The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-26
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club last saturday night.
II was powerful effort ANA wa
carefully listened to by all classes. q
course, the bolters were present in fai
faree and, incidentally. s large portion
af the republican party ofthe STATE D
I.anisiana, which party the bolters have
as We all know, taken under their pro
festive wing.
Ruin starss everybody in The face whC
is noaa strong advocate Of the Mckinley
bill, and tbs only road to salvation i de
aertiaH from The ranks of democracy to
Ehose Of repuhlieanism--accoraing Il
III. Mckinley.
Among other things which he men
TONED, the gentleman from Ohio stated
that the first ones to frame protective
measures were southerners. Buta casual
glance at the date will show that this
occurred at a time when there was no
north or south; when it was the United
States Of America, and before that sec
ton south Of Mason and Dixon's line had
been trampled ON by che heel Of OPP
preston and devastated by war. After
that, there was decidedly north aud
south, aud though in latter years, we
have all worked to one end, viz; to adj
vance and progress fraternally, still NC
cannot forget the dark days subsequent TO
the war, and the days Rhen the state
was in possession Of the republicans and
ruin, and an almost similar re-enactment
of the events of '6I-'65, imminent.
And how was the state redeemed! How
was the citizenship of the LouIsianian-
the southerner-restored The bloody
annals Of the 14th of September, 1874.
when Kellogg was governor and Badger
the tyro, viii tell emily too graphically.
Today the question is mementoHs
enc, and is this: Shall we go back to
those dark days, by allowing the state
IN which we 1ive-thc Pelican state
Louisiana--to be ruled and governed by
the republicans
Everyone knows how desperately our
in congress fought for an
equitable and just adjustment of the
sugar schedule, SO that the producer, as
we'll as the consumer, might be taken care
Of and his interests subserYed That the
efforts failed Of purpose, can only be as
cribed to the republicans. They were
making capital out of the affair regard
less Of what the results might be
And because the bounty, by the fault
Of these men, was not retained upon
sugar, the rich sugar planters bolted
from the ranks of democracy and went
to the side Of those who had struck the
blow. Queer sort of patriotism.
The arguments made by Governor
Mckinley were for protection. This Is a
very broad word which he failed to mar
row down 20 the issue which was most
to those who had brought him
here; that of sugar And it must have
been very disappointing to these boilers
TO hear so little anent their hobby.
Of course, they were praised for having
joined the republican ranks. That was
most remarkable, considering the fact
that it was republican addressing
Them.
Again, the Wilson bill was treated in
most sad tones; the speaker almost weep
ing as he deprecated and condemned its
adoption. This was more than passing
strange when we remember that the bill
preceding the present one, was framed
by Honorable William Mckinley.
The principles Of free trade were lust
as carefully studied and reasoned cut bv
that great democratic leader. Congress
man William L Wilson, as protection
was by Governor Mckinley. Step by
step. zach by inch, Mr.. Wilson, in his
henralsan task Of revising the iuiquities
lf the hill Of 1890, framed such dloeu-
nent, which, had it not been repeatedly
iampered with by republican representa-
lives, suiIied by the thicaneries of
snelnies of democracy and UNANIMOUSLY
by the filthy lacre of the
gigantic trusts whOse saiaried mini0ns
he republicans were, there could not
naye been the disaffeciion at its passage
which now exists.
In the course of his remarks, Governor
said the present tariff bill is
"A law which al factions OF the demo-
;ratie party agree is the work of mon
itr0ns trust, which Chairman Wilson
confessed in the house, with deep ehagrin |
md humiliation, fheld congress by the
.hroatf" Exactly. Nsw, who compose
.hese trusts, democrats or republicans |
5nler what administration were trusts /
egaiizeds What had this monstr0ns
irast for object when ii had the bill
framed by Mr.. Wilson, doctoredf Was
. simply breanse its father was demo-
,ratf
IL Was leeanse the measures suggested I
herein wele equitable and just, that
hey dad not ensow the wealthy with
he power Of grinding down and absorb
ng the lesser industries and appropriat-
ag 70 themselves everything.
ii Is q recognized fact among the more
conscientious republican headers that
wen shoald the next congress be repnb-
lean. the bounty on sugar will never he
'eEfoFed
Hence, Il looks as If the taHr pas made
ly the sugar planters il lsolting from
DE democratic ranks, win eventually
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