The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-12-19
A DEMOCRAT.
Who Was Not Showed Under In the
Late Landslide and Wants
to Be Heard.
Ne Is After The Only Living Popu
list In Meade County
IN. A.
THE CAUSE OF 1T.

BRANDENBuIG, KY.-Believing you
non-pr, JUDGED and honest 10 giving each
individual reader the right TO speak and
form his own opinion upon the political
issues OF the present day, leone knock
ing at the door OF the News asking you
to grant me space to speak word to our
dear old d, mocra'ic party and its cause
and co rect Some Of the false statements
made by JAMES II. Arnold. / do not
wish TO enter the columns OF the News
with the "boast of heraldry or pomp OF
power" within my veins. Nor do | wish
to take issue with anyone because have
not the time to do my task as accurate
and perfectly as would love to. This
gentleman to whom am abiding think
ing himself popular and an irresistible
politician came to our county seat and
searched through the Court House for an
Office lie at last decided upon the Office
he wanted-to be County Court Clerk
was the highth OF his ambition. He
came before the people representing the
Populist's party for said office. But
our clever Dick" hewitt showed him
that he had something to say about it.
And on the 9th OF last November the
Popuists and their candidate died-died
a political death and all Populists save
and except this one have been silent.
This one has the brass and audacity to
come tn, and his weak and feeble
voice can be heard above his political
grave.
When the monkey made the first dash
out OF the box he thought he had smit-
ten Democracy to the earth never more
to rise but when Prof. Shacklett came al
him he scampered back to the bamboo
pale to which he was chained and pick
ing up a crow which was so near picked
that it only had one feather in each
wing and one in the tip OF his tail and
exclaiming as lie did so shave mercy or
me as the leader and this crow as the
remnants of the poor little calamity
howlers and phantom cllasers OF Meade
county.
Come, lets get down to business. Hi
first point worthy OF notice is by repeal
ing the purchasing clause OF the Sherman
law when the supply was already made
quate to the demand, etc next the Dem
ocrats wiped from the statute books the
only law providing for a scant supply o
money. These two statements in sub
stance are that the Democratic party j
responsible for the financial crash ant
the terrible condition OF our bushes
industries. This say is as destitute O
truth, reason, common sense and argu
ment as hell is OF frost and I'll prove
t. You. The Sherman purchasing Law
required the purchase OF 81, 900, 900 ounce
of silver bullion annually and this at al
annual cost to the people Of 100000
and the bullion thus purchased was, a
you know, heaped up in the vaults O
the Treasury as 80 much merchandis
and instead of coming this bullion an,
placing it back in the hands Of the PEG
pie into circulation they would heap
into the vaults OF the Treasury and issu
silver certificates redeemable in gold.
All the leading Republicans comics
that this only brought about financia
disaster. And John Sherman, il he is
Republican and gold bug, is far wise
than any poor little calamity howle
that ever made the race for County Cour
Clerk in Meade county. He said Wv,
only tried it for an experiment and j
proved failure" His next point was
Then came the Wilson-Gorman, Suga
Trust tariff bill" etc. The Sugar Trus
sprang into existence under the McKin
ley law-was, in. fact, a necessary out
growth OF that law.
The Mckinley bill admitted rawsugar
free OF duty. This was in the interest o
refiners in other wards OF the sugar trust
was this in the interest OF the people
Not at all. II was in the interest of tn,
re6ner, for the reason that the "fre,
sugar" OF which you have heard so much
was unfit for table use. 1t was raw ma
terial that first passed into the hands o
the refiners OF the trusts" 1t was mo-
the sugar used upon our tables. Before
it reached our tables, the refners hac
added TO its cost to the consumer exactly
the tariff which another clause OF the
Mckinley law had provided. How
Upon sugar used at our homes and on
our tables the tariff tax was placed al
fifty cents upon every hundred pounds
have said the Mckinley law levied 9
tax Of one-Lali cent per pound upon
refined sugar, and in addition TO that II
levied tax OF one-tenth Of one cent a
pound upon sugar coming from countries
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