Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-11-01
Political Pointers.

One of the effects Of the new tariff
law will be the ultimate control by
Russia of the European oil and grain
trade which has heretofore been sup
piled from the United States. This
is one of the beauties of the republi>
can tariff for protection" only.
1t is all very well for democrats to
criticise Mr.. Flower for his manage
ment of the Congressional campaign,
but let us clear our own skirts of any
blame by seeing that every democrat
ic voter in this vicinity goes to the
polls and casts his vote for the party
ticket. If that be done in every poll
ing precinct in the country the demo-
Gratis will certainly control the next
House of Representatives. The only
danger lies in the stay-at-home vote.
Several prominent republican
stump-speakers, among them Speak.
er Reed and Representative McKin-
ley, have declared as an excuse for
the increased prices upon articles Of
general use caused by the new tariff
law, that cheaper prices were not de-
sired by the people. Think of that
consumers! How many of you prefer
to pay increased prices for what you
buy? And pray, if the people do not
want cheaper prices, why do they
flock to the stores which advertise
special low prices? Every one wants
to purchase at the lowest possible
prices what he or she may need, and
if the republican orators do not
know this, we would respectfully sug-
gest that they take a holiday and
study up on human nature before
going on the stump again.
Have you heard of any manufact-
urer having increased the wages Of
his employees since the Mckinley tar
iff bill became law? OF course you
havn't. The prices go up but the in
crease does not go to labor; it goes to
capital every time. That's the re-
publican idea of popular legislation.
Is it yours? If not vote the demo-
cratic ticket.
Vote as you think. If you think
it right that legislation should be
controlled by the men who contribute
the corruption fund of the republi-
can party, and that the House Of
Representatives, instead of represent
ing the people, should be used mere
ly to register the will of its Speaker
you will, of course, vote the republi.
can ticket, but, if you think that leg
islation should be the result of the I'M
biased deliberations of the men sent
by the voters of the country to Con
gress, you will take off your coat anC
work and vote for the democratic
ticket.
This great moral reform admins
tration has suspended the Civil Serv'
ice law, until after election, in ordel
. that the collectors of campaign
"boodle" may pounce down upon thu
Government employees at Washing
ton, and throughout the country will
the demand of "your money or you
: place." III.
Encouraged by the result of the pc
f lice census made in New York, Bal
timore has decided to have recoun
of her own population made by he
police force. 1t is a noticeable fac
! that it is mostly in democratic cite
, that the census returns of population
have been made ridiculously low. ]
this was not done for the purpose G
reducing democratic representation
in Congress under the new apportion
, ment to be made, what was it don
for?
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e skin diseases Of long standing whic
= demanded thorough change of tn
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