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HsHaIper, mound Valley, Kas.,
lfalAs Il xrites Hon. B. W. Perkins,
AsHbssso gscongrsa, = follows:
What VIII the Democrats and Mug.
wtlmps do withfthe tariff this session. d
l0cn1EN 80 you know, / Am . farm
SNsf and quite a1ssoh man, andI have
lived in this country q good many
years when We had Democracy and free
trade, and know what they are. In
those days ! drew wheat from my farm
Id Indiana to Vincennes, q distance Of
A6miles andsoldi it for So cents hushel,
and tool; calico ct IS cents q yard, and
very common brown sugar at. II centsa
pound. Remembering ell this, I say,
e IN old farmer, may the good Lord
deliver us from Democracy and free
trade.
FRok An OLD DEMOCRATIC JUDGE.
Judge William A. Galbraith, one Of
The patriarchs Of the Eastern Democracy
has thls TO say on the free trade ques-
ton in an interview with q New York
Press representative:
The farmers, artisans, laborers, all
enjoysthe blessings Of prosperity under
the existing tari6 laws, and when the
practical question comes up Of making
9 change I think they viii be loath to
AQreAfh0r3k Seiaass .Ss
"Ml!e hsYe attained under the protect.
i've system 9 prosperity unexampled in
the history Of the world. A treasury
filled TO Overlooking and unlimited
credit. Yet the annual surplus does
not amount to moro than 4l.6O per
capita Of thepopulationo Of the country.
The great drain on the people il not
visible. The laborinr people have
studied their interests and haye organ
ICED 20 asto make their votes effective.
They know they can live and accumu-
late now, but they do not know how
free trade would affect them. II 1
have q 6ns watch and know thatit 10 in
good running order, and Q matchmaker
comes and tells; me he can take 1t
and put tho works In better condition
wtthFs ten penny nail Iwould scarcely
consent 3 such An experiment. Indeed,
the matchmaker should have to be known
and his skill tested before I should lot
him tinker with my watch. So it is with
the existing order Of things. The free
traderssdo the president no special good
by openly declaring that the present tar
itf bill before the house 10 only the be-
ginning of the end, when free trade will
be the systemin vogue. Such assertions
are nj reassuring. I believe the tariff
should be revised. The Republicans, I
believe, are also In favor of U revision.
when the issue comes squarely down
wonder II the leaders In the Democrat
tosparty have considered that New York.
Now Jersey and Connectitut are filled
with factories that employ thousands Of
Iyotersf .TheSs voters may hesitate to
|chanEe the sxisting order of things, and
that would mean the defeat Of tho Dem
ocratic party. MI. Barnum, chairman
of the Democratic National Commlttse,
I think maintains the same position I do
IN regard to the tariff question, ifwhst
I see In the papers is correct. It is said
the farmers Of the northwest are in favor
OF President Cleveland and tariff reduce
ton. It will not do to count on states
that have gone Republican for years. It
10 not probable that such q change can
have taken place in such short time. E.If
the Democrats count upon any Of these
states they may be sadly disappointed"