The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-10-13

. fiy ana thdC WAS lhc fcVGfdilStS
Washington never heard Of the
democratic party any more than
he did Of Or. Gould.
When jefferson ran it was as a
Republican. When Madison ran
the Republicans were dubbed
Democrats, as in 1859 the Re-
publicans were called Abolition
lists but it was not until JAckson's
time that the Democratic party
had a Legitimate birth.
The DR.. skipped along to the
war and slid over that unpleasant
spot to Cleveland, whom he pro
nounced to be as pure as Washing
ton, despite the disgracetul BuifA-
10 scandal in which certain
Maria figured with him.
Then the learned DR.. wadcd in
to the tariff IN which he founder
ed RS a man OF his size unable to
swim would in six feet OF water.
Then he declared that there was
not free trade Democrat in the
L. &. and this in face of the fact
that Roger c. Mills, the author of
the Mills bill SAYS: II desire tree
trade, and | will not help to per
feet any law that stands IN the way
OF free trade" Watterson re
marked that "thc Democratic party
except in the persons OF imbeclles
hardly worth mentioning, is not
on the fence; it is Il
free trade party The
New York World declared "no
protcctionist can be a Democrat, "
ana Senator Vest insists tha
President Cleveland has challeng-
ed the protected industries Of the
country to a fight Of eXtermina-
tion. And S. S. Cox, the ablest of
all Of them in his recent speech
in congress on the Mills bill SAID:
1T would be a glorious consum-
nation OF this debate could we
only have the gentlemen on the
other side Join IN this invoca-
ton TO paper and to type and to
the hearts of honest men, to clear
the way for British Golden free
trade" He had much to say
about the hardship the tax worked
upon the poor. Congressman
Peters OF Kansas answers this in
pretty good shape He says:
The next time You hear one OF
these free trade orators talking
about the protection robbers, Just
ask him how much was the tariff
collected on everything brought
into tins country last year Ot
course he won't know and you
will have to tell hun it. was $2l1,
Sl1,632. Then ask him how
much OF this was paid on fancy
wines and cigars and diamonds and
laces and things OF that KIND. OF
course he wont know and you will
nave to tell HIM it was 800. 900,
900. Then ask him how much
was paid on sugar and OF course
he would not know, and you
would have to tell him il was S5G-
507, ,S95, and S971, 454 on rice.
Then ask him to add up these
amounts and he may be able to do
tins and tell you that the SUNS for
luXuries and sugar and rice amount
to $I56,47S, $50. Then ask him
to subtract tins from the entire
amount paid and tell you how
much is to be divided among the
people. Well OF course this he
could not do. You would have tn
tell him, therefore, that there is
left to be divided among 60,000,,
600 OF people the sum of $54, 600,
332, ,642, and this amounts to jus
9Or each. ."
He used the stale argument
thatif you buy an English hat
worth 81 taxed 50c you have tC
pay 81 50 tor the hat thus making
every 81 hat worth $3.50 and thi,
in the face OF the fact that chloro
form, tor instance, IS taxed 80 cent.
/ per lb, while the domestic article
IS sold for 30 cents per ID.
We could wish that space woulc
| permit us TO puncture the Dr'S