The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
TARIFF REFORM.
With That as Pattle Cry Cleveland
Says Time is Ripe
FOR a DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
He Says Republicans Should Not be
Permitted to Occupy Our Tar
if Reform Ground This
Year.

To representative Of The New
York Evening Post, who asked hin
his views in regard to the outlool
for and the duty of the Democracy il
the approaching congressional elec
tionS. ex-President Grover Cleveland
said:
1t seems to me that if the Democ
racy is really in earnest it cannot fai
largely to increase its representation il
the next congress, but in order to dc
so | think there must be constant
and Stalwart insiStance upon the
thing which are recognized by all tC
be true Democratic doctrines. Oh
course, by far the most important Of
these is tariff reform. On this issue,
1 am satisfied that the Democracy is
face to face with great opportunity.
All of the signs Of the times point tU
a recognition, far beyond all party
lines, of the benefits which would ac-
crue to the people by readjustment
of the tariff, and it would be worse
than folly for the party under the
stress of any temptation or yielding to
any allurement to permit this to be
subordinated to or overshadoWed by
any other issue.
THE present reStlessness in Repub.
lican circles on this subject, often
amounting to protests against Repub-
lican protective theories, should warn
the Democracy Of an impending dan
ger. I mean by this the possibility
that our opponents may crowd US from
our position on this subject, if we al
low them to do so by our lukewarm-
ness and Indifference and to occupy
our ground, just as we permitted
them to crowd US from the ground
that belonged to US on the question
of sound money.
Il am very much pleased with the
deliyerance Of the New York Demo
cracy on the tariff issue, and it was
fit and. proper that the Empire State
should sound the right note. 1t is my
clear conviction that the best aSsur-
ance of success for the Democracy in
the next national campaign will be
found in sincere and unremitting in
sistence upon its old time doctrine OF
fair and benefcent tariff adjust
ment. This insistence should be from
now on 1t need hardly be said that
success will depend upon the presenta-
tion Of tariff doctrine not only re-
cognized as truly Democratic by those
who may be termed veterans in the
party, but also commencing itself to
the hosts of the younger men of our
land. Thousands of these await the
opportunity to espouse cause which
must appeal to disinterested love OF
country and which is based upon the
thoughtful regard of all our people
and the safety of the institutions un-
der which we live. To these young
men no hope is offered for the reliza-
tion of their patriotic ASPIRATIONS eX-
cept through the conscientious en-
deavors of the Democratic party.
Il am at a loss to understand by
what process of reasoning the notion
has gained a footing in certain Demo
cratic quarters not only that no I'M
portance attaches to a Democratic as
cendancy in the next house of repre-
sentativeS, but even that it might be
advantageous to party prospects in
1904 for it to continue in its present
minority now. Powerful warfare ought
to be reagarded as continuous, and II
the results battled for are worth hav-
ing at all, they are worthy Of our best
efforts at all times and under all cir
cumstance. Constant vigilance and
unrelenting attack are essential to VIC
tory, armies are captured by first driy-
ing in the outpoSts.
Il cannot believe that the bright
prospects of the Democracy in the
present campaign are to be married by
any lack of hard work and strenuous
fighting"