The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-05-09
A oLA(eE BACKWARD,
RsmInl.e.sre. flessiled ny the Repor, Of
McKist<&- s-F,a Committee.

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Every body-r-rnen bers the lordlv and
suporciIious tone in which the Repub-
licar organs % tlIe tariff rings discussed
the Dem>cra0e efforts TO reform the
revenue systR tS years ago. The
Democratic snDee Of the ways and
means comfo fe.Niessrs. Mills. Breck-
inridge, w m 1nd Others devoted
two or thrce onths 10 the preparation
OF a tariff and the Republican
organs rep4 pei them for their dila-
toriness. organs poked all sorts Of
fun at ~ engemen because they
did not re- Dill within q week or
two after nad taken up the ques-
ton. auG JARED very broadly that
their falluVI5R No 80 Was du, 10 their
lack of Es5 inteS gcnce and ability
to do SO. ~. a well as to their
shockin n rance.p of practical bust
ness ccal and sir want of famil.
iarity XII 2nnfecHres. The Journal
OF this IN laking She cue from the
Eastern 6e~>ns Of monopoly, printed
the fiRueps bowhg the inslgniacance
OF the nz9 pring interest in the
Mills e. vcldnAdge districts, and
insiste as Mr.. Mills and Mr..
Bsectl b ~ presented farmers prin-
'oif Stss'N1A<1stS-<> kSrrers at that,
1t was mopstrous efrrontsis FOR them %
assume TO know any thing about the
principals of taxation, or TO lave any
thing TO say about the amount ofNribute
that the protected interests shoud be
allowed to levy upon the masses OF the
people.
The Democratic members of the wars
and means committee two years agt
agreed upon bill before submitting it
to their Republican colleagues. For
this they were fiercely denounced by
the New York Tribune, which charac-
terized the Mills bill as "a dark-lantern
bilr'-a phrase which was echoed and
re-echoed by all the other organs OF the
tariff rings
When the Mills bill was reported the
Republican papers, before their able
editors had had time TO read it, assaulted
1t in unison in an attack upon the bust
ness interests of the country, which, II
successful, was certain TO throw the
whole commercial world into confusion,
close mills and factories all over the
country, throw thousands of working
men out of employment reduce the
wages Of the rest and play smash gen
orally There were some people scat
tered around the country whose uncou.
scionable dividends the Mills bill would
have cut down. Some of these people
called themselves Democrats and they
hurled imprecations at Cleveland, Mills
and the rest of the tariff reformers,
whereupon the monopoly organs shou5ed
in chorus: behold how the Democratic
party is torn up and likewise split vide |
open Lo, 1t is demoralized and rent |
with internecine strife. Tariff tinker |
ing has done .hc business for IT. The |
Democratic party always was an ass. !
That is why it tackled the tariff There
is nothing like being grand old party !
and possessing all the wealth. patriot |
ism and intelligence in the country, and |
being led by friends OF protection to |
American industry Grand old parties !
like that know enough not to tackle the |
tariff, and that is why obey are always
or almost always-oa top"
We are led 70 indulge in these RENT
a survey OF the spectacle
low presented at Washington The
majority Of the ways and means COM
nittee-composed of friends OF the |
Of markets and not Of |
naxims"-gentlemen with highly-pro-
ected potteries and such things in their
districts. and therefore familiar with
he business interests OF the country
nd competent 20 make scientific tariffs
after working on tariff bill twice as
ong as poor, ignorant Farmer Mills and
is associates worked on their bill
ave finally produced an abortion. They
bought they had bill several times,
ut they changed their minds, and not
ntil a few days ago did they know what
hey were going to do with sugar, wool,
ides and a dozen other things. Their
i'll is dark lantern bill, because
hey did just what the Democratic mem
ers of the committee did two years
their measure without
insulting their Democratic asso-
ates. And what plight they ;
re in! The leather, wooden and I
on Manufacturing interests of New
ngland have been up in arms for
eeks because OF the addi tional bur- ,
ans sought to be placed upon them; (
&c carpet industry o! the country pro- {
'sts that the Mckinley measure. IL it !
comes law will involve 1t in abso- !
tie ruin; the sugar planters OF louis {
ma and the beet root theories ~ Kan
IS and other States are in a condition !
on insanity, The canning in I
rests are paralyzed. The g. o. p. is G
,terly demoralized throughout the coun-
Y; the President doesn't seem to know
neither he is "afoot or a seback;" ,
laine, Butterworth and Hit are talk
2 free trade, while Crazy Horse Me- Y
inley Is rainly striving to apply his O
,surd protec Zionist theories to actual 4
lsiness conditions. n
In view Of the assumption OF superior /
telligence and capacity to deal with 4
VENUE questions. in which the Repub- 4
AN leaders and newspapers INDUCED /
70 years ago, the existing situation
)uld ba ineXprcssibly absurd, IL 1t {
ere noi frsught with such dire peril TO T
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