Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-05-25

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Continuing. Mr. Mason said "a farmer ono,
away from home received the following lrttrr |
from d fox Dear Mr. Farmer believe your
hens aud chickens are not doing We'll. and / ten.
der you my services as "a physician Please tell !
your hirrd man to leave the hen house open at
night that may treat them Very respectfully
A. Fox To which the farmer replied Dear
Mr. Fox Your kind aud ucighbUrly letter just rr
ccivcd Your relations with me and with my
hens in the past have not been such rs would war
rant me in employing you as their physician
The doctor should be- friend to the patient. uui
/ have a suspicion that Won are more interest D
In undertaking than i'm medicine ! thank you
for your trouble. expect to be- ut home myself
after the nh Of March and look after my own
chickens Laughter
There are some Republican, who ara willing to
allow the Democrats Ia prescribe tarn reform
providing they are present and see the medicine
given. believe represent district In favor pi
tariff reform. know that ! represent party
that is pledged for a reform uf the ine1ualtir- Of
the tariff but knowing. as do that this bill Is
in the hands Of the Democracy, and that they are
absolutely IN favor Of free trade J. many 9th
rrs, naturally look With suspicion upon al rtutt-
of the free trade party to reform the tariff
Mr. Mason then rad from sprcchc, Of Mr. MILF
aud other Democrats, showing, ms lac said. their
dasire tp purchase where they could purchase the
cheapest and proceeded to SAY II therefor
charge that the Democratic party is In favor ui
free trade The northern Democrats, however
say, We are not in favor ut free trade But the
tail goes with the hid Laughter
lie cited the deadlock hill Of few weeks az"
upon the direct tax hill stating that northern
Democrats said they would rot in their seats Dee
fore they would bc huss,d by the snurthcrn be-.
mocracy. but when king caucus tapped the h"ll
the Democrats all scouted
The hrl.adirrs ring the caucus bell.
The duughiacr cries. for shame
III not be- busspd by greualivrs"
But he gets there just TIA" same.
when the Democratic party gained possession
Of all parts of the government and announced
the doctrine Of free trade, the northern Demo.
Gratis who were hut the tail to th" great Druu.
cratic dog. would mrrkly hold itself between the
hind legs of its owner and wait for instructions
from the business end Of that dog, whether tn
wag for projection or free trade Laughter aud
lie then described the different classes Of Fl g.
traders. who, ur said were. occasionally, the rr.
tired business men. the college professor who had
written ESSAYS To- compete Tor the touI'u CUT
prize, the dude who wanted Ia buy his urrkti'
and gloves from dear old Paris and that class of
statesmen who were born under the hluriul Dol.
tluruct, of the southern cpuf-lcrary. that adopt
ed as rs organic law the principle" that capital
should own its labor and that absolutely free
earth
lie attacked the Mills bill saving that it wa, iu
the interest OF trusts and -yndcat'- aud cited the
sugar trust which. he SAID was one of the largest
trusts in the world that affected the price ui amy
| uf the urCct~iticS Of life
lie snld that while the Democrats we're druo Iur
] ing the syulicut's aud trusts they had thr power
To take un the tariff un refined sugar and thereby
| compel the trusts 90 compost" with the markets
| of the world But instead ut that th" Democrat
| IT, party had not the courage To do it, hui under
! tn. Mills bill had lett the duty and the taN uu
sugar practically as high As over, aud was there
| fore directly in the interest of the Mills bill
Mr. Breckinridgr. OF Arkansas, interrupted ih.
| speaker several times the question Of trusts.
] hut the running stream of laughter prevented
! some ut lat, remarks being clearly heard, and Mr..
| Mason created "A great roar by incninE hi, head
! toward the gentleman from Arkansas and query
/ ing. What are the ~ Id waves saying =, with AN
! upward infection that was simply Irresistible.
! lie suggested To- the gentleman from Mississippi
! MIR Alien that the comic opera hc quoted from
was NOT suited Ia his style of voice and form and
Ier fol Il Inc llFt
Rockaby sugar trust, YOUR. on the tree top.
| While We are in power your cradle will rock;
! But II the tariff husts the cradle viii fall
| And down will come sugar trust, Mills hill and
| all.
or if he insisted on rising to that higher realm
! of Mother Guosr, lac would suggest:
! Little boy blue, come blow your horn nice
| BLOW shrol out of mutton, but don't touch ON
! rice.
! lGrrat applause. and laughtrrun Republican side
He also suggested that the gentleman hold the iu
FAINT trust in his arms and say Darling threat
| rnrd Ia roast You the other day, but that was Il
bluff " and that he pass the infant sugar trust o.
Mr. Mills, who would lundlc ii, and say BABY
! drar don't cry You should have all the sugar in
the United States The Cobdrn boys can hav,
| everything else, but sugar. And then hr would
pass il To the gentleman from Kentucky, VIII,
| would say. DO not cry, little PuIisir W1I~ir II
our poor little Pupsr Wopsr should die we would
MT have anything lcft To throw at the Republican
party
bitterly because the COWS IN his state do not Civ,
| as much milk they did in New England, AMI
the hens did not lay rs many eggs II there was
! anything under the heavens that would stop
| laying hen or dry up u COW it was {" Dee aSsucat
! ed with free trader.
