Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-29
POLITICAL POINTS.
Capt. F. Edward Gray of AL
hambra Again.
Morrow's Tariff Views Ripped
Vigorously Up the Back.
An Eastern Paper on the Silver Bill
of the Republican Party.
1t Shows How John Sherman's Schems
is Simply Repeated in the Bill
Passed Last Session.


Passed Last Session.
The case being altered, that alters the
case. Before the convention Captain
F. Edward Gray, of Alhambra," through
his home penny whistle, announced
boldly that no tenderfoot need apply for
the Office under the auspices of the g. o.
p. Now that the four niger votes, at
$40 cash and $35 contingent fee, defeated
Tom Lewis and got Captain F. Edward
Gray, of Alhambra," the nomination,
the tenderfeet are fine fellows. Hear
what the penny whistle says now:
"The Los Angeles HERALD, in an in
sidious article of the 2lst inst, endeav-
ors to create strife in the Republican
party in this way: After referring to an
article published in the Review previous
to the convention, wherein Mr.. Gray is
mentioned as not being a 'tenderfoot,'
the HERALD goes on to say, this of course
was aimed at Tom Lewis. Gray
will probably hear from it two weeks
from today
every one who kno ws Mr.. Lewis
knows that he is too sincere Republi-
have allowed himself to harbor resent
tion or to be party to such an article
published in Democratic paper"
This is the result of four nigger votes
at $40 cash down and $35 contingent
fees. All the same the tenderfoot voter
may get out his knife for "Capt. F. Ed
ward Gray of Alhambra," and it may
need more than $75 worth of nigger
votes to pull him through.
EDITORS HERALD: Last night / was
attracted to the Turner hall to hear the
Hon. Morrow explain the Mckinley
tariff bill. which became law on the
9th inst. / had curiosity to hear what
he would say. First he entered the
arena in defence Of" Czar Reed',' the
late speaker of the house of representa-
tives. He piled mountains of abuse
upon the Democratic side of the house
because they made use of the only
method left them to retard the obnox-
ious, partisan and ruinous legislation.
and prevent, if possible, the ousting
from congress, Democratic members
fairly elected and seated. He justified
the unprecedented arbitrary and des-
potic methods in his unheard-of rulings
to belittle, ignore and debar the Demo-
cratic side Of the house not only from
aiding in making the laws OF the nation,
but in throwing any barrier in the
way of extreme party measures of the
Republican party For these tyrannical
acts of Speaker Reed he lauded him so
d statesman, a hero and patriot, when
every fair-minded, thinking man, Dem
ocrat and Republican, knows that
Speaker Reeds overbearing, unjust, un-
manly, tyrannical, despotic, partisan
and unheard of methods exercised over
the national congress, composed of the
servants and representatives of the peo-
pile of this great nation, must condemn
him to eternal fame, that his name
Scar Reed"-will sink into the depths
of infamy, only to be mentioned IN con-
nection with Arnold and Burr and Ju-
das; and when the future generations
shall pronounce their execrations, they
will say "Let him be as Arnold, Burr,
Judas and 'Czar Reed" The speaker
then told of the glorious achievements
and mighty works OF the Republican
party in congress assembled, after the
Democratic side OF the house had been
effectually gagged. Finally he reluct-
antly came to the Mckinley tariff bill.
Very cautiously he selected here and
there an item that would suit his pur-
coffee and tea, and told the people that
now the poor man could sit down at his
table and eat his meal free of all tax
And 1 suppose some of them believed
what he said, whereas the asser-
ton is as false as Satan. Whyx
the material of which the table
is made is taxed the screws and
nails with which it is put together are
taxed; the hammer, plane and saw
with which it is made are taxed; the
linen spread upon it is taxed the knives
and forks with which he eats are taxed !;
the napkin with which he wipes his
mouth is taxed; the eggs, butter,
cheese, bread, fruit, salt and nearly
every thing he eats is taxed, and yet the
Hon. Morrow says: "Now the poor man
can sit down to a free breakfast" Yes,
with vengeance But the honorable
gentleman failed in toto to explain the
Mckinley bill. He was careful not to
tell his audience that the Mckinley
tariff is the highest ever imposed ON the
people of the United States; he failed to
tell them that the Mckinley tariff is go
per cent; he failed to tell them that
Postmaster Wanamaker, the greatest
American clothier, present postmaster
general, is realizing the benefit of about
on per CcIlJ tdIll Ol ClOthlhS, oc tiidt
when the poor man buys suit ofclothes
he pays on that suit 80 per cent taxes;
he forgot to inform his audience that
the tariff on fine silks and other high
price articles, such as are used by the
rich, is much less than on those used by
the poor. The speaker did not inform
his audience that manufacturers sell
their products 80 per cent cheaper in
Europe and South America than they
do to the consumer at home-that, OF
course, would be the death blow to the
necessity of protection, but it is so.
Here it is: The millmen sell as follows,
delivered on ship, in New York harbor:
To the To the
Spaniard. American.
Price. Price
Advance plow. 80 90 $lS 90
Advance blow ..... 4 90 90
Hay tender .... 30 90 AS 90
Mover r,.. 40 90 65 90
Horse rake ... IL 90 25 90
Cultivator 49,. ......... ~ 90 30 %
This price list, with many other arti-
cles, is a copy from their own adver-
tisements.
From the above it will be seen that
the millman can actually afford to sell