The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-20
"DoN'r MEAN ANYTHING. ("

Old High Tariff IL . Daisy. But lie
Cannot Fool All the People All the
Time.
II there Is ANYTHING on earth. or in
the waters under the earth. more dis
honest than protection itself. it is the
methods by which protectionism seeks
to make its case and reach its ends.
Old High Tariff Is by turns u bully
and a beggar lie can COO like a dove
and howl like "A wolf. Today he may
be seen booted and spurred, riding
down every one who comes in his way.
Tomorrow he is found in rags and tat
terA very tramp upon the roadside.
In one breath and in IA lordly voice, he
exclaims: Make way for American
industry" In the next breath and in
plaintive, tremulous tones. we hear the
old scamp feebly murmur: "A little
room for charity" And SO on To the
end, ct cetera, ct cetera, ct cctcra.
At the present moment the two
strings on which old High Tariff is play
ing are the hardness of the times and
the cowardice of the democrats. OF
course the hard times are the direct re-
suit of the threat to repeal the McKin-
ley bill. The bill itself has nothing to
do with them. And. OF course, the
democrats do not intend to repeal it
because they do not dare to: the plain
words of the presidents message To the
contrary Notwithstanding. So runs
the protectionist account of il.
The Ohio democrats meet and nomi-
nate Larry Neal, the very embodiment
of tariff reform. That is nothing The
democrats OF Iowa meet and reiterate
the national tariff plank. of which
Larry Neal is author. That is moth
ing. And now comes the appointment
of William l.. Wilson, of West Virginia.
to the Craftsmanship of the ways and
means committee, and. of course-to
the cunning attorneys of monopoly
that will be nothing. Meanwhile. all
the imps and pimps of the painted har
lot of protection are agreed upon being
greatly amused by the extreme loneli-
ness and isolation of Dana and Waiter
son.
Now. then. to the recapitnlation:
First-Speech Of Hon. William l..
Wilson.
Second-Tariff plank of that conven-
ton. Wilson. chairman of the national
democratic convention.
Third-The election of Cleveland and
Stevenson as president and vice presi-
dent
Fourth-The organization Of the
new government with John q. Carlisle
as secretary of the treasury
Fifth-The words of the message to
the extra session of congress.
Sixth-The appointment of Hon. w.
L. Wilson as chairman of the ways and
means committee
Oh. no. We don't mean anything,
don't we? We are afraid to do any,
thing, are we? And the Courier-Jour-
nal is lonely, is it? Alas. so lonely. so
isolated with old Grover Cleveland sit
ting up there in the White house. and
old John q. Carlisle sitting up there in
the treasury and old Billy Wilson sit
ting up there in the ways and means.
and old Larry Neal running for COVER
nor of Ohio. lie wanted to sing
''Sweet Violcts." did he, and the band
played Annie Laurie" did it?
Poor old High Tariff. lie is blind in
one eye and can't see out of the other.
His hat is caved in and there is dust on
his coat collar. He talks through his
whiskers and interviews his hat. lie
ought to go o,ss and hire hiinsclf as a
freak to some of those fake shows in
the Midway Plaisance.
"A wet sheet and A.
Ilurrah for Cleveland and Carlisle,
Larry Neal and Billy Wilson. free
trade and sailors rights
There's good time coming. boys,
A good time comn-:
There's goo Tins coming. boys.
Wait little longcs.
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