The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
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Ny dear," said Mrs. S.eependyke hoading up one cf Aer Anshaaas scasfs wisA her head very much oa one siae, and wondenng whether she had better turn it tos future wear. or cat n into patches fcr her erssy Quih. My dear. l sec that the democrats are opposed to having the sershlss sss ha.ld more sh,p< to protect the tssih po you know any thing about nF'
 Wher'i you sec ns" demanded Mir Spocpendyke. shutting h,s book with A bang and scsu,iniEng his w,kr carefully !" What report oi q walking match dsd you get that political intelligence f1omss
 " It's ln all the papers,a protested Mrs. Spccpendyke. As near as could make out nom what they sad. the republican navy had run down % much that ihe democrats were afraid we couldn't de fend the tAna tn case of a war, and the English would come over here and run away with It. Though l don't see what the English would do with u. for they have all they can do m getting along with lseland."
 Did that paper advertise the advan- tagcs of any especial lunatc as, lum that you nos,ceds' inquired Mir. Spoepcndykc. with much apparent interest tn the reply. " Did u set ksrth the superiority of any particular style of the wooden head ovef the genuine article. What's the navy got to do with the tauti. anyway Do you know the difference between the tar,f and tom-catg'
 It's something dcmoeia,lc. isnt It t'' mumhled Mrs Spoopendyke. who had m .de up hes mind m pu, the scarf ,n,o the cray quilt. Nhe.. the republic ans had II. It got pretty high. and l saw by one ot the papers that ihe dcmoc rats wete standing on Il nos, l suppose ,o keep Il down. Really. don't sec why they don't le, the English have l,. Il |, IS such a bother. because
 " Look here '' interrupted Mir. Spcop- end, kc. ~,,h sroan ot despair Have you got an idea tha, tho tariti ,> some kind of an an,mal Think il works on springs! Wlll you convey to my m,nd some ksnd oi 4 notion oi what you think ,he measiy ,h,ns F v
 = don't know. tephed Mrs Spoopen- dyke Aher deep leaeoiion. From all they have saul about Il, go, the ,mp,cs-
 
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 thal'su" tetotted Nj, spoopendyke solemni,. !" You kuow mo,e about IL than thought you did. And suppose yen thsnk the, stand II up on one end he. tween the Two political partcs, and the one winch succeeds n pushing il over on the other ~1ns the cies tien
 :" Yes ,hnped Ms Spnopendyke. de. lighted tn hnd tha, she had made herself understood :" know all that. bu, what put1lcs me Is, how the demoe isis can be standing on u when the repubii, ans 20, then president after all. know
 "Neu knows' roared Mr. Spoopendykc. unable Ia stand II longer. That's the trouble s,th you; you know Il all. Take what you know with wha, you believe. and you only want few illustrations and lively agent te be A three ply directory might be the duty nnposed on the i,n porta,,on Of foreign goods Ind any oi the papers you have been making up into bustles convey that ,dea to yout mind -
 :. Then 1 understand Il perfectly" smiled Mrs. spoopendyke. preparing to impart her views. And that's the ieassn the democrats wan, Ii. .o England won't gc, the Irsh.'
 Who sad anything about the lr.sh and English = demanded Mir. spoopen- dyke. '' sad the importation Sf goods, no, people Think they send Ir,shmen over here In bales, marked This end upf Does fl run m your rattling skull that our revenue is derised from canned irish men. ot lrshmen III the original wood tell ye, ~e pa, a tanfi on foreign man aiao,ufes. and the question now ,s, whether the tanit shall be reduced o, not. Now. you settle down on that. and sec fl you can make anything oi H."
 Certainly replied Mn. spoopcndykc, all a, sea again. We have go, ,o make sure ot foreign goods, and 1 suppo.e thai h really the oniy way to protect them If NC didn't do that, we wouldn't have anything but hut those things that ,ha, ~c seemed to be alsle 10 to -
 To ~ha, :" asked Mr spoopenaykc. seeing tha, h's wife was beginning to wander, and bouncing down ou her :" Don't ~hesitale ,o explain yourself There's ne monopoly of the ,d,ooy Ie, loose on this question"
 We'll continued Mira. Spoopendyke. thus encouraged. If il wasn't for the tariff we'd only have Amen, an things, and in that case the republic ans would win every election"
 Did ths, big intellect of yours enuae, that position from my explanation r yelled Mr Spoopendyke, who prided himself or the lueidisy with which he generally put things Cant you un derst2nd ,ha, the democrats van, to pu, down the tzrif % goods will come m free, while the republicans want tariff M as ,o make efn pay Will have to build an anner in your head for that idea io slnp over into ~
 Yes, yes, Innrmured Mrs. Spoopen- dyke. Ina, was the part wanted to know. But. say. deas, suppose the re- pubi'eans should put the tariff on the poor democIais. They haven't got any. ,k.,. .s.. -..sl Nk.