The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-24
A LOSING FIGHT.
Democrats Alarmed at the Stu
alton in the West.
Their Defeat POreShadOWed at The Com
Ing Congressional Elections.
The People Beginning to Appreciate the
Benefits to Be Derived From the
Mckinley Tariff Bill.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-There is no doubt
that the Democrats are frightened about the
situation in the West. They hardly know
what to make of it. They were so sure that
the bottom was going to tumble right out of
the Republican campaign in every Congress
sional district west of the Alleghanies that
they made practically no preparations for
conflict such as Speaker Reed, Mr.. McKin-
ley, Mr.. Cannon, Governor Gear, Hender-
son, Burrows and others have precipitated.
Chairman Flower, ii is true, did draw On his
great banking house in Wall street for
enough money to print his astonishing anti
silver speech, which, with great sagacity, he
has been industriously circulating in Colo
RADIO, Iowa, Michigan, Montana and other
silver-loving communities. He also printed
his friend Amos Cummings scathing attack
on the Speaker, and Senator Carlisle's philo-
sOphical thesis, showing that Moses and
Julius Cesar were both free-traders. Then
he sat down among his gold bags with COM
plaeent smile upon his cherubic face, salts
fed that the Bourbon shotgun and the lie
about high prices would do all the rest. But
something has shaken him up at great
rate, and for the past four days lie has been
hustliDg around New York pulling the legs
OF the importers yiciously.
DEMOCRATIC DOODLE.
prominent Democratic manager, who
keeps sharp look out for such proceedings,
and who always bobs up when Democratic
-boodle is being put out, was at the Chamber
lain last night. After cuTsiDg the Mckinley
bill for raising the tariff on the champagne
ne was drinking he gave some hints of
Flowers success at money-raising. The net
result of this cunning chaps confession was
that 100000 had been raised. When 1t was
suggested that this was a good deal of money
for the importers to put up he replied, with
knowing wink, that he guessed they'd
''get it back from the people on the other
side. It's whole lot cheaper" he added,
Ito pay our campaign expenses than to pay
these Republican tariff Duties" and he is no
doubt right about that. When this conver-
sation at the Chamberlain got to General
-Clarkson's ears he remarked that he did not
need such evidence to prove that big
Democratic corruption fund had suddenly
ceme into existence. Il don't know who
raised it, or from whom 1t was obtained"
continued Mr.. Clarkson, "but have heard
VI II IL QUZtu Ulu6S Mllulu lllG ldot lNtElA-
four hours.
ALREADY DEFEATED.
.As things stand to-day the Democrats are
beaten, and they know ir. Their only hope
is to sail right in with their money. There
is not large purchasable vote in this coun-
try outside of New York City,. On the con-
trary, it is wonderfully small; but the ma
jorIties either way are also very small In
many Congressional districts. Forty-two
men sat in the last Congress on majorities Of
less than 1000 in a total vote in a district of
about $1,000; so that bribery can affect the
result materially If party is willing to
employ that kind of method. The Demo
Gratis are now putting ont great deal OF
money. They are showing signs of a newly
awakened activity. They realize that their
daStardly conspiracy TO create an artificial
rise in prices has miserably failed, and as
the Western people begin TO appreciate the
new TariH Bill they see that it will operate
quickly and immensely to their interest,
Why, just see what 1t does, Mr.. Clarkson
exclaimed warmly. ut reduces direct taxa
people who are thus relieved are the poor
people, and most of all the Western farm
ers. Indeed, IL does more than that.
REDUCED TAXATION.
IF experience is a good teacher the net
effect OF the Mckinley bill will be this; BY
us lONeI uutltS On SpOuS HOI IdESeiy pTO-
duced in this country, and by its additions
to the free list it viii remit 10 the people
about S115,00o,C00 which last year were paid
into the public treasury. These reniilted
taxes were direct taxes; that is, they were
duties on articles wherein there was practi-
caily no domestic competition, and there
fore the duty was added TO the foreign eX-
porters' price and finally collected from the
American consumer The duties on sugar,
molasses, needles, mating feeds. sisalgrass
and hemp are fair samples of this taxation,
and it fell heavily on the poor people. All
that the Mckinley bill has swept away. IL
has increased the duties on what? Fine
linens, fine pluShes, yelyets, fine pottery and
variety of expensive articles, the great
majority of which have never yet been
manufactured In this country. 1t is row
proposed to give our people chance to
make these things, and the duty Is protrc-
tive. These are the goods that only the
wealthy use, and therefore, in SO far as a
protective tariff taxes the consumer, only
the wealthy will bear this new burden.
STUBBORN FACTS.
'But as matter of fact this sort Of tax is
almost wholly paid by the foreign producer
and bears very lightly on the consumer, if
at all. Upon most liberal estimate, even
il every penny of this new duty were paiu
by the consumer, it would add only about
$40 100000 to the general revenues, and that
is far more than Offset by the 500, ,000, 200
which are taken from the revenues by the
repeal of the sugar duties. The people are
getting hold of these facts" Mr.. ClarksUn
added earnestly: They are facts that
Democratic lies cannot eiface, and believe
they are facts that Democratic Doodle can
not overcome. OF the impotency Of lying
the Democrats are now convinced, but |
dare say they will keep ON lying just the
same, because they are built that way. But
their main dependence now is Doodle, and
into that kind of contest we cannot follow
them In the first place it does not agree
impossible to our purse Tue only thing
we can do is to summon the honest, Christian
people of the land 10 the performance of
their duty. We can point to our party's
record in the House us clean, patriotic,
helpful. We can expose the utter barren
ness OF the Democrat policy, and the corrupt
methods to which the enemy is resorting.
We rest our case ON facts; they rest theirs
on colossal deception. Our weapon is
printers ink; theirs is Doodle. Now, let's
see who will win"