The Dickinson press., 1894-09-29
The sugar planters association recently
held q meeting in Louisiana and adopted

these resolutions:
WAereas, recent adverse. tariff leEislation
asa t eSs aem 81 asse f. safsa 81 eisi tss n aaelsa.i
VII issa 70 Ping tie d%essraet ION q our Indus:
Rssolvsd, that We can mot in justic. to
eursslve. vsts for any. candidate to repre-
the. protection Of sugar, rice. lumber, salt
and az other .rcat American industries
effect an Organization favorable to protec-
ton, no matter. 10 what political party said
speaker may belong.
Ex.Gov. Kellogg Of that state. whe
per of the people of Louisiana, rays the
planters movement means the election Of
two aud probably three Republican con.
gressmen, and may be the means of secur-
Ing the electoral 1.o yete Of the state for
%snt," a b. says T ron the .f fact nt that ~ ~ tie
Sixth congressional districts the sugar
interests bold the balance of power ~
between the Republican and Democratic
parties, SC that their afiliation with the
Republicans means the election Of repre-
: :f.ts!s ss.d Pledged 4sat ;nd to the support of the
When the Democrats, Of Louisiana do
not relish the perfdy of their party, it 10
a very bad kind of per6dy. Instead Of
killing negroes, the Democrats of that
state will row turn their attention to kill
h,|E, the De ENC rat party: In IT. this St thsy
What Louisiana much needs 10 more
sugar and less Democracy.
New . Democrats Paper Isterprsts the
Vermont Elsction.
The New York Evening Post tells its
party friends how the great Republican
majority was secured in Vermont. It 10
. very honest confession for a Democratic
journal. The Vermont election affords
the first real test of public sentiment as
between the two great parties since the
tests in Alabama and Arkansas having
been 80 complicated with the question q.
populism, and the Republican party in
each state being SO weak, that the Demo
cratic victories signifed nothing as to
the popular feeling throughout tn coun-
.iSed s as Il has on always sas ol Seen h politiice ons.
shows by the rising or falling Of the Re
publican majority the drift of the tide
throughout the North. Thus, in the Sep
TENDER election of 1884 the falling-o6 IN
the usual majority foreshadowed the dc.
feat Of Blaine; in 1885 2 large majority
1892 an unprecedentedly small majority
showed the influence of that already ris-
Ing tidal wave which two months later
swept Illinois, Wisconsin and other for
mer Republican states from their moor
ings, and left even Ohio in doubt for
nearly = week. In like manner four
years ago this month. at the correspond:
term, the small Republican majority Of
$4,000 CAV the first indication of that
great revolt against McKinleyism which
buried the party in the congressional
elections Of November. It therefore
means something that Yesterday there
= Mss g Republican majority Of $4,000 to
larger places gave greater Republican ma.
~jorities than were ever before known since
the organization of the party. and that
the Democratic representation in the Leg.
~islature is cut down to the smallest f9.
ures for many years.
Disgust with the record of the Demo.
cratic ~party--that is what the result in
Vermont means. It is a disgust so pro-
found that many Democrats would not
take the trouble to 60 to the polls, their
vote falling oil about a quarter as com
pared with the corresponding election Of
1890. The Democrats of the Green
Mountain state are Us 'indomitable' az
have become wearied with the shutting
performances of their party since it came
into full possession of the federal govern
ment. There is every reason to expect a
similar manifestation of public sentiment
in Maine next week. and throughout the
North in November"
A Protest from tho Wool Growers.
The protest of the Ohio wool-grower.
against the ruin of that great industry
oed throughout the West and the South
west. Even the wool-growers of Texas
are repudiatinG the men who BETRAYED
the interests Of their constituents in ser.
vile obedience to Cleveland dictation, and
those of Ohio are voicing The general SEN
timent Of the North in %lenouncing the
york OF the infamous Congress. The
New York Press, speaking of the situa-
ton Of the wool-growers, says: "As
pointed out in the address issued by the
Ohio Wool Growers association, the
threat of free wool has reduced the value
Of 45.OOO.0O0 of American sheep nearly
$7O,OO0.O00 and reduced the price of the
wool clip of 1894 more than $50, 900, 900
below the normal price under adequate
wool would drive a million of wool grow
ers from sheep husbandry into increased
production of hay, wheat, corn, oats, cot
ton and other products. destroy our sheep
reduce the demand they would make
Tor food, and thus add to existing over
Production pro n low prices the ruin Of
"VuAN
take from all farmers a large measure
Of their just income and render them I'M
able to p%atronize merchants, grocers, me-
chanics. schools and churches. Free wool
i q blow at civilization and progress.
Immense imports Of low-priced wool
Of cotton and thus bring disaster to the
planters of the South This picture 10
not overdrawn, neither is the statement
exaggerated that with full and adequate
protection the wool industry would soon
increase our 100000 sheep to q re-
Quired 100000, furnishing ESQ, 600
tafactures would need. This would save
an annual export Of gold of $60.O00,OOO
Or more to buy foreign wool from coun-
tries which take substantially nothing
from us in return but gold.
Republicans of the East are Just 40
earnest and strenuous in urging protection
for wool as for manufactures. The Re-
publican party maintains that eve1y
American industry which needs protection
SWnoaid De protected. The ruin OF tie
Eastern wage Garner, and the impoverish.
the farmer. This republic is the Ameri.
can farmer,s best market, and he should
be protected in its use; it is virtually the
only market for the products Of Ameri:
80 AHOoAs NAO NunI 40UVT DAVuAU
be protected against European paupel
competition. Democrats and Populfst.
have let down the barrier. and the flood
of foreign goods ia rushing in to drown
out the producer In the factory and on
the farm, From North, from East and
Weat. and even from the South the pro.
tests of the people are rising against the
policy of ruin. and they are only await.
ing an opportunity to crush at the polls
the architects of ruin"
A Democratic Paper on the Democratic
Ticket.
The Madison Democrat on the Demo
cratic state ticket commends itself to tho
voters Of Wisconsin irrespective of party.
1t Is sober truth expressed without bitter
ness or hate. and appeals to the honest
Judgment of self-respecting voters. The
Democrat says: ""The nomination of the
men whose connection with the greatest
official scandal which Wisconsin has ever
known is a matter of court record, must
be deeply unfortunate in its consequences.
Not only has it a grievous demoralizinR
tendency in general, but it is discomfort
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