Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-11-13
DEMOCRATIC DECEPTION.
Senator Casey's Explanation of
the Republican Losses in the
Last Election.
Distrust Of the Mckinley Bill
and Belief in Democratic
Lies Did it.
The VictOrs Cannot Elatter
Themselves That Their Sue
cess is Permanent.
Senator Casey on the Election.

Senator Casey on the Election.
In view of the general interest in the
election just past, an Alert reporter
asked Senator Casey his opinion of the
causes of the democratic land slide which
swept the country. He said;
In my opinion the result Of the late
election was the outcome OF a misunder-
standing between the rank and file OF the
republican party and the party managers,
diligently and sagaciously fostered by
democratic leaders; and that removal
of this misunderstanding was prevented
by lack of time after it was suspected
and by the cloud OF lies with which the
air was made Opaque for {; month before
election IN the campaign of 1883 the
republican party presented two principal
propositions-pr protection and revenue re-
duction. 1t undertook that protection
should be based on the differences be-
tween foreign and home wages-that the
free list should be greatly enlarged and
taxaoion diminished. When the people
by their ballots said amen to these propo-
sitions, they had welded in their minds
the two ideas OF reduction and protection
as one and 1nseperable. Adjustment of
of tariff duties did not mean exactly
that, but they had not thought out all it
might mean. Orators and writer's had
failed TO suggest any change except
downward. Likely few of them had re-
tected deeply enough for that But the
duty Of adjustment on the lines indicated
and in scientific manner. required the
managers of the tariff bill to provide
some advances in exceptional cases or else
leave some industries to suffer--some to
fail.
Yet it did not occur to them at first
that these advances ought to be explained
at once, clearly and in a popular way.The
democrats were quick to see that the idea
of any advances was q surprise to the
masses. They instantly began their pre-
tended expianatlons-del distorted
and sweetened with fattery. The master
sophlst Ito use no stronger term) on the
democratic side of the senate delivered a
speech Of this character before the bill
came over from the house. intense de-
nunciatory and full of tears for the ''out-
ragged people"-but fuller of false lnsinu-
ations and conclusions. And it was wide
ly circulated as early as August.
When at a late day republican efforts
to correct resulting false impressions
earnestly began they were already deep
rooted.
At the same time the air was made
thick with a dust storm of lies as to the
effect of the new law on the cost of living.
It is easy to set lie ahoat and it speeds
it's way like a tumble weed before prai-
rie gale. Its refutation requires some
thing more than contradiction. It re-
quires proof and the progress of proof is
slow, because it is something substantial.
Who has ever witnessed such lying as
preceded the late election? Small lies,
lies in detail, lies known to be lies to the
liar, not only, but palpable to his neigh
bors, his friends his household. or sure to
be tomorrow-shameless lies told for
momentary effect with no expectation Of
permanent deception.
Can the v1ctors really hatter themselves
that their success is permanent? should
think not. There will be time now for
the true character of the bill to become
known and for it's effects to be seen, if it
is let alone.
Is it perfect? No. That would be
impossible. It is designed to serve all
Industries and its compromises must
necessarily be sometimes defective or one
sided. I think, too, the senate amend
ments should have prevailed. In them
that body proved itself, as it has on other
occasions, to be in touch with the people,
rather than the so called popular branch.
But the house overruled the senate at
most points.
"In its agricultural schedules the bill
is splendid. 1t is calculated to stimulate
farmers to increase their t1ocks of sheep
by at least 40 million head and to supply
$50 million pounds of wool now imported
1T protects barley and flax seed and
flax fiber SO that farmers can afford to
reduce over production OF wheat.
"It protects vegetables and the like, so
that eastern states may produce them for
the Atlantic cities instead of importing
cabbages from Holland, potatoes from
New Foundland and eggs from Canada
and may cease growing grain just to that
extent in competition with North na
kota.
If this law can be left in operation and
If business is not upset by dread of
democratic power and free trade, under
it's stimulus such an increase OF cOnsum-
ers may be looked for before many years
as will afford home market for practi-
cally all home products. That would
mean emancipation from the operation of
the systematic machinery employed by
Great Britain for depressing prices Of
bread stuffs. Never can the farmer ex-
pect permanent profit until he is outside
the dlctation of a nation, one of whose
economical notices is a big loaf for
tuppence.'"
Live Stock Shipments.
The enormous shipments OF cattle