Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-01-03

GLADSTONE and Blaine will discuss the
tariff in the forthcoming number OF the
North American Review. Blame Will
write a readable article; bat his defense
of protection will be, doubtless, repeti-
tion of his book in which he, with appar-
ent candor, misleads his fellow country
men. D.
CHICAGO HERALD: The true definition
Of mugwump is: A man that votes IN
accordance with his conscience instead OF
at the dictation of party boss; man
that exercises his right as freeman to
vote as he pleases for the candidate he
thinks is the best man: political free
man, as opposed toa political slave Such
n man il the noblest work of God.
BosToy PosT: An Illinois farmer, after
reading the presidents recommendation to
congress to subsidize ships TO carry our
manufactured goods to South America asks
this question: "Is the manufacturer TO have
both tariff and subsidies and the farmer his
low prices and his mortgages? This is
an original way of putting it, but the next
time the manufacturers have tne ''fat
fried out of them the Illinois farmer will
know what it is for.
An Indiana colored man has place as
assistant door keeper. H. was appointed,
as is said, through the influence of the
presidents valet. The soured congress
men find that there is an influence nearer
the August Presence and far more potent
thar any they can WELD Florida water
or bay rum, sab? Certainly, sab. As |
was sayin, dis yer man is a fren' oh
mine-is de razzer easy, sah-an' I'd be
mighty solid wild de boys in Indiany if 20
could only fix him out. y
IT WIS given out that Harvard was to
be boycotted when President Eliot, of Har-
ward college, announced his purpose to act
with the democratic party, but the cata-
logue just issued shows an increase of $50
over the previous year, and an aggregate
attendance of upwards of 1000 the great
est number ever known at an American
college II is fashionable among intelli-
gent young men TO follow the more liberal
and inspiring spirit Of the democratic
party rather than the monopoly-ridden
republican party of today. The intellect,
the enthusiasm and talent Of the youth OF
America tends to democracy. 1t despises
party whose hold on power is simply the
bribery of the hoater vote.
THE Milwaukee Sentinel contrasts the
methods of the ways and means committee
Of the present with that of the last con
gress Its aim is to show that the present
il fair and open, while the last worked in
secret The Sentinel well knows that the
aim of the opposition in the last congress
was to prevent any change of the tariff;
that the aim of the protected industries by
a system of hearings before the committees
was TO defeat any action on the tariff which
was not of their suggestion. The Sentinel
also knows that the aim of the present
ways and means committee is TO give the
industries just such tariff as they ask for
without regard to the interests Of the rest
of the country, and that this is the reason
why they are invited TO be present.
IN THE OLD FASHION.
The tariff examination opens up in the
same old fashion, There are the same
witnesses. The same old story is told.
They know DON the amount Of labor cost!of
q ton of coal or iron, or in a given guam
tity of glass, but they are sure wages must
go down if the tariff goes down. They
don't know the difference in wages, be-
tween this country and England but
they do know that the tariff helps
them and oppose reduction. Generally
they insist upon raise. It's the same
old scheme Just as Hayes, who repre-
senteu the wooen interest in the tariff re-
vision of 1888. declared tariff revision
means that the protected industries must
he helped, no matter who is hurt. Tariff
revision is sham when conducted by the
friends. y
TIE SHEEP KILLING TARIFF.
The failure of sheep farming is what the
protectionists fear if the tariff is medded
with. But the statistics show that from