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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Hard Blows from the Shoulder.
+ From Senator Shermans Speech in Philadel


Everybody is enjoying the universal
happiness and prosperity brought about
by twenty years OF Republican principles
and Republican protection. But elect a
Democratic President, and support him
with Democratic Senate, and a state of
affairs will soon follow which will arouse
the most intense public diStrust.''
''The Republican party has a glorious
past No other party ever had such a
grand one. The Democrats do not like
that past We love it, but we have tacit
understanding with our opponents this
year that we will not tell the truth about
their past if they do not lie about ours"
"The Republican party now stands
where it stood when it was organized, and
the Democratic party stands where the
British free trader has stood since the Re-
publican party was organized. There are
only two Democratic utterances which
have claimed the attention of the country
Tor the last fifty years, and both OF them
are profanity"
The policy of the Mckinley bill by
opening up new industries and creating a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26

under the Democratic and Republican
tariffs is as follows:
Walker tariff. 1S4s for IA hours. SIG cents
Walker tariff, 1913 for 10 hours. 36.7 cents
Mckinley tariff, 1892, for 10 hours. 81
This is a forcible demonstration of the
fact that tariff which promotes industry
promotes wages. 1t VIII be said, OF course,
that during the same time wages have adj
yanced III England under free trade; SO
they have, but they are not yet One-nalf
what they are here. The advance there
has been due in large part to extensive
sales of English goods III America, there
by dlSplaCln9 Just so many American
goods: and now that the American market
is beng reserved for our own producers,
the English mills are reducing wages.
1t will also be SAID, falsely, that the
purchasing power Of wages in England is
as great as it is here-that is that days
pay there will buy as much OF the COM
forts Of life as day pay VIII here
There is not a particle of proof OF this and
there is any amount of it to the contrary.
MuIhaIl, the greatest English StatlStlcian,
says that food, which comes TO more tnan
0ne-haIf the cost Of living, costs The
American Wage-earner So per cent. of his
wages, and the English Wage-earner 40
per cent. OF his.
In view OF all these facts, if any work
ingman chooses to vote IN November tor
the British tariff system, declared Tor by
the Democratic platform, or for the w ak
er tariff OF 1916, or the tariff Of 1867,
which are now praised by the Democrats
who are running away from their plat
form, 1t must be because his loyalty TO
party is greater than his loyalty TO self
and family, or because he is determined
not 10 believe the truth when he sees it.
Thanks, however, to the growing intelh-
gence Of American artisans. there is al
most landslide of such voters towards
the Republican, column. 1t is occurring
in all quarters We hear and read of it
every day. 1t is seen with CONSERVATION
by the Democratic leaders, and the most
that many of them are now hoping for is
to hold their party together for a new trial
on other issues in 1896,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Spoouer Takes Notice of Democratic
Lies.

Press Report OF SpO0ner'S speech at ElrOy.
The attempts OF the Democratic man
ayers in their desperation at this hour to
influence the railroad men against Mr..
SpOoner have had little effect around here,
TO Judge from very decided appearances.
The Democrats have not heSltated to StOOp
to any depths in their manner of attack IN
this regard. They have been afraid to
come out openly, knowing that their state
mentS would meet with immediate and en-
phatc refutatiOn, SO they have adopted the
Speaking method of secretly circulating
dodgers. containing any quantity OF mis-
representations, TO use very polite term.
The Democratic fabrlcatOrS have charged
that in speeches before legislative commit
tees Mr.. Sp0oner has referred to railroad
men generally as buns and drunkardS, and
has made other charges equally false and
malicious. These things won't go down in
this section. Mr.. Spooner is a favOrite
with railroad men here, and there are any
number of instances where Mr.. SpO0ner
has personally come to the aid of some
railroad man of humble rank who has been
in difficulty. But this all goes to show the
desperate circumstances the Democrats
have found themselves in.
In beginning his speech tonight Mr..
Spooner dWelt some on the personality Of
thenatIOnal Standard-bearer of the Repub-
lIcan party In this campaign. He had
been wont, said Mr.. Sp0oner, to be called a
cold-hearted man, but instances were re-
lated within the experience of the speaker
wherein President Harrison had showed a
tender regard for the common people and
the audience he was addressing clearly
appreciated the truth OF the statements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26

