Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-07-18
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Ut Tue w lsCOuSlu CSnOOl
Assembly, TO he held at Monona Lake,
near Madison, Wis, July 23d to August
9TH, the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company will sell excursion
tickets to Madison, Wis, July 22d to
August 4th. Tickets good to return until
August 9Th, for $3.50 from Watertown.
Al J. H. SLEEPER, Agent.
The Commercial Night School, to be
organized next Monday evening, will
hold an afternoon session, at which time
the same lesson will be taught that was
taught the previous evening, thus en-
abling those who miss an evening session,
or those who cannot attend evenings, to
receive thesame instructions. This school
will be open at 7:30; instruction in pen
manship given after s o'clock, 10 book
keeping beginning at $50. Four even
ings each week-Saturday and probably
Wednesday excepted. Students should
begin at once, as the method is class
Coaching.
"A rousing ratification meeting of Re
publicans was held at Bay View Saturday
evening, and among the speakers was at
torDey Elliot, OF Milwaukee, who said he
was glad to be able to explode the absurd
claim that Gen. Harrison had said that
workingman could live on 10 cents day,
water being free. He had telegram
from the general that he would read. 1t
read:
NJ 1t11r 1o ctOr xyxyOI1 prif
of is only an unwritten brother of the Morey
letter. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Mr.. Elliot then read telegram from
Mr.. New, of The Indianapolis Journal, to
the effect that there was standing offer
in the columns of that paper of 81 900 TO
anyone who could prove that Mr.. Harri-
son ever uttered the words attributed TO
him.
How often is it heard, and indeed by
many understood, that ''trusts" are the
result of protection and can only be OBJ
tanned upon commodities paying high
duty. The cofeee trust is the one of "the
combines" now most injuriously affecting
the price of necessary of life, and free
traders are requested to take note thereof.
Coffee is not protected by "robber tariff"
Like anthracite and petroleum, it comes
into the country duty free. The great
obnoxious trusts seem to choose unpro-
tected commodities for the process of
manipulation. The "trust'' question isout-
side of tariff issues; it is question to be
settled by courts and juries, not by poll
ticians. The manipulation of coffee proves
that the total repeal of the tariff laws
would not prevent "trusts" and corners
We fear that The Gazette is neglect
ing its duty as a Democratic organ in not
publishing all the commentators given
to its candidates and platform, especially
those accorded to Cleveland and Free
Trade in the English newspapers. With
out desiring to be regarded as the especial
champion of Mr.. Cleveland and his policy
we will publish few.
The London Times, has to say in its
issue of July 9th:
1t is certain that the arguments which
President Cleveland urges are those which
Golden used to employ forty-fve years
ago and which any English free trader
would employ now. such propositions
as that taxation ought to be strictly
limited by the needs of the country; that
it is unjust to tax the whole community
for the benefit of special classes; that i'm
port duties stife production and limit the
area of the countrys markets, are purely
free trade arguments Il such aoe are
very glad to see President Cleveland u.s.
ing them, though zoe are sorry for the
popular anfdtudtion Uhich makes 1t dan
gerous to 9ice them their right name
One of the leading trade papers of Lon
don, The British Hosiery Review, SAYS in
its last issue, with undisguised grati6ca-
tion:s
We venture to assert that England will
reap the largest share of the advantages
that may arise from the adoption of the
ideas now advocated by the Democratic
party of the United States.
We may very we'll re-echo that enthusi-
asm on this side of the water, for the re-
election of President Cleveland means
the adoption of his programme of tariff
revision, and bis ideas on that subject go
a long way towards free trade.-London
Star