Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-30
Tariff Reform and Post Election Demo
cratic Candor.


cratic Candor.
Editor Mississippi Leader
A few weeks ago found the follow
ing paragraph copied in The LEADER
/ from your neighbor, the Lincoln Coun-
ty Times;
| There is manifest shrinking on the
part of Democrats from the work of
! tariff reform. This is disclosed not SO
much 10y unwillingness to begin the
much promised. much vaunted policy
of the party. but from the expressions
/ of hopelessnesS that are heard from
! the leaders as to what it is possible to
accomplish. Only u few days since
/ Col. Morrison, shrewd aud straight
! forward Democrat, in an interview,
asserted that the outlook for compre-
/ hensive reform of the tariff was exceed
/ ingly dubious. And now comes Sena-
| tor Palmer. who is fairly good judge
/ of conditions. and who says: ut is
difficult to see where reductions can
! be made so long as we must meet the
tremendous sums of pensions and for
! the appropriations of Congress"
This is candid and truthful state
ment OF fact, from Democratic source.
and deserves to be emphasized in the
mind of every voter.
What must those thoughtful Prohi-
bitionists who stood on whisky plat
form. and voted with whisky dealers in
order to get tariff reform" think of
the situation and themselves now?
| There is plenty of whisky Gust what
their party friends. the liquor men,
knew would be truel. but no tar
if reform" what Prohibitionists want
ed. real or prospective. Tariff re-
form" Prohibitionists swallowed the
saloon and what do they get? Not
tariff REFORM" but Jno. G.. Carlisle, a
drunken debauchee, for the head of the
Nations finances a man who in an
accustomed hour of drunken madness,
may disturb the confidence of the
whole world in the financial stability
of our great government. Beside these
Prohibitionists get in Carlisle fine (9
example for the young men of our
country to follow. They teach the
young that drunkenness and the most
miserable debauchery is no bar to po-
litical preferment and honor.
They get no tariff reform" now or
hereafter, but they do get brewer
MAXWELL to appoint all the fourth
class poStmasterS in the Nation-a man
who is using, and will continue to use,
his official position and influence to
the utmost extent to further the inter
est of beer and liquor sellers a man
who would, if he could, blot out every
home protecting anti-liquor law now
in force IN Mississippi.
Just what Morrison, Palmer and the
Times say they know now, they doubles
knew during the last campaign, or else
they are too ignorant to be relied on
for information. The situation is pre-
cisely the same; no new conditions have
arisen absolutely none. Why didn't
these sources of information tell the
people last summer and fall what they
tell them now? Votes were wanted
then, and it looks like the idea was to
deceive the people, get their votes and
then tell them, in effect, boys, we
were foOling you; we can't do anything
with the tariff question; the miserable
Republicans passed such eXtravagant
laws it takes all the money that can be
raised under the present tariff laws to
meet the expenses of the government"
OF course ~ the people know that
those obnoxious laws that were
passed by Republicans cannot be re-
pealed. 1t is good time for some
Prohibitionists to mediate with a view
to explaining why their fingers are in
their ample mouths, and how long Pro
hibitionists will have to vote whisky
ticket to secure tariff refOrm"-at
the present rate of progress.
The great truth stated by Rev. j. I'll.
Gambrell during the last campaign will
dawn upon the people after awhile, l
hope. It was this: "You need not re-
ly on the Democratic party for tariff
reform. That party is all to pieces on
the question. The Northern and East
ern Democrats do not want any changes
in the modus Operdndi on that subject.
and they control the National party.
The Southern Democrats want reform,
but are powerless and cannot secure it.
The Northern and Eastern Democrats
furnish the Presidential candidate
and the money to elect him money
which was made under existing tariff
laws-and the Southern Democrats
furnish the hurrahing. intolerance and
votes. The Democratic party will new
err, because it cannot, settle the tariff
question. The only thing the party is
to blame for is lying about it's ability,
and misleading a contiding people
about this matter"
This is true, every word of it, as the
Senators named and the candid Times
well know. How long will the honest
people be deceived and led like sheep
to their own slaughter ?
PROHIBITION FREE TRADER.
"TOm Starting" has boeu seriouSIv