| Show mm nn mi the same cowardice democratic party in dealing with the question of free trade as in its dealing with utah and statehood when it cornea to the scratch the leaders get weak kneed before the chicago convention during the framing of the platform and for some weeks after the dedire of the leaders was to see a free trade policy pursued in america when it was dis covered however that the sentiment of the american people is not that way then the leaders beggar the ia mcewe aro now told thit free trade is an impossibility and the is given to understand that such is not the meaning of the words a boriff for revenue only the language of the chicago platform is vary plain en that quee ti on if a store haaga out a sign that it will sell for cash only no farmer would drive up with a load of potatoes and expect to do business with said merchant the demi cratic pla toral declares it unconstitutional to collect a duty excel for revenue only how can any one then expect protection from that source bat let ua go beyond the platform and copy from the congressional record to show the position of the democratic party in congress it waa during the discussion of the springer free wool bill in the house when representative WALKER 0 massachusetts challenged the democrats to define their position that the following di alogna took place mr wa ker now I 1 would like to ask sad I 1 will give time to any gentleman on he democratic side to answer this question if is a democrat in thib Houie in favor ol 01 the principle of of protection whether any one of thein would yote for its application as a general principle or to adv sincle article 01 a it ia anlis ool in in its ao tion to ilia bill Is there a democrat hernia favor of the krotec tion ia adv form in other mr wilton of west viral ilia no acry FI the genue baan irom west says cot ion all agree to that you all agree that tha U nut ft thi hoa in favor of the principle of protection 10 lo vou waiting tor an answer then you are in lavor or the principle of biec trade not west virginia aa far as we can get to it with sufficient revenue for the needs of the government air walker then you bayor free trade the principle of free trade air ot west virginia A far as we can mr walker now then I 1 ask he question again Is there a man here on tha democratic side who does not stand with my friend herd frair boat virginia in favor of the free trade principle mr we are in favor of that kind of protection which leads ally to free trade |
