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When the Ootrier-Joturoi specified the de-
nsisnciss and inconsistsneies Of the Wilson
bill ss II came out Of committee. predicting
more and worse to come. FIRST In the House
and then In the Senate. the drum majors OF
tariff reform exclaimed. We cannot get all We
want At once. This will do for beginning
Better thing. hereafter" Iti safe to say that
whatever act is finally passed will be Infinitely
more Questionable than vas contem plated By
the darkest forebodines OF the friends Of real
reform; and ret already. We hear It on every
hand that. with this measure OF Democratic
stultincstion. ./this finished product Of iEno-
rance. sowsrdicc and corruption. this inidui-
tous offspring Of the bisckmsillne msnufse-
tursr and the political hsrlot. the whole aues-
tior must 10 10 the rear. making wsy for other
and more urgent and important issuesi
There Is reason to eonceds only too much
force in this plss. No one will deny. no rev
enus rsiormer has ever denied, that uncer-
tainty as TO the tariff IL source Of business dis
quiet The need OF nxed tariff policy is OBJ
vious Better . high protective policy. better
. free trade policy. tasn . shifting. ever
changing policy. Hence the irrepressible con-
nict between the protective policy and the rev.
snus only policy Of the last ten years.
Can any Democrat see this battle end. with
protsctionism in complete possession Of the
field. without smazemsnt and diseust1 Can
any Democrat fail to visit upon the authors Of
everlasting contempt' When the inospsblss
and the rsscals whom We sent to Washington.
charged with duty as specific as words could
make It. have yielded all that the people won !:
whom. partly through lack Of sense and oour-
age and partly through vsnality. they have
given MP to monopoly what was meant for the
masses; when they have fed inRloriously from
. victorious field. leaving guns that were
shottsd with the ball cartridges Of truth to be
spiked By an enemy We had driven before US;
feathers Of the coward. or the black plumss Of
the msreenary. they come homo for their re-
ward. what shall they encounter. what hsys
they right to look for. except political dam
nation and deatha
The people should accent no svasions or
excuses from any one Of them. The'msn who
puts up poor mouth and says he did the best
he could. Is fraud. He could at least protest.
The man who sauivocates Is either . mercen-
ary or y delinquent. and likelier both. with
Protectionist money In his pocket. Protection
ist promises In his ear. In word. II the pso-
pie do not mean to abandon their right to gov
ern. and their power to make themselves felt
By the mon they put In ONCE. they will sweep
away the whole ships crew. visiting upon the
silent equal condemnation with the guilty.
II We have government Of the people. Il Is
time tho fact was made manifest II We have
merely government OF shams. honsycombsd
with special privileges which We are unable to
dislodgs. let rs know It. II the people are
slaves and vasssls; II the Democratic party Is
the sport Of few little lordlings who have
managed to sneak into once on false pre-
tsncss. let Us know that But. for Gods sake.
let rs have done with cowardics and lyingi