Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-21

mao -ANNASh AAVCleily tAlShS hA'heSiA
loose in last weeks Manufacturer. He
gets right into the "hurly burly" with
both feet. Hear him; "The Wilson
bill must be defeated" he screams; "by
votes, if votes may be had; by obstruc-
ton if votes cannot be had. No com
promise No concessions The Nc.
Kinley act as it stands. Accept no
suggestions from traitors! Defeat the
Wilson bill ~
Looking little further down We find
what makes Max so wild. "The neces-
sity for making the contest along this
line" he explains, "will appear upon
reflection that any advantage surren-
dered now will certainly be lost for
long term of years and probably for
ever. AT least six years must elapse
before Republicans can possibly regain
control Of the Senate. Unless the con-
ditions shall be unusually favorable,
Democratic supremacy in that body
may be maintained for a much longer
period. In that event, even ii the Presi-
dency and the White House should be
secured by protectionists, there would
be small chance that good protoc-
tive tariff could be passed as substitute
for the Wilson BILL"
Poor Max! 1t is the peoples innings
and he Vainly imagines that be can put
a spoke in their wheel by calling them
"traitors" and exhorting Republican
Congressman to fllibuster and obstruct.
And, worse than this, he fears that if
the people get on top they may be oSsti-
nate enough to stay on top. "Any nd.
vantage surrendered now" by the bene-
ficiaries of the Mckinley bill, he appre-
hends, nay, admits, twill certainly be
lost for long term of years and prob
ably forever" That is to say, that, if
tariff reform cannot be killed before the
people get taste of it, the protectionisls
may as well throw up the sponge. Just
give the people one taste of the benefits
of tariff for revenue legislation and they
will never give tho protectionists another
chance to enslave them. "Probably
forcver~ Poor Max!
Everybody knows Max and can
afford to smile at his amusing attempts
at melodrama, but he, with all his wild
ness, serves a useful purpose. In the
economy of nature there must be a
fanatic here and there to act the part of
a phoolometer, as it were; in this case
to illustrate to what lengths protection
ism run into the ground can drive a
man who holds to the doctrine that
there are a few highly privileged and
deserving individuals in the United
States for whose especial and particular
benefit the rest of the people are and
must continue to be taxed-by votes if
votes may be had; by obstruction il
votes cannot he had. Max has per-
formed the phoolometric act, in this re-
spect, with definiteness that leaves
nothing to be desired.
During the past thirty years the pro.
tectionists have revised the tariff up.
wards some twenty-five times, until
they reached the top-notch of public
endurance in the Mckinley bill. Now
they see the reaction coming. The
people who have been paying the taxes
have demanded that there shall be one
more revision of the tariff; this tint
downward, in the Interest of the con
sumner. If this be accomplished, then
goodbye to tariff-fed trusts and combina
tons and fat-frying campaigns. Shall
this be permitted? Never, shouts Max
Fight tariff reduction; fairly if yot
can, foully If you mustl Don't let thu
people get on top; if you do there neve
will be another Mckinley tariff in thi
country. He is type Of those desperat
. fellows who would rather see the coun
try go to destruction with the McKinle,
: flag flying than see it prosper under
consumers tariff. 1t recalls the Ian
guage of the Republican national plat
, form of 1888, which called for fire.
whisky rather than the surrender of on
, item of the protective system.
We have an illustration Of this spiri
right here at home in the Morning Nea
8 report of the good fortune of the Jackso
}, d Sharp Company. In divulging thi
I intellgence-which means the disburse
4 ment of at least $4,000 among til
/, workiugmen of Wilmington whom tn
s Republican financial panic has left badl
a in want of all the work they can get
C the News displays precisely this spir
q Of Willingness to sec these workingme
e suffer for political effect. 1t is d,
i plorable spirit. Instead of trying to b.
4 little such good news, the right-minde
/. man would try TO make the most of
and accept it as another narbinger
!. the brighter times in store. But IL
L Neacs, like Max, is evidently ready
T. sacrifice the well-being of the con
e munlty as TO the fetish Of McKinleyisn
>, Republican Glasses" in the .sundo
- Star, after referring to EVERY EyEEIN,
~ isseized with failure Of memory whic
y prompts him to get off the following:
y Honor bright, Mr.. Tariff Reforme
IT were there any poor worth mentioning
lie Wilmington year ago? Were there al
10 Tor ~ years that you Gun remember? IL
are constrained to go back to Jimn
al Buchanan's time aren't you, to find
n, parallel for to-day?
es If the querist will refresh his memol
>, he will find an answer to his interrog
ot tory without going "back to Jimn
IN Buchanan's time" 1t was Just TWEEN
to years ago, under Republican admin
L tration, that the paralyzing panic
1878, the worst and the most mr.