The Teton peak., 1904-09-15
COWARDLY INCONSISTENCY
OF Party Leaders Exposed by a Demo.
cratic Free Trade Paper-0ormau
and Davis Placed in an
Unenviable Light

planning that after all it would be in.
possible to break down the system NJ.
cause the Republican Senate womb
stand in the way.
The logic Of this Democratic reaso,.
ing is somewhat like that Of the ho,
who explained that by refusing to a.,
pins he had saved his life-only that in
the Democratic case the country would h.
saved not by the Democratic refusal Ia
do harm, but only by the Democrats
inability to do the harm it was opepl,
trying to do. Judge Parker in his speech
of acceptance said:
"IT is A FACT AND SHOULD RB
FRANKLY CONCEDED THAT
THOUGH OUR PARTY BE SUC.
CESSFUL IN THE COMING CON.
TEST WE CANNOT HOPE TO Sc
CURE A MAJORITY IN THE sen.
ATE DURING THE NEXT -FOUR
YEARS, HENCE WE SHALL Bn
UNABLE TO SECURE ANY MODI.
FICATION IN THE TARIFF SAW
THAT TO WHICH THE RErUBLI.
CAN MAJORITY IN THE SENATE
MAY CONSENT"
Mr.. Parker further thinks that thi,
fact Of Democratic inaaAity to modify
the tariff should serve to prevent a n
currence of THAT SENSE OF UN.
CERTAINTY AND INSTABILITY
THAT ON OTHER occasions
MANIFESTED ITSELF"
Dem ,cratic Courage wenkena
At the recent Democratic ratifcatie,
meeting in Brooklyn lurking fear was
shown of the effect on the minds Of
Kin oman ~ nap,ooro - II, .,.,g,.A
the tariff. The tenor OF the remarks Of
the big Democrats who talked was to
the effect that free trade was beautiful
theory and the Democrats should b
put in power because they stood sponso,
for it; and since. after all. they would
be unable when put in power to put tha.
theory into practice, the country with
perfect safety could indorse the beautl.
full theory by putting its sponsors Int
power.
The New York Evening Post, q mug.
wump free trade organ which = act.,ely
supporting Parker. but nevertheless can.
not resist the temptation to expose COW.
ardly Inconsistency when It sees it. had
this to say about the Brooklyn ratidca.
ton meeting:
Now that the party orators are face to
race with the voters on the hustincs, theii
courage hns weakened. Having. In thrlP
exalted moments, declared that protection
as principle, Is robbery and works nca.
culahle harm to the people they shices
at the possible effect Of their pronounce
s on % the se tn nGs listen wGed ic a%srs tnSs iA
shepard who presided at Brooklyn. II:
said that the Democratic nominees stand
for sincere aud persistent effort to re-
form the tarir. and especially to abolish
or reduce those duties. the plain effect ot
which Is not to extend or diversity Amer
lean industry How striking the contrast
to the st. Louis declarations! The Obvious
with protection II 1t extends and divers.
fies American industry. But when 1t 10
admitted that protection is good thing
number and variety of such cns',7 The
argument that protection Is an evil per "
Is apparently thrown overheard.
Tho Alarm # Senat,r BAILEY.
AS much fault can be found with ses
ator Balhy's speech. One f-e!s onee
courage mount high as he declares: I do
not hesitate single moment To declare
II as my belief that any law which evles
tax not for the purpose of raising reveuus
10 support the government, but for the pur
pose on compelling an American citizen 70
pay more for the goods which he must buy,
is perversioi or governmental power ans
a downright robbery. This hns the true
ring but Immediately II produces ii great
fright In the SenntOr's mind. Ills prophetic
soul sees the Republican orators using hls
words to stir up alarm among the work
ing men, SO he cries out to the 'waee
earners Of this country who are employed
IN protected industries and who are sure
to be told by the Republicans that IN.
pemocratic party favors absolute tes s
MAN IN ALI. HIS AUDIENCE, he prS
tests. KNOWS PERFECTLY WE'LL THAT
M MFREE TRADE IS AN ABSOLUTE IMl.0S
WHEN THE DEMocRATs AXE CALLED
rEorLE TO ADMINISTER Tllls GOV
fErRNM1ENT,, ~ ,l1,.n, he walls. WE WILL FIND NJ
MAY DESIRE TO DO so. TO REDUCE
maE IA AVERAGE DUTY BELOW A FONT
MnaI ut1ar Will BE HIGHER TITAN la Tx
MEGGESSAhY. AND HIGHER THAN ANY
MoDERATE PROTECTIONIST OF TO
DAY BELIEVES ESSENTIAL for the pro
lection OF any legitimate Industry M
Such Good Lord. good Devil talk VIII
Iot heip the Democratic party In the least
II protection, as Democratic platforms
nave so repeatedly affirmed, Is IN Its yyery
hature evil, 1t Is a thing to be got rid o.
as promptly as possible II the part!
orator orators should frankly say. that, no Que
would misunderstood them"
Protection for democratic Leaders
The cowardly inconsistency which tho
Evening Post thus exposes is character
lstic of most of the Democratic Lead
ers' They are afraid of their own medi'
cine, which they advertise to the coln'
try as being such fine thing-espeeiar
ly WHEN NOT TAKEN.
When the Wilson tariff bill was
framed prominent Democratic leaden
TOOK the precaution to see tO il tha'
Industries i'll which they themselves hap
pened to be interested were not ad'
versely affected by the bill, no matter
how much harm might befall other in'
dustries' For instance, Senator dor.
man took pains to keep the sugar truS
protected. The present Vice Presidentls'
candidate, Henry Gassaway Davis. TOOK
pains to see that coal was kept off tho
free list, for his own immense fortune
was largely represented in the coal iands