Sharp County record., 1890-04-10
THINGS LOOK BRIGHT

~ THINGS LOOK BRIGHT
-. Are Growing Tired of RePub-
~ Iican Cant and Extravaganza
,ro,o outlook of the Democracy was
brigbter than this year, and the
rying success shown in. focal etec-
1.rns in this and other States are lndlca-
~ yrander and more enduring
snmnb in the legislative and execu-
<ive branches Of the tederal oovetn-
,csnt Il was confidently stated alCeT
..Matn ouay's successful purchase OF the
p,eeidency for Harrison, that the ne,
,h1icans had come to stay and thas IL
MD he another quarter of century
ssfore their opponents would have even
scbance of regaining control OF the
oovernment Tariff reborn was de-
Jared dead beyond the possibility OF
~esurrection, and funeral orations were
denounced over it everywhere IN the
oolumns of the Republican press az ne
pnblioan banquc4s, love feasts and ON
otb er congratulatory occasions and IN
III the official utterances OF the party
mich had returned to power. Ihere
anneared to be no obstacle in the pain
of the war tariff advocates and loudly
vaunted champions of protection"
The first year of unobstructed pro
action" has shown most conclusiVely
xbe correctness of the views OF the
fn;o pe of tariff reform, who held that
sntistry, in aaanted during the memorable
eeasonable of education, Of 1883, would
~ most fruitful harvest But
Cnguine of those advocates OF
IL DR. " .on did not, probably e1-
Pscass 50 o,:ss1' :ss1 Tssy q ID ,,e ne;
EVENll Ohio and Iowa on the ami
,>a..s his of the day when that reform was
.aU,eond Usd y5ed to have been finally disposed
Oftice atr did they hope for such grand
-. les o. Democratic victories in other
Republican strongholds on the first an
niversary of Harrison's Inauguration.
The issue between the parties is pre-
eisely the same now as 1t was in 1883,
the Democracy insisting upon reason
able extension of the free list and ma
terial reduction of the tariff schedules,
In accordance with the interests and de-
mands of American industry, and the
nonopolists and lobbyists, who control
Republican legislation at Washington,
still maintaining the doctrine of higher
dutieS on every commodity of manufac-
tups in ordinary use, and declaring that
Kquor and tobacco should be made free
before clothing, lumber, salt, hardware
and glass. The popular majority that
Endorsed President Cleveland's views
on tariff reform showed that he had the
people with him, even if he failed to
secure sufficient number of votes in
The electoral college, and the popularity
OF his hoIest, fearless, stateSmanlike
policy has been increasing ever since.
The frightened Republican leaders
are Yesorting to all manner of desperate
eypedients to stay the progress OF the
y fising tide but their very efforts are
but revealing their weakness and pre-
cipitating the very catastrophe they
would avoid. The usurpation OF Reed,
the threat to make Federal bayonets the
controlling element at the polls, the
frightful extravaganza in Congress and
in the Government departments that
bids fair to empty the Treasury and
bring about a deficit to be met neces-
sapily by increased taxation, the nulli-
s&cation of the will of the people
by unseating Democratic representa-
lives who have been legally elec-
ted, the repeated and costly blum
1ders in the Treasury Department, the
Tanner and Noble scandal, the outra-
geous nepotism illustrated in every
branch of the Government in emulation
OF the example set by the President him
self, and the complete restoration of the
Infamous spoils system, have disgusted
and alienated the people in regard to
this ill-starred Administration.
But, beyond all these considerations,
4 1weighty though they may be, is the ever
pressing question of tariff reform; a
question which the enlarged list of bus-
ness failures during the past year and
the ruin of so many industries has
forced upon the intelligent considera-
tion of the people everywhere Even
now Republicans in many parts of the
country are practically demanding from
= Congress larger concessions in the line
pf tariff reform than the Mills bill con-
templated and are showing by conclu-
Slve arguments that the policy inaugu-
E*rated by President Cleveland and in
dorsed by the Democratic administra-
tion is the true policy for the protection
Of American industry, and that the pres
ent Republican tariff is wrong, injurious
and indefensible The striking contrast
presented by the economical, prudent,
honest administration of President
cleveland and the corruption, extrava-
gance and plunder of the present gov
ernment is also having its effect upon
the masses of the people throughout the
country. The tide is rising, and it will
IN time overwhelm the forces of organ
ized plunder at Washington as effectual>
~ as the waters of the Red Sea did the
post OF Pharaoh,-Albany (N.Y.) Argus.
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