The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-09-18
ApAnrY mai plcKLE.

II must take good deal Of assurance for
the high-tariif takers to begin so soon ai-
ter the overwhelming defeat and rebuke
Of last fall to bluster and boast,and to crit
lclse and denounce The "irce traders" II
Is true they have tried to switch the peo-
pie, who so emphatlcally rcpudiaied lhem,.
of on the "reciprocity" track, with the
most absurd pretense that Il Is sort Of
improved protection. Verify, the tax
eaters must consider the American people
''mostly FOOLS"
The organs aud aprotection" serecches
are slowl, recovering from the stunned
conGition in which last November's cy-
clone left them, the one aroused when an
indignant, ,long-plundered and long suffer-
ing people expressed In most unmistakable
terms their opinion OF the Ubiquitous and
Infamous Mckinley law. Blu, they all get
50 scattered and so dasea that they talk In
all directions. no two alike, and each one
contradlctirg himself every third time he
opens his mouth.
One, stupidity insensible to the real and
full Significance of that awful kick, pro-
poses to stand by high taxes, McKinle yism,
and plunder right on. Another, with a
little more perception, realizes that the
people indorsed the democratic and repu-
dated ,the republlcanparty on the tarifI
question; and so steals little part OF the
democratic doctrine. .labelst reciprocity,
and with a grin that Il meant to be smart,
but Ia only silly, tries to bait the millions oI
bolters back into the republican camp,
Still another, like drowning man grasp.
ing at a straw. holds up the fact that crops
this year are good IN America aud poor Ia
Europe. and seems TO really imagine that
he can induce men and voters 10 believe
that the good prices that are the inevitable
result OF these conditions are due to the
Mckinley law.
One republican organ tells you imports
have increased, thanks 10 McKinley. An
other, of equal information and authority
tells you that imports have decreased
blessed be Mckinley. They say the Nc.
Kinley law has decreased the price of su-
gar because he duty on Il was removed
In the next breath It tells you the price oI
wooden goods, clothing, etc, has been de-
creased because the duty has been in
creased. Still others are making desper
ate effort to put the silver question TO the
fore, and the tax question In the back.
ground.
The whole line Of attempted, pretended
argument Is more than ever a chaotic mas
of sophistriss. contradictions. misrePre-
sentations ,falsehoods, doctored figures anS
distorted fragments Of facts.
All these fairly pltiiul efforts to longei
befool the people In order to plumber then
will be In vain. MeKinleyl,m Is doomed
The inconeeivable wrongs of the selfish
ness and greed that have been fattening al
these years on the toll, the vitality, the
labodous industry Of the country, are ex-
posed; Il was shown last fall that they
were recognized; they will not soon be
forgotten; repetition Of them viii nevei
be permitted.
aProteciion" has been 4 crime, because
: according to high authorit:, the highest
, In the land, IL Is -robbsry. and none th'
less robbery because done under the form
; Of law" The crimes OF the past, the rob
berries Of the past qusrterofa a eentury,ma.
} never be punished, where punishment
properly belongs, but the people win no
tolerate their perPetuaiiOn, nor even thel
, continuance. e.-Evsning Tsisg,am.