Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-02
REPUBLI AN MATTERS.
OUR DlcTAToRs.
Southern Democrats Bent on Destroying
Business In the North and West.

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Democratic comments call atten-
ton TO the fact that the final recon-
structica OF the tariff bill is in
trusted to n conference committee OF
which almost every Democratic mem
Der is from the South. But COM
plant is out of place, 1t has been a
sectional measure from the start,
aimed ut Northern industries and
Northern capital, and inSended to
cripple the prosperity and growth of
the Northeru states. In the house
Messrs, Wilson of West Virginia,
Breckenridge of Arkansas, McMillin
Of Tennessee and Turner OF Georgia
are appointed, and in the senate
Messrs Voorhees, of Indiana, Jones
of Arkansas, Vest of Missouri and
Harris of Tennessee. These eight
men make the tariff, and Mr.. Voor
bees, who has been mere dummy
chairman throughout. not even able
to control his own vote or trusted
with charge of the hill, is the only one
of the eight from Northern state,
Practically the same men have die
tated all the changes made in either
house, says the New York Tribune.
Framed by Southern men the bill has
been shaped at every point to serve
the interests OF that section. Its
constant discrimination against
Northern, and in favor of Southern,
interests, has been so OF trageously
sectional that many Democrats have
Indignantly protested, but to no
purpose. The South is in the saddle,
and controls the Democratic caucus;
it elected Speaker Crisp. of Georgia;
dictated committee appointments in
the house, and gave nearly all inn
portant business to the control Of
Southern men. In tho senate tho
caucus was controlled by Southern
senator's, aud framed the committees
with the same sectionalism. The
bill Of sale ana surrender is South
ern product Exactly as in old
plantation days, the crack Of the
overseers' lash drives Northern
doughfaces to vote as the South di.
| reefs.
Out of 10000 900 votes cast at the
last presidential election only S,4O0..
900 were cast in all the sixteen
Southern states--a little more than
a quarter. Northern states east of
Indiana cast 100000 votes in the
same election. and have nothing to
do with framing the one measure OF
all others which most seriously af-
fects their industry. Other Northern
states west of Ohio cast 4, 200. 900
votes in the same election, and their
only part in shaping the bill has
been the pitiabe incapacity of Voor-
hees. That he does not represent
his own state the votes cast this
year prove beyond question, and he
does not represent his own declared
convictions early in the session. He
it was who vociferated that he would
never-no, never consent to grant
u protective duty for the sugar
monopoists, and but for his vote in
favor of it the surrender to the
sugar trust could not have been re-
ported, nor could it have passed the
senate. With less stiffness Of
principle and manhood than wet
dish rag, this one senator is the sole
senator or representative to stand
for Northern Democracy in the franz
ing of the tariff bill.
Have the 3,400, 900 votes OF the
South a natural aud inherent right
to rule the 100000 votes Of the
Northo Is that Democratic doctrine
now, as it was in the days when
Southern chivalry sneered at
Northern mudsills and greasy me-
chanics''? Or do the Southern brig
adiers consider that the triumphant
CoLfederacy has conquered the right
to make laws for two great sections,
each casting about million more
votes than the South? 1t is true
that Northern men OF any party may
well thank their stars If they are
not in any way responsible for bill
so disgraceful, so foul with corrup-
ton, and so sure to bring disaster
upon its authors But when dough-
face Democrats OF the North vote for
and pass a bill which Southern sec
tionalism dictates, millions will re.
member how clearly it was predicted
in 1892 that a victory for Mr. Cleve-
lands party would subject all North
ern industries and interests to the
absolute dictation OF vindictive and
sectional South. The men thought
the prediction prompted by frantic
partisanship. Now they find that
the partisan fanaticism and the
shameless sectionalism are both on
the Southern side.
This one trial OF Southern dicta-
tion ought TO last for half a century.
The iDsolent domination Of sectional
chivalry in the fifties taught North
ern mudsills what Democratic dough-
faces were, and exiled the Democracy
from power for thirty-two years
This time the frightful reverses n
business. and the disasters to indus
try, and the sufferings and the losses
OF labor. have driven the lesson
deeper. and the mechanics OF 1894
have reason to remember even
longer than their fathers OF 1860