Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-12
A pemoera, crisicises the Wilson Bill

Hon. NJ. Z. ingalls, of Cincinnati, presi-
dent of the Big Four Railroad, created q
sensation at the Democratic Jackson club
banquet in Columbus, Ohio. last Monday
night in speaking to the toast, "The Chi
eaeo Platform of 1892 Speaking Of the
repeal of the Sherman act he SAID: at
was brought about by Republican votes,
and they got more credit perhaps than we
did for the repeal. 1t seems to me that
the administration is also open to criticism
that it did not by conference and consulta-
ton arrange a compromise bill that would
practically accomplish the same results and
which would have passed with Democratic
votes and as Democratic measure"
Referring to President Cleveland be said;
1.-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 l make here TO-
night make as Democrat, as one who
voted for Cleveland three successive presi-
Dental 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 ork, and
there in none. No such calamity has ever
before befallen this community in its hlsto-
nv. The committee on ways and means
has ssnt to congress tariff bill which III
addition to the deficit OF 100000 will
produce SIS, 600, 900 more of loss, leaving
the government at the end of the financial
year short s125, 900, 600 unless it can be
made up in other ways. How do you
expect to make up this sl25, 600, OOOf
"Cover your heads with shame, my fell
low Democrats, for your party in power
these days of peace proposes to go oack
and enact the war taxes of the past; and
whyf in order that they may make tarin
framed according to the theories of a few
men familiar only with the books and re
duce on certain articles which do not de-
mand IL and make certain articles Tree
which are not called tor. Was there ever
such folIyr The gentleman who fathers thir
measure is distinguished member OF Con
eress. coming from little village in the
mountains of West Virginia. He IS
student of the doctrine Of free trade anu
we'll ed uoated as a theorist. BY some
chance he is made chairman OF the com
mittee of ways and means, and is put
astride of the commerce of this country
snd proposes to demonstrate his theories,
although in SO doing he may wreck the
country and his party.
"Just as sure as you place coal and iron
on the free list, so sure will Virginia aid
West Virginia leave the Democratic col
umn at the next election. Tell me where
are you to get the electoral votes to take
their placef Can you placate mugwumps
enough in New England to give you the
votes that you lose it the Southf
what justification is there in free coalf
None, except that the books say raw ma
terial should be free, and this committee,
with no business experience, but welded
to their theories, have classed coal as a
raw material, when every ton at the mouth
of the pit represents 80 per cent. Of labor
and 10 per cent. of material. 1t would
seem to me that if you wished protection
for labor here was better chance for 1t
than anywhere else. Who asks for free
coali The peoplei No; no one except
few New England and New York specu-
lators who rushed over into Nova Scotia
the week after election, when they thought
they could establish free trade, and bought
everything that could be brought in there II
the duties were taken of, from an iron
mine to lime kiln.
"whiIe this committee of ours graciously
allows the coal of her majesty Queen Vic
toria to come in here and displace our own
and break down a half million of our
laborers, the thrifty Canuck smiles and
still charges us 60 cents ton for all that
we sell in his western dominions. Verify.
this committee of ways and means are
great and patriotic gentlemen. In behalf
OF the great body of business men of this
country / protest against experiments at
this time In behalf of the Democratic
rank and file protest against measure
which, if passed; will turn the country
over to the Republicans. wish / could
reach every Democrat in the land to
arouse them to action so that they would
make their objections felt with their con-
gressmen.
"It is time Of peril to the party.
would sound the alarm, TO your tents, O
Israel Unless we can bring about q
change of administration, unless we can
stop that so-called Wilson bill in congress,
we shall 60 down as q party to helpless
defeat on the next election, and it will be
years before the people will trust us again
We want congress to stop experimenting
for the benefit of few theorists ant
i scholars"
The address was vociferously applauded
THERE is such a thing as "slanderins
your neighbor,'. which is mighty poor bus
mess, and there is such thing az properl!
characterizing rascal or pulling the masi
off of hypocritical kuave, which is praise
worthy. We are all labelled and classified
or should be, like the naturalist's speci
mems, and it is merely matter OF putting
the labels where they belong. If we pu
the stamp of a rascal on an honest man W
are perpetrating wrong. 1t is just a
great a crin ne to speak in terms of approve
OF bad man and try to make it appear tha
he is q good man, as it is to defame goo
man. For the safety Of society all mel
should be properly stamped, just as th
jars and bottles in drug store need to b
properly labelled. Therefore, we woul
say, speak no i'll of any man-unless yo
know it to be true.-Spirit.
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