The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
COWARDLY INCONSISTENCY
Of Party Leaders Exposed by a demo.
cratic Free Trade Paper-Gorman
and Davis Placed in an
Unenviable Light.

apprehension ludL marin might follow
Farlier's election through the break.
down Of the system Of protection, by ex-
planning that after all it would be inn
possible 10 break down the system BE-
cause the Republican Senate would
stand in the WAY.
The logic Of this Democratic reason.
iny is somewhat like that Of the boy
who explained thar by refusing to eat
pins he had saved his life-only that In
the Democratic case the country would BE-
saved not by the Democratic refusal to
do harm, bnt only by the Democratic
inability to do the harm it was openly
trying to DO. Judge Parker in his speech
Of acceptance said:
1T is A FACT AND SHOULD BH
FRANKLY CONCEDED THAT
THOUGH OUR PARTY BE SUC-
CESSFUL. IN THE COMING CON.
TEST WE CANNOT HOPE TO SD
CURE a MAJORITY IN THE SEN.
ATE DURING THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS. HENCE WE SHALL BIZ
UNABLE TO SECURE ANY MODI-
FICATlON IN THE TARIFF SAVE
THAT TO WHICH THE KEPUBLI-
CAN MAJORITY IN THE SENATE
MAY CONSENT
Mr.. Parker further thinks that this
fact of Democratic inability to modify
the tariff should serve to prevent a r.
currence of THAT SENSE OF UN-
CERTAINTY AND INSTABILITY
THAT ON OTHER OCCASIONS
MANIFESTED ITSELF
Democratic Courage weakens.
At the recent Democratic ratification
meeting in Brooklyn a lurking fear was
shown of the effect on the minds Of
workingmen. of Democratic talk against
the tariff. The tenor Of the remarks Of
the big Democrats who talked was to
the effect that free trade was a beautiful
theory and the Democrats should be
put in power because they stood sponsor
for it; and since. after all. they would
he unable when put in power to put that
theory into practice, the country with
perfect safety could indorse the beauti.
full theory by putting its sponsors into
power.
The New York Evening Post. a mug
Wump free trade organ which is actively
supporting Parker. but nevertheless cam
not resist the temptation TO expose cow
arily Inconsistency when il sees it, had
this to say about the Brooklyn ~ratiica-
ton meeting:
Now that the party orators are face to
lace with the voters on the h%ustings. their
courage has weakened. Having, In their
exalted moments, declared that protection,
as a principle, Is robbery and works meal.
cuiabie harm 10 the people, they shivse
at the possible effect of their pronouncs.
inent at the polls. In a word, they shut.
fed on the tariff. Listen to Edward NJ.
shepard, who presided at Brooklyn. He
said that the Democratic nominees stand
for a sincere and persistent effort to re-
form the tariff, and especially to abolish
or reduce those duties. the plain effect u
which is not to extend or diversity Amer.
lean industry How striking the contrast
% the st. Louis declaration, The obvious
implication is that no fault can be found
with protection IL it extends and DIVERSE
hes American industry. But when it 10
admitted that protection Is a good thing
In certain cases. who Is going to tx the
number and variety Of such cases? The
argument that protection is an evil per -
Is apparently thrown overheard.
The Alarm of Senator Bailey.
las much fault can be found with Sen
ator Bailry's speech. One feels ones
courage mount high as he Declares: Il de-
not hesitate a single moment to declare
it as my belief that any law which lsvies
a tax not for the purpose Of raising revenue
to support the government, but for the pue.
pose Of compelling an American citizen to
pay more for the goods which he must buy,
is a perversion OF governmental power and
ring, but immediately it produces a great
fright In the Senator's mind. His prophetic
soul sees the Republican orators using his
WOfuS T. vi up AlATm dmOu& tue WOrKs
ing men. SO he cries out to the wage.
earners Of this country who are employed
in protected industries and who are sure
to be told by the Republicans that the
trade not to be afraid. THE DULLRST
A IN 1 HIS AUDIENCE, he pre-
FREE TRADE IS AN ABSOLUTE IMPOS.
SIBILITY IN THIS REPUBLIC. EVEN
WHEN II DEMOCRATS ARE CALLED
PEOPLE TO ADMINISTER THIS GOV
EMINENT he walls, WE WILL FINE
II IMPOSSIBLE, HOWEVER MUCH WE
THE AVERAGE DUTY BELOW A POINT
THAT Will. BE HIGHER THAN Thu
MOST EXTREME OF II EARLY PRO
NECESSARY, AMI HIGHER THAN ANY
MODERATE PROT CTIONIST OF no.
DAY BELIEVES ESSENTIAL for the pre-
lection Of any legitimate Industry
Such Good Lord, GOOD Devil talk will
not help the Democratic party In the least.
II protection, as Democratic platforms
nature evil, it is a thing to be got rid of
as promptly as possible. If the party
orators should frankly say. that. no one
would misunderstand them"
Protection for Democratic Leadera
The cowardly inconsistency which the
Evening Post thus exposes is character.
ers. They are afraid Of their own medi.
SA"S' WNA ~"cy auNeItASe " Inc cOu0e
try as being such a fine thing-especial.
ly WHEN NOT TAKEN.
When the Wilson tariff bill was
framed prominent Democratic leaders
o the precaution to see to it that
industries in which they themselves hap
pened to be interested were not adj
versely affected by the bill, no matter
how much harm might befall other 10.
dustrles. For instance, Senator Cor
man took pains to keep the sugar trust
protected. The present Vice Presidential
candidate, Henry Gassaway Davis, took
pains to see that coal was kept OF the
free list, for his own immense fortune
was largely represented in the coal lands
OF West Virginia.
Compare the ruin and disaafar dneina