots and at the same time stitled gen
eral competition and repressed indi-
vidual enterprise. Colossal fortunes
did indeed increase under that tariff.
and the people thoroughly under
stand that the Mckinley act fostered
such fortunes and granted them i'm
munity from the restraint of a compe
tition. While some great corporations
were thus thriving the people and the
national treasury was Impoverished,
and every month added to the weight
of the hundreds of tons of silver which
the government was buying, but could
The Cleveland admin
: - l. I'll h.,
publicans had evaded. The rcpubli
cans created the difficulties and the
administration has solved |
them. / think the democratic party ,
stands today where the republican /
party stood at the end of the war. 1t 7
has made a new record. II has .
passed through a great national emer-
rcncy and conquered it. Every obsta
ole to restored prosperit, mas been
This is what democrats
nave done and what democrats propose
to 90 on doing, even better in the fu
-urc than in the past. Is Il Doyou wish
20 go forward, or do you wish to turn
back: the democratic party will ask
he country next year. . Growing
which | count as almost
certain will naturally increase the in
,onle from the tariff, and our indus
.ies will more equally thrive under
he new tariff than the old. = What
he republicans really lack is 4 rca
onable ground on which they can ask
lext year for public support and con
idence. What has the party done?
is most important acts Of legislation {
n the past few wears. support of {
which in Congress has been test of ;
'arty fealty, have had to be undone,
nd the country is only now recover ;
ng from the consequences of the party's t
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