Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-10
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Here Is Another!

AUGUSTA, Sept. 8. 1894.
Messrs. Members Augusta Branch, M. p.
T. Maine Plum TRUST:
Dear Sirs-Your communication re-
ceived. We perfectly agree with you that
the looming State election is of great i'm
portance to the party" So was the Yer
mon. elections so the Russells and Josiah
Quincy think will be the Massachusetts,
election; SO, we haven't the slightest doubt,
will be the Maine election.
We have had occasion to note that the
Democratic party repealed the Sherman
law-with the help Of the Republicans, for
the Democrats couldn't do it themselves.
But, by the way, what does the Democratic
party propose to do on the money question
now that the Sherman law is repealed.
They've torn down in order to rebuild, but
what?
Yes, the Democrats repealed the McKin-
ley law, but we don't find any indications
that the new law is any better. We don't
believe it's SO good. We read President
Cleveland's letter to Mr.. Wilson. The
President then said worse things of the bill
than the Republicans have.
We don't remember anything about an
income tax in the platform we voted for in
'92. The Populists say that's their meas
ure. We Democrats couldn't say hard
things enough about an income tax back in
war times.
We presume Southern Democrats ought
to feel thankful for the repeal of the Force
BILL" We've noticed, however, that what
pleases the Southern Democrats doesn't
help us Northern Democrats. We here in
Maine haven't derived any benefit from the
Democratic administration, except Of course
our State committee and their friends.
Yes, Mr.. Cleveland may be an "bonest
advocate of Democratic measures" but il
that's so the present tariff law isn't one Of
EN-. :
We haven't seen any indications of
CLOVER taxes" We are paying just as
much for goods at the stores as we did be-
fore the new tariff went into effect, and
considerably more for sugar.
We don't quite know what you under
stand by equality" We notice every
trust from the Sugar Trust to the Match
Trust got protection in that tariff bill, but
we've seen the price Of our wool scared
down to free trade prices, and no reason to
think it'll be any higher. We have got an
idea that we haven't much of anything we
voted for back in 90, but free wool, free
lumber, lower wages and higher sugar. II
we remember rightly, we thought then we
were voting against trusts. Tom johnson,
you know, is one of the rankest Democrats
in Ohio, and we've been reading what he
said in Congress the other day. He seemed
to think Democracy had got black
eye in the house of its friends.
lie told us the trusts ruled
the roost. He seemed to think that
some Of our big men who had been saying
great deal about monopoly keeping off the
grass had been secretly working to give it
the earth. We notice that a number Of
other prominent Democrats said lots OF
hard things about what the Democratic
Congress had and hadn't done.
We've kind of got mixed up, you see.
Those Democrats we've always trusted say
worse things about what our party's done
than the Republicans do. If we believe
EN- we don't see how we can vote the Dem
ocratic ticket and look our neighbors in the
face. To our mind the Republicans act
more as Jefferson aud Jackson did than do
the Democrats.
We should have spoken about these things
to you before, butweve been busy thinking
and you've been so busy dividing up the
plums we didn't like to bother you. We
think on the whole we'd better vote as we're
mind to.
just now we are very anxious 1--WE pray
you TO pardon us to find some way back TO
the good times we had when the Repuoli-
cans were in charge Of affairs.
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.