News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-06-28

might hope, Dut still able to suck its
taffy OF protected sugar to the salts
faction of the trust, at least. The
Wilson bill of today in the hands OF
a Democratic Senate, remodelled to
suit the local interests of Democ attic
constituencies bears about as much
resemblance to the original measure
as did the Irishman's gun which he
took to the smiths to be repaired,
and when it was finished the only
part of the original implement which
remained was the trigger. Surely if
this be tariff reform, then the tariff /
is local question. One would think
it had come tn be a sectional quss-
ton, with protection for the South,
with incidental free trade for the |
North. The situation is serious; the |
spectacle humiiating. The abject |
and uLco lditional surrender of a ma
tional Senate to the most unscrup- |
ulOus monopoly of the country is not |
pleasant to contemplate. The truth !
dawns upon us; the Democratic
leaders were not so anxious to break
up the tariff ring as they we're to
break into it. A protective tariff to
Democratic mind in not unconsti-
tutional when it is profitable. Tie
spectacle of the scrambling Senator'S
has not been utterly devoid of anus
ing features. Mcpherson and his as
sociates in the hands of an invest
eating committee furnish en5ertain-
ment-a committee trembling in
every limb for fear they may mad
vertently discover some of the crook
edness they were appointed to un-
earth. Mcpherson, whose unwilling
possession of certain sugar certifi-
Gates has been aptly compared to the
position of the old darkey who was
discovered with chicken in his hat,
and whose explanation was: "For
de Lawd, he must have crawled up
my trousers leg" and David b.
Hill, whose ambitious slogan, ~ am
a Democrat" electrified his admirers
a few short months ago, occupies
unique position, and to one who has
watched his political career and
known much of his political methods,
his attitude toward the Wilson bill is
surprising and refreshing. The heller
of yesterday has become the hero of
to-day. He refuses to be cOaXed, ca
joled or driven; he ignores his party,
ignores his President and fearlessly
takes his stand with the friends of
protection and maintains his posi-
ton in speech ringing with patriot
ism. | honor the man for his inder
pendence and | am not sure, if hiA
repentance is sincere and his convert
sion permanent, but we might, afterj
a sufficient period of probation, if WE
can be convinced that the poison
has been entirely eradicated from his
system, welcome him into full fellow
ship with us; for
While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.
But l am reminded that it is notN
good taste to speak evil of the dead;
and l turn cheerfully from the failures
of the Democratic party-the party
of magnificent promises-to the pros
poets of the Republican party-the
party of grand acHiev 9ments. The
possibilities of the Republican party
were never SO great as to-day; the
opportunities never so promising
The empty pockets and empty stom-
achs of the countless workingmen
throughout our land are factors more
potent than campaign oratory. The
3 American laborer is convinced by re-
cent experiences that when the Gus
tom house goes the soup house
comes; and he will not be a good list
ener to the sophistries of free trade
while he is