The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-24

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EDITOR OF THE REpuDLIoAN:--As this
is now In the midst OF
The most distressing panic that the |
American people have ever experience
I'D, II ls the duty of every true Ameri- |
As those who are now In charge OF the
affairs OF the Government have shown
totally incompetent to
It's affairs, and many OF them
are not only retained attorneys OF
but Interested stockhold-
ere In them, and In their desire to
serve gamblers In money and labor
products. the wealth products are en-.
tirely forgotten or ignored. No party
ever went Into power In this country
with better prospects OF controlling
this government for the next tifty
years than did the Democratic party
this world received such condemns
tlon by those who placed them In
power In such a short time as has
this mis.called Democratic party.
They have mistaken tariff reform to
to mean free trade. business destroy
ing. self-aRgrandizemen business
depression, Idle labor. poverty and
misery for the wealth producers,
serving only the monopolies, trusts,
and money gamblers OF Europe and
Wall street.
When Cleveland WIS inaugurated. he
should have called Congress- together,
instead OF going up Buzzard's Bay
with Wall Street gamblers, and asked
them to make q conservative tarlff
bill, that Is. taken the Mckinley bill,
and equalized 1t, and then made a
wage schedule. equal to the duty
leyiod in the tariff bill. SO as to have
half at least OF the tariff duty Included
in wages to labor.
Our experience with practical bust.
ness men 10 such that we know what
wages have been under both high and
low tariff. do not say 1t ID known
among the -millionaires and corpora.
ton attorneys. who now comprise
the two houses of Congress.) aud
while the employers of labor keep the
wages up to the high water mark.
keep the tariff up, and MS they seek to
reduce wages, let tho secretary of the
treasury reduce the tariff correspond
ingly and also put II tariff on eInlgra-
ton of from fifty to one hundred dol
lars each so that the United Statee,
will not be the dumping ground for
tho ainshouses and prisons OF the
old world; the time was, When this
country needed emigration. but that
time IL now past, as our country Is
stocked now with labor. competing
with each other for labor at starva-
tion wages,
amy one on account OF nationality or
religion, as 1t is my desire to have the
scales of justice so evenly balanced,
that every son and daughter Of Adam
shall have liberty, happiness and pros
perity. That greatest Of American
statesman Jefferson said, II desire
tariff that will protect American labor.
and not to oppress it. as the tariff will
enable them to properly rear and edu-
cate his children. as republic can
only exist with an Intelligent popu-
lace" II would to God there was
wall of fire between this and the old
world" when | want to do right in
government affairs. find out what
England wants and do the opposite"
IL the sacred do ID are perrnitted to
witness scenes on earth, what must
be the feelings of our revolutionary
patriots at the ignorant and UNI Aiueri-
con class legislation, those claiming
to be Democrats in Washington are
aiming at? We frequently hear those
Mugwumps ami Cuckoos bousting OF
the Democracy, OF the founders and
defenders of this government, but
,they are dead, and the now miscalled
democratic party ara like potato
.lall that IL good of it Ia under ground.
/ IL Jefferson and jackson could visit
the earth and hear tine un.Bemocratic
mugwump in the White House,
AMI his cuckoo dinner kettle Gray,
claiming to be Jefferson AID jackson
Democrats, they would prosecute
them for defamation of character.
| With tariff bill and wage schedule
on sliding scale. and a tax on emil
grafton, and aa American system of
FINANCE controlled by American wealth
producers instead OF European and
Wall street gambler. we would be
done with tariff tinksring by inoompe-
fonts and misiitS as at present, and
panlcs would be thing of tue past.
And Cleveland and his cuckoos would
not he scared out of their little wits.
by seeing few hundred half rated
and starved idle working men, under
lCoxey. come to Washington to make
known their sufferings to them. but 1t
Is said, the wlcked flee, when no
man pursueth."
A question would like to ask: How
can ali honest man. even II no is q
lawyer. be the retained attorney OF
corporations, and member of law,
making body at the same time. us
Holy Writ tells us mo man can serve
two masters" and even lawyers pro.
Tess TO believe the Scriptures. wnen
they are not trying CoAey2 When the
money mongers OF Europe, In 1913,
captured our government and sue.
Iceeded in striking down one half of
our money. tsilver) labor and farm
products began to decline and at
every attack upon silver tile decline
has only increased. Before tho re-
peal OF the Sherman law you were
told that 1t was that that was driving
gold out of the country What is
doing it now but the mismanagement
land want OF confidence at tho capitol
luf~the nation?
A JEFFERSON DEMOCRAT.