For example, there are some worthy Republicans who are free-traders.

But they agree with the Republican Party in everything else.

If you ask them to put a Democratic President and Congress into power in order to get free trade they must consider whether if they get power they will give them free trade.

Otherwise they sacrifice everything else for that chance and get no benefit in that respect.

The Republican free-trader who voted for Mr.Cleveland in 1892 did not get free trade.