Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-28
TARIFF IS
THE ISSUE
DEMOCRATS WILL GO BACK
TWELVE YEARS TO WAGE
CAMPAIGN.
"A DIFFERENT OBJECT
Free Trade Now Demanded by Demo-
Gratis Differs From the Free Trade
For Which Grover Cleveland Fought
-Cockran's Views Are Endorsed.

Washington, D. c., April 26. - From
the way the political situation shapes
up In congress in these last days of
the session, it appears likely the next
campaign will be fought largely upon
the tariff issue. The democrats are
giving indications more plainly every
day of their intention to fall back upon
free trade for their platform. Coupled
with their cry for free trade will be
the claim that it will relieve the trust
situation.
The democracy under Grover Cleve-
land stood for free trade pure and sim
pie and for free trades sake only.
The democracy of today stands for free
trade as the antithesis of the protec-
tive tariff, and in addition offers it as
q panacea for the trust evil. The old
single bore free trade rifle is thus eX-
changed for the double barrel free
trade antitrust shotgun. Both are
weapons leveled against the American
Workingmen.
Issue Is Gladly Met.
Republican leaders il congress were
In conference today upon this turn in
the situation. They are laying their
plans swiftly and surely to meet the
democrats upon the free trade issue,
and to hold them TO it. The campaign
managers who are to conduct the fight
for congress are ransacking the con-
gressioHal record and digging out all
the free trade democratic speeches
they can find.
lcockran's Speech to be Printed.
!, Bodrke Cockran's TRADE of last Sat
urday against the protective tariff
principles of the republican party es-
pecially will be circulated as republi-
can campaign document The republi-
cans think it is good politics to let the
workingmen of the country realize
from one of the accepted leaders of the
democracy just what they may expect
If the democrats get into power. The
scars which the Wilson tariff act left
upon the labor Of this country are still
remembered, and the republicans be-
Neve the memory of the laboringman
is not so short that he has forgotten
the horrors that followed the enact
ment Of that iniquitous measure by a
democratic congress.
Extremist Views cheered.
And vet that bill, disastrous as il
was to the industries OF this country, is
not a marker to what Mr.. Cochran
would have. as was evidenced by the
fact that Grover Cleveland would no
sign 1t, because it was not radica
enough. He allowed it to become
law under the ten day constitutions
provision and regretted that the bill
did not go far enough in tearing dow
American Industrial institutions.
The democracy Of today in congress
That Endorsed Mr.. Cockran's free trad
sentiments would Guido the Wilso
bill. This was shown in the applaus
which was given him when he said tn
saving amendments to the number {
600 put on by the senate, would hay
been refused by the house democrat
If they had possessed the power SUI
cessfully to resist. The republican
will 60 joyously into the campaig
against the party which enunciate
such radical free trade doctrine g
its policy and there IS every indies
ton that the democrats propose to
it.
OdelIs New York Message.
The republican political situation
New York was under consideration {
the White House today in long an