The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-21
A Terrific Self-s onarmnaticn.

and thereby accept the bprllan DEL! Oh
'perfidy and dishonor, eX-Speaher Reed,
towering i'll righteous wrath above the
cowed and se.t-disgraced Democracy.
thundered forth, out oL your own mouths
has your condemnation come, he uttered
a truth which added heavily to the shline
and humiliation OF the most shameful oc-
cason the Democratic party has known
since it passed the fugitive slave laW.
But it was reserved Tor Il Democrahc
member OF Congress. one III good stand
ing, TO hurl scuthing denunciation more
burning If that be possible, than any Yet
uttered by any RepuDllcan, ut the cor
rupt and detestable measure called the re-
form tariff law Tom l.. Johnson. repre-
scnting one of the Cleveland districts III
Congress, became SO thoroughly outraged
in his feelings because Of the hypocrisy,
falsehood, cowardice and trickery OF his
party in Congress. that he made Il speech
on the subject. which he caused 10 be
printed in permanent form III the Con-
gressonal Record. Here is portion OF
the speech which makes very entertaining
reading:
Every man. woman and child uses
sugar. 1t is one of the prime necessarles
of life. And there is not Il housewife IN
the land who will not feel that She is
robbed by our Democratic tariff re-
form when she finds that where she got
three pounds of sugar under the Nc
AIulcs Sht NOW uilhci i1lC >soi MAJ
bill, for the same money, gels but two.
You and |. with our official incomes of
5000 year, may not feel this tax; Mr..
Cleveland with his official income of
$4,000 !; year, may not feel It; our col
leagues of the Senate, especially those
who may have bought sugar trust stock
Mt the right time, may not feel it; but the
great mass Of the people BY whose votes
we are here-the great mass OF the people
who must count every penny OF incomes
not sufficient to enable them to live in
half way decent comfort, they Will feel It;
they will feel it at once and feel it bit
terly.
And when they ask you what this tax
is for what will you tell them? Will YOU
quote to them Mr.. Clcveland's letter to
Mr.. Wilson on the propriety Of taxing su
gar! Will you quote to them Mr. Carlisle's
statement that the needs of the treasury
require the taxation OF sugar! l know,
and you know, and the people know
was about to say that every dog that
that the real purpose of imposing this
tax is not to give revenue to the govern
ment, but revenue to the boodlers. You
cannot disguise it from the people, for the
people know it already. that the purpose
of this sugar tax is to put millions and
millions into the pockets of men who are
already millionaires by robbing the people.
They know that this tax on sugar has
been bought through every step of its
way-carried by such open, undisguised
corruption as has never been Haunted
in their faces before; they know that the
sugar trust has purchased this privilege
of taxing them, and that though the price
1t may have paid may be millions, it will
receive back millions and millions before
the treasury gets cent.
Political decency. no less than political
prudence. ought to prevent Democrats
from trying It under the open charges that
this bonus to the sugar trust ut the ex-
pense of the people is in payment Of heavy
contributions made from the funds of the
sugar trust to the Democratic national
committee in the last presidential cam
paign. And the attitude Of Mr.. Cleveland
on the sugar tax. the attitude of Mr.. Car
Isle, the attitude of our own ways and
means committee in reporting tax on
sugar, which we free trade Democrats
only beat in this House by the aid ofsthe
Republicans, give a color to the charge,
which the action now proposed will carry
IN the public mind to certainty. that is
the way in which the Democratic party
IS paying the monster trust for election
help.
IF we make this surrender we must 90
back to our constituents with the German
bill as the approved and indorsed Demo
cratic bill--the answer which the Demo
@Au.io patty HdhcS tO the ueulauuS or the
people; bill reeking with notorious bar
gain and sale; bill that the Republicans
Jeer at. that the Democratic press has uni
versally denounced: bill that the Presi-
dent himself has declared an exhibition
OF pertdy and dishonor: bill that cannot
possibly be defended. and that as GER
tainiy as election day comes in Novem-
per- Will be Indignantly repudiated by the
people"
The Party Mndd,@ is Complete.
The Atlanta Constitution. one Of the
most widely read Democratic papers in
the South. does not feel very much en-
couraged over the outlook for the Demo-
cratic congressional ticket this full. After
saying that the action of the President
was unfortunate and unwise, the Consti-
tuition says:
.r The party muddle is now complete.
The organization is now on the thresh-
hold OF a campaign big with results. and
Il is compelled to assume responsibility
Tor measure which it's chosen leader
and chief has denounced as pertidious
and to which he has refused to affix his
sgha1ure snch nort;on was ever party placed in
Congress who voted for the bill has been
slapped in the face and every Democratic
candidate in the country has had his
chances of reelection sadly impaired by
the refusal of Mr.. Cleveland to sign the
tariff bill. Nor is this all. The partys
majority in Congress is seriously threat
ened, for it seems impossible that the
congressional candidates Of the party can
make a successful campaign by going be-
fore the people and assuming responsible
ity for a measure which the party's com
mander-in-chief has distinctly repudiated
and denounced. and which he has re-
fused to touch with his hand"
The Cost of the Nacessaries Of Life.
In commenting upon the boast of the
Democrats that they have reduced the
duties on many articles for the benefit
of the workingman and the farmers, the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette makes
this striking and interesting exhibit:
In looking over the new tariff bill the
reductions made and the imports for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1893. we have