Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-22
How the Parties Differ in Their Way of
Doing business


During the past year the country has
had a striking illustration of the differ
ence between the two parties in the way
they frame a tariff bill. The Republican
party goes about the business in a sober
straightforward way, carefully consider
ing the interests of the entire country
The Democratic party goes about the
work of reforming the tariff in par
tisan spirit, never taking into account
what the business interests of the whole
country demands. but rather juggles with
the tariff as a Japanese plays tricks with
balls and knives. The following from the
Wheeling lntelligencer gives the differ
ence between the two parties in the fol-
lowing terse paragraphs:
The Republican party frames Il tariff
bill on the principle of protection. in
which it practices what it breaches. No
minority holds up a majority and com
pels an abandonment of principle accom-
panied by breach of faith.
There is no occasion for any inypStira-
ton to ascertain whether Republican leg
islators have dallied with the stock ticker,
playing the market on inside information.
There are no irreconcilable differences be-
tween House and Senate.
The Republican President does not
publish letter charging Republican sen
ators with party peridy and party dis
honor. There is no mud-Slin ging be-
tween the President and the Republican
side of the Senate The country is not
kept on the anxious seat while a family
row is fought out
The Republican party understands
business and IS expert in the business OF
legislation"
The Bradford Observer, published in
England, is Il warm supporter OF the
Democratic idea of tariff reform" and
In its issue of June % it prints the fol-
lowing editorial note:
1T would not be surprising if the
American people, after they taste the
joys of cheaper commodities under
moderate tariff, went in Cor still lower
tariff, or even free trade in necessary
articles, especially if the income tax
yields the comparatively small revenue
required by their government"
The Observer doesn't think correctly or
wisely. The American people have al
ready tasted the Joys of cheaper com
modities' under the Democratic threat
to destroy protection and they are hearth
ly sick of it. Cheap commodities import
ed from England and made by cheap
British labor may be Il good thing for the
English people. but they mean industrial
death to America and soup houses for the
American working people
A Connecticut WorkinSman on the Do
ings of Congress.
The New York Times, 4 Democratic
p"pSA, II mis-. IIIS ICiiON my IIO1u Eli CI-
kins:
To-day Silas Rockwell, who used to work
in the Merden Britannia works passed
through Ridgefeld. He was looking for
work
u will do anything. said Silas-'dig
potatoes, tend children, or milk, and
cheap, too
Why don't you work in the Meriden
"A third of us are out he said. They
used to pay out 100000 Il month, but
now it's only 100000 a month that the
boys get hold Of Times are hard in New
England
What do the boys say about the hard
times, Rockwell? [ asked.
j" Well, they don't say much. They
sit still! and growl They don't understand
the thing; but | used to teach school in
Stanford, and l can figure it all OUT
What is the trouble, as you figure.
Silas| l asked
: It's like, this: The darned fool poll
tclans are fussing around TO save cents
while the laboring men are losing dol
lars According to the census reports
there were III good times Il year ago 10
100000 men at work. earning an ayera ce
Of - per day each, or $30,000OO0 a day