Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-02

New York Press: Speaking of Mr..
Cleveland" said Eli Perkins, Il have
the greatest reverence for him."
why this reverence? What as he
done?" asked our reporter.
Done! Why, this great statesman
has stopped foreign immigration
Steamships are all loaded now with
Immigrants going back to Europe
with the big republican wages that
they made under infamous Mckinley
ism. He's closed up d third of our
factories, liberated labor aud organized
our dOwntrodden workmen into noble
CoXey tramps. Then our sainted
Cleveland has compelled the people to
be frugal. He has promoted temper
ance, and"
How has he made temperance" in
terrupted our reporter
why, he has driven 100000 work
ingmen into idleneSs. He has emptiel
their pockets and on Saturday nights
they are begging for bread while the
great statesman is taking $10,OOO,OO0
in wages out of circulation every day,
and has already driven 400 saloons
into bankruptcy in New York, 700 in
Chicago and 200 in Pittsburg. Cleve-
land, | say, has stopped beer drinking
among the poor. With what pride
must the dead Cough and the live
Frances Willard look upon the noble
work Of our new evangelist!
Then these wicked importers, why,
our inspired leader Cleveland has
locked their doors, too While that
fraudulent tariff of Mckinley was ruin
ing the country d year ago by keeping
all the mill hands at work at big
wages our rich people were still I'M
porting $7O0,0OO,0O0 worth of cloth,
pottery and champagne from Europe.
We were actually running all our
mills and still taking in enough money
at the custom houses to run the gov
eminent. What a dreadful state Of
things. Now look abroad and see what
our inspired Prophet Cleveland has
done. He has reduced importation to
100000 year. Senator Hill says
our custom houses took in only 500,
100000 last year. When the wicked
Mckinley law was ON and wages were
high we took in $4OO,OOO,0OO at the GUS
tom houses. Our noble Grover has
sunk S2OO,0O0,000 in the sea. He has
kicked it into a cooked hat-yes III
creased our country's debt $200,0OO,0O0
in a year! And what did those
wicked republicans do? Why, in thirty
years the rascalS paid oil the national
debt of three billions.
''NOw, what else did those infamous
republicans dOT continued Eli. ''Why
they stood by that pernicious Monroe
doctrine. They said no monarchy shall
tread on d republic ON this side of the
world. Then, after paying $7,O0O,OOO
for Alaska with a few icebergs and
drove of Injuns, they took down a
mOnarch's flag and ran up the stars
and stripes! Oh, the rascals did it:
Then when Hawaii, with her 10000
people making coffee and sugar, be-
came a republic and fell on our bosom
and asked us to nurse her, that in
famous Harrison administration ran
up our old republican flag again and
every monarch in the old world sa-
luted it. Yes, and bowed to the Mon
roe doctrine. But our sainted Cleve-
land-what did he do? Why. he
knocked that Monroe doctrine as he
knocked the poor mans wages, into
a cooked hat, too. Then the great
statesman hauled down our miserable
stars and stripes and spat on it, and
tried his best to boost lovely negress
ON a throne. Oh, how we democrats
should reverence this sainted man.
''But do you think the Cleveland adj
ministrati has really stood by the
tariff To- revenue in the platform?
Are you northern democrats perfectly
satisfied? asked our reporter
Northern democrats! Why, there
amt any northern democrats. Cleve-
land and all Of us have gone over 10
the south. We've knocked the tariff
off of Yankee wool and put tariff on
southern rice, sugar and peanuts.
Cleveland has made cotton baggfng
and cotton hoops free in the south,
while the Yankee pork packer has to
pay for his pork barrel hoops. He has
slaughtered the northern tin factories,
pulled down the wages Of the Yankee
silk factories and fixed a tariff on
northern revenues that will bleed $50,
100000 out Of miserable old New Eng
land and her Yankees. Yes, our noble
Grover has joined the south, and we
southern democrats will have sweet
revenge against the wicked north for
pensioning her miserable crippled sol
diers. You hear mer' and then the old
man blew out the gas and retired.