Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-08-25

large enough to have passed the bill.
Another attempt on June Is, 1873,
ended the same way, except that 5s
Democrats voted against the bill that
time. VIM. NJ. Springer, the present
leader of the Democratic House, was
one of those who voted no. Do give
them more time!
SILVER.
Silver was demonetized in 1873,
both Democrats and Republicans as
sisting in the villainous work, not
enough opposition being manifest to
demand a yea and nay vote, hence no
record.
When Cleveland was elected he
recommended that the coinage of sill
yer be stopped, and when an attempt
was made on Feb. 81, 1885, to carry
ont hi. recommendation SO Democrats
voted to stop it entirely.
In 1886, with almost two-thirds
Democratic majority, on April Is, a
free coinage bill WAS defeated, 6S
Democrats voting dead against it.
And yet this party of promises claim
to favor free coinage and legislate in
the peoples interest. Bah
In the present house with Demo-
cratic majority of about 40, elected
upon promises of enacting free coin
age law, silver has been ingloriously
defeated and the gold bugs given con-
tinued lease of power. But they want
more time. .r
''RoBBER TARIFF"
Here's where the greatest fuss is
made, but records are very awkward
things. Are they really in earnest
about reforming the Tariff Let us
see. The Morrison bill of 1883 re.
ducing the tariff was defeated by a
vote Of 155. Al Democrats voted no,
more than ten times enough to have
passed the bill. How we do favsr
tariff reform!
In 1886 the Morrison bill came up
again, but was defeated by vote of
157 to 140, So Democrats voting no.
Tariff reform!
The Mills bill only proposed an
average reduction Of ~ per cent,
leaving about ~ cents of "rObber tar
iff'' on imported goods. Tariff re-
form .... ....-... t..
The Mckinley bill has been de-
nOunced by every Democratic speaker
and paper and congressman in the
land, and though Congress has been
in session nearly ak mOnths, no one
has dared to introduce bill repeating
the ..robber tariff" t-s .,--
The free wool bill has been passed,
giving the manufacturers cheap wool,
forcing American producers to comrete
with European growers, yet protect
ing the manufactured wool cloth to
the extent OF 40 per cent. on the aver
age. Manufacturers are tickled half
to death. Tar-r-e-e-f Reform
The "robber tariff to the extent OF
seven tenths of cent. per pound has
been removed from binding twine,
thus saving to the consumers of this
country the enormous sum Of one and
one thirteenth of q cent each per year.
Reform. Give us chance at the rob-
Der tariff!
That's all
Ring down the curtain on this tariff
farce!
sQUANDERING THE SURPLUS.
The money belongs to the people.
The bOndholders did not pay dollar
of il into the treasury. Ask Cleve-
land, Ask Roger Q. Mills! On Janu-
AIRY 16, 1888, Roger Q. Mills, BIG DEM
ocrat, introduced in the House bill
to apply the surplus money in the
treasury (that paid in by the 'people)
to the purchase of bonds. This was
done. A big premium was paid for
those bonds; in fact, the premiums
alone amounted to over $72, 900, 900.
The vote on this stood yeas, Repnbli-
cans AZ, Democrats 81; nays, Republi-
cans %, Democrats S6. Give 'em more
time. o do!
EXTRAyAGANCE.
Reeds billion dollar Congress was
denounced by Democrats from one
end of this land to the other, on ac-
count of its enormous appropriations,
jet this present alleged reform Demo
cratic Congress has beaten all records,
The first session of Reeds Congress ap
propriated $494, ,456, ,24S. 90. The first
session of this model Democratic Con-
gress appropriated $507, ,701 $4,000, or
$13, ,245, 1890 more. Never before in
the history Of the country has this
record been equaled.
a WHISKY RING.
According to Democratic doctrine ii
| 10 unconstitutional to loan money to
the farmers on corn, cotton aud wheat,
but when the whisky ring demanded
a loan they got it. On March il, 1877,
law was enacted loaning the ''ripg'
the tax on liquors stored in ware
houses for three years. The distillers
proposed to pay 5 per cent. interest
on the loan for. two years, nothing foi
the other year. They got all they
asked. The House passed the bill by
lis to 116, IOS Democrats voting foi
and only is against, Many of the
present members from Southern States
voted for it. The law is in effect to.
lday. As Tom Watson says, its ai
wrong 10 loan money on corn and cot
ton. but all right to loan it on rot-gui
whisky: