The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-16

oral contribution 10 the Democratic can
paign fund. Suppose we acquit you
any sectional feeling I'm this matter.
say again It is but fair that the America
| people should know who IL Is, II an,
body, that Will decline 10 vote for yot
tarin bill II these necessaries Of life |
the poor and plain people OF the countr
shall be admitted free. You do not nee
II for yoJr revenue. You have, win on
possible exception. the whole Republica
party IN the Senate solid for Tree susa
and bounty. Who is IT that mas M
hand on the throat Of this mighty amer
can people. whose majestic voice ma
gdst been uttered through the fresiuentt
| House Of Representatives, ana senate
Is II the junior Senator from louisiana
BY no means. He voted In me Rouse OF
Representatives for a provision CONTAIN
ing free sugar without bounty. Nhers
Is this arch demon before whom Presi-
dent and House. and Democratic com
mittee. and Democratic majority are pow
| erless Let us know his name. Let us see
his shape,
III shape II may be called that shape hath
Dis,inguishable in member. joint, or limb.
| or substance may be called that shadow
| seems.
Then taking up Senator Vests surren-
der to the Sugar Trust. he proceeded
thus:
Where is the man. II It be a man;
| where is the senator, II II be n senator,
who is exerting this mighty power secret
irresponsible. irresistible, before which
the knees of Democratic committees
and Democratic maJorlties tremble, their
arms are paralyzed. and their tongues
are dumb?
II the senator from Arkansas be the
Jupiter in this debate. the senator from
Missouri is the Mercury. He is the chief
speaker. He comes to the assistance
Of his puzzled colleagues whenever il
hpCnpnaC In
majority to ascend into the region of the
higher mathematics. One would almost
think, TO hear the volubility with which
he deals with paragraph and schedule.
that his head was an ant-hill OF units
and tens. There would be an infinite
pathos and tragedy, as II must seem to
himself. in the suffering Of that worthy
and excellent Senator, but for the infinite
at large. We have heard that Senator
for the past ten or twelve years as
he inveighed against the doctrine of
protection. Robber tariff and plumber
barons. and monopolist giants have ter
riled his life In the daytime and haunted
his innocent pillow in the nighttime. He
enlisted years ago a soldier for the war
Of determination against ali protected
industries. But the demon-the witch-of
protection seems to have appeared TO
first encounter, demanding of him high
tariff on sugar for the benefit of the
Democratic planter of Louisiana and the
Democratic millionaire of the Sugar
Trust.
The only parallel that ! can think OF |
with the experience OF the senator from |
Missouri is the encounter of Dominic |
Sampson with the gypsy Meg Merriies |
by the magician of the North. The Sena-
tor certainly resembles the Dominic in |
personal worth, in learning-especially |
on economic questions-in guileless sim
whose service he Is engaged. The Sena-
tors struggle, in his horror and terror |
Of the protection demon. is we'll por-
trayed in the Dominie's encounter with
the gypsy.
Meg may be fairly taken TO repre-
sent the Sugar Trust. and the Dominic
The simple hearted Senator from Mis-
souri,.
The figure of Meg Merrilies, well
Known, though not seen for many a
ore the eyes of the startled Dominic. .
Il kenn'd We wad be here" she said
With her harsh and hollow voice; Il
zen wha we seek; but we maun do my
Get thee behind mer' said the alarm
ID Dominic. Avoid ye.-Conjuro te,
celestissima- nequissima- spurcissima-
atque- miserrima- conjuro
Meg stood her ground against this ire
nendous volley OF superlatives, which
samson hawked up from the pit of his
IL mach. and hurled at her in thunder.
,lamour?"
"Conjuro," continued the Dominic, "Ab-
uro. contestor atque viriliter impero
ibi"
What in the name Of sathan are We
cared for, wi your French gibberish,
nat would make a dog sick? Listen, We
tickit stibbler, TO what | tell We, or We |
nall rue 1t while there's a limb O. we
ings 10 anither."
"Assuredly," said the Dominic, 81 am
ubious, for woman, | am perturbed at
ny words and my flesh quakes TO hear
I'm the name of all that is good" said
lie Dominic, "desist, say-I am strong-
7, Will resist" Here his speech was cut
tort. for Meg, armed with supernatural
rength las the Dominic asserted) broke
upon his guard and lifted him
to the vault
llf-throttled preacher with some vio-
nee against broken chair. Are we
u or fasting?"
Fasting, from all but SIM" answered
e Dominic, recovering his voice.
Meg, in the meanwhile, went TO a great |
ack caldron that was boiling on a fire
the floor, and. lifting the lid, an odor
as diHused through the vault. IL
as in fact, the SAVIOR of a gcodly stew
$50 we haze eat naething a day." said {
eg, heaving large portion of this mess S
to.a brown dish. =" |
Nothing" answered the Dominic
is gudewife"
'Hae, them" said she, placing the dish
fore him, there's what will warm your b
art" o
1 do not hunger-malefica-t is to {
" Mrs Merrilies;" for he said unto f
mself. the SAVIOUR is sweet" t
II we dinna eat instantly and put some Z
III In ye I'll put il down your h
.pe, sinner, and swallow"
afraid of eye OF newt and toe | q
frog, had determined not 10
nture; but the smell Of the stew was
81 melting his obstinacy. Hun
: and fear are excellent casuists. Il
Saul. said Hunger, Toasted with the +
Itch of Endor." l.
md Mckinley put a duty on refined /"
gar.
And, quoth Fear, "the salt'which she
lnkled upon the food showeth plainly NJ
S not necromantic banquet, in which m
II seasoning never occurs" n;
nd you have put great many north ai
industries on the free list which az
'ws this is not a protective measure l..
SO We like the meat?" said the hostess. ~
J ca" answered the Dominic, land ."
i've thee NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. X
Margaret" ~
Now, we maun TAX a dram" 80
Will" quoth Sampson. "conjuro tie "a
I is. i thank you heartily" for. he -
ught TO himself, in for a penny in for Ga
ound; and he fairly drank the witch's ".
18th in cupful of brandy. When he te.
put this copestone upon Meg's good 10
err he felt. as he said nightly ele-
ca ana AFRAID OF no evil which could
WI we remember my errand now?' dis
Meg Merrilies "i SS