The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-06

re S~,ssemasss sohf,<ry ~ shs sacsep-
oii-sic Fsrcr and Fraod r.rsy-
The High Tariff Association ~ pro
tected monopolists held one 81 ~ peri
odical lovc-fea>ts in m Eastern city the
| other day. and resolved 70 push the
crusade 70 make monopoly tariff taxes
among the brethren was Hon Robert
| Protection Porter. who has devoted all
the resources Of a mis>pent life and 81 =
perverted arithmetic I . the task Of
proving that a people can remain great.
rich and prosperous only by submitting
cheerfnlly - systematic and gigantic
robbery.
In view Of the stunning blow which
the producers. toiiers and taxpayers 81
the United States dealt this High Tariff
Association Of highly protected monop-
oiists in November last, il would ~ i'm
structivc To have an exact diagram Of
the protectionists plan 81 campaign
from now untilthe Presidential election
in is9e. Their notions Of what they
want were fully set forth in the Nc
kinley tariff law. which. after being
thoroughly discussed all sumrner and
most Of the autumn. was rejected by
the voters with a yehemcncc ms en-
phasis that leaves no doubt Of their pur-
pose not to submit voluntarily - such
ccn~cicncclc>s robbery. do the tariff
barons expect toconvince these millions
of voters in the short space ~ les than
twenty-five months that they made
arrant fools Of themselves on the 4th
Of November?
Popular enthusiasm is tickle. out the
will Of the American people Is not 80
lightly formed nor 50 lightly set aside
There i not a precedent in the whole
of American history 10 encourage the
monopoly-protection propagandi~ts in
the hope that this American people.
when il assemblies at the polls in
1872 will reverse the decision
it rendered at the polls in 1890.
The almost unbroken precedent is that
the principles and the policies which
carry. by a decisive sweep. in the mid
term Congressional elections prevail
also in the Presidential elections two
years later. Nobody knows tbs better
than the wealthy and successful manu-
facturers who have resolved 10 put
forth their hest efforts for the per
petuity Of the Mckinley ideas Of taxa
ton.
As there i no hope OF obtaining a re-
versal Of the popular verdict by the or
binary engines Of political discussion.
their principal trust must h in the
~favorite Republican arguments Of
bribery. force and fraud. They will
submit To fat-frying as checrfully in
iS9a as they did in lsss. 1.-THE condi-
they viii ladle ont their dollars TO cor
rupt the election Of l>92 even more
literally than they did 70 elect Harri-
s0n in lS>s- All the power that the
control Of the pnrse-string gives them
over their employees and others with
whom they have business dealings viii
be cxerted 70 the fullest
But all this VIII net suffice. and the
factory lords are not depending on IL
A part Of their work has been done t.
their hand BY Hon Robert Protection
Porter. whom they thrust into control
Of the eleventh census for the purpose
of robbing Of representation constitu-
encies who object to being plundered
for the enrichment of q favored class
in a favored section a good many
electoral votes and a good many
congressman opposed 70 monopo-
liz protection have thus been gotten
rid Of. Still. with the growing political
revolution in the West. the protection
lists are far from seeing their way clear
The force bill is therefore pressed with
all the money and all the power az
the High-Tarif League The hostile
votes that Porter has spared. and that
can not be bought or bulidozcd in the
usual way. are 10 be suppressed in 1922
oy this revolutionary device which a
conspicuous organ of the protecfionisfS
has declared has a dozen tariff bills" in
il. II tile West objects To paying trib-
ute to New England the West must b.
muzzled in Congress by negro and scala.
wag Representative electedinthe south
by Benjamin Harrison and force bill
returning boards In order 70 appease
the hunger of some few hundreds 81
blood-sucking monopolists the aim j.
TO revolutionize the whole fabric 81
free representative government in
America
The census. which the constitution
makes the basis Of our representative syS-
EN-. hasalrcady been debauched through
the ready conniyance o. an alien mer-
cenary who has earned his living ever
since he came to this country hy max
ing figures lie for the Republican party.
Hoar. EdmuudS Frye and the rest u
the New England desperadnes are now
striking at tire root Of free elections II
is the grcediest and most ~diSgraccful
conspiracy that ever came 70 the sur
face in Washington
The conspara'ors may be sure Of one
thing. This j. a big country and ii is
very strong The American people ar.
a hard-headed lot: they can take care
Of themselves and they viii d. IT, When
they are thoroughly tired ~ this fool
ishness they viii stop il. and they arr
very weary already--St Louis Repub.
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