Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

obtain after 1t Is in power, to the detri-
ment OF the American laborers, who only
can exist when our home industries -four.
Ism. Ihe Democratic platform CORE.
sponos with this demand Of the South to
all lntents and purposes. It says: "A
tariff tor revenue only!' That means low
tsrln ana large imports. The greater the
imports, The greater the revenue! But
the greater, also, the distress of the Amer
lean laborert 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-
lions, and which is not willing that the
American laborer should be degraded to
the arriving wages of an European work.
lngman, proclalms plainly in its platform
that American industries must be protect
ed against foreign competition by pru.
dent protective tariff. II says: we affirm
the belief avowed in 1876, that the duties
Levied Tor purposes of revenue should 80
discriminate as to favor American labor
Ga, field stands upon that platform; Han.
cock stands upon the Democratic plat.
form, and must indorse all measures
which are adopted by his party against a
prudent protective tariff For this reason
alone--to say nothing about many others,
mo laboring man should vote for the
Hancockian ticket"
MR.. GARFIELD's SPEECHES.
The New York Stats Zeitunq pub
lished few days ago a one-sided and
very unjust criticism of the many speeches
Mr.. Garfield made on his trip to New
York and back to Ohio again. 1t COM
pared some of them with few of the
master speeches Garfield made In Con-
gress. and begins its TRADE with the fol-
lowing sentence: So The suspicion lies
near that Garfield had his speeches, made
waukee there appears German Demo-
owned by Mr.. Deuster, q Democratic
member of Congress from the Cream
City, who aspires to a denomination. Der
Seebote reprints the abusive TRADE of its
New York ink.swashlng Democratic con.
temporary with the exception of the
above italicized sentence. Why the
shrewd editor of Der Seeb0te left it out,
the Milwaukee Freje Presse explains In
q leader, giving the Krotzer Deuster COM
pany beautiful rap on their craniums,
which will not contribute much towards
a reelection of the See60te's owner. The
Presse, after quoting the article OF the
New York St0ats.Zestung, says: 1.-THE
organ of Mr.. Deuster der Seebote) can
not refrain from reprinting the above ex-
tract Of the New York Stats Zeitung's
article, and to add his own palaver. The
organ is c. the opinion that the Stats
Zeatung expressed itself rather gently. But
We were very much astOnished to find
that, in reprinting the extract, Mr.. Deus
ter's body organ left out the first sentence
thereof. The New York Stdats-Zeitung
said: "The suspicion lies near that Gar.
field had his speeches, delivered in Con-
gress, written for him?' 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 body.orgnn commit
ted with this colossal blunder! BY
leaving out this sentence 1t manifests en-
uneasy feeling; it shows its sore spot
Perhaps 1t knows also that Deuster's
speeches, which he delivered in Congress,
we're written for him, and the least seem.
ing reference thereto is disagreeable to it
in the extreme. If it should become gen.
orally known that this were 80, the great
statesman, P. ". would dwindle down to
very Insignificant little fellow, who, as
compared with the Intellectual giant G ar
field, is diminutlve dwarf of the smallest
possible calibre. The body. organ slightly
suspicioned, perhaps, that no sane man
would believe this nonsensical suppositIon
Of the New York Staats.Zeitung Garfield
stands too high for this"