States Senate to come to the Wisconsin leg
| lslature to work against co-employe
bill then pending. l have fought
the battle OF this campaign thus
stake, and 1 have done SO and have re-
trained from any and all personalities, but
/ Will now devlate from my determination
enough to say that the person who makes
TINS charge Is grossly mistaken or he IS q
malicious liar. On the 9Th day of Nav,
1854, L lett the employ Of the Omaha Com
pany, except as To two cases In which that
company was party which [ had prom
lSed to argue, and in one of them Col.
Villas was my associate. When ] went to
the Senate and Col. Villas went into the
cabinet, we both resigned from that case
ana gave up tho other one, and from then
until now there has not been a day / have
not been free to take q retainer against
that COMPANY as we'll as against any COM
pany as anybody if | bad been engaged in
the practice OF my profession, and | would
have no more thought of going before
legislature to interfere with any state leg
islatlon than | would OF burning off my
right hand, and l would consider it the
height of dish0nOr. There is nothing
meaner than the coWardly malice prompt
ing such charges"
THE RAILROAD MEN KNEW
Mr.. SpoOner said he diSliked to talk
about himself in any degree whatever.
but he was confident the men along this
line knew they had never occasion to ask
any favor of him that they had not re-
cclVod KIND treatment AS an illustration
he refers TO the rule once adopted by the
Omaha road to the effect that three gar
nlShCeS or wages should cause an emplOye
to be discharged. He discovered it was
being taken advantage Of by blackmailerS
and ShySterS To intimidate the men with.
and he went to the chief officers of the
company and told them that if that rule
was not Cancelled before Saturday night
he would resign his position, and he had
never caused the rule to be enforced i'll any
degree.
81 suppose" continued Mr.. SpOnner, ''lf
| had been III Madison when they killed
that employe bill, with Boss W all sitting
there at the session of last Wisconsin
legislature, they would accuse me of do
ing it, but l think | was on my way to
Europe then" Mr.. SpOoner said he had
known something of railroad men and he
knew the danger they were subject
ed to, and how they held their lives
in their hands for the benefit of the pub
lie and he declared he would be the last
against them, and he said he would be SOr-
publican ticket anyway because of Oppo-
SitiOn to him on account of his alleged
prejudice. The audience was one of the
most unanimously enthusiastic that has
been addressed by MI. SpOOner since the
campaign began, and the warm reception
was fitting rebuke 10 the falSehoods that
have been peddled around III so direput-
able way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
PECULIAR INDUSTRY.
Raising Dogs in Northern China fol
Their Beautiful Skins.

Raising Dogs in Northern China for
Their Beautiful Skins.
Dog farming is not unknown in civil
lied countries, though the dogs there are
bred for petting and hunting. In the
extreme north of China they are bred
for their skins, says the Brandon
Banner. In Mandchoury the skins are
very beautiful; the hair is long, thick,
and silky and Of a remarkably fine tex
ture. This is explained by the climate
of Mandchoury, which is exceedingly
cold, and the dogs must Of necessity be
protected by thick, heavy fur. Con-
noisseurs declare that finer skins of this
kind have never been found. The ami
mails are killed by strangulation in the
winter, because at that time the hair is
longest and thlckest, but none are killed
that are not months old.
The price paid for this fur is ridicul-
ouBly small. A large mantle measur
ing about 100 inches is sold for s., 80.
About eight skins are needed to make
such mantle. The skins must not
only be assorted and matched in color
and quality, but the mantle be made as
we'll, certainly a curious industry that
deals with profits which seem to us
abnormally small. 1t would certainly
be novelty in America to see a parlOr
rug Of dogskin-tor instance, d center
piece of ''big yaller stray dog" sur
rounded by patterns shading off in gray.
black-and-t tan, spltz, the whole finished
with d variegated border Of assorted
1)11DDies
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Votes cast No. Reps. Next
for Reps. elected Electr1
sd Con- to College

