The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-04-12
REPUBLICAN REVOLT IN THE
NORTHWEST,


Republican papers are not all protec-
ton organs, and many able papers Of
thatiilk emphatically repudiate the doc
trines set forth in the minority report
of the ways and means committee.
The Republican papers of the North
west are even more emphatic in the re-
lection of do-nothing or obstruction
policy advised by Reed, Mckinley,
Kelley & Co. The st. Paul Pioneer
Press, speaking for the Republican
party of Minnesota, declaring it is mot
worth while to mince matters or to shut
the eyes to proved facts" bluntly says
"the Republican party cannot safely go
before the country in November on
the platform which is outlined by the
report of the Republican members of
the ways and means committee" A
single quotation will show the gist of
Northwestern Republican opinion.
Says the Minnesota paper:
The country has been awakened to
the importance of the tariff issue. The
question of a reduction has been agi-
tated and will be agitated. The voters
this year will have convictions behind
his ballot. He is faithful to his old
party ties, as long as these are not
strained and hardened into bonds. But
he is not ready and he will refuse to
give in his allegiance to the new and
un-Repub!ican doctrine that the tariff
shall not be reformed, shall not be
touched in any single item, and that
that reduction of revenue shall be made
wholly by the repeal of taxes on use
less or harmful luXuries.
And then it is reasserted the "Repub-
lican party cannot win on the platform
presented by the minority of the ways
and means committee"
The Chicago Tribune, noting that
the minority report shows that the
ultra protectionists will concentrate
their main assault against the free
wool provision Of the Mills bill, says;
Do they realize that in taking this
course they are only attacking the "big
ship" of the revenue reformers, and
forcing the fighting just at the point
where the tariff monopolists are most
certain to encounter defeat at the polls
next fall? 4 In opposing free
wool the ultra protectionists will plant
themselves squarely on a platform of
high priced wooden clothing, small out
put, poor goods, and limited employ
ment for operatives in the Woolen in
dustries. Moreover, they will antagO-
nize the best feature of the Mills bill,
which is intended as distinct benefit
to the people of the Northern States
They propose to deny one of the great
est boons that could be afforded TO the
working classes by any single act of
tariff reform, and to do it pPetendedIy
for the advantage of handful of wool
growers in Ohio and Michigan, but
chiefly to bonus the big sheep syndi-
Gates who have taken advantage of the
mild climate and cheap lands of the
far southwest, to wage a destructive
competition against sheep husbandry
north of New Mexico and east of the
Missouri.
Republican papers in Ohio are bat.
tling their best in behalf of trust and
monopoly, and keep their readers com
pletely in the dark about this Repub
lican revolt in the northwest. 1t is tC
be said it is much more radical and
sweeping among the Republican mass
es than even the Outspoken utteranCes
of their leading party organs indicate
as shown by the emphatic declarations
of. farmers alliances and the speeches
of such Republicans as Congressman
Nelson, of Minnesota.