The gentleman however boast,.l NJ their hvau
! tiful women and hraiuy men. They might have
very braluy men IN Mississippi but If they did d.
was another illustration of the saying that you
never can tell the kind Of goods a man keeps by
the samples he puts ON the road Laughter
The Democratic party of the lniied States was
the most popular party ~ England ana the most
Of the United States for Ia" adv cated the passag,
OF laws through congress In the interest ut every
nation under the sun but our own. Grntlcmei
upon the other side asked. when was American
labor more degraded and poorly paid than now =
lie answered During every day that the Dem
cratic party was in power His 'Masou'S father
was skilled mechanic, "A wagon builder, hut il
1851 he could only command - cents a day. IL
those days carpenters had gone south aud apple,
to the cotton planter for work, hut the planter
had smiled and said he was sorry but ht had lus
bought a couple of carpenters. Loud laughter
II the Democratic party had continued in power
every laborrr in this country would be- in cumpA
tition not only with the paupcr labor of Europe
but with the slave labor of his own soil .Repuh
lican applause
Mr.. Allen of Mississippi, arose and intimate,
that he would like Ia ask question, and Mr.
Mason smiled at him rcmarkng In qulIral man
ner, and referring 10 the planter OF whom Ii" ha,
just spoken, is this the same gentleman ?:
lR0ars of laughter
Mr.. Allen. Are We to judge Of your fath,ri
skill by his products -
You are And If YOU don't like my stylr o
architecture you know what You can do when
am not busy Aud am not busy now, go hr added
amid wells and laughter that seemed as though
they would never end.
Continuing Mr. Mason maintaine, that th. bill
was unfair to the products Of his district such a
hemp, soap, glue, aud brushes. The chemicals
used IN soap, he said, were not put ON tn" free lis
an invitation 10 the manufacturers ia this cuuu
try 10 move. The mere tendency of the Till rs par
| alyZing the enterprise and industry Of the cuuu
| try II was standing monument Ia the lncaIAci
~ of ITS authors and standing menace To- the
best business enterprise of the nation.
| Many Of the best minds have breu considering
the proposition of a commercial union with Cana
ia. II this bill should become a law We would hay,
yielded to Canada everything that she wanted
aud II would be- ul nu interest for Canada To- cuu
time further negotiations for commercial union
The trouble was that majority of the committee
| q ont Of S-Camr from states lately m rebellion
and when lac went through his district au'
saw the prosperous manufacturing aud business
men there, and realized that the gentlemen un The
| committee had no sympathy and NO interest 10
! them, It ground him To think that the affairs u
! his district should he in the hands ot such men 4
few years ago when the brigadirrS got back int,
/ congress tho prudiga SON act worked very we'll
hut now il didn't III their cas-. said he: "luJ
are back in your fathers house because hr Caugh
you by the nape of the neck and scat Of govern
| ment and brought you hack You dld not say
! Father, | have siuurd against thee, ! am moi
worthy "a be one of the family make me "a host
| Ter. You are not that Kind ut urIllgalS You
come right la at the front door and wipe YOU
| feet uu the carpet Laughter Some at Nut
even drink out Of the glass fire eNtiugulshrrs 10
and SET your watches 10y the indicator iu th'
street ear. Continued laughter and consequent
! confusion ut the malurI You do not wait for th'
| tatted Gait you put your lrrt ON the table au'
say, What | want is veal 90 Loud laughter
When the Republicans talked about protecting
any of the enterprises in the manufacturing state
the Democrats insisted ON Incorporating into th
laws of the United States plank that was iu th
[ constitution Of the southern cuutrdrrucy. Tho
people were getting very weary OF II, and mex
TAN they would take the prodigal son aud gent!
send him back 10 the husks of the defeated DE
mucracy, while your leader his one -trrnrdurs
! will he promoted 60 the highest position iu th
life" ''' '''' " '''''''
lie also declared himself against the PROPOSE
tiun of free WhlskvN, saying that WhlSkry was no
Gratis he was however m favor oi taking on th
tax On alcohol used in the manufactures and th
arts
He then attacked the committee ON wa,s an,
means. charging that he had been informed am
believed, aud that they had not denied it, that a
agent of the English manufacturers had hrcn il
consultation with the committee aud had bee
influential IN liking some parts of the Mills bill
Mr.. Mason closed by saying that the sleeping
giant the Republican party would awake, and
standing In every harhor and port of entry, uul
say Ia the importers Of goods produced hy Cheal
and pauper labor, thus far and no farther am
under the influence Of Republican admustra
ton the country would have new life and No,
hopes and make greater strides in the march "a
civilization than had heretofore harn acCuuplishr
in the history OF the world. Long continued al
plats-
A page then brought in a couple of baskets '
! flowers and put them on Mt MaSuu's desk, where
upon the Illinois orator retired to the rear roy
of SEATS aud held AN enthusiastic reception
Nearly 5000 immigrants arrived at New
. York ON one day last week. Can the fire.
traders explain why these people leav
lands where free trade predominates &
. come 10 a land which is CURSED Toy prutrc
tive tariff f-ftrf Press