The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-01-16
nails as the Chicago Tribune as a bill
to reduce taxes, but the manufacturers

w feuuCe l%H6S, Dut Lne manufacturers
and monopolists, the sugar trust and
the steel rail trust, knew better than
this They were tariff experts, and
understood the effect OF every line of
the bill. 1t was the bond by which
these highwaymen were 10 be author
lied to pillage the people under the
guise of protection for four years
longer, and when the Republican lead
ers finally committed themselves to
the bill, "fat" flowed freely.
These facts must be driven home to
the minds of the people. 1t is a mat
ter OF profound Importance, which is
not to be estimated in dollars and cents.
Gigantic as the robbery is, the use to
which money is put in corrupting the
very sources of government is SUBJ
iect of even more serious interest.
Money has silenced every advocate
of tariff reform in the Republican
party. Senator Allison has sold his
birthright for a mess of pottage, and
we are to be dragged at the wheels of
the triumphal chariots of the money
power. The work he is doing he has
been chosen to do, because once he
stood as the "Son of the Morning" F."
pleading for the rights of his people,
but, like Lucifer, he has fallen, never
to rise again.
Let the Democrats now organize to
carry on the work begun SO well dur.
ing the past year.
1t will not do to rest awhile and wait
for our foes to blunder upon defeat.
From this time on we must push the
fighting, learning from Beauregard at
Bull Run and Meade at Gettysburg,
and not give the enemy time for rest
and recuperation.
The people are with us, our popular
majority being 100000, but to do the
work to which we have set our hands
we need to overwhelm the friends of
Plutocracy at every point.
! In the debate in the House, tremen-
dous effect was produced ON the public
mind, which was widened and deep
ened as the campaign proceeded.
That effect must not grow dim. Dem
ocrats should organize in every school
district in America, and this Organlza.
ton should be carried down even tc
blocks of five.
While the Republicans are quarrel.
ing over the distribution of Offices, lei
Democrats set themselves to the work
of education, and before the next year
clos es let them put in the hands o
every voter documents exposing the
infamous character of the war tariff.
The National Association of Demo-
cratic clubs, or, to use the old Jeffer
son phrase, Democratic societies
should be perfected and extended.
! Chauncey F. Black, York, Pa, i:
the president Of the National organi
zation, and societies in all sections o.
the country should place themselves
in communication with him. There
was never more propitious time fol
a movement all along the line. L
Democrats who believe in the princi
pies of the party will enter on the
campaign now: if in every State ant
every district Democratic societies are
organized at once; if the distinction
between the principles and practice:
of the two parties are made plain a:
every public measure comes under
discussion, the complexion of the mex
House can be determined before the
new Congress meets, and the result:
of the election of 1892 may be de
termined in advance.
In that contest the people must de
eide between. Democracy and Plutoc
racy, and the differences between the
two should be made SO plain that nj
fool need err therein. .-LouisJiW
C0urier-JCurn0L