Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-17
a Dem acrat Boasts His
Party.

dTty.
Hon. NJ. E. Iugalls, of Cincinno!i,
is president of the Big Four railroad,
a man of large experience in life and
altogether practical in everything he
says and does. At the Democratic
banquet in Cincinnati, on Monday,
January Sth, 1894, given in honor
of Andrew Jackson, Mr.. IGcalls
spoke on the toast, "The Chicago
Platform of 1892"
Referring to President Cleveland
he said: ''The theory that the king
can do no wrong will never succeed
in this country. Neither does all
knowledge, all wisdom lie with the
president and his advisers. The
criticisms | make here tonight
make as n Democrat, as one who
voted for Cleveland three successive
presidential elections. We are in
the midst of evil times-mills have
stopped, industry is paralyzed, and
everywhere idle men are filling the
streets and asking for work, and
there is none. n such calamity has
ever before befallen this community
in its history. The committee on
ways and means has sent to Con
gress n tariff bill which in addition
to the deficit Of 100000 will pro-
duce S75,00O,000 more of loss, leav-
ing the government at the end of the
fiscal year short S125, 100000 unless
1t can be made up in other ways.
How do YOU expect to max up this /.
$l25. 900 600?
Cover your heads in shame, my
fellow Democrats, for your party in /
power these days of peace pro
posed to go back and enact the war !
tax OF the past; and why? in order :
that they may make n tariff framed |
according to the theories of few
men familiar only with the books and .
reduce the duties on certain articles
which do not demand it and make
celtaiu articles free which are not
called for. Was ever such folly!
The gentleman who fathers this
measure is distinguished member
Of Congress. coming from a little
village III the mountains Of Wes.
Virginia. He is student Of the
doctrine of free trade and we'll edu-
Gated as theorist. By some chance
he IS made chairman OF the the com
mittee OF ways and means, and is put
astride of the commerce of this
country and proposes to demonstrate
his theories although in go doing he
may wreck the country ani hi,
party"
Just as sure as you place coal
and iron upon the free LIST, so
sure will Virginia and West Virginia
cave the Democratic column at the
next election. Tell me where are
you TO get the electoral votes to take
heir place! Can you placatc mug
yUmps enough in New England to
give YOU the votes there that you
OCse IN the South!
What Justification is there in free
,Oal? None, except chat the books
.ay raw material should be free, and
his committee, with no business. ex-
)erience, but welded to their theo
les, have classed coal as a raw ma
erlal; when every ton at the mouth of ,
be pit represents 80 per cent, Of ;
abOr and 10 per cent Of material I
% would seem to me that if you wish ]
protection for labor, here was bet :
er chance for it than anywhere else. !
Who asks for free coal? The people!
NC: DO one except few England c
md New Yorker spectators vino )
ushed over into Nova Scotia the t
week after election, when they -,
hought they could establish free 2
rade, and brought everything that 2
ould be bought in here if the
luties were taken eff, from a coal !
nine to lime kiln.
While this committee of ours {
allows the coal of her r
majesty, Queen Victoria, to come in !
lere and displace our own and break '
Iown a half million Of our laborers, J
he thrifty Canuck smiles and still 1
harges us go cents ton for all that
We sell in his western dominions. q
1erily, this committee of ways and
means are great and patriotic gentle
nen. In behalf of tue great body of
BUSINESS men of this country L pro-
est against experiments at this time =
u behalf of the Democratic rank
nd file 1 protest against measure {
which ifpassed, will turn the country h
ver to the Republicans, L wish l t
ould reach every Democrat in the 5
and to arouse them to action so !
hat they would make their obiec- !
ions felt with their Congressman.
at is time of peril to the party.
would sound the alarm. sTo your
ents, o Israel" Unless we can bring
bout a change in the administration.
nless we can stop that so-caIled
wilson bill in Congress. we shall go I
own, as party, to helpless defeat e
n the next election, and it will be U
ears before the people will trust us :
gain. 5