The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-08-17
AN EXPLOSION.

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| The Heyaid. DisseminGssr editor IL mac
lie Is on the rampagc. lie is full Of fir
and other lhlags, and the ssother things
are the most dangerous Of the two. Th'
hcot-gates Of his wrath are swung wild,
open and the battlements Of heaven itsei
tremblc. What a shaking OF the very foun
dations Of the earth was distinctly felt IN
all the confines Of the city this morning
Il was all the result of pom derous edi
toriai In this mornings Heraid, ,deyot ed en-.
tirely to the editor Of the DEMocRAT. The
Herald editor has become transmogrifed
80 TO speak. lie no longer parts bis hair
In the middle. lie assumes the attiuiGe
and appearance Of warrior. bui. nnfortu.
nately for the reputation of hi, prov efs
and yalor, lie Is armed only with dllapi.
dated sqnirt.gun. Some mysterious power
behind the throne moves him 10 sayort and
pour out the sials Of bis wrath upon the
head Of the editor Of the DENocRAr. And
these are the beautiful. sweet ct.scentcd, gen.
tlemanly words which he applies TO us
'Lle." dishonest aequiyocating," sdisIn.
genuous," abarefaced falsehood," @usgen
slemaniy," campaign lies OF the DEMO.
cRAT," ct cetera. And all this because the
DgMocRAT objects 10 the HvaLd's view OF
the tariff a. shown In its party platform lie
Il wounded nigh unto death because he says
we mIsquotcd him. He,alone,was the only
man into whose mind ever entered the
thought that We were quoting him. All
others Of ordinary acnmen knew that We
quoted exactly what the answer of any one
would be that was defending the platform
Of hIs party against tho objection We raised.
lie says IL Is ungentiemanly &c misquotc
any one. All, sir, were you cognizant Of
that truth q few days ago when you quoted |
an extract from Mills speech In the House |
In defense OF his bill, when IN fact Mr.. Mills |
had not used one line Of the extract YOU |
quoted A man who lives In glass house,
land one Of very thin glass too.) should be
exceedingly careful how he throws stones.
The Herald editor says that jute sacks do
not fall In the list OF articles that are enti- /
lied to protection under the republican plat
form because they are not manufactured /
here. Let Us see. The DEMOCRAT did
sof any that ''the sacks themselves are man
lfacturcd In Calcutta" as the Herald says
Dye did, but we said this !: "And very near
y all the sacks used by our farmers are
In Calcutta" Here the Her.
I'd man mlsquotes our statement of fact,
md were Il not that We are otherwise en-.
ragged we would Horace Grcciy him at
'nce. Bot II jute sacks are not entitled TO
protection under the republican platform,
Why did all the republican members of
congress the other day Including Hermann,
fote 10 take them from the free list In the
Afills bill and restore the present duty Of
o per cent Your party stands on record
's being opposed to putting sacks on The
rec lisi and there q no wriggling oss of IL.
rhc Herald says It has always been In favor
II full and fair revision OF the tariff, but
hat means nothing The tariff nigh. be
esised by raising the rates Of duties as well
y fSnuSsbs tuetn. Wnat sATfasfN ana "a.
,oring men and all others interested In this
natter Of tariff want 10 know Is this Are
gou In favor of pnttIng jute and jutc sacks
IN the free list Are you In favor of put.
Ing lumber and salt on the free list The
Interests Of the farmers ucmand that these
questions should be answered In the affirm
aslve, but you will not answer them that
way nor in any other way commit your self |