Repudiates Cleveland

The follOWlDB letter ia from the pen of Mr. Georgu W. Smart, of Grand Blanc, one of the leadluj; brei-tlers of Ami-i ican Merino sheep In the Natlon, and VicePresident of the Michigan Merino S'ieep Breederi AMOclatlon, and is personal ly known to eveiy prominent stock mao in Michigan, Vermom, Kentiicky and maiiy otlier states. He has been a ead'mg dein ocrat for twenty yeiirs, ind nis tvvlee been the democratie candidale for St;ite Senator from this district, and one of the trustee! leaders of the party In this part of HicMjMii. His reasona f.r tfbiindnninr the demoCMcy are mfihiuilly set forti) in the comiiiuniiMtlon: (hand Blanc, MuIi.. Au" 14, 1888. Editou Gi.OBK : Uear Sv-Htlnf[ t'ully deoldwl tliat I canuot indorse the policv of the detnocrutic partj as oontiMM and dlotutwl by the SinithiTii ileinocriicy througtl J'resident Cleveland, and liayinsf oulspi)kenly and iuiiuediaUlyatlei readinK liiölastreg ulnr nicsmue to Conicreai, cindemned the pnlicyortlieJ'rcslil.Miltlierein set forth.by my letter to tilt' pn-s :itxl otlicrwisi', the poaltloo 1 now ocenpy politie illy is well known to nu ny tA my i'i iends. As you have withlu-ld u-in;: my iiaine In coimectloii with the politiial of tin' dny, excepi Rtatin my disitUsftietiOU with and 0ppo3ltl6n 10 the I'rcsiilenl's (ntístóg, I wUb htre to Htate tliat far wh;it waDU to be iny best inten-t as au agrlCUÜuriit and tliat Of ill other Americin Industries i 1 1 I epeclally the laboier- I have beeonie sati-lied that the boftcy and platfortn endonad t y tlie (Jhicago convention a the oiio to vote for. 1 lialJ theiefore iinlle with the republi:in party and juin the salvation anny for H irrisoci and Morton iind equal protection to AniciiCail inihi-trirs. For my reaaoni I mllfllt well say, ask the hundredi and almo! thouand In al most evcry state In the Union tliat are ,1,-MMiing'tlie party, l'hcir reasons aro mauifold, but it may be well here to state soineot th most conspicuous; Fii.st, a predominant element in the narty (und one likely to control) Is for free trade, ¦nul ti"lit 'hert' 1 WttDt toadmit that while I have, sluw 1884, and at that time, oppoaed the free trade policv of the party, I have, also, during tliat time, been somewUat infatuated with the tbeory, but have aan politie il poliey of the party, coudemned It both in 1884 and 1886. I n ow aller havlng studied the practical working of frce trade elnce It lias been before the people 8 u political issue for the past fouryears, have been thoroughly converted to the protective policy of the republioan party. Jïut whetlier I believe in trade or nol, I cuulti not endorse the ineonsistenciea of the democrat policy of t.iritï reform; and farther, I don't believe l is tlie policy of the f.itliers of the party, as can be shown by the records of Jelleison, Jackson and others Unit are 80 often quoted by free trade tloinocrats of today. The Morrison bilí, so fresh in the niinds of all, where he proposed a horizontal reduetlon on eveiything dutiable, whlch bill was anbstantially endorsed by the leaders (at least) of the administration party, 3 in strauge contrast to the present bill of Mr. Mills, whlch has juut passed Congress, all but three deinocraU votlng tor it, includinj; every detnocrat from Michigan. Mr. Moirlson's bill, npofl the face of it, presumed that the taritf was properly and equally adjusted all that was necessary was to reduce the revenues to dispose ol the surplus. Mr. Mills is seekiiij; tlie same result and linds over one hundied anieles to place upon the free list, notably almost every Michigan product. Yet this bill, as I said before, is endorsed by the democracy. They are are about as tur apart as it is possiblo to draft bilis VV'hich isright? Or are the privates in the democratie ranks supposed to nartake of any and all prescriptious prepared loi thein by the doctors of governuient, and ask no questions ? The solid douth seems to control the deinocracy of the Isorlh. 1 can remember when this was done before. I supposed the war had doue away with the issues by which the South sought }i and fouud it in their iuterest to con trol, but thut sanie greed for power seenis to still be present with the democratie leaders of the South, as mauifested in their efïorts to cocitrol our industrial policy. This I object to without questionIns their object, for I well know that, judlng from the failures in their industrial interests, if illowed control they would pauperize the North and bring U3 down as near as possibleto slave labor,with the few aristócrata and noblemen to govern. Their policy Is tbe policy of Englaud. Mr. Cleveland has adopted that policy, as is shown by the exultation expressed by the leading press of that country. We mlght and shoulii have li.ilf a niil1 ion dollars in our state treasury that rightluliy belonged to 08, with a proportionate Himmnt to other loyal states, furnishcd to defend and save the Uuion, only for the defeat of the direct tax bill by sontbern meinbera, aidtd byour northern dciiiocratB who wish to maintaiu a BOlld south. A great deal of stress is put upon the passage of the Chinese cmigration bill that the demócrata claim so nuich credit for. But alter luiving exeluded the Chinese in the interest of