The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
"W." Writes Again From New York
Aston HOUSE, !
New YORK, Nav "a, 1894

NEW YORK, May "A, 1894. {
To the Editor of the Republican.
1t some way happens that when
get to New York | always have d
long evening on my hands with
nothing to do and | invariably fill
in the gap writing a letter to the
folks in Garrett county through
The REPUBLICAN,.
My business, as you are aware, is
to look up orders for lumber and tc
collect outstanding accounts.
find sales and collections more diff
cult than ever before. In CONVEX.
sation to-day With dealer who
owed me some money he said that
in March there was some little
movement in lumber which was en-
couraging, that in April it was
worse and now there is scarcely
anything doing at all. CHANGING
at my G. A. R. button, he contin,
ued: 81 don't know what the
country is coming to. If lightning
would strike that crowd down at
Washington and give the country a
rest | think times would improve.
| never voted anything but the
Democratic ticket he went on,
"until last fall when | found out
that the party was composed of the
filth and dregs of society, and that
the only thing decent man could
do was to join with the better ele-
ment of the Republicans and snow
them under, and now since they
seem bent on destroying the bust
ness of the country the party will
have to make big improvement in
It's policy and political methods if
ever vote that ticket again.
Passing along Wall street l en-
tered the Exchange, and what ii
bowling mob it is. The floor was
covered with scraps of paper; hun
dreds of men were figuring on tab
lets; men went rushing from one
locality to another, sometimes tear
ing off at breakneck speed to a tel
ephone; groups were huddled to-
gether in all parts of the room and
the whole crowd yelling at the tops
of their voices. What were they all
doing? Buying and selling stocks,
making and looslng fortunes. One
man with quick ear hears GER
tain line of stocks offered at a GER
tain price. lie at the same time
hears another bidder offer more
than was asked. His business is to
make bargain with both and
pocket the difference.
But | could hear nothing, could
not understand a word. 1t is very
exciting, and when men become ad-
dicted to stock gam bling, as it is
called, it has a wonderful fascina-
ton for them.
The papers to-day are all COM
mentlng on Mr.. Germans speech
delivered yesterday in the Senate.
Perhaps it was the best defense
that could be made of a position so
utterly indefensible as is that of
the Democratic party on the tariff
muddle. Mr.. German denies that
the sugar trust dictated any part of
any schedules of the bill and adds
in reference to the placing of a tax
on sugar, "but let me ask any fair
minded man it it would be just to
the people of Louisiana to take from
them every shred Of advantage
foisted upon them against their will
by the Republican party for a pollt-
ical purpose, to deprive them, in
fact, of their very means of liveli-
hood and glYe them nothing in re-
turn"
Mr.. German crowded more in
consistency and demagogueism in
the little paragraph quoted above
than even his great ability in this
direction would lead anyone to ex-
pect.