Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-04
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Wool I'm Politics.

The wool growers of Ohio have been
treated in such a shameful manner by
the Democrats that at last they are
turning upon their prosecutors, and
seem inclined to retaliate, not exactly in
a loss of prodts ON wool, but loss in
votes to keep them in power. The
greatest surprise is that these growers
ever should have been deceived into
the support of the Democratic party
after having been cheated so often.
They now fully realize that they have
been tickled with a straw, and charmed
with tin whistle. Ever since the
wool question came into politics the
Democrats have been making false
promises TO the wool growers. The
growing of wool was one thing that
required protection. The Demo-
Gratis were bold enough to tell the grow
ers that they would be better protected
by low tariff, and the growers were
foolish enough to believe it. Every OBJ
portunity offered has been accepted by
the Democrats to vote against the in
terests of the wool growers. By refer
ring to the published proceedings OF
the House of Representatives away
back as far as 1857, it will be seen that
the Democrats made promises in those
days, just as they make them now only
to be broken, but afterwards had the
sublime impudence to appeal with new
promises to the same voters they had
just cheated the same as they are now
doing in Ohio to the wool growers. II
this kind of deception has been going
on for twenty-seven years, it will go on
for twenty-seven more or for an indefi-
mite time, just SO long as the wool
growers show by their good sense that
they are determined to be cheated nc
longer. 1t ought not to be unknown to
any wool producer that the reduction OF
the tariff on wool was made by Demo.
cratic votes in the revision of the tariff,
OF 1883. True, the Republicans had a
small majority in the House at the
time, but upon them was forced the
alternative OF abandoning the bill al
together, or Of accepting it with the re-
duction. Yet the Democrats who al
most unanimously voted for the reduc-
ton, with but here and there Repub-
hcan, were shrewd and sharp enough
to take the question into the State OF
Ohio, and to tell the wool growers tina,
Republican House reduced the tariff
on wool. In that dishonest campaign
they made formal pledges that tn,
Democratic party if sustained by tn,
people would restore the tariff on wool
That party deliberately deceived tn,
wool growers in making that promise
and hence the disposition to punish tn,
party for its brazen impudence and de
ception. Let us see how the Democrat,
have kept their promise.
MIR. Converse, an exception to tn,
usual run of Democrats, and one who
believed in fulfilling his pledges, made
the motion in the present House o.
Representatives to restore the duty OF
wool, but his proposition was indig
nantly voted down by the Democrats
Of the l19 members who voted for Mr.
Converse's motion, only 80 were Demo
Gratis.
The opposition was composed of II!
Democrats and only II Republicans
: The most of the latter were only oppos
ed to the bin because they did not wisl
the question settled in that manner
The leader in the opposition to Mr.
Converse's motion was Mr. Morrison
the free trader, now at the head of tn
Committee on Ways and Means Th
same free trader, Mr. Morrison, wa
made Chairman of the Committee tina
drafted and reported the platform o
the last Democratic National Conven