The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-12-01
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SATURDAY, DEC. l, 1885.
TARIFF NOT FILE CAUSE.

enue,' puts tue CHS; neatly rs follows {:
As the smoke clears away and the
Democratic party begins to analyse the
vote as east for and against it, and to
learn certain things it feels ~comtorte'l.
1t was not the matter Of tariff reform
that lost the party the election. That
was the great issue, but los: the party
neither the Presidency MOI Congress
men. In a talk with q remarkably
leye,- healed Ohio Democrat last Week.
he told me several interesting things.
No. said he, tariff reform did not lose
us anything in Ohio. Take the cast. ct
Cultivate and Beriah Wilkins lis ex-
amplcs. Their two districts are the
great w~ool-yrowing sections of the
State and more fine blOoded, high
priced sheep are owned in Outhw ,ite's
district, than in all the rest of the State
put together. What happened there:
The most terrible fight was made
against him. Even George l.. Con-
verse, once IL Democratic member Of
Congress from that very district, work
ed against Cultivate till election day,
and then went to the polls and voted
against him and for Harrison. But did
the farmers. who own the Que hundred
dollar sheep, turn Oath waite. the tar
iff refOrmer, down: Not much. He
is reelected by ninety majority "v"r
the vote Of two years ago. Now, let
me go from the Thirteenth to the Six
teenth district. which Beriah Wilkins
represents now. 1t is a; farming dis
trict, and the i've counties comprising
it own lmore sheep than any similar
numbered counties in the STAGE. though
they are all o so valuable as those in
the Thirteenth district. wilkins
knew his was II sheep-growing consti-
tuency. He got scared and went "vcr
to iRandall on the protection idea.
What happened III that instance
Why, wilkins was not rcnominated.
A tariff reform Democrat named Owens
was nominated aud elected. Take the
Cleveland district. There the Demo
Gratis nominated an out and out free
trader. The Republicans should have
beaten him by 5000 majority, but they
only did it by 1900. 1t is everywhere
a.. 'Gh.rn ~r,S Eif..tl n1ArtA1
from tie Thirteenth New York district.
which is in the city. He quit the Re
publican party and came squartly
over to the Democrats upon this tariff
issue. They renominated him. and
have carried the district with hin ca>i-
ly. Such an INSTANCE mean of ="
man leaving his party and coming
over to the other side, being taken up
and elected by it's not within the
memory Of any politician know.
There was Archie Bis, case. liz came
from a Brooklyn district upon which
he really had prescription papers. lie.
too, was stampeded upon the tariff is
sue and went over to Kadicalism. Aud
what happened to him Why. his
constituents didn't give him u chance
to come back. The Democrats nosni-
mated a tariff reformer Of the most ul-
ira school named Wagner and elected
him. But the most significant lesson
the election administered was to .Jehu
Baker. He was the Republican who
beat VIM. Morrison two years ago. The
iron-barons of Pennsylvania who
wanted the present rate Of protection
continued-sent the blatherskite pre-
tended workingman, Jarrett, out
there to help Jehu in 1856, you re-
member. Well, they renominated
Baker aud he had all the help that
Doodle aud Jarrett together could
muster. The Democrats had taken
the lesson Of two years ago home to
themselves. They nominated IL Nor
rison man named Fornan, and elected
him. 1t was not the Mills Bill or q
fear of tariff reform that defeated US
What of Rhode Island? Seven-eights
Of the working voters of the State are
interested in manufacturing Is wage
earners, or in some other form. This
years vote was much the largest aver