The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-14
= The Judge.

that of all the great elections in the past
twenty years. will be decided by the two
older parties. To be a Prohibitionist or
a Populist is to throw away your vote.
II is adherence to n principle, no doubt.
and very heroic and praiseworthy, in
certain sense, but it is not practical busi-
ness. To be Republican or a Democrat
is to actually take part in the machinery
of government. A man who votes tor
Maj. Upham or Gov. Peek, if he is the
Democratic candidate does his share to-
ward making the next administration.
His man may not be elected, but he Will
have the satisfaction of knowing that his
vote will be counted and that it will
form one of n vast number that made up
the total. On the other hand, man
might as well vote for George Washington
or Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln
as to vote for Capt. Cleghorn or White
Beaver Powell 1t is a vote for a princi-
pie they say. BY the same reasoning,
a vote for George Washington would be
vote for a principle. for George Washing
ton was one OF the purest Of men and there
is just as much chance of eleeting him
as there is Of eecting Powell or Cleghorn.
A little thoughtful consideration of this
subject on the part Of intelligent temper
ance men and workingmen will lead them
to see the folly of wasting their votes.
While a mans vote as the exponent Of
his principles, is sacred and should be cast
man should exercise his best judgment
and discretion in casting his vote. The
strength OF our government lies In the fact
that It rests upon an intelligent con-
stituency, and when every voter reads,
thinks and acts for himself. we shall have
pnrer politics and better men i'll office.
The present is am important crisis in the
affairs of our country Such u depres-
sion in business aud such gloomy out
look has never before been known. It is
quite plain to even a casual observer that
the action of the present administration
at Washington is largely responsible for
it. At the election in November every
voter will be called upon to decide wheth-
er he will change the character of the
Congress and bring about change.
kosh Northwestern.
Some Pointers Worth Reading.
Musical instruments are classed as Eek
plosives' in the new tariff bill, and by the
same token the Democratic organs should
be designated as raw material.
Before the war of 1872 the South was
for protection and New England was for
free trade. The necessity of the situa-
ton forced those people to begin manu-
featuring. and they became protectionists.
The great profits of agriculture with
slave labor made the South turn its atten-
ton to farming, and it became free
trade section.
was 4.343, 200 500 pounds. which, at an
would be worth s1f9, ,43S,2 ,26l. An ai
yalorem tariff of 40 per cent upon this
amount would be S47.775,3O4 A differ
entail duty Of u cent upon 4, ,343. .209, 800
pounds would be s. .429.O .O12. making a
total breakfast table tax Of S., ,2O4 316.
There was an increase of $4,000, 900
in our imports of foreign goods in 1893.
as compared with our prosperous Nc
I< fCsftn of - .,
significant. But it shows that with the
mere threat of free trade we began to
buy more foreign goods, while exporting
S1S4. 101 ,226 less of domestic goods dur
ing the same year.
Well. Democratic statesmen will soon
be in our midst. and the people will mod
estly ask, What promised pledge of 1892
or 1898 has been redeemed? Did voting
100000 600 to the whisky trust and $4O-
coo, 900 to the sugar trust help .the poor
man with his little dinner pail?" Where
is the $1.25 wheat? What has become of
1.-The good Democratic times" promised
when every man should have fair
wages"' Are these not fair questions?
When the Democratic stump speaker
during the opening campaign reaches that
portion of his speech where he proposes
to tell What Congress has DONE" his
voice will sink to a whisper and his re-
marks will partake of the nature of a
confession and a confidential communion
ton. That part of the situation is. as
Mr. Cleveland said about sugar, "a deli
cate subject