The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-02-01
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the mandate of the people.
Cleveland has decl4red time and
again and ChairmanI Wilson and
others relterate 1t, thlt the Demo
cratic Administrationhnd Congress
are commissioned I'd reform the
Tariff on the lines of the Chicago
platform.
A great many Demd rats, perhaps
a majority Of them ,nsre rot Free
Traders and woulo I Ffer to see the
Tariff let alone. Fly voted the
ticket simply becale they believed
themselves Demo \ It's but who have
now discovered u mistake.
1t would be u {stlng to know
what sort Of cgad lsslon the Dem
ocrats OF CARR yo,ik unty thought
they were exeecordA when voting
the present AFTrp tstration into
power. Ws1
The Democrat Mariners proba
bly, meant to saf1"Look here,
Mr.. Cleveland & er 1--WE are getting
along better thans blink we ought
to; we are actually fitting rs cents
per pound for & l.gool aud 4
cents per pound fofcrnaf fs.Snbs. We
want you to Change this. We want
wool put on the free list so that we
will get no more for our wool than
the Australian and the South Amer
lean gets FIR his. They produce
wool which, on account of its great
abundance, they are glad to get 124
cents per pound for, and we wish to
compete with him. We also wish
to haye the pleasure of helping to
pay the Sl6,000,000 which the Tor
eign producer pays our Government
for the privilege of entering his
wool in our markets.
"The Al cents per pound we got
for our lambs under Harrison Was
very nice, but we commission Won
to close the mills and shops to re-
duce the pay Of the wage-earner so
that he cannot afford to buy lamb,
and so that we will get but p to 3
cents per pound for lambs and : to
y cents per pound for old sheep.
Of course the more sheep, lam bs
and wool we produce at these prices
the poorer we will be; it virtually
means the confscation of one-third
Of our property, but we are Demo
Gratis and this is the policy of our
party, so just drive on your horses.
The platform said for revenue
only,' but that don't count in this
neck o woods
The miners who voted for Clevc-
land and reform are presumed to
have sand by their votes: "We are
having soft snap of it-too good
thing by a large majority. We
get good pay but don't have work
all the time, we ths~sfore commits
sion you to remove the duty from
coal so that we will have less work.
less pay and more competition. We
dig about all the coal consumed in
this country now, but we want the
thing changed, for there is a
syndicate of big New York and
Boston mlllionaires who have pur-
chased everything in sight in Nova
Scotia, and we want them to be-
come greater millIonaires. Our
MINES may be closed, it may take
the bread out of our childrens'
mouths; We may be reduced to beg
gary, but such being the policy of
the Democratic party we as Demo
Gratis demand that it be carried
out"
When the lumberman voted the
Democratic ticket he probably
meant to say. "There is now
great deal Of competition IN the
lumber trade, great many firms
fail because their product cannot
be sold for enough to pay expenses,
but we must look after the in terests
Of Canada. Yes, Mr.. Cleveland,
and you the Democratic Congress,
are Democrats, and you are sup
posed to be running this govern
ment in the interest of every other
country but the United States, and
we therefore command you to VIC
late your anti-election pledges and
put lumber on the free list so that
Canada will get our trade, and the
wholesale dealers will haveia chance
to make bigger profits. We know
1t s'nt patriotic, but as Democrats
we are against The interests of our
section, and our people and we
therefore commission you to put
lumber on the free list and iniure
the business all you CAM
And last but not least by any
means are the patriots gentlemen
OF the Democratic persuasion who
run the local machines. gentlemen
IN the higher walks, gentlemen who
IN tins latitude are add1cten to the
holding of places of trust or profit
(proft prefcrred,) gentlemen who
believe In office by appointment
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