The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-09-14
THE HOUSE WILL BE DEMOCRA-
TIC.

SbdVc OtnITdl COll luT W.
THE HOUSE WILL BE DEMOCRA-
TIC.
The Mckinley bill became law in
October 1890 and the elections which
were held five weeks later showed
clearly the uprising of the people
against the imposition of war taxes in
time Of peace. Every doubtful dis
irict in the country was carried by
the Democrats on mere theory alone,
even before the people of the country.
had time to observe the workings of
the new tariff. Everyone remembers
how the party of protection was
showed under in 1892, after the new
law was fully understood and its re-
suits seen. Nearly half million more
votes were cast for President Cleve-
land than for Mr. Harrison the apostle
of McKinleyism, and a full million
more were cast by the Populists whose
principal article of faith was opposi-
ton to excessive tariff taxes. No re-
vival of industry followed the passage
of the Mckinley law, but on the con-
trary wages were cut down in factory
after factory and one by one these
factories closed in consequence of the
tremendous overplus of goods pro-
duced and in consequence of the I'M
healthy stimulus given. One month
has passed since the passage of the
amended Wilson bill and already there
has been a general revival of industry
and trade all over the country, while
under the Mckinley law the only
noticeable result was the reduction of
wages and an increase in the power
and profits of trusts. 1t is urged by
Republican organs and speakers that
the present hard times are due solely
to the fact of a Democratic admins
tration of the government. At the
county convention recently held by
the Republican party in Bel Air this
idea was advanced by the Chairman,
unmindful of the fact that while he
spoke the Mckinley tariff was still a
law. 1t should be borne in mind
by every voter that while the
Democratic party nominally assumed
the reins of power on March 4, 1892 it
could really accomplish nothing until
the legislation of more than a quarter
of a century of Republican misrule
was swept away and that this had to
be done cautiously to prevent severe
shock to the business interests of our
country. To do away with the Sher-
man act, which was fast bankrupting
our treasury, Congress was called in
extra session last fall, and since that
time every pledge given to the people
has been kept. While the reduction
of tariff taxes has fallen far short of
what the Democratic party hoped for
or had a right to. expect, yet the Nc
Kinley law has been repealed and
tariff taxation has been very greatly
reduced. Living has been made cheap
er to every family in the United States
and, while the full benefits. of the new
law will not be. immediately felt, they
will be apparent to all before the Nov
ember election. All money, including
United States greenbacks, has been
made taxable and the swollen incomes
of capitalists have been made to pay
their share for protection under our
laws. The last vestige of the partisan
election laws has been swept from
the statute books and now elections
all over the country can be held free,
fair and rid of all Federal interference
through United States deputy Mar
shals. The public expenditures have
been reduced to the extent of $40, 000,-
600 and the great bulk of the party
has placed itself on record as declaring
undying hostility to all trusts and
monopolies. The Republicans, to be
successful in obtaining majority in
the next House of Representatives,
must capture every doubtful district
in the country. Can they do it i'll the
face of this record =? 1t is true the
Democratic party has not been. sue
cessful in restoring complete order
from the chaos into which the Repub-
lican party had thrown the country
and many Democrats are sorely
grieved over the failure of their repre-
sentatives to make complete right
ing of the wrongs done the people by
Reed and Mckinley, but the people
have had, and are now just beginning
to enjoy, taste of the blessings of
Democratic rule. and they will never
consent to. again place party in pow
er which produced q Carnegie and a
Gould with their score or more of imi-
tators and, to make the contrast more
forcible, created at the same time an
army of anarchists and tramps. Some
few doubtful districts may be lost be-
cause of Republican activity and be-
cause some Democrats prefer no bread
to half loaf, but the great mass of
tHe pcople are uioIe Indu ever IoT IdrllI
reform and honest government and,
while any representative of the people
who failed in his duty will receive the
condemnation he deserves, the great
heart of the country throbs in accord
with honesty and good government
and the November elections will show
the Democratic party still triumphant.
-Chauncey NJ. Depew, the brilliant
New York orator, who aspires to the