The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-11

these two ideas, and to give them pop
ularity with certain classes, there was
advocated the home market idea. This
was done to catch the farmer, who, at
that very time, was selling his pro-
ducts in competition with the open
markets of the world.
Nevertheless, protected monopoly, by
the use of its political agents, was able
to numbug the farming community
with this home market fad for many
years In the meantime, the over
whelming majority OF the Democrats
In the United States were holding to
the principles and traditions Of the
party, tina the power of taxation dele
gated to the federal Congress by the
constitution was limited to the rails
ing of revenue for public purposes.
and that to go beyond this was to as
sumo powers. in the language of An
drew Jackson. (which had not been
granted"
With this class of Democrats there
was no compromise. They believed
then, as they believe now, that the
federal government. though supreme
within its sphere, is nevertheless
government of limited powers, and that
Congress had and has no right to eX-
coed such limitations. especially in the
exercise of that most dangerous of all
poWers-taXation.
- l6eliHS peINdueu dll Glasses Oh
Democrats that the party must ulti-
mately come together. if corporate
power and monopoly-rapidly aggre-
eating the wealth of the country into
the hands of the few-were to he de-
throned; and there was also a feeling
that the longer this was delayed the
greater the danger to the country and
the more difficult the task would be-
come
Tho d;,-orco 1,ieu-o o15 faaIi,,,,s ~
anxiety described as existing in the
party caused Democrats to look with
the keenest interest upon any express
sion of Mr.. Cleveland on the tariff
question, and this interest was inten-
sified by the feeling which generally
prevailed in his party that he would
be elected.
When Cleveland Was InauGuratcd.
I believe [ have fairly described the
condition of the country and of the
Democratic party when Mr.. Cleveland
was inaugurated president On the 4th
day of March, 1885.
With the true instincts of a man
who loved both the principles and the
traditions OF his party and beyond
doubt fully understanding. the existing
evils and appreciating the difficulties
before him, Mr.. Cleveland found him
self at the head of his party encum-
bered with all the responsibilities that
his position implied. If any reform
was to be accomplished. his party must
be united upon distinctive principles.
While not in the full control of both
branches of the political departments
of the government, yet a responsibility
would now rest upon the Democratic
party that had not heretofore at
tached to it as minority party.
Many Democrats blamed Mr.. Cleve-
land for not writing and sending to
the Congress that met in 1885 his now
famous tariff message that was sent
to the Congress in 1887
have never been able TO take that
view and for reasons that seemed then
and now to me to manifest the keen
est insight and wisdom upon his part.
Let Us examine this.
Mr.. Cleveland was the first presi-
dent that his party had elected for a.
period of twenty-four years. His party
was not united upon the question of
all questions concerning which the
greatest responsibilities were to be as
Sumed and reforms to be accomplished.
He must wait and let his party fully
sense the fact that at last the people
had given TO it a large part of what
it had been asking for, viz the re-
sponsibility of governing. which. in
its turn, would devolve the necessity
of uniting the party upon distinctive
principle. Had Mr.. Cleveland sent the
tariff message of 1887 to the Congress
which net II 1885 have never doubt
ed that the result would have been to
divide it so hopelessly as to absolutely
forbid concert of action for almost an
indefinite period
1t must be remembered that Mr..
Randall and the Randall Demo-
Gratis" had respectable numbers in the
House that was elected in 1884. and.
as the sequel showed, they had suf-
ficient power, combined with Repub-
hcans, to defeat any action on the tar
if by the House.
In the Congressional election of 1895
the question of federal taxation as
sumed an Importance in discussion
that 1t had not claimed since the pas
sage of the tariff act of 1916, and when
the Democratic House of 1887 met. the
party was practically united. Then
came Mr. Cleveland's message state
paper that is and will be a miIe-post
IN Inc history OF our government for
many generations to come
By this time corporate power and
protected monopoly-for these two
are 1nseparab le-had so strongly en-
throned themselves that they felt Sc
cure from attack. In the language of
Mr. Lincoln they had worked upon |
the preJudices of the people," and
"ilCH 'lAiio OpSl anu uiulSSulSed at !
tack was made by Mr. Cleveland.
there came at first a shock, followed |
by sense of danger that so aroused !
the protected monopoly of the coun- |!
try as to cause it to lay bare in ali
it's nakedness its real danger to the |
liberties of the people.
Fair Play.
/ do not desire to be misunder |
stood at this point. For the patriot
ism and absolute integrity of Ben
Jamin Harrison / allow no man a |
higher degree OF respect or conf |
dence; but that those interested in the |
defeat of Mr.. Cleveland and of the
Democratic party, absolutely bought |
the election of 1888, the overwhelming |
majority of the people of the United |
States believed then, and will con- /
tinue to believe. That protected !
monopoly absolutely wrote much, and |
dictated the balance of the tariff !
schedules in the Mckinley bill, is no |
longer open to dispute.
l do not believe that Mr. Mckinley. |
whose name the bill bears, or mis- com
mfttee which framed the bill, or the
Congress that passed it, were cor
rupt. l take no part nor lot in any
attempt to debase my fellow man.
To start with, Mr.. Mckinley and his
associates believed in
what has always been known as the
doctrine of protective tariff But that
doctrine as promulgated by Hamii-
ton, Clay and the early leaders of the
Republican party never contemplated
slJch obstructive methods e 1veTa ON,