Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-06-27

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Messrs. Edii0rs AS the time approaches
foT conventions TO be held 10 select candi-
dates Tor the various Offices in the gin Of
the people, Il becomes those In whom the
right Of sovereignty resides 10 manifest that
interest in the selection OF their rulers,
which ID the inherent privilege Of every
freeman. The crushing defeat OF the Dem
oeratic party two years ago 10 still fresh in
the memory Of all, and should act a. mo-
tor 10 remind them that in order 20 secure
success this Fall and reverse the verdict Of
The last VIII require not only union and
harmony, but az avoidance OF the adyoca.
| cy Of measures OF novel or doubt.dl utility.
upon which the majority Of the people
have set iheii seal Of disspprovaL The
principal issue in the last National contest
was the tariff, the democrats, as under.
stood them, contending for tariff for rev.
enue only, free raw materials and opposi-
ton TO principle Of protection, the Repub-
licans advocating a tariff for protection.
| Formerly, as understood il, the difference
between the two parties was as 10 the rate
Of the tariff, the Democrats favoring a re-
duction. Upon that issue they wore twice
! successful, Sut when those in control came
out and announced themselves as opposed
TO the principles Of protection, denouncing
il as a fraud, they. Of course, met with q
disastrous defeat
am aware there we're local and auxili-
airy issues which modified the result, but
the tariff wss the main and principal one
That the issue was National in its nature
and affecting the people at large Is proven
by the fact OF the result being 80 general
Throughout. the country. Some attributed
the result in this State 10 bossism, but boss
ism is not peculiar 10 the Democratic party
any more than il is to any particular State.
There are others who attributed the defeat
to the attitude of Senator German and
those who acted with him or the Wilson
tariff bill in preventing the passage of that
measure rs !. came from the House, but I
think IL plainly evident that these views
are erroneous. The Democratic speakers
generally made the tariff the main issue.
The action of Senator German in prevent
ing the passage of the Wilson tariff bill as
4 came from the House has been the SUBJ
ject Of much adverse criticism, but the Sen.
atOr and those who acted with him well
knew that that bill in its original shape
would not produce sufficient revenue to
carry on the Government and provide for
its pressing liabilities, and even with the
amendments he caused 10 be appended il
will scarcely do 50, and there is prospect
Of large deficiency. The Senator's far
seeing wisdom plainly discovered this,
hence he could not support :he bill in its
original form, but did ell he could TO avert
an impending disaster by adding those
amendments. So that think that instead
OF denOuncing him rs false to the princi-
pies of his party. as some do, he is rather
entitled 10 the gratitude of the people for
having by his action on that measure saved
the country from temporary bankruptcy.
The Democratic party of this State can
/ never continue in or succeed to power by
denouncing Gormsn. He has done the
State and country valued service, and the
| party needs the active aid of him and
! friends to mount the citadel of success.
Now, about the protective tariff. l an
nounce myself as one who believes that il
is and has been for the best interests of this
country. There was q time when our
manufactures were in their infancy. We
were dependent, mainly, on foreign
imports for supplies and prices of cor.-
modi.ies were high, but there were men of
means who wished 10 invest their money
in manufactures, but they could not do so
and submit TO a ruiaous competition from
abroad, so they appealed 10 the members
of Congress, irrespective OF party, for pro-
lection. Congress satisfied of the reasona-
bleness and business of their demands,
readily granted this protection in the shape
of moderate tariff on foreign imported
goods similar to those they would manu-.
facture. The result was magical; manu-
factories began to spring up and multiply
all over the country; there were soon hun
dreds where there had not been ten; EN-.
ployment was given 10 hundreds of thous.
ands Of the unimployed;plenty abounded
in homes where, perhaps, before gaunt want
prevailed. The country was supplied with
an abundance of manufactured goods of
all descriptions, and as we all know that
the prices OF all commodities are dependent
upon the law of supply and demand, goods
became cheap and are still becoming
cheaper, for the home competition keeps
down the price, and thus the benifcent
results of protective ;lriff are apparent
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