Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-19

three opposition cdHuludtcs IecclNtH
5,197 more votes than were given to
Lord.
As a matter of fact, taking the re-
publican Portland Oregonan for au-
thority, 1t appears probable that had
anybody but pennoyer been the issue
or had Pennoyer not been candidate
for the United States senate, the re.
publicans would have been beaten on
the OLD lines of opposition. The ore
CONAN says
The issue was pennoyer. His party
went to the democratic state conycn-
ton determined to force fusion with
the popullsts. It's defeat was regarded
everywhere as personal defeat for
pcnnOycr, and 1t was well understood
that the democrats sacrificed them
selves by placing third state and lcEis-
lativc tickets in the field solely to
prevent his election as senator. The
Who'll" campaign turned upon him.
This makes the result Of The election
as clear as II mathematical demonstrate
lion. 1t IL absolute popular condcm-
nation Of the local form Of popul!sm
which Is known as Pennoycrism. This
was not Il party vcrdist Both parties
joined In It. Every vote east for the
democratic state, congressional or
legislative tickets IL as much vote
against PcnnOycrlsm as II republican
vote"
IN A LIGHT PLACE.
The republican party Is going to be
between the devil and the deep sea
In the elections this fall The great
mass of the party Is against silver
IN any form. About one half the
party newspapers, and many of the
leaders, think the Mckinley duties too
high But the party will be forced to
take its stand on both the tariff and
silver. The league Of republican clubs
in Denver straddlcd the latter uucs-
ton. 1t will be more difficult to face
the music ON the tariff In II few days
the amended Wilson bill will be the
law of the land The entire business
world will then demand that II be left
undisturbed, If the republicans IN the
fall election demand restoration of
Mckinley duties they Will be beaten
ncuuicsce in the reduction made by
the present congress they will lose
their lighting ground.
Perhaps the best way oul for our
unhappy brethren will be the plan
suggested by II Pennsylvania rcpub-
Al
he; Tho democratic party is going to
pass II bill which viii be moderately
protective but will impose lower taxes
on the whole than the Mckinley act.
II business rCvivcS next winter aud
keeps up pretty we'll the republican,
national convention Will und"nbtolIy
adopt n moderate protrcionlst plat
form II times cOnliuu" hard, how
ever the convention viii Insist that
the reason of th.s Is t. hr found IN the
fact that duties were reduced too far
and will accordingly adoW Il sllh
tariff program, uutduing The Mcklu-
ley act, It anything"
SUGAR.
Under the Mckinley tariff the PEG
plC of this country al, taxed more
than Sl1,OOOOOO year for the sole
benefit OF the sugar trust, aud the
government does not receive one dollar
Of the muGcN. The trust Is given raw
sugar free. and Il taA of one half
cent IN refined sugar is pad 10y the
people, not to the government, for the
taN is prohihltury, but directly to the
sugar trust monopoly. In addition
to this special taA for the benefit OF
the sugar trust a bounty Of two cents
4 pound was given t. sugar producers,
rruulrug the people 10 pay out $40.
coo 1000 a year from the treasury. Ihus
the Mckinley bin taxed the consumers
of sugar from S25,oooOU0 to S3oWNl-
600 a year without paying one cent
into the treasury, tine result ul which
Is such reduction Of our revenues rs
to make the governments resources
unrulal to the expenditures We are
NOW rNpcndiuG Sl,mO,OOu 4 week IN
cNcrSs &c our revenues solely because
Of thr prodigatc LEGISLATION of tn"
congress OF $500 in cutting or revenue
without materially reducing the taxes
upoa the people and 10y the creation
Of enlarged permanent claims upon
the treasury
pRNNlpr TARIFF ACTION,
Ia their prompt action on the MMtl
bin the democrats Of the house of rep
reSculatveS are responding 10 tn"
WISHES Of the people, The republicans
sought to prolong the discussion aud
to daily with the amendments to the
tariff. In order to give the protected
mouopolirs the profits of few NOR"
months aud prolung to the people the
evils which result from uncertainty
IN tarin lcgiSlatiou
The tariff bill has already been sur,
hclrutly discussed, Every paragraph
and every line OF II have been re-.
peatcdly published To the people. All
interests affected have been heard.
The rates Of duty have been carefully
devised on conservative lines such rs
will at once reduce the burdens Nf
taxation to the people aud still not
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