The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-09-22

ingenious form of words was used
which, without alarming the people
with an open and Cal did threat. of In.
creased taxation, distinctly offered pro.
hibitlve duties to the protected manu-
facturers In return fer their financial
aid in the election of a President and
Congress-. The party pledged itself, if
IL should carry the election, to reduce
the surplus "by such revision of the
tariff laws as will tend to check i'm
ports OF such articles rs are produced
by our people,"
so little was this clause understood
Dy consumers, and especially by the
farmers of the Northwest, that not a
state In that quarter was lost to the
party, while newspapers there which
| strenuously advocated larger free
trade than that represented by the
Mills bill continued to support the
party. In Minnesota the Republicans
treated the whole declaration as mani
Iestly meaningless, adopted tariff re-
| form platform Of their own and vet
supported their party without ques-
| tion. 10'
| On the other hand, so we'll was the
declaration understood by the protected
| m0nopoliSts that they uncG mplaininoIv
submitted themselves to the process
which Republican Senator described
| as frying the fat" out of them. They
understood the bargain they had made.
They had bought tariff legislation
short" and we're ready to put up the
margin. They knew that the election
was to be carried by corrupt purchase.
| and they willingly furnished the money
| for the sake of what they were to get.
Ii there had been any doubt in their
minds as TO The methods by which the
| campaign was to be conducted, it was
dlssipated when they learned who were
| the men to have charge of 1t.
Matthew Quay was at the head of
the committee. His character was no.
torlous. Ills embezZlement Of public
money had not then been specifically
exposed, AS it has been since by the
Norlu, but it was known in a general
way. 1t was perfect" known that his
political methods were I!ways and
only those Of the corruptioniStS
with hlm was ass ociated William
W. Dudley, 10y Mr.. ll.rrlsons personal
request. Dudley had not then mritten
his infamous "BiOcks of Five" letter,
out ho had teen active in the not Orious
indiana "soap" campaign and nobody
III the least degree familiar with his
character ana career could entertain
donbt as to what he " us placed on the
committee for.
The men who contributed the money
and bought the Legislature for future
delivery certainly hal no doubt on that
head. Their uuderst nEding Of the use
TO which their money WAS put in that
campaign WAS afterw ards made clear
ny tie boast of their organ, the pmla.
delphia Manufacturer, uttered soon al
the nomination of W&namaker a. their
demand to the Office they had bought
for him. That journal said:
iSs 70 hf,,
that large, if not the largest, share of
success Is due. We make the assertion
thaS the money contributed by this
lWanamaker) club last year had more
lnfluente upon the re< ult of the nation
al elt ctlon than all the skill, tn: lnGe-
nuity, the labor and the wlIe-puiling
o! all the professional politicians in
philade}phi.. We be iGVr this PROPOSE,
ton To De capable of positive proof. If,
therefore, control Of patronage is right
ly the reward of victorious effort, the
right of this club to ramc the Federal
oilice, holders of Philadelphia rests up
on solid ground
The performance Of that club uuu,
Wanamaktr's dire cIiun is another part
of the story to be rrlrtcu hereafter.
Fh" citation. from the ManufactuI er is
made here simply to show how flank
~ the monopoliSts who contributed
the money understood that they wtrt
furnishing corruption fund.
That the money was actually used
In that way there is ample proof to con-
vince any honest mind. That proof
VIII he presented i'll another of these
dlspatches. We have now to deal with
a different phase Of the subject.
The sale of Legislation for future de-
livery was the means by which the
1nnrnnnQ p3fnnaiun of L,,t
was secured for Quay and Dudley TO
use. We have said that other influtn.
ces equally corrupt were brought into
play. AS legislation was offered and
sold to the monopOlists for money, so
administrative favor was offered and
sold short to much poorer class Of
men for votes.
1t was the plan Of the campaign man
ayers to make the most Of the "fee
trade scare" in localities where there
were operatives to be frightened or
manufacturers to be bled, ami to keen
the tariff issue as mucl out of sight rs
possible where the people felt the op.
preston OF the war taxes in time of
peace. In the Northwest, where tariff
reduction could not be depended upon
TO frighten anybody, there was large |
"old soldier element, and still larger |
body of men indirectly but strongly in, |
terested in the enlargement of the pen.
sion lists.
The treasury was fun enough to |
stand a strain, and the men concerned
mad heAld that the Government was
embarrassed by a surplus. 1t vas de- |
clded to make the strongest possible ap \
peal and the most eXtyavagant promises
to thcS" lien by way Of winning their
votes. i
1t was given out that Corporal Tan
ner was TO be pension commissioner in
the event Of llarrisoGs election. and,
Corporal Tanner wa; sent, with THAR
"mouth' of his, which he afterwards
boosted had made III irrisOn President,l
lirst into Indiana and afterW wards into.
other Northwestern States, to explainA
TO pension seekers of every kind ands
degree his plan Of getting lid OF theB
surplus. lie went to all the solders'@
reunions, presided at all the GrandE
ArmV camp fires and everywhere
talked. ignoring the limitations which 81