The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-11

declare that immediate revision
downward shall not begin until af-
ter the first Monday in December,
1918. Unless he so declares, 1t is
for American voters to declare them
selves accordingly.
Democratic Party Unchanged.
For more than seventy-five years
the Democratic party has steadily and
persistently held to the principle
that:
"' 1t is a fundamental principle of
the Democratic party that the FEEDER
al Government under the Constitu-
ton has no right or power to i'm
pose or collect tariff duties except
for the purpose of revenue, and we
demand that the collection of such
taxes shall be limited to the neces-
stiles of government honestly and
economically administered.
This is the last Democratic dec
laration, made at Baltimore in July
last. 1t is identical with the one
made seventy-five years ago.
" The Republican party holds en-
tirely to the same view as held by
the first American Congress, when it
passed the first American tariff bill,
July 4, 1889, Just sixty-five days af-
ter the organization of our system
of government-that:
- 1t is necessary, for the support
of the government for the discharge
of debt of the United States and for
encouragement and protection OF
manufacturers that duties be laid on
imported goods, wear and merchan-
ise.'
Reminder of Cleveland Time.
THE Democratic national conven-
tion OF 1892 nominated Grover Cleve-
land for the third time. Mr.. Cleve-
land wrote into his protection to
American labor and country:
a. We denounce Republican pro-
! lection as a frost, a robbery OF the
| great majority of Americans for the
| benefit of the few. We declare it to
be fundamental principle of the
Democratic party that the federal
government has no constitutional
power to impose and collect tariff du-
ties except for the purpose of revenue
only, and we demand that the collec-
tion of such taxes shall be limited to
the necessities of the government
when honestly and economically ad-
/
Kinley tariff law as the eliminating
atrocity of class legislation and we
promise it's repeal as one of the bene-
ficient results that will follow the ac-
! ton of the people in trusting power
to the Democratic party.
THE people entrusted power to
| the Democratic party. Mr.. Cleveland
entered upon his duty as President
on March 4, 1898, and as was the
case under the sliding scale tariff OF
! 1S37-under Van Buren-and the
! progressive free trade act OF 1857
under Buchanan-so under the
! Cleveland tariff for revenue only
policy, financial ruin again desolatet
our whole community. So genera
and so alarming was the distress that
on June 80, 1898, only four months
after his inauguration, Cleveland is
sued proclamation convening Con
gress in special session on August Z
1898.
In his special message to Con
gress, when it met in special session
| ficially and solemnly declared:
With plentier crops, with abund
ant promise of remunerative produc
ton and manufacture, with unusua
invitation to safe investment anC
with satisfactory assurance to bust
ness enterprise, suddenly fnancia
distress and fear have sprung up OF
every side. Numerous money insti
tutions have suspended because
abundant assets were not immediate
ly available to meet the demands o
frightened depositors.'
Mr.. Wanamaker concludes his let
ter with a plea against return t
such conditions.