Advice Of A Fearless Democratic Newspaper, Wiser Than Its Party

We shnuld i lint ;i fair ininilcd tree trader would acknowledge the trutli ui' these words ol Maj. MrKinley: "I am convineed that the judgment of o'ur eltdzens does not approve the constant agitation of the tarifl Issue in the face oí th tact that it can acciimnlish nöthlng. ii musí surely be appareni i i all alike thai the comliiiims -without ivliirh effecti-o. leglslatlön is Impossible, lo not cxist. The republlean senal ■ :nnl republicaii president are bulwarks afrainst whieh free trade iorces lash powerlesse and, ■vvith no immediate prospect o'f a change in these conditions, the O'nly result of coutinucd agitatlon is to disturb business and rot.-ird entorprises whlch the law miw designe to encoürage." Nothing in the way of tarit'f lcjiislatii.n can be accompllahed by tlie demócrata imtil -tliey have the presidency f. ml the senate; and the returns f rom Oliio indícate that they are not llkely in win the presidency and the sonar- by agitating the tariff question. The larilï as an issue is iiseless, so far as practical result in legislation Is comcemed. Fot the present the demócrata niiiit Juat as well discuss the laws of gravltatlon as the McKlnley Wil. The 52d eoogreea can injure the chances of thcir party In 1892 by advanclng to an attaxik upon the tariff (jiK'stioci, but thoy can üo nothing to bring about a readjuetment, and nntil the w-ortlnge of the law of 1890 are tJioi-miiihly imders'tood tln-re wlll be no basis for a new settlement. The Country avíU not íollow the tariff sinaslicrs in a leap int.o the dark. One dcwen't need to be a protectlomiart; to understand that for the present the advantage of situation and loglC la willi Major McKinloD'