The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-13
POSITION OF GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Easy to Harmonic Their Views
With Republicans.

teal parties exist for the advoc2cy II def
IKE PRINCIPLES. ard 2or tor Ire capture
q sEsos1s, 20 Unite shs4- forces fo- ire ccn-
aics Even were the eprrnenss % fusion
less eiasely agreed On policy. K woGia be
cone them ID make considerable sacrifices
II orisr 10 accomplish th4 defeat of ihs
. Eliersbur- alliance. Hitherto even the
fnost corrupt a11 seif-ssaking politicians
have paid tha voters sas compliment Of
c-e3tting them with so much honesty and
| .rgell grnce thai they thoaght IL advisable
az least 20 keep UP = decent p-ets1se g
having combined foE the promotion 90
so-1e 6efE..s principles L was lef1 fer
TIE PopuIs,s. The racve2nt Democrats ard
Republicans 20 THROW 81 he mask and
come before TIE people Win the b-azsn
declaration.
We % no, care which % cur platforms
you sand on, 50 long as yea vote car
,.cket"
Fortunately, the two elements watch cor
si3tute TIE enanles - fusion are 80 nearly
agreed that no great effort should De re
qltre1 - unite t1elr forCeS.
The enc sharp difference between the Re
pubitGans AID the Jeffersonian Democracy
Is on lha t4rT question. me former advo-
eating Z tariff for protection and the lat
Ier tariu fer revenue. Bat even 0u this
question they may not Dc 50 far apart as
they seem. Their differences have been
acceGtaaIed and exaggerated u Lae heat q
Do..ttcai strife. Let them cozse together -
friendly conference. AID they may unite
on a policy which both can honestly and
consistently support.
In the course ~ frequent discussions Of
the tariff question wi,a Republicans I
have often been told Free trade Is ali
right n iaeory, but It s not Yet prae1i BILE
in sals country" Some have gone % far
as 10 admit that the tariff was TOO high
and ought 70 be reduced. Al The same
the Republican orators have assumed
that. because a Democrat advocated .rse
trade a. SOUND. economic principe, he
favored 4 total abolition Of the tariff at
tire very next Session of congress. The
fact Is that we DenoCrats-I refer - the
SQUAD money Democrats fer the free silver
faction forfeited al right u the name
when K fused aita the Populist$ and 9TH
eTs-faVor gradual reduction 0. the tar
- 70 the iowest point al which i would
pr14Uce tfle necc ssary revenue, ! wish ID
emphasize the 1o-d gradual" Olr man
utaciures must surely by iA!s time have
reached point where they need less pre-
tecci9a, and they can surely survive VITA
Sill less frcm time 10 Iirre until ne t2T.n
reaches the trrcdGcible minimum % = rev.
eaue basis. The greatest fault Of sur taglf
legislation has been that IL lacked 1iaa.jty.
IL Great Britain, when \ new measure has
been threshed Out before the voters ana
adopted by parliament. L IS settled once
tof al. and the defeated party gives VI the
struggle. In this country L bobs Up again
in the X campaign and the next cen
grcss und1es the work q rs predecessor.
II the Republicans vii. but admit taat The
tariff - now high enough. AMI that future
changes should take the form u reduc-
lions. We stall have basis % agreement
Thea = h.l could b. passed providing f0-
a certain reduction "a certain stated peri
DDS until the limit was reached CadeT
such an arrangement the manufacturers
would know what 10 expect and c0l'd
make Their calculations accordingly. Man
utaeturers who were avoseI protection
ISIS have told ne that the continued uncer-
ta.nty as 10 VIVA. the tariff wolld ba Was
greater ev.l than free trade.
The present Junc,ure IS opp0y.une for
the Republicans 20 strike cut CT rev lines
IN harmony With the true Democracy.
The cid issues were already dead, ana this
tariff question alone remained when the
Spanish war broke out The most super
hc.2l observer can see that the results %
tbs war have affected the ;ar3ff question
a. Vel IS many others. We have sud
denly sprung 70 The front as i co2QueT.ag.
ec.oa.zi.g power. bidding for CIR share Of
Ire ;rade IN the worlds markets. We a.
ready had our home market - secure
which the protective policy was designed.
and our exports % manufactures were
fast increasing when the war broke car.
II territorial and commercial expansion
Ne mus advance or Txtr at; we cannot
stand still. even Il we would. In order 20
sell cur products abroad we must buy for
elgu products IN exchange THIS means a
reduction ~ the jar:N on some conmod!-
ties. mat cur manufacturers may exchange
their products for those Commo ft.es Il