River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-06-14
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

IL Down in West Nirginin they call
William A. Wilson "Bill the Ripper
And they propose to rip BIZ in af-
proved style at the polls next Novem-
Der. Toledo Blade.
t. Attorney General Olney is en-
titled to some of the credit for the
amended tariff bill. He no doubt
looked after the trust amendments. -
Iowa State Register.
s8-The only democrats who can
truthfully say they are IN favor of q
tariff for revenue only are the senators
who have been specializing in sugar
stocks.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
gTThe next time democrats vote
for reform they will take care to add.
Provided il is not Incompatible with
the interests or opposed to the inclina-
tions of the sugar trust. N. Y. World
(Dem.).
Many of the strongest democratic
newspapers of the east openly declare
that they would prefer the Mckinley
law without the income tax to the Will
son bill with it. The democrats are GO
ing to force the income tax.
-YThe four Hundred amendments
presented by the senate subcommittee
TO the pending tariff bill are four hun
dred witnesses against the truth of the
Chicago platform, that protection is a
fraud and unconstitutional.
tyrone of the most remarkable in
stances of distance lending enchant-
ment to the view may be seen in the
operations of the democratic politicians
of to-day. how they are all together
and yet widely separated. The leaders
are on land, the followers all at sea.
sH@With the government revenues
for the fiscal year eighty million dol
lars less than the expenditures and
the national debt mounting up at the
rate of several millions per month. the
country is getting an object lesson
in democratic finance that it is not like.
ly to forget.-Troy Times.
gE~Immediately following his cleo
ton Mr.. Cleveland had considerable to
say about the necessity of not disap-
pointing the hopes and expectations
which filled the minds and hearts of his
countrymen. 1t was favorite phrase
of the newly elected president, and he
rolled it under his tongue on every pos
sible occasion. Mr.. Cleveland has not
referred TO this matter of late. IN. Y.
Advertiser.
SWith all its boosted strength
with democrat in the executive man
sion and with democratic ma jorities in
both bra nci es of congress-the demo
or, tic party - in a shaky position,
frightened at its own shadow. The
party made pledges which, if kept,
would ruin the country. But having
made pledges il is powerless TO keep
them or to Justify itself. Between the
horns OF the dilemma how does it expect
To escape the wrath of the people?--
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Many bitter lotion is made pal
atGblc by a coating of sugar. 1t is
highly probable that in the many
heavy increases in the dutiable list,
whereby the elements of protection
were made quite prominent, the sugar
coated process of Havermeyer had
much To do with sweetening these
much abused tariff rates into a palat-
able condition for some of the free
trade patients who appear to be quite
SICK dttu NOuAA hol iSC Dt dbit
To take the nauseating draught. We
would like To hear from Brother Mills
after he has taken his sugar-coated
dose of protection.
s$ Reciprocity opens a great field
for the American farmer who pro-
duces grain and vegetables: for the
raisers of live animals of all sorts; for
our manufacturers of iron, steel, cop
per and other metallic articles of every
kind; for our cotton, wooden, linen,
leather and wooden goods; for our coal,
our brick, our fruits, our nuts, our
farming, mining and other machinery
lin fact, for about everything that we
grow. dig or manufacture-in addition
TO our unparalleled home market. which
we can still retain as the best and
greatest source of prosperity. And
this chance for enlarging our COM
merce in the most rational and helpful
manner the democratic trainers of the
senate tariff bill propose to contempt
uOusly throw away,-Iroy Times