The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-13

higher, it Will probably exclude Ieye-
nue. instead of raising revenue"
Now this is most remarkable state
ment to come from this man from Mis-
souri, who has been these many, years
masquerading as statesman. If the
antitrust laws have not been enforced
it has been the fault of the Democratic
administration. If the tariff is still
protective it is the fault of the Demo-
cratic party Bland said: 'The Ques-
ton Of tariff reform was the most alb
sorbing issue of 1892" He said that
was Ire chief remedy for the Ameri-
can farmer. His salvation was in free
trade and that in 'the arena OF battle
for markets he is organized, well equip
ped and freshly pointed" The home
market and reciprocity were ''trans-
parent cheats" Freer trade with
England, "who will buy most from him
and sell most to him." was to be the
great panacea; the means by which the
American farmer was TO dispose OF lis
enormous surplus of products" which
''the home market is wholly unable to
consume" Until that question IS set
tied the money question may lind its
solution in the way the tariff question
was met when Mr.. Greeley was nom
mated for the presidency by the Demo
Gratis; that is leave 1t IS an Issue in the
various congressional districts"
Now this old Missouri poser says
that he may escape the Democratic
blunders upon the tariff and escape the
failure Of tariff reform to bring pros
perity, "our present tariff is within
lines of protection" What? Does he
mean to say his party has not reformed
the tariff, has not carried out its prom
Uses Of 1892? II 1t reformed the tariff
where is the prosperity that was TO
come from this, 1.-The most absorbing
issue of 1922 If the Democratic
party has not reformed the tariff, has
not broken down the protective prin-
ciples. has not destroyed ''the tariff
baron's monopoly" what has become
Of the promises made IN 1892?
BANDS Democracy is Ike the rural
doctor. 81 will Just throw the patient
into fits. / am hell on fits"
But the thinnest Of all excuses is the
way old Bland and his party seeks TO
make a scapegoat OF Cleveland and
1.-THE present administration" What
ever may be said of Cleveland, Of his
mistakes and his assumption, there
never has been an hour in eleven years
that his views on the tariff and the
money question were not familiar 10
every public man in the United States
He started in office in 1885 opposed TO
free coinage OF silver, opposed 10 the
coinage OF silver under the Bland act
Of 1873. and he has never wavered
from that day % this Cleveland was
known to be the most radical single
gold standard man in public life, far
more radical than John Sherman, for
he wanted every dollar OF greenback
currency retired. Still he was elected
n 1854, renominated IN IS and reject
ell in 1892, and always upon gold
standard platform And this old fraud
from Missouri helped TO swell the ma
jority in that state 10 IL 900 in 1892
History viii never furnish another
Illustration OF q party, after twelve
years OF condemnation and promise
and after being put in pos ton TO rem
edy the evil complained OF, solemnly
assuring the people thai IL has not done
what IL Troruislf.d IN do and now finds |
8 new and more deplOrable evil which !
II now promises To undo. BIND Is a
fitting parI OF such a party He 4
n moss grown, overTatei old Demo !
cratic fraud. The Chicago convention
was onto him when Il preferred the
Baby Declaimer % old Dick Bland o. /
Missouri