Evening journal., 1894-02-09
ANSWER OR SHUT UP.
a Series Of Pertinent Questions 70
Protection Cranks.

A Series Of Pertinent Questions for
Protection Cranks.
Ever since the incoming Of the present
Democratic administration, The State
Sentinel, local Republican organ. has
lost no opportunity Of lying. What
small ships Of truth It had occasionally
sailed in before, It has now burned be-
hind II. and has embarked, compassless
and rudderless, upon sea Of falsehoods
1t has no settled course When the wind
blows from the East, The Sentinel lies to
the West: when the gale comes from the
West behold, The Sentinel lies to the
East East or West, North or South
The Sentinel is always lying.
The false statements of this paper are
so numerous aud so varied that It would
be Impossible. even did we wish 50 to do,
TO contradict them As to the great
majority Of them, we simply say-let him
" ho is fool enough, swallow them Bat
there is one OF its falsehoods which Is so
particularly outrageous, so peculiarly
false. that we cannot refrain from motto
ing it.
This is its statement thet the present
low price Of grain Is entirely owing to
the fact that the Democratic party is now
ia power. This Is it's stock IN trade This
is the kind Of statement around which IL
spins it's editorless sqnibs and notes
Now we propose to prove the falsity
Of this statement which 1t has made
We propose TO prove this either by il
own words, OF by It's cowardly silence
To do this, we have subioined a few
questions. the answers 10 which 60 to
the very hesrt of this matter; and we
challenge The Sentinel to answer them
We say to The Sentinel, and we say pub.
licly, 1t is false If you think you are
truthful, then answer these questions
But let us have no beating about the
bush remember, no side issues, no
sophistry. Let your answers be direct
and simple-yes, or no.
No. l. Are we not at this present mo-
ment under exactly the same laws and
statutes as when Benjamin Harrison and
the Republican party were in power2
Yes or no2 Answer or shut up.
No. With a single exception of the
repeal of the Shernan Silver law, has
the Democratic party changed or altered
a single one of the laws enacted by the
Republican party2
Yes or noY Answer or shut up
No 3. As to the repeal of the Sherman
law, were YOU not IN favor of &C., and
we're not the most prominent Republi
cans in favor Of IL aisoi Do you believe
that the repeal of that law has anything
whatever TO do with the present de.
pressed state of the country, anyway
Yes or no2 You can answer them in
bunch Answer OF shut up
No. 4. Are not those laws under which
farmers ere 10 day selling their grain,
the laws which were drawn by Re
publican congressman, passed by Re
publican Congress, and signed by a Re
publican PTesident2
Yes or no2 Answer or shut mp.
No g. II the fear of change IN the
tariff has anything to do with hard times,
why was it we had such hard times in
1891 and 1892
Come now, answer or shut up
No Did wheat b. ing 81 80. and
corn 81 bushel when Benjamin Harri-
son and the Republican party we're in
power2
Yes or nor Answer or shut mp.
No T. If high protective tariff will
prevent hard tia es and low prices, why
was 10 that times and prices did not i'm
prove after the Mckinley law went into
operation IN October, 1892 Why was
IL that wages we're reduced In the most
highly protected industries, and why did
strikes, lock outs and shut-do Ens in
crease2
Answer or shut up.
Now, Mr. Sentinel, let your columns
for once be the medium Of truth Dover
Tndev