New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-24
A BIG DEMOCRATIC FUND.
CHAIRMAN FLOWER GETS 100000 FROM
v THE IMPORTERS.

BEATEN AND - DOODLE NOW THEIR oNLY
HoPE-How THE M'KINLEY BILL
BENEFITS THE PEOPLE.
Isr TELEGRAPH TO THE rKrBuSE.I
Washington, d. c., Oct 23.-There is no doube
that the Democrats frightened about the situa-
tion in the West. They hardly know what TO
make of it. They were so cock sure that the
bottom was going to tumble right out Of the
Republican campaign in every Congressional dis
trict west of the Alleghenies, that they made
practically no preparation for a conflict such %
Speaker Reed, Mr.. Mckinley, Mr.. Cannon, Gov.
ernor Gear Mcssrs. Henderson, Burrows and others
have precipitated Chairman Flower 1t is true.
did draw on his great banking house in Wall-st
for enough money to print his astonishing anti.
silver speech. which. with great sagacity he has
been industriously circulating in Colorado, Iowa,
Michigan, Montana and other silver-loving COM
munitel He also printed his friend Amos Cum
mingss roaring attack on the Speaker. and Sena-
tor Carlisles philosophical thesis showing that
Moses and julius Caesar were both free traders.
Then he sat down among his gold bags with
complscent smile upon his cherubic face satisfied
that the Bourbon shotgun and the lie about the
high prices would do all the rest But some
thing has shaken him up at q great rate and
for the past four days he has been husling around
New-YOrlS pulling the legs Of the importen
vciously.
A prominent Democratic manager, who keeps Q
sharp lookout for such proceedings, and who al
ways bobs up when Democratic DOODLE is being
put ont, was in at Chamberlin's last night. After
cursing the Mckinley bill for raising the tariff
on the champagne he was drinking, he gave some
hints of Flowers success at money raising. The
net result of this cunning chaps confession was
tbo had IN
suggested that this was good deal of money for
the importers to put up, he replied. with know
ing wink. that he guessed they'd get it back
from the people on the other side It's
whole lot cheaper" he added, to pay our cam.
paign expenses than TO pay those Republican tariff
duties And he is no doubt right about that
When this conversation at Chamberlin's got 70
Mr.. Carksons ears. he remarked that he did not
need such evidence TO prove that big Democratic
corruption fund had suddenly into exist
ence. Il don't know who raised it or from whom
it was obtained" continued Mr.. Clarkson. but
have heard il drop dozen times within the last
twenty-four hours. AS things stand to-day. the
Democrats are beaten, and they know it. Their
only hope is to sail right in with their money.
There is not large purchaSablc vote in this
country outside of New-YOrl City On the con-
trary, it is wonderfully small. But the majorites
sional districts. Forty-twO sat in the last Con.
gress maiorites of less than 900 in
total vote per district of about $4,000. So
that bribery can affect the result materially il
party is willing to employ that kind of method.
Tho Democrats are now putting out a great deal
Of money. They are showing signs Of a newly
awakened activity. They realize that their
dastardly conspiracy to create an artificial 1se
in prices has miscrabiy faed and that, the
Western people begin to appreciate the new Tariff
bill, they see that it will operate quickly and
immensely to their interest.
why, just see what il does" Mr.. Clarkson
exclaimed, warmly. " IL reduces direct taxation
to the amount of 81. 100000, and the people who
are thus relieved the poor people, aud most
of ALL the Western farmers. Indeed, it does
more than that. If experience is a good teacher,
the net effect of the Mckinley bill will be this:
By its lower duties on goods not largely pro-
duced in this country. ard by it's additions to the
free list, it will remit to the people about 81 81
100000 which last year were paid into the public
Treasury. These 'r'nItcd lanes wore tlrtcl
tIAeS: that is, they were duties on articles
wherein there practically no domestic compe-
tition, and therefore the duty was added to the
foreign exporters price, and finally collected from
the American consumer. The duties on sugar,
mOlaSScs. needless mating, seeds, slsal- raSs and
hemp are fair samples Of this taAailon, and 1t
fell heavily on the poor people.
"Al that the Mckinley bill has swept away.
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fine piusheS, velvcts, line pottery, ami variety
of expensive articles the great majority of which
have never yet been manufactured In this country.
II is proposed 10 give our people chance 10
make these things, and the duty Is protective.
These are goods that only the wealthy Use. and
therefore, in 50 far as protective tariff taxes
the consumer, only the wealthy will bear this
new burden. But as Il matter Of fact, this sort
Of tax is almost wholly paid by the foreign pro-
ducer and bears very lightly the consumer. il
at al Upon most liberal estimate. even if
every penny of this new duty were paid by the
consumer, it would add only about Si0,000,000 to
the general revenues and that is far more than
by tho repeal of tMe sugar duties.
lie people are getting hold of these facts,
Mr. Clarkson added earnestly. They are facts
that Democratic lies cannot eiface. and | believe
they are facts that Democratic noodle cannot
overcome. OF the impotency Of lying the Demo.
Gratis are now convinced though dare say they'll
built that way. But their main dependence now
is 'boodle' and into that kind of contest
not follow them In the first place it doesn't
agree with principles: and in the second, 1t
is impOsS, lie To our purse. The only thing can
do is to summon the honest. Christian people Of tho
land to the performance of their duty. We can
point to our party's record in the House. clean,
patriotic helpful. We can expose the utter bar.
renncss of Democratic policy. and tho corrupt
methods to which the enemy is resorng. We
rest our case on facts: they Test theirs on Q
colossal deception. Our weapon is printers inkf
theirs is DOODLE Now, let's see who will win.