The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
Unguardedly Told the Truth.
Westminster Advocate.)

The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun says:
ut is an undisputable fact that the
percentage of exports of manufactured
goods has been rising steadily and
rapidly until now it is more than one
fourth of our total exports"
This cannot be possible! Mr.. Cleve-
land said that the tariff bill under
which this rapid rise in the exports of
manufactured goods represented
Democratic perfidity," and the Sun
started out to take the political heads
of German, Harris, Brice and other
Senators who were largely instrument
tai in formulating its schedules.
In an unguarded moment, this cor
respondent, who, under instructions
from the home office, lampooDed these
Senators, particularly Senator German,
and dealt in both sarcasm and false
hood, now tells the readers of the Su,,
that under this hated tariff bill that
the percentage of exports of manufact-
ured goods has risen steadily and
rapidly, until how it is more than one
fourth of our total exports"
Not only was the SUMS Washing
ton correspondence full of vitupera-
ton and falsehood concerning the
present tariff bill, but its editorial
columns were similarly loaded. The
stuff the San printed was the off
spring of hate and ignorance. We are
inclined to believe it was mixture of
both.
Neither Mr.. Wilson, whose name
the House bill bore, nor Mr.. Cleve-
land seemed to have had any practical
knowledge of tariff schedules. They
had theory, and because the bill as
made up in the Senate. did not con-
form to his theory, each lost his tenn
per. Cleveland wrote an indiscreet
letter to Mr.. Wilson, and Mr.. Wilson,
with no more discretion, gave the let
ter to the public in speech in the
House. After the Senate bill had
passed both houses Mr.. Cleveland let
1t become law without his signature,
and wrote another indistreet letter,
this time to Mr.. Catchings, of Missls-
sippl, and this was given to the public.
The actions of Mr.. Cleveland, Mr..
Wilson aud Mr.. Catchings eXtolled
by the daily press of the east, coupled
with severe denunciations of the tariff
bill, as result of democratic perfid-
ity," served to divide the party to such
an extent that the Republicans swept
the country, including such former
Republican strongholds as Maryland
and Kentucky. Aud now one of the
journals that helped to accomplish the
overthrow of the democratic party
and the establishment in Maryland Of
the worst ring of corrupt politicians
the State has ever known, tells its
readers that under the present tariff
law, which was used as a club to bit
certain Senators over the head, "that
the percentage of exports of manu-
featured goods has been rising rapidly
and steadily. until now it is more than
one-fourth of our total exports"
With this admission of perfidity on
the part of the Sun, will Democrats
ever put faith IN it again? Its sole
object in the matter was the defeat of
Senator German for reelection, and to
do this it was willing to turn the State
government aud that of Baltimore
City over to the Republican party.
The Sun had a perfect right to fight
Senator Gorman, but it had no right
TO use unfair means aud falsehoOd.
And it can continue to fight him, as it
has right to do. The .Aduocdte is
simply warning Democrats not to be
again deceived by it upon the tar
i'll and currency questions. The Sun
in reality is the organ of greed aud ay-
arlce in this State, with no more inter
est in the people than to get all out of
them that it is possible and to deceive
them into falling into its schemes.