Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1894-09-04
Democr Watterson Reads the Riot Act
to the Democratic Congress.


cratic party step down and out"
Democrat watterson Reads the Riot Act
to the Democratic Congress.
In the Democratic Louisville Courier
journal, an editorial reads as follows:
i. There is but one way out Of it, and that
is tariff measure so simple child may
every Democrat may defend it, or, fail
ing to so so, cease to be Democrat, and
get over to the Republicans, where he
belongs. We mean "A tariff for revenue
only No complicated schedules, to af-
ford snug hiding places for sneaks and
rascals in our own ranks. No mislead-
ing classifications, full of sinkholes to
catch unwary Democrats, but making in
Vulnerable rifepits from which protection
ism may pour it's volleys into our line of
march. No free list ; everything not
taxed free: One single bar of import
ucts that yield the most revenue-sugar,
tea and coffee to head the list-down
through those domestic products duties
on which will yield the most revenue,
discrimination to no interest, favor to no
class, heed of nobody and nothing, except
the public purpose of raising the money
needful to support the government eco
nomically administered.
IF we cannot have simple, honest
revenue tariff now, let us bide our time.
Ii we cannot advocate such a tariff, let
us, at least, have done with shuffling and
pretense. The people will not be de-
and mislead them will recoil upon the
trimmers who try it. We want men in
public life who will stand by their colors
fighting for truth. We want honest pol
itics. The country will not sustain two
pr.o1tectionist parties. If it wants one, it
will tH1yn tha OF irhf Pop,,hlio0nS
the halfrand-half Democrats
Posting the Books at the End Of Cleve-
lands First Year.
In speaking about the Democracy be-
ing an expensive luxury, the New York
This administration is making a mark
that will give it a peerless place in our
history. 1t is breaking even the Buchan-
an administrators record for business
disaster, financial trouble and general ma
tional distress.
AT the end of the first year of Mr.
Cleveland's second term there had been
an increase of the national debt of $780,
100000. For every one of the twenty
four years of Republican control, from
1863 TO 1893 inclusive, there had been an
average decrease of the national debt of
S69. 100000.
'Whence it appears that the net differ
ence between a year of Republican rule
and year of Democratic rule at Wash
ington, SO far as the national ledger is
concerned, is $169,OOO,OOO. 1t costs the
nation. that much in extra taxation to in
| dulge in the luxurious lunacy of Demo-
cratic administration.
IF Mr.. Cleveland and his party go on
to the end of the four-years' rope as they
have gone thus far the American people
will have their load of national debt heav-
ier by just about, $P76, 100000 March 4,
not voted for "a change in 1892. And
on top of that are theN losses inflicted on
private business. These have been esti-
mated by Bradstreet's and Dun's agencies
as amounting to the enormous total of
81. .00O, 600, 600 for the first year of Mr..
for the year ending March last.
And there are two years and a half
more OF the kind of currency reform
and tariff reform that has worked this
way yet to be endured"
The Queer Case of a Farmer Founding
Suit on Democratic False
Prstenses.
Two years ago William Stanley, a
farmer living in Indiana, heard Mr. By
nun, who was stumping his district for
reelection to Congress, make a speech
in which he made the bold statement that
if he and Mr.. Cleveland were elected the
wheat, which was then worth only from
80 to 80 cents a bushel. Mr. Stanley
wanted Tl, of course, and in a moment
when good sense was dethroned he took
stock in what the Democratic member
OF Congress said about the price of wheat,
mum and Cleveland The first year after
voting for Cleveland Mr.. Stanley got 60
cents for his wheat; and this year 45 is
the highest he has been offered The
present condition Of Mr.. Stanley's feel
ings are thus stated by the Chicago Trib-
| une:
"N1r. Stanley feels now toward Byn,,m
as other farmers feel towards the light
ming rod man and the man who sells
them new varieties of oats at fancy prices
and promises to buy their crops at still
fancier prices, and the other men who,
with honeyed tongues and wicked hearts,
is the intention of this Indiana farmer to
begin suit against Bynum to recover
$1,000 damages, that being the amount he
thinks he lost by taking Bynum's advice
and planting his land to wheat when he
might have made another and more profit
able use of it.
1T is fortunate for Democratic speak
ers and editors that suits of this kind
cannot be maintained. If they could be,
those speakers and editors would be hope
lessly bankrupt even if they had the
wealth. OF the Sugar trust and Whisky
trust and all the other Democratic ac-
cumulations of capital behind them. For
the farmers are not the only ones who
would be entitled to sue if men were re-
sponsible for the deceitful statements
made on the stump or in their papers.
The workingmen of the United States
We're told by the Democrats, big and lit
tie, that in the event of the election of
Cleveland and a Democratic Congress
they would get the same wages they had
been receiving during the high protection
regime, but the foreign goods which they
were in the habit of buying would be Of
fered to them for greatly reduced prices.
The workingmen swallowed this greed
lily. Convinced that they had everything
to gain and nothing to lose by voting the
Democratic ticket they did so. They
have had an opportunity to learn which
party told the truth in 1S92-the Demo-
Gratis, who said their wages would not
be lowered if Cleveland was elected, or
the Republicans, who said they would be
lowered if Cleveland came into power
Every employe who voted for Democratic
candidates because he was deceived by
those Democratic promises can figure out
without much difficulty how many dollars
he has been confdenced out of.
"There is no remedy in the courts. If
there were Democratic campaign orators
would be more guarded in their promises
in the future than they have been in the
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