The Yellowstone Journal

When such men as Carnegie, who became rich under the system, openly declare that there is no further use for a protective tariff, republican politicians and editors, who are yelling themselves hoarse for a continuance of the measure, will have to change their line of argument and substitute other reasons for the thread-bare fallacies which they have so long advanced. Protection can no longer retain a place in American politics and the sooner its advocates realize this fact the better it will be for themselves and their few blind adherents of a dead cause.—Butte Miner.

Certainly—but what about the democratic senators and representatives who have not only howled themselves hoarse but aligned themselves in open rebellion against the Chicago platform and the administration, in defence of protection? Why should republican politicians and editors "change their lines of argument and substitute other reasons" when they can proudly point to such numerous and notable converts to their "thread bare fallacies" as the present congress shows.

It may be true that protection will no longer retain a place in American politics, but if it does cease to be an issue, it will be because it has been proven to be the true policy, concurred in alike by democrats and republicans. Not because it is a dead issue, but because it has been permanently and satisfactorily settled, Mr. Carnegie and the Butte Miner to the contrary notwithstanding.