Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1888 — IT IS TOO LATE, MR. CLEVELAND. [ARTICLE]

IT IS TOO LATE, MR. CLEVELAND.

‘fWe haver entered ppon So Crusade for Free Trade”.— Ftom the Pretiltenft letter o f acceptance , giron out nearly 100 days after his nomination. Well. Mr. President, if what you say >3 true, what shall wo do with tho following testimony of your (rietjjls? “We are entering upon a most fearful Presidential contest, the most important since that of 1860. Mr. Cleveland, by his message, for which I most sincerely honor him, has challenged the protected industries of tho country to a light of extermination.”—Senator Vest. : The Democratic Party is a FreeTrade party, or it is nothing. The Democratic Party will make a FreeTrade light iu 1884. If it loses, it will make another ia 1888. The conflict between Free-Trade and Protection is irrepressible and must be fought out to the bitter end.” - Henry Watterson. “I desire Free Trade and I will not help to perfect any law that stands in the way of Free Trade.” —Roger Q. Mills. “All trade should be as free as possible.”— Speaker Carlisle. “Mr. Cleveland has burned hisships; he stands before the country as the champion of Free-Trade against Protection. If he is re-elected, Protection will have received its death blow. ’ — Henry George. “I am a free trader. The Mills bill is a step in that direction. The only fault is tb.at the step is not long enough. We will carry on an aggressive campaign. All our efforts will be directed j to convince the voters that the Bill jlself is not Free-Trade. We've got to do this or be defeated.”—Congressman Breckenridge, of Arkansas.