Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-05-17
EMPHATIC LANGU AGE
MlNNGSCTAOEMCCRATS SPEAK IN NO
UNCERTAIN TERMS.

pi>h"nrr ana Shame Brought ~, u Great
lnr;A Ivy the ErncdiU hrnrlds Who Mis-
r,'pr,~rnt Il In thr srnate \ ncclavatinn
tor TrCr Trade.
The Democratic association ot Min.
nrS1t3 has issued M addr,~s which will
bo ve&i with more interest than pleasure
Ny certain senators; inv aShinEton. Tho
authors Nt the address do not minco
words They way plainly that in less
than two wears after winning the most
complete political victory cNcr won, and
while Yet IN full possession ot the pow
vrS ElNcu Ivy the people. the Ocmorratic
party presents the appcaraurr eff de.
trated party. And they say Just rs
p(amly that il has not been Thought to
this pass Ivy ITS open enemies the hrawl-
Ing prNtcruoDist> whom il overthrow in
1892, Int Ivy "mah&uaut and tr,achev-
Gus influences, allied With weakness or
ruWar,hrr within our own ranks,
Tho weakness or roWarliro showed
itself III the Wilson committees. which
reported tariff hill not tor revenue
only, ms promised Ivy the party III 1899,
hut for less revenue and n very largo
m,N,>urr ot protection, This error "ouly
whcttod the appetite and fired the au
dNcity of the protected interests, which
prorer0rd tu concentrate their efforts
upon the senate, TO our shame and
diSmay they found senators, rrprVscut
ing Democratic constituencies which
had denounced protection and demand
rd its collaboration from our taxing poll.
Cics, willing to aid thrm.
After recitiuK how these rrcrraut son
ators, Ivy hrowhratiuE in tho secrecy of
committee rooms and threats of opuu up.
position, succeeded in cNpuuging from
the Wilson bill the most Of its rcdccm-
ing features, the Minnesota Democrats
proceed To name the prutrSSrd Demo.
Gratis "protcctionists in fact, who have
thus brought dishonor and shame on our
great party
Quoting the following from the prcsi.
dents inaugural. Even if insuporahlo
obstacles and opposition prevent the
contamination of our task, We shall
traced to our fault or neglect we may
hc sure the people will hold MS to u swift
and oNaCting responsibility they ask;
"Who are these men who have inter.
posed iusuprrahlo obstacles and opposi-
ton and made II failure duo to our fault
and neglect? These are the mcn--uamcs
tit to stand alongside uf Bourdict Arnold
i'll the annals of our country
"Sunatur Calvin s. BricN of Ohio.
David r. Hill and Edward Murphy,
,lr,, of New York
".lohn b. Mcpherson and James
Smith, ,lr., Of New Jersey
arthur T. German and Charles H.
Gibson of Maryland
johnson NJ. Camden of West Nir.
ginia
"Donolson Catrory and Edward d,
White of louisiana
John !, Morgan and James l.. PuBh
of Alabama
''FhCsC arc tho men who wear the
mask of Democrats that they may the
better hctray our cause. These arc they
who have wrought this marvellous
change, putting our party III the ntti.
mdr Of defeat and giving to our oppo.
nrnts that of victory.
That j. the plain truth, plainly spo-
ken. And it is wen that it should be-
spoken now 1t is wcll that senators
who seek to hide their protectionism
and their hostility to commercial and
industrial liberty behind pretended
dislike OF an income tax or ot nd valorom
duties should be made know that they
are perfectly understood.
Democratic conventions and Demo
cratic organizations everywhere should
speak rs plainly aa the Democrats of
Minnesota have spoken They should
give the Hills and Gurmaus and Briccs
to understand distinctly that their place
is IN the pr0toc mist party, and that
the party Of freedom ha# no moro tavors
in store fer them They should give
Democratic parry has no use for men
who are worth four times more ~ nttor.
ncys for the tariff barOns while they urc
~ Democrats than they
would be in thoparty where they belong,
and twice MS much ~ any Republican
when the Democratic party is nominal.
ly in power il IL time for tho Demo
cratic party to notify nll such mcn ON.
that their services are no lon
ger required. Chicago Herald.