The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-20

the injustice and enOrmlty or the Dlng- , ley tariff, especially in it's application to
 the sister republic of Cuba, and public
 sentiment is apparently demanding that
 the whole wrong should be righted; but,
 instead of that being proposed to be done, the subject is being juggled with ! in the United States senate and tub IS proposed to be thrown to the whale in 1 the shape of an unsatisfactory compro-
 mise with injustice whereby four-tifths
 of the official robbery shall be permit
 ted to remain-not in the interest of the country, but solely in the interest of 1 the preservation of republican harmO-
 ny
 Tt is not believed that it is in the
 province of the democrats in congress
 to assist in the consummation of any
 such inadequate and questionable scheme.
 | "A reciprocity measure is misno-
 mer which does not contemplate at least 50 per cent. reduction of the existing tariff burdens. When the people of Cuba are asking for bread we should
 not offer them a stone. We should not assist in the endeavor to palm off upon the country a measure labelled Reci- procity, which is, in fact, snare and a fraud containing 'differentiar protec- tion for giant trust.
 I've are not insenible to the appeals of Cuba for relief from the tariff eXac- tions imposed by the republican party. We were the friends of Cuba when she
 was suffering from Spanish oppression
 and when a republican administration was reluctant to interfere in it's behalf.
 It is the truth of history that the Gu
 ban-Spanish war was the result of
 democratic insistence in congress and of the efforts of the democratic press of the country in favor of intervention.
 'We are the friends of Cuba to-day and are prepared to mete out to her not merely a paltry twenty per cent but the full measure of justice to which she is entitled and which the present na- tional administration refuses to concede to her.
 ''In this connection permit me to ob- serve that the logic of events has dem- onstrated the soundness of many dem- ocratic contentious of recent years.
 "No one doubts to-day that a high protective tariff has proved the parent of trusts, just as was predicted it would.
 That there has existed for some time popular sentiment demanding relief in some form from trust eXactions is quite apparent You hear it expressed in the cars and upon the streets and in the stores and shops. and it is reflected in the daily press. That relief can be obtained by the application of speedy and effectuaI remedy in the repeal of all tariff duties upon productions con- trolled by the trusts. The present ex- tortionate prices would not continue one hour after the enactment of such a measure. That relief-tmely, feasible and appropriate--a republican president refuses to accept and a republican con- gress refuses to give.
 An act granting that relief, demo- cratic minority in congress with sub stantial unanimity stands ready to SUD- port.
 Justice to Cuba would necessarily follow as a result of such legislation, as we'll IS justice to the consumers of the United States. which is an equally im- portant consideration.
 "There is substantial accord among the democrats of the country upon all the timely issues which are now en- crossing public attention.'
 We are all united in favor of the of constitutional liberay | wherever our flag floats We are op- posed as the permanent policy of this government to the maintenance of de- pendent colonies to be governed outside | the pale of the constitution.
 
 should always be superior to the mili- .ary power,
 We all concur in the principle that l public taxation should be imposed for [ public purposes only.
 We all favor freedom of commerce md therefore favor genuine reciprocity with foreign nations, but are all oppos- I'd to sham republian reciprocity, which $ only a name for republican hypocrisy.
 "There is no division of sentiment against dangerous corporate combina- ions of capital which creat monopolies, 'tifle competition and unreasonably en- nance prices of the necessaries of life.
 we all stand for free trade in all lrticles controlled by the trusts.
 we all desire justice for Cuba and uSllCt lC lIlC IOll0ulltSlo OI tlAS oiAitCh States also.
 We stand where Jackson, Benton md Tillman stood in favor of hard money as opposed to an irredeemable ,aper currency.
 We all recognize the dignity of labor nd it's right to demand just and ade- uate compensation.
 eve are all opposed to an immense tanding army in times of peace.
 We are all in favor of that constitu- ional reform involved in the election f United States senators by the people f the several states, rather than by tate legislatures. We all adhere to hat doctrine declared by Jefferson as blows: Peace, commerc eand honest { with all nations; entangling lliances with none with this substantial unity which z xists upon these and other fundamen- Il principles of democratic faith to mich I need not refer we may safely ! ppeal to the people, and in view of that !, atisfactory understanding it would be | 1lly to longer divide upon abstract or | unreasonable questions. Let us not 1 eek to cross any uncertain bridges un- l we reach them.' MT. Hill was followed by Governor et