The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-08-17

sjor uP"" Cleyeland and the
a'a.. Facts of History Relating TO '"e
lru'' attic Party - The situa''o" ="
pen'o -. tho New York Tribune--ine
We've" It'd as Prophet - The
s'n.ular Prevarioation OF '"e .,a.
PRESIDENT - Republican
and the Silver Question.
srful Argument AGa.hss
..t;c Attempts TO brea
Protection.
= ) feet Of foreign ironcaas o.inan shou,u CIV n
II :. - lombard a great ahaeflean 'i.
emp deStroy ~ the lives ana propei.s ~
lu >rcan a citizens the whole ila.iah W."
lmand that the enemy shouta "aorn
elnanu all the resources OF nloueiii
tisteu - r. \ great pcstilence like the
Eariafss. saath that has been devastating
DacA aN tiles should sweep over the sen
hineIS. uoatan this country with desola-
IND MT. sentiment would UNANIMOUSLY
lon' plo' phnt tho Gates of our harbors should
asisl ,m nraJ against ships from lnfected
Va. and mat all the appliances OF meal-
pot's :anaa 80 shouE be used to keep tne
g! stlea ;ntruaer at bay. Yet the destruc-
efilh g e. nronerty caused by the Democrat
W. a+tamnt 70 strike down protectloll mas
odd not merely the loss mat Woulu
81 inflicted by the bombariment OF sin-
- .lo civ but the loss brought ABOUT py
the greatest civil war IN history. lhe
laasrel lne tariff bill is the black death o1
iloHsi s.;oan industry. 1t has smitten and
'nrnstrated great interests from Boston 70
ran francisco. 1t has impoverished mil
ans M Of American citizens, destroyed the
nan,;ness of multitudes of American
ap,ns ha,p driven hundreds Of men to despair
nuI suicide. and imposed burden OF
aas,;tution and disaster from which tins
rsnnb. cannot recover in years. Such
~ ;nfamy must be fought as mercllessly
as 4 menacing plague or an invading
enemy ,. 49,
necessary in order to defeat the wreckers
bin, Republican senators should use II
fesresAy and TO the utmost. Inc rules
II the Senate were expressly framed III
order 70 give the minority power to pre-
vent arbitrary action on the part Of the
majority The Republicans are Justified
by law and precedent in obstructing the
Infamous tariff BILL They are required
bv every dictate of patriotism, every con
sderation of humanity and every princi
Die Of Republcanism to fight the odiou:
and ruinous measure with all the weapons
at their disposal 1t is a Fundamental
principle of Repnbicanism that Amen
can labor shall be protected, that thu
United States shall be industrially indie
pendent, and that American wages shal
be maintained at level which make
intelligent and self-respecting citizenshil
possible 1t Is a fundamental Republical
principle that the majority shall rule
The American people have pronouncet
overwhelmingly against the Democrati
scheme Of ruin. They have. .eondemne'
it by unprecedented pluralities at tn
polls, they have commanded their repre-
sentatives through the ballot boxes Q
every Northern state to oppose it and XII
it: they have demanded in tones that can
not be mistaken, with an emphasis IN
paraheled in this generation, that the Mo
kinley law. which gave the nation peac
and prosperity, shall be maintained upo
the statute books.
All the considerations which govern tn
course Of patriotic Legislators impose upo
the Republicans the duty of obstructin
the Bourbon bill. Senatorial courtesy
counts for nothing when the homes c
the people are at stake. When the e,
lstence of vast national industries is Ell
aangered. when the integrity OF America
citizenship is threatened. when in ever
commonwealth from the pines Of Main
% the redwoods OF Oregon, the people al
demanding the death ofsthe Bourbon bi
With mighty voice-then for Republic
ans to finch would be cowardice and
aetreat re would be dishonor., For thin
VI century coWardice and retreat hay
Deen unknown in the lexicon of Repul
ncahlsm. Do not mar that glorious re
vru now. The enactment of the Bou
non plli would be an unspeakable calan
Ny, nlllng the land with poverty ar
MISERY, with ruin and despair The dul
" y! republicans to resist it by obstructio
obstruction is needed is as clear al
a. q. Imperative as was the duty of the sc
,s aiers of Meade to face and roll back Il
nesiohs OF Lee and the Confederacy
uettysburg.-New York Press.
Maj. Upham's shoes.
Inc Inter Ocean warmly indorses Il
republican nominee for governor of Wi
foMn. fOM1sln. and i'll editorial form it prints Il
'o.ioWing "reminiscences:
MaJ. W. IL. Upham. the Republics
sandidate for governor Of Wisconsin, h;
1Iraptured his political shoes, as Il
m nn.er Ocean predicted he would tv
vn.ns sI;nn ago A staff correspondent ira
.hng IN Wisconsin two months ago Sc
:. ie!ter from Marshfield giving sto
= MAJ. upham's army life, and sugges
na as mat It might find parallel in tn
campaign. A young man is years Q
inlis.ed anl IN the Belle City Rifles, orga
on,l. Mgu at Racine in 1861, and this was t
oe oeiy Wisconsin regiment in the bait
w. u buil Run. The young fellow W
sna sn1t through and through in that bait
raaa na le1t on the field for dead by his col
raons Ills death was reported in I
teeo tecords Of his regiment and at home. a
Tnhe iTehe was big funeral for William
op1am at Racine.
h. nu! s ne was not dead. He surpris
aa a,s friends and his officers by report
soy or uuty when relieved from Libby pris
hatM ot,e months later, but the night of I
eue rsha, ne gave a greater surprise to
rebel rs soldier who had appropriated !
b;s boss = When the shoes were pulled
cont nas ieet the soldier left for dead regain
avnnaselonsness, AMI and with some profan
M T'u much emphasis demanded his sho
ny my feDel, startled by a dead mans co