Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-09
THE DEFEAT OF THE MORRISON
TARIFF BILL.

The house yesterday by vote of
of i59 to l55 struck out the enacting
clause of the tariff bill, thus putting
it to death. OF the 155 votes in fa-
vor of the bill 152 were democratic,
and only 3 were republicans. OF
those voting for the slaughter of the
bill 1lS were republicans. To them
the country is Indebted for the perpet
uation of "A law which is the master
piece of iniquity, law which was
intended to be fraud upon the
people, stone given to them
in answer to their call for bread. A
handful of democrats in the middle
states, acting as allies to the rcpubli-
cans, and representing protected mo-
nopolies in their own districts rather
than the people, have contributed to
fasteu upon the people the burdens of
n needless war taxation twenty years
after the necessity for il had ceased to
exist. The triumph of the re
publicans and their allies yesterday
was the triumph of greed over right.
1t was n notice to the over taxed and
tariff plundered people OF the north
west, that they can have no relief
from their burdens until they smite III
their wrath that bulwark of oppres-
sion, that asylum of greed, that guard
ian of monopoly, the republican party.
1t was notice to the republicans of
Massachusetts who in their convention
asked congress for reduction of taxa
ton, that the only road TO such re
duction lies over the dead carcass OF
republicanism. II is notice to the re
publicans of Vermont, who in their
platform few days ago appealed for
tariff reduction that peSple who pay
taxes and bear tariff burdens have no
rights which the fostered monopolies
are bound to respect. 1t is a snub to
the people of Minnesota, who are a
unit for tax reduction. 1t tells
them that they are inlperti-
ncnt in asking that monopoly
shall be little more moderate i'll its
exactions. 1t isa warning TO the hun
dreds of thousands of republicans who
are low tariff men or tariff reformers,
that their true place is in the tariff re-
form party. Had the true sentiment
OF the people of Iowa, Wisconsin, Yer
mont and Minnesota been fully repre-
sented in congress-, the Morrison
bill would have been amended
to contain more tariff reduction,
more judiciously apportioned, per
haps, and passed by IN overwhelm-
ing majority. The day is not far dis
tant when this will be the result.
The insolent refusal of tariff monop-
oily yesterday TO mitigate the evils of
its tariff law, framed in greed and in
the lobby, aud voted for by Congress
with its head in bag, will
most assuredly hasten the day
Of true tariff reform. 1t will bring
the republican party in the Northwest
to speedy end
The tariff reformcrs have enlisted
for the war. The crusade against
slavery was not founded on a truer
principle of justice than is the war
waged against tariff robbery. That
war has just begun; and the insolent
denial of a measure of relief so moder-
ate and conservative will only nerve
the tariff reformers OF the nation
to a sterner purpose. The issue is
here. Randall, in serving the repub-
ican monopolists who send him to
congress, as marplot in the demo
cratic party, may think it a triumph
but yesterdays work has fastened the
day when the scepter departs from his
school Of politicians and his portion
of the uniSn.