The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-02
TIE DEMOCRATIC THREAT.

with honest and crcdiablc business
and in,mstry, The gambling chance
on a proposition, however, is IN en-
tircIv different thing from the business
involved in that proposition. Niid
there is no reason whatever in this
, gambling chance 10 challenge the
soundncss of President Taft 5 warning
1 that the country would suffer in case
of Democratic success. There is no
difference between the conditions now
and those hat prevailed at tho time
of Cleveland 5 election in 1892 Dur
| iug that Democratic campaign there
were bets in favor of Mr. Cleveland
! also. bat business was not with thrm.
! Just ~ business is not with Wilson NOW;
and plenty of business men came for
ward with The cXprc,sIor cf their opin.
/ ION that cvcrvthing would be Just rs
well with Cleveland elected as with
! Harrison, Just as some business men
are now quoted as doing. 1t WASH
until after the election. after business,
| industry. and commerce were pros
tratcd. that the public realized what
=
panic began; and it began Just as soon
as that realization came. The Govern
mcBt revenues began to fall off right
away. and all business and industry
took in sail and stripped to the bare
poles. rs a sailing ship does in pre-
pairing for Il storm. The storm came
sure enough, and il came sudden and
hard. The country was filled with
idle men. business was depressed, man.
ufacturing was paraiyzcd in this coun-
try and started up in England with a
briskrcss and extent long unknown in
the manufacturing plants OF that coun-
try The manufacturing FOR the United
states was transferred from our own
country TO England and Germany.
President Tart urges that the same
thing will occur again; and why should
ii not, Every Indication is precisely
the same The Democratic pledges arc
the same now as then: in fact, are
even more explicit now than they were
in 1892 against protection TO American
industry The declaration against the
protective policy is iust as direct. Just
as positive now rs il was then, 1t is
true that Governor Wilson had first
sought TO ignore the platform declara-
tion against protection. and We see IN
some quarters disposition also to
ignore it. But more recently Governor
Wilson has come out explicitly in ia.
vor of the platform, Stating that with
him and his party it is sacred en-
gagemcnt." and support of ii is q
principle. whereas. with the other par
ties it is Il question of detail-how
much protection or how little. But
with the Democrats it is no protection
at all, this on principle. and because
of the sacred engagement that thc
platform makes with the people. And
that is evidently the proper attitude
TOR Governor Wilson TO take, because
he Is running on platform declaring
explicitly the unconstltutionality of the
levying of tariff duties for projections;
and as Mr. Bryan said i'll the Demo
cratic National convention, the con-
vention did not want "'a fight between
the candidate and the platform. - II
was for this express reason that he
moved that the platform be not re-
ported until after the nomination was
made. so that If Il conservative was
nominated, II conservative platform
could be adopted, if a progressive can
didate. then Il progressive platform.
The progressive candidate was nomi
mated, and the progressive platform
was reported and adopted accordingly,
aud there is no quarrc! between it and
the candidate
II was altogether out OF place. there
fore. FOR Governor Wilson TO under
take to ignore this part OF the Demo,
cratic platform, and to say as he did
at first. that the Democrats would not
radically disturb the tariff nor the
business of the coUnrv founded there
on but he would have the process of
eliminating protection made gradual
80 that business could conform itself
70 IT, Later. however, he took the
contrary view. stating il was aues.
tion Of principle. a sacred engagement,
aud the constitution could not be
( trifled with. That is, he would not
| put up a fight between himself and
the platform he was running on.
We notice, however. that some Dem
ocratic' papers are still opposing the
Democratic platform. The New York
( Times, for instance, which is support
ing Governor Wilson, said in recent
issue:
1 No one l. lJolish enough 10 think that
under the Democratic party these lines
VIII be strictly. followed. In planning a
! tarin for revenue q large measure of pro-
lection win remain, some viii be proper
and unavoidable. and some viii be
sncaiScd an ~ IL always Is There are
I too many Democrats who are interested
! ia protected industries 10 leave any hope
/ that Ibis Will not be SO The record is
there 20 prove Il. The three Senators
( from Havcmcyc:,' FOR example. in Cicve-
illrd's second term were. Democrats. But
I this Is fact ;lIUj Mr.. TAFT and his aida
like TO forget. Whatever we may think
/ "f iIs ethics. II = q fact that shows how
/ little radical change Is To- he expected
. from tho Democrats II they win.
4. But the Timcs is entirely wrong up