Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-22
4 MISTAKEN POLICY.

New FORK Evening Post.
1--WE favor the speedy passage OF the
tariff, bill as being tbs surest means
OF securing our return to power in Con
gress aud the Executive. This is the
position taken by Mr.. Bailey of Texas.
the leader of the BryaniteH in the
House. This is the position OF the
Bryan party In Congress and the coun.
try. 1t appears to be the position OF
Mr. Bryan himself. That doughty cham
piop OF free. trade can rour you as gently
as any sucking dove now that the tariff
is the MAIN issue and the only issue in
Congress- or in the press. 1t amounts
to this, that the Democratic party, save
only the men who went last year to
Indianapolis and supported Palmer and
Buckner, are trying to betray their
traditional low.tariff principles for
which they have all been stamping and
ravips for the,past 20 years, and mono
more loudly than Bryan himself, in
order 10 beip free silver, greeuhacks,
Populism, Dehs, and lot OF other new
| tangled issues, the very mention OF
which would make Jefferson and Jack
| son turn in their graves. Is it not time
| for the men who gent to indianapolis
last yenr to say something about this
base betrayal of "a fundamental prin-
ciple Of the Denocratic party? Was
| there over a time hen the indignation
OF the community was more thoroughly
aroused against attempted tariff eS-
| torrion than nov? Has any measure
for rohbine the masses for the benefit
OF the classes ever equallad the Dingley
bill with its retroactive clause, its repea
OF the draw back on exports, its 100 Of
200 rer cent tax on the clothing OF til,
poor? And yet With all these abomina
tions staring them in the face, the only
thing We hear fiom the Bryanites IL
Congress is hope that the Dingle,
bill, will pass so that the indignation o
tho people will bring into rower--Tnat
whom: a lot of politicians who vii
do-what? Enact free silver. The,
do not even say or pretend that the!
will repeal the Dinghy bill or touch tn
tariff in any way. They want to use
as ladder vita which to climb int
power. They will kick the ladde
down as soon as they reach the Whit
House, il they ever do reach it.
Tho Republican leaders understand
this kind of game. They are t'hankin
on IL. - They reckon that when th
elections come around the objection
in the mindb OF the people to free silve
will be so great that they will swallo
their wrath against Dingleyism j
J order to avoid something worse. The
reckon also pn the fact that the peopl
who protest against tariff robbery wi
. vote for men like Bailey and Bryan
who are only half opposed to it-wh
. nre, in fact, not against 1T on principle
0 but only for the purpose OF getting mi
power in otder TO do something els'
/. There is no logic in Mr.. Bailey's pos
I lion. 1t isItit only for ridicule, and I
9 this il VIII get plenty on the stun
when the congressional elections tai
0 place. The most logical opponents
: tariff swin6ling are the National Dem
Q Gratis, the men who nominated Palm
: and Buckner. These men really electt
9 Mckinley by giving him the votes
U Indiana. Kentucky, New Jersey, Co
Y necticut, Maryland and West Virgini
without which the Republicans cou
not have nut their candidate in q
presidential chair. These men d
,e their duty without the hope of rewa
or the fear of punishment. They a
@ the kind Of stuff that the country nee
% at all times, and especially at u
e present time, when the party rh
,r boasts its lineage from Jefferson al
:. jackson has allowed itself to be swi
1t lowed by Populism. II the tim
10 houored principles of Democracy,
:, which we hear sojmuch, are TO be saw
at at all, they must be saved by t
I'd Palmer and Buckner men, of who
ID Senator Catfrey is the true type. l
10 them organize anew, and see wheth
nv the Democratic masses adhere to thu
vi principles or not. We think that th
ny will find encouragement when th
10 begin. Meanwhile we are glad to (
10 that the Reform Club is resuming
o. tariff work anew, and that it is prep
I'd ing to ill tho country with new lite
er ture on that subject,