The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

1.-The tariff lay is nowold enough
to talk foe ITSELF said Mr.. Mckinley
the day before election. And how it
did talk.-Chicago Times.
When Mr.. Cleveland becomes.
president again he will find that there
are "a. ls2 more officeholders than there
we're when he left the white house in,
1889. Chicago Herald.
-Cleve land carried California by q.
plurality Of 15a over Harrison-count-
ing the highest vote for an elector on
either ticket. The lowest candidate
for elector on the democratic ticket Is.
defeated by the highest on the repub-
lican ticket. Harrison's plurality four
years ago was over 1000. Californis il
all right-almost -N. Y. World.
President Harrison's recommend
alton that tariff revision be left to tho
new congress must be interpreted as .
hint to the republican senator's that
they shall not act favorably at misses
sion on any Of the tariff bills which
they have pigeonholed He is evident
ly willing that his party shall die in
the bonds of iniquity. st Louis Re-
public.
The republicans seem bound to
leave the democrats nothing to receipt
for when they assume charge OF tho
United States treasury. 1t is some
time since the victors SO cfticaciously
cleaned up the spoils as did the present
administration. If they'll only leave
clean balances. however, Mr.. Cleve-
L. a q. IL 10, n
future. He has demonstrated his imam
cial ability before. Chicago Times.
During the last twenty years tho
United States has given away hum
dretls OF thousands of farms. to set
tiers. In the same time the rents OF
English farms have been 1855, 1000, 900
more than the value of the produce.
Yet the republican party has not alto
gether given up its attempt to persuade
the American farmer that his greater
prosperity over that OF the British
farmer is dine to MISUNDERSTANDING
Argus.
The democratic senatorial steer
ing committee has decided to let the
knavish republican plets work them
selves out i'm Montana, Wyoming, Kan
sas and Ne braska. A mine will be cx-
plot.ed under the cor,prators at the
proper time. and the further they arc
allowed to go with their plot, short OF
| actual success. the more certainly 10
they insure their own destruction. Let
them steal these states, and the states
will hereafter give democratic major
tiles SO pronounced as to leave no room
for fine work. COurier-Jour-
nal.
| Mr.. Cleveland Is right. There Il
nothing shabby in thrift and economy
either Of public or Of private resources
That we may be frcc we must he
frugal people. Thai all may hG~s
equal chance for Independence thu
practices OF thrift misA not be thwrrhss
by the granting Of advantages to'ons
citizen denied another. The citizen
Of republic founded on justice am
discarding as base q policy of pa5urnal
ism destructive OF Individual selfrespec
and indie pc ndcnce need no other thai
such reasonable inducement b. BIN
them in loyal devotion to the ~ goSeSr
ment Chicago Times.
The protection which hhe reput
llicans de slarea for in tho Minncapoli
platform was protection seprcsente
by duty on all imports coming int
competition with Amcricanlabor equa
TO tho difference between wages o
home. and. abroad. As most OF tn
dutiss imposed on foreign product
VIII nh come into competition with I'll
products Of American labor are II
greater than the difference bctwcc
wages here and abroad the republican
: in congress can vote for a very consh
\ cradle reduction and still keep With
the pledge Of the Minneapolis platform
1t ought 10 be a good plan for the dor
ocrats i, congress TO try their sinceri'
!. and their loyalty to the platform r
|, ferred to- with . bill or two .petro
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