By this table 1t IS seen that seven North
ern states. to elect forty-eight congress
men IN $780, were obliged to cast over a
million more votes than were cast in seven
Southern states to elect fifty-One congress
men. And these seven Southern states,
casting but 803,072 votes, have the same
power, lacking one vote, in the electoral
college that have seven Northern states,
with 1 843. 100 votes That this is great
injustice to the people OF the n orth no fair
minded person will deny. 1t is wrong
remedy ought to be found But any hint
Of a remedy is answered by howl at a
force bill and tsnigger domination.''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Peculiar Death on a Cable Car.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 2O.-An unknown
man, while riding on a Cottage Grove
Avenue cable car at Sixty-seventh
Street, tonight, met with a horrible
death. A team belonging to James T.
Cody, of SEVENTEEN and Calumet Ave
nue., collided with the grip car and the
tongue of the wagon struck the man
who was sitting on the front seat of the
car in the stomach, passing entirely
through him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
SLOWLY SINKING
Desease Gradually Weakening the VIII
House Patient.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 20.-Mrs.
Harrison is reported to be 'just about
the same to-day" She was trife less
restless last night, but showed no per-
ceptible loss of strength this morning,
while it is clearly manifest to the ply
stefan that the insidious disease
with which the patient is suffer
ing is slowly but surely reducing her
vitality. To-day is the thirty-ninth an
niversary of the marriage Of President
and Mrs. Harrison, but the illness of
the latter precluded any recognition of
the occasion outside of the family cir
Gle, and there it was marked with all
extreme sadness. Bishop Whipple, OF
the P. E. Church, called at the house
this morning and left tender message
of sym patty for the President.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Eavor Arbltration

BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 1S.-This morn
ing's session of the Episcopal General Con-
vention adopted a resolution and pc
tition to be addressed TO tse vari-
Gus governments in favor of arbitration
of International differences. The petition
is to be distributed among the Christian
societies to assemble at Chicago during the
Columbian Exposition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Pttsburg Merchant Deau.

P1TTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 20.-The death is
announced OF Joseph Horne, of this city,
at Dansville, aged 66 years. He had been
for forty-two years Pittsburg's most prom
inent dry goods merchant, and was one OF
the most noted citizens of Western Penn
syIvania He had been in ill-health for
several years, from q proStratlon OF TIE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Death of a Michigan Warrior.

BAY CITY, Mich, Oct. 20.-Gen. Benz.
F. Partridge, residing six miles east OF this
oity. died last night at II o'clock. He had
suffered from heart disease. Gen. Par
fridge had splendid military record. He
served through the war with Michigan
troops, retiring with the rank OF DreVet
brioadier-oeneral Gen. Partridge was u
prominent figure III G. A. r. circles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Heavy Haul or JeweIry.

LONDON, oct. 20.-BurglarS forced an
entrance last night into the residence OF
Mrs. Rylands, the purchaser of the
famous Altnorp library, and secured
$4,000 worth of jewelry. When the
inmates arose this morning they found the
doors fastened on the outside. Help was
summoned. and the doors were opened. The
police were notified and are looking FOR the
fi,i
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Corn IN Eighty-eisht DAYS.

A man in the Nishnabotna Valley,
Iowa, has made record of corn crop,
days from the time the seed was put in
to the ground. The yield of corn is 70
to 100 bushels per acre. The ground
was covered with water until June 10.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
Afhat Protection Has Done or Luuisi.
ara.

Afhat Protection Has Done or Louisi.
ara.
TO THE EDITOR-Sir:: In nearly every
weekly number or your paper [ notice one
article or more on the practical tests
OF tie Mckinley tariff law. Being thor
0ughJy imbued With the wisdom and prac-
1ical utility of it, 1 thought some mention
of It's operation in this part OF the country
might prove acceptable to you and illus
1f2tlye OF It's benefits.
Dpel0usaS is situated in what is general
~ known rs the Southwestern District of
Louisiana. The surface Of the land is
nearly level. Here and there small water
courses serve as DRAINS and THROUGH the
year contain water III sufficient quantity
u lrrIgdte all lands lying on their borders
GE coarse il has 20 be pumped up. Until
within the last four years cotton, corn ana
cane not much OF the iaSt) were the sta
pie productions Rice was raised in guam
Elties sufficient for domestic use, but not
TOT commerce and eXp0~tatI0n- The en-
2oUr2ement given 10 its cultivation by the
tariff law has caused a marvellous increase
o. acreage, ond within tle last two years
ace mas become the taYCrIe crOD
OF the farmers. The vacant LANDS
are nearly ali taken up at enhanced
prices. Vast quantities Of appropriate
machinery are hauled out from this and
other towns, ana a new life has been in
IJSG0 among the producing classes. The
GWO parishes OF : (. Lan;iay and Acadia.
together comprising ABOUT 23,0J0 SQUARE
miles, Mil send TO market about oUU, 900
barrels of rough rice. Three years ago
Shey did not prOIIce 100 00). This as
so0iShinG increase OF production Will con
tlnue 1t the protection now given to rice be
perpetgatcd. Of course. the yield must de-
5send upon the seasons, bat the increase of
acreage is nOt Il matter of conjecture. The
Eact IS satisfactorily demonstrated that.
with the protection now given it, it can be
TemUncratycly produced, and farmers are
~enerCetica!ly investing their means in it.
There Is no money III the cultivation of
cotton, andIt must give way to rice Cane
is too expensive for small farmers, and
must remain so until q system Of cooper
-,Jive industry is adopted Offering greater
facilities than any heretofore thought Of
Fully on6-haif of the surface of Louisiana
IS adapted to rice culture. and it requires
NO prophetic ken to see thai the protective
policy Of the national Republican party
must lead to its rapid development. The
Iact Is too patent 10 admit of deception by
-Angl0-DemOcratic theories, and it is hay-
Iag percepuble influence among the peo-
pie, which, il judicIously ayaiIed OF, will
and indub1table expression at the ballot
box III November next. if our election COM
EHisSI0GeTS be able to count correctly.-E.
-A0Eh C1ttt0na, ln NelO YOTi Tribute.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26


cratic theory is based OH what Is going to
be; the RepuDhCan party on what has
been and what is. The Democratic theor-
lists are experimenting with the bread and
butter OF 30. 100000 people Low are cur
Democratic friends to diSprOye the uniVer-
sal evidences of prosperity, which no one
can dispute ~
OF Course They WA Repeal the Tax on
state Banks.
Southern Democratic papers like the At
lanta Constitution say they want the 10
per cent. tax on the notes Of state banks
repealed, 50 that such notes may be issued
and serve as local currency" Northern
Democratic papers are coming forward
ncrYOISlY and explaining that if the tax
were repealed state bank notes would not
go into circulation. The senior organ says
ut would not be possible Tor StaLe banks
to issue notes that would be received as
money by the people" The junior organ
says the average voter knows that such
currency cannot be made legal tender ard
he cannot be compelled to take dollar of
it unless he wants it."
II, as these two Illinois papers think,
such notes would not 90 into circulation,
why take the risk and go TO the trouble of
repeating the tax? Why give the matter
so much imp Ortanc6 as to advocate it in
national platform? Why did MI. Cleye-
land Intimate IN his letter OF acceptance
that state bank paper might form part Of
the currency? The supreme court has de-
clded that the law imposing the tax was
constitutional. Therefore, it need not be
repealed for constitutional reasons. Con-
Sequently. why not let it remain on the
statute books? They admit il does no
harm.
Because the Southern papers are better
informed and more honest than the North
ern Democratic sheets They know that
whatever Illinois might do in regardNtO au-
thOrizing wildcat issues the Southern
states would go into Indicating with rush
and 1iOoding this nation with their 'cats''
ana dogs The Northern Democratic or
ganS know it also, but they are too much
under Southern domination to tell the
truth, and they are too anxious on account
of their Otficc-seekerS. II they really be-
would not put state bank notes in circula-
ton they would insist on the law remain
ing as it is, because It's repeal could answer
no good or useful purpose, but would ere
ate great uneaSnecS in financial circles,
and WOnld be constant temptation to
spectators to go into the old business OF
flooding the country with estate sovereign
ty" wildcat money" The safe and
proper thing to do is 70 defeat the fat
''Prophet,' who has already Endorsed the
reissue OF state bank issues i'll his letter of
acceptance. II the Democrats regain pow
er with both houses Of Congress they are
absolutely certain to repeal the 10per cent
tax on wildcat issues. because the solid
South wants it done, anG that section con-
trolls the Northern Democrats as a man
controls his dogs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
The Suppressed Vote in the South.

A few figures VIII YiydIy Illustrate the
inequality which, under Southern dis
reimbursement OF Republicans, exists be-
tween the Northern and Southern voter.
The figures are aS follows:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26

An interesting rable-Sherman aud
spooner.
Some Practical Ou~asions for Farmers.
The farmer produces nothing but your
Sl-calied raw materials. DO you think
hW lo0l enough not to see that his inter
estS are singled out for attack IN your war
CRY OF free raw materials?
81 YOU succeed IL paupcriZlnG HIM
through the success of your party, Will
be not rctailate in voting for free trade in
manufactures too?
AnG IS this not exactly what you aim at,
namely, TO array the different Interests of
the country against one another, and thus
IH the end compel tree trade all round?
Why has British agriculture been almost
xUined since the adoption Of Tree trade il
that pollcy especially benefits farmers?
Does 1t betOken unusual courage and
purity Of purpose Oh the part Of Grover
cleveland TO get doWn in che dust Of New
\ OK filthy streets and crawl around IN
abiect humility. suing for the support OF
that VIGOROUSLY criminalIy corrupt organ
{2ati0n known as Tammany Hall?
New South Wales for many years had
free trade. Her sister colony. Victoria,
ha0 protection Why did New South
Wales change to protection last year?
10 YOU suppose that the English press
ana public desire the election of Cleveland
to- the benefit OF our country and people
}
free admission for?
How many foreigners would vote for
hauison and Reid If they could vote next
November?
DO you want to repeal the Mckinley
Jaw because you prefer idle American
mills and busy foreign mills to ruSy
American mills and idle foreign mills?
Were not your predictions as to the ef-
1ectS OF the Mckinley tariff as false as
Golden S when he asserted that the whole
world would have adopted free trade
within ten years after England had led
the way?
Did a free trader ever make a true pre-
dicUon?
Do you deny that tinware is actually
cheaper now than before the new tariff
passed?
Ii 1t is-and you know 1t is-who pays
the duty on the tin plate of which it is
anaGe?
Ale not Senator's Carlisle and Harris,
Sank Commissioner Preston and Labor
commissioner Peck, all Democrats, pretty
good authorizes by whom to refute the
faiseho2dS Of the free trade demagogues :?
Ii the American market is not far more
valuable than the S0-CalIed markets Of
the Wocld why are all the great INDUS
trial nations bending every effort to get
possession OF it?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-26
{ GOD CAMPAIGN READING.
LABOR, TARIFF AND WILDCAT
MONEY.

Questions for the Farmers-Protection i'm
LoUieianB-L4bor Uuder Two Tariffs
An interesting Table-Sh erman aud
Spdg2sr.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-15
Liberal and Penurious.

Not unfrequently man is encOun-
tered who is moral paradox. An
English nObleman, now dead, was
such a man. Liberal in large affairs,
he was penurious in trifes. He wore
shabby clothes, carried bits of paper
and twine, picked up pins and gave
away Thousands of pounds.
He once drew check for 100000,
for a benevolent object, but the donors
name was never published and his own
son never knew for what purpose the
check had been drawn.
A Clergyman who had been to Lon
don to consult doctor, was dining
with the nObleman.
What did the doctor advise ?"
Too absurd, my lord Horse ex
ercise."
"Then, why don't you take it?"
Because haven't horse and CAM
afford to buy one"
Have you stable and paddock p
"Yes, my Lord"
Then | will give you horse"
The next day q groom rode up to thu
clergyman's house leading a fin,
horse. The grateful parsOn Offered
the man a hail-sOvereign, but tn,
| groom declined more than six pence
saying that it would be as much as hi
situation was worth to accept more.
Smyrna times., 1892-06-15
Danger I'm Physical Culture

It is beginning to be understood that
physical culture should be undertaken
intelligently and with moderation. A
London girl went home from her first
lesson, which was violent one, and dis
covered a strange condition of her neck
a little at one side of the throat-a mot
tied appearance, with settled blood be-
meath, The physician to whom she ap-
piled said there was no remedy; some
little blood vessels had given way under
the severe and unaccustomed exercise,
and her naturally thin skin revealed the
mishap more than would perhaps hap
pen in another case.
The injuries are not so frequent to
young girls, with supple joints and easily
moved muscles and tendOns, but middle
aged women should begin very carefully.
Many such, to rid themselves of an un-
becoming tendency to corpulence, take
to extraordinary acrobatic feats not un-
attended with real danger to persons un-
accustomed to violent exercise,-Hel
Point of View in New York Times,