American I ibor, they propose now toadmit free (by this free trade scheme) all the products ot this cheap labor to come in competition with the producís of our Intelligent American laborera. Notbing hardly seems to be rirht u the policies assumed by the administration power, but almofll ererfthlng seems inconsistent and wrong. Mr. Kaïidall's tariffblll, i very considérate and carefully prepared revisión ol tarifl' duties, ean'c reccive a hearing; yet Mr. ltandall has been un eminent and able leader of the demócrata in Congress for years. There isn't a democratie Congressmen from Michigan but that knew when they voted lor the Mills bill that tliey were goini directly ngainst the interest of their state. But the Mills bill was the l're.skleiu's bill, and they dnre not retuse to vote for It. And, as Mr. P.nit. dI' Sainaw said. the convention at St. Louis had no right to endorse it in their platform before they knew what it would b', but in tln-ir liaste to foll.uv out the dictHtion of the President, they pre-uiih-iI to endorse it. Öome one said onoe that Mr. Cleveland was greater than his party and he heard of it and evidently became convinced that t was true. And some of the ablest leaders of the party, if they dldn't believe it, have quietly submitted to his dictation, as was shown by the nomination of Mi'. Thurman, a man so lar as known without a living policy, having retired from political life and not having been known to the public before during Mr. CW'veland's administration. Mr. Thurman has bien conspicuou-ly silent. He must now of necsssity endorse Mr. Cleveland' policy and the St. Louis platfoim and with it the Mills bill, which glves the Southern planter over 68 it cent, prole lio. i on his suar and pi tOhio wool on the free list ppOteoU rloe with over UK) per cent. with Ohio VJgttab is frce, as in aearly every olher agricultural pmtneti of the Northern states. The great woolen mouopolists that taritf reforméis have made such a bowl ubont are {{ven 45 per cent. on olothin. "The poor inan's blaukel" Mr Milla taxes 40 per cent. and the millionairi.'s ctrpet 30. So we niiht go on with a list f unjiist discriminatious. Well may it be ealled the "bark lanthorn" taritf bill. The trainers of this bill say they do not nenii f lee trade, but, it is "free wool,'1 1 ix. hemp. jute and other libres, all vegetables free as well as uieats, gaines and p'iultry, peas añil bc ins. In olher words it is tree trade for all the farmer :ias to sell and proteotimi on what bu hal to buy. Uut this dose isu't going to be IWallowed, There is too muoh intelliM'iio! amoug the agriculturists of this ïountry for aiy such step. The president ia made u ilistftke iil hiil policy lo catch votes. "It won't jío down, the people are t(o iulPlIiciit." I visli to Hay a word lor Mr. .lililíes Shaiiahan, ilfinci uti; öupelviMC íiwn Montrose, v1ir I .itetv wiihdrcw frnm the 1,-nicii'iallc ranki. I mtt i' slated in a ale nuinl.cr tA the Gebfee [iem.QCfat that hf (lid notnrite the li-ltcr that ap„.ai-d in lhc;.i-i, or if so it was dirateil by a Flint attornoy. As to that I ean't s:iy, bat Hiis I m rilling W vottèli ?or, tbat Mr. Shanahnn wuntircly eapable )l' vvriiing such a letter afean Ijc attested jy any ol' thi' ineinliers of ihc I Jiüicsri' Jouiity Hoard of Slipiü visois wlwh.iir (econii! acquuintcd 'wltfi hini. Inhisoficlal duties he is 61 the htihlc-i (ounj; men on the board, miil alwavi ouiul on tlie right side, and 1 conr atulate hii'i l'or Ktriiihtlorwurd, niiinlv way in Whk'll he declaivd Ilin iutc-n tions of followln' oui his h'ónesi éötfictions. It is ilot without many rei(ret.s tlial 1 feel coinpelled to fors.ike tlie pirt.v 1 have for upward oflwetHy yi-ars buen allied Witü, but I shoiild be fiklso to niyselfifldfd nót fóltow ny lmuwt - victions. I hiive nlaiiy warm lYirmls U the democratie p:irty whom I UoUl 'm high estëem, aitd sliall conline to do so, bellevlBK tbat thCV, as 1; ire actiag n gooi! faitli, aad farlher, 1 thank thein WT their earuest mipport and the niany cofnpllmentary pösHions they Have een fit to otl'er me, and feellfig thl?, it wouUl fair to betrny their trust in any sham pietcnse to support their party and tlckc when I iimcouvinced tliat they are wrong J ï-hoiilil muob rutlier tliis letter wouk (uwe appeared In the Democrat, but the editor's uncalled for attack upon the woo growers last winter, in which he saw fi to class the.ii "sellish begaars1' and my reply to liim throuxli the columns of the Globe over Uil' signature "Wool Grower, ' luis inadt' it appear to me disagreeable to dn so. When called upon r.t oiir democratie canons last spring to know if 1 was a democrat, I stated tliat I acknowledgei "o curthly imistcr and wuile I conceded inysell ' i democrat, if I could not protect my industry in tlio democratie party, I sliould go whore I could. The developraenta of the policy of the controlling power in the party, the passage of the iMills bill, by which direct, discnmlnatioo has been made Bgainst the agricultiiral industries, where nearly every product of tlic farm is put npon the tree list, lias compelled me to t'ollow out the assertion thus mude. My business interests and the prosperity of my fmily and my ((iiintiy are dearer to me tlian my party. Vours truly,