Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-08-26

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Of the North, Democrats AS we'll AS Re.
puhliesns, to say to thise'
WHO Is THE LABoRRRs' PARTY
The New Jersey Free Zeltuao writes
editorislly; "Whoever is no, entirely
without, sympathy for the fate of his fei
low.mau, his heart must sink within him
when he sees an honest, Woodworking la
borer, who cpursgeously provides the
necessary subsistence Tor his family,--
that such man, We say, can be induced
to vote the Democratic ticket. The only
real and true lshorers' party is the Re.
publican party, which at the time when II
liberated the slaves, Inscribed protection
for American labor on its banners. Where
would be our American industries to-day
without a protective tariff, for which the
country is indebted to the Republican
party Would all of our industries no,
be al the mercy of the destructive South
ern States elements from the very NONE N,
that Democratic President makes his
tticisl entry into the White Houseg The
Solid South controls the Democratic
party. The South has no industries, and
ii has no sympathy whatever tor the
Northern factory laborer. lis efforts are
to raise AS much cotton "a possible, aud
NNAi ~ ~ az hfkb % l'iaN as tNeNlbit w
foreign countries, and to import in re.
turn everything it needs at cheap ana
at as low tariff as II possibly can
obtain after 1t is in power, to the detri
ment Of the American lsborere who only
can exist when our home industries flour.
ish. The Democratic platform CORE
spends with this demand of the South to
all intents and purposes. 1t ssys. "A
tariff for A pplN ~ That ma L.,
tariff and large imports. The greater tue
imports, the greater the reveuuel But
| the greater, also, the distress of the Amer
lean laborer The Republican party,
which, especially In the Eastern States,
counts its members by the thousands
among the laborers working in the indus
trial branches of our American produc
tons, and which is not willing that the
American laborer should be degraded to
the srvng wages OF an European work
ingman, proclalms plainly in its platform
that American industries must be protect
ed against foreign competition by pru.
dent protective tariff, l. SAYS: we affirm
the belief ayowed in 1876, that the duties
levied tor purposes OF revenue should so
discriminate as TO favor American labor
Garfield stands upon that platform; Han.
form, and must indurse All measures
which are adopted by his party against Il
prudent protective tariff. For tins reason
! slone--to say nothing about many others,
no laboring man should vote for the
Hancockisn ticket"
MIR GARFIRLD's sPRRCHEs.
The New York Stats Xettung pub
lished q few days ago one.slded aud
very unjust criticism of the many speeches
MIR, Garfield made on his trip TO New
York and back to OHIO again. 1t com.
pared some of them with a few OF the
master speeches Garfield made In Con
gress and begins its TRADE with the fol.
| lowing sentences; "1he suspicion l,es
| near that Garfield had has speeches, made
IN Congress, torIttea FIR lam" In M IL
waukee there appears German Demo.
cratic paper called Der .Seeb0te 1t Is
owned by Mr. Deuster, a Democratic
member of Congress from the Cream
| City, who aspires TO denomination. Der
| Seeb0ts reprints the abusive TRADE OF It's
| New York ink -swashlng Democratic con
temporary with the exception Of the
above italicized sentence. Why the
| shrewd editor of Der Seebote left It out,
the Milwaukee Fyete Presse explains In
| a leader, giving the Kro'zer Densler COM
! pany beautiful rap on their crsniums,
| which will not contribute much towards
| a reeiaction of the Seebote'S owner. The
| PTcsse, after quoting the article Of the
New York StaatSZestuag, says: The
| organ c. Mr. Deuster tDer See50ts) can
! not refrain from geprinting the above ex.
| tract of the New York Stadts Iettung's
article, and to add his own palaver. The
organ is @. the opinion that the StdatS
! Xsituag expressed itself rather gently. But
we were very much astonished TO ind
! that, in reprinting the extract, Mr., Deus.
| ter's body organ left out the first sentence
! thereof The New York StaatsXettung
| SAID: "The suspicion lies near that Gao.
! field had his speeches, delivered in Con-
! gress, written for aimY' May be the edl.
| tor thought about another Congressman -
| his lord and master, OF whom 1t is also
| said that he caused his SO much praised
| and pulled speeches to be written for him,
! May be, he feared that the people might
! be reminded Of this, If he printed the
| above sentence. The hody.organ commit
/ ted with this colossal blunder BY
| leaving out this sentence IL manfests IN
uneasy feeling; II shows it's sore spot.
| Perhaps it knows also that Deuster's
| speeches, which he delivered in Congress,
we're written for him, and the least seem
Ing reference thereto is dsagreeable to 1t
IN the extreme. If it should become gen
c.slly known that this were go, the great
state sman. p. ". would dwndie down to
very insignificant little fellow, who, ~
compared with the inte!!ectnel g'sat oar.
field, is a diminuuve dwarf Of the smallest
possible caibre. The body.organ slightly
suspicioned, perhaps, that no sane man
would believe this nonsenscal suppostlon
of the New York StaatsZettang Garfield
stands too hiA h tor this.h