The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-08

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A>S-
We are IN u Hole-Help US Out.
He Who Fishes for Game Fish Looks
not upon tho Angle Worm,
The great republican party In Its strug
giles to regain the splendor aud glory 30
ruthlessly snatched from Its grasp four
years ago, saw that an opportunity had
again dawned when, with the right kind
OF bait they could cast their line and stand
q show of reaping harvest OF game fsh.
So they set themselves to work to gather
the bait, and when the wise men OF their
fold had exhausted their energies, they
returned to their rulres and said unto them
" Behold thy servants have done as thou
commandest them to do: searched through
all the land for minnows and failed ;yea,we
sought the helgromite, but he was not, and
We lifted up our voices and wept. And
In our despair and lamentations we took
counsel of the small boy, that goeth straight
for the angle worm" Thus We we're left
to grapple with q phantom and In our death
struggles, materialize It and then clothe 1t
In the garb of respectability-in other
words, take the wriggling worm and put
ting artificial scales and fins upon him,
palm him of upon the unsuspecting game
fish as a live minnow-"Git there, Ell, " Is
our motto-a ground hog case-this fall
or never!" "Old Probabilities" q relative
of the Cleveland family, says never, but,
nv hearers, we know there Is no such
word as 'fale." Hence, weare devotlng all
our energies, all our skill, all our morals
and integrity to clothe this wriggling worm
In the enticing gsrS of fat, shining and
live early spring minnow, that 10 our Gag.
earness to protect the poor laboring man
we may the easier play upon the credulity
Of the game fish.
1t is we'll recognized fact and has been
In all enlightened ages, that 1t takes money
and experience to run government. You,
and the government are In partnership
You have the experience, the government
has the money. You are one and inseper
able-yet OF the two, give US money. 1t
may be wrung from the laboring man, 1t
may come from the profits of protected
soulless corporations and the slippery bug
on the shores OF the Atlantic, or the man
moth mountain of dignitaries In Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania, (the latter only
for campaign purposes) yet give us money
And as 1t takes money to satisfy u.s. why
not be satisfied with the party who have
scared their cOnsciences, turned their backs
upon the appeals of struggling, moneyless
manhood, and under the flatterinR guise OF
4" protection" have shown that they can
wiring more money ont of the poor man
and with less gratitude than any other set
of crafty bloodsuckers this side Of Kalama'
ZOO. We have got this thing down to a
fine point All we ask now Is your assist
ance once In four years! the balance OF
the time yon can have for recuperatiOn-
dsyoting yout time to the replenishing OF
the leakage by the tariff. We also want
your confidence. Distrust breeds contempt
and opens the avenue to opposition; we
want neither. A lack Of confidence also
leads man to think, and the moment you
think, that moment you become danger
Gus element. All we ask Ia that you put
YOUR trust In US and we'll take care OF the
money, and when we throw this Indiana
bait out, Jump at It, and trust TO our get,
ting the revenue. Don't be fOOling around
the bait but swallow 1t our time Is short;
" time and tide waits tor no man." neither
does the tax collector.
And again. They tax the poor man be-
cause he Ia too poor to help himself. II he
has two dollars they only want one OF them
would you charge them with being un.
grateful and unmindful OF your welfare
Where will you find a greater array OF
condescensiOn and unbounded love for the
laboring man. If you vote for the demo-
cratic party you will have no one to pro-
tect you-no loving hand TO caress you In
your struggle TO devise plan to spend the
money saved from reduction OF taxes!
Think of these things Protection Is no
tiy.speck; it's the biggest thing In the re-
publican camp, and sticks out like the
warts on a toad's back. When you 60 out
in public you take pride In saying that
YOU paid fourteen dollars for that coat, NO
matter If five dollars Of the price was tariff
money. The same coat under demo-
cratic administration a few years longer
would only cost eight dollars Who'd wear
an eiphtdOllar coat? Have we lost all res.
pect tor appearances? Who'd carry fifty
cent lack knife when he could get the
same knife for a dollar? There Is reason
In these things, and by reason OF this the
rich man is getting richer and the poor
man poorer. The rich man thrives under
this rule; If you can't exist as mechanic,
day.labnrer or farmer under high tariff
and 1t takes half you earn to pay your taxes
start a bank! this is free country! Bor-
row money and 60 to Canada, or else be
just and show your gratitude to the par
ty that protects you" Don't be alarmed
about the insecurity or smallness OF the
United States treasury 1T can hold all
you can get into it, or If necessary, we
can dig another vault. We will 40 this and
fill to the top and then stand up and point
with pride TO all nations of the earth and
saw Solomon In all his wealth and glory
could not draw his check for such an
amount" And then when justice and mer.
cy come demanding and pleading for an
inspection into the validity Of our resour-
ces, we will draw the veil In front of our
protected capitalists and point with pride
to the yielding propensities and gullibility
of the tax payer True, you entered Into
this donation scheme when the altar OF the
nation was threatend with destruction and
tbo country heinp deluped with the blood