The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-14

his consistency, though his party leaders
i'll Congress crawl in the dust.
democrats who have been tariff re-
formers will pray God for forgiveness if
this bin is what they have been voting for
for the past twenty years.
1T is idle to excuse or to attempt to
excuse the record The people who elect
ed Mr. Cleveland are all right. Ills let
ter to Mr.. Wilson expresses their sentl-
ments All that can be done Is to have
i little house-cleaning and try it again.
Free trade will come when the people
can be honestly represented III Congress.
why the Democratic Party is Not Cap
able Of Ruling the Country.
On the 10Th of August ex-Speaker Reed
opened the campaign at Old Orchard,
Me- II was a genuine mass meeting, and
more than 10000 persons were present.
Among the many good things Mr.. Reed
said are the following:
"The reason why the Democratic party
has been Il failure is 4 reason SO simple
that il is 4 wonder that we did not UNI
derstand more fully and completely tlat
this result must take place. II was IN
eyitabe
The Democratic party has had in the
last thirty years no underlying prlnclple
on which it was united from one emo
said as reproach: il is said simply as An
historical fact. That such shoul. be the
fact. also, is entirely natural. A party
which has been in the minority for Il long
period of time gathers together All lle
people who are opposed 70 the party aet
ally in power, and opposed Tor dllierelfl
reasons 1t is only when they endeavor
to combine and to take positive and n
firmative action themselves that we began
~ realize the tremendous diversity ol
oninion which was masked under the
seeming unanimity OF opposition :. :.
.rhe lesson of the past year. Whlle IL
hos been disastrous to the material inter
nsts of tbe country, if it should result IN
q more thorough appreciation OF the ac-
fions and deeds of the party which was IN
control of this country from lSoO ohWaru'
the country will Wrest Out ol tlie nis-
fortune a blessing.
Whatever may have been done by the
neople Ut present in possession OF the
rayarnment. everyone will admit thaI II
has heen done slowly, out OF place ana IN
such ], way as 10 be of the least possible
service to the country -
.The Republican party in the bll OF
1890 had given this country ffee sasal.
If there is necessary IL ~, ~ .naa 60, - ,ha
and we had freed it entirely from me
tay-gatherer. AS there existed certain
;nIustrjes in the Democratic state o1
Iou;s;ana I and as we hoped that III the
graat states Of California. Nebraska anu
Kansas the great industry OF sugar pro
lnc;no might be carried on to sueh ali
aStant rs To furnish the entire country
In ali the sugar it needed Tor lts eoll,
s,,,nt;on we determined, not oniy OH ,he
;"stinas of Justice toward louisiana pu'
faalimg that it would be paying ,lh lhves.-
mont TO this country to secure, ~ ,,nr
had done, the production OF pee. suSa,, 'a,,
wp determined to bestoW d pouh'y upo &c
the production OF sugar upon az aou. - i
those states, and sucn o,ler J., s'e'e'
,,,i@ht nroye to be profitable IN.
llisrL issr, rasnlt in Louisiana has been
4.,,,anaaus increase Of sugar productlon,
l,,i there was every prospect that III
atnar states the beet sugar liluustli
.,,nnia fake wide proportions ana lufnisn
~ nnlv sugar for the country, ". aiso
.a,uat ~. n ion and profit for farmers MO WI.
e,.a,'II w, nroduce the raw material. Ine
IIo,sa If Representatives saw NJ iul
House ohol;sh this bounty but also took
on!y wv ~ duty connected with sugar. ;.
on ..yvhsn ys The bill arrived in the Senate II
discovered that this country was en-
~ aa5 in the task of passing Dlil Wnlcn nna
ss,Id diminish the revenues $l3,VUOOV.
=. .ha,, hecame necessary. IN the oplnloh
80 III Intelligent people, to put lax upon
sugar # this bill was to be persisted IL.
sTharaunon a tax was proposed upon susaI
- ~ nor cent, with dif1erental OF onr
o;.hth for the sugar rehners. ana sun
a,nther differential to protect lheIl
AGAINST the export sugar Oh countries
which paid an export premium. ,.o
.arhis was the bill which passed me
House. Anticipating, in tact, knowing