The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11

viewed by the New York Iribune-The
Chicago Herald as "A Prophet - The
/ Singular Prevarication of the Demo
cratic President - Republican Plat
forms and the silver Question:
( Powerful Argument Against Demo
cratic Attempts to Break Down
Protection.
II fleet Of foreign ironcladS should at
4 tempt T. lombard Il great American city
ana destroy the lives and property of
/ American citizens the whole nation would
/ demand that the enemy should he re-
I sisted by all the resources of modern
4 warfare II a great pestlence ike the
hiack death that has been devastating
Z 'hiheSe critics should sweep over the sea
/ ana threaten this country with deSola-
\ lou' puhIc sentiment would uuanimr dSly
4 lhSI>t That the gates Of our harhors should
be barred against ships from infected
p"rlS, and that all the appliances of meli-
'di SCIENCE should be used to keep the
grim intruder at bay. Yet the destruc-
I non of property caused by the Democrat
/ r. attempt 10 strike down protection has
/ exceeded not merely the loss that would
I lee inflicted 10y the bombardment of a sin
Ele cty. but the loss brought about by
+ the greatest civil war in history. The
inohSr'I tariff hill is the black death of
I American industry. II has Smitten and
/ IF"HlidJcd great interests from Boston TO
( san Francisco 1t has Impoverished mill
I IONS "t American citizens, destroyed the
! happiness OF multtudes of American
. uplneS, driven hundreds of men to despair
/ and suicide. and imposed Il burden of
i dcSututlon and disaster from which this
7 republic cannot recover in years. Such
an Infamy must Ice fought as mercilcsSly
{ aN meEacluS plague or an invading
. enemy.
\ If obstruction in the Senate becomes
necessary IN order to defeat the wreckers
4 plH. Republican senators should use il
! fgarlesSiy and to the utmost. The rules
/ oI the Senate were expressly framed in
\ order to give the minority power 10 pre-
4 vent arbitrary action on the part of the
/ maJurIty. The Republicans are justified
/ 10y law and precedent in obstructing the
/ infamous tariff bill. They are required
/ by, every dictate of patriotism. every con
1 sLderaunu Of humanity and every princi-
/ pie Of RepublicaniSm to fight the OdiOus
/ AMI rulnOu> measure with all the weapons
4 at their disposal. 1t is a fundamental
1 pfiuclpIe OF tepubICaniSm that Amcri
( can labor shall be protected that the
/ hiJed States shall be iudustriaIiy indie
/ pendent. and that American wages shall
pc maintained at a level which makes
intelligent and self-respectng citizenship
4 l"SNIhir. II Is fundamental Republican
+ nIlh'Ip" that the majority shall rule
+ he American people have pronounced
I OVERWHELMINGLY against the Democratic
/ -, ~ - tilil HtN nave condemned
I II hy unprecedented plUralitieS ut the
polls: they have commanded their repre-
NchtailNrS through the ballot boxes of
every Northern state 10 oppose ii and XIII
* they hay" demanded iii tones that can
not hc mistaken. with an cInphgsis mn.
uara!lelcd ia this generation. that the Me
kuIcy law. which gave the nation peace
and prosperity, shall be maintained upon
tn" statute books
All the conSldcra tious which govern the
. course OF patriotic legislators impose upon
lha Republicans the duty of oIStructiug
the bourbon bill. Senatorial courtrSv''
counts for nothing when the homes Of
the people are Ht stake. When the cN-
/ >tence of vast national Industries is en-
dHn@rr"d, when the integrity of American
citizenship is thrrHtcucd when i'm cvrry
c"mmonW"aIth from the pines Of Maine
- tho TrdW"ods of Oregon, tho people are
H'19ah'HhG ne Death ut the Bourbon bill
WITH Il mI-hty Voice then for Republic
ans 20 tlmrn would he cgwardice and "a
r4lr'at would be- dlShnuOT Tor third
( of u century cowar,lice and retreat have
been unNngWn IN the lexicon of R"Vuh-
/ uran'sm- 10 not mar that glorious rec
grd now IN" enactment Of the Rour-
n"h TN, W"Hld hr an unNp"akahtc calam
~ n'Ih@ ih' i"nd with poverty and
"thI ~ M!'H i"''l anu h'SpaiF inc dutN
~ h'Ihh'lcahS I" resist n 10y obstruction
u obstruction Is needed y rs clear and
1S imperative as was the duty Of the sol
Il'IS 81 Mead" to lace and roll back the
lcGi"nS of Ice and the Coufed-racy at
. Gettysburg. New York Press.
MAJ. 'Pham'> shoes.
ne lHirf ocean warmly IudorNcS the
Republican nominee for governor of Wis
. c"uSIn. and in editorial form it prints the
following "reminiscences.
Maj W. H. Upham, the Republican
candidate for governor Of Wisconsin. has
T,cc#pturrd ms Political shoes. rs the
months ago. 4 staff correspondent trav,
cling in WISCONSIN two months ago sent
letter from Alarshfield giving a story
of Mai. pham army life, and suggest
IhG thit 1t might ind parallel in this
/ camp9l@u \ young man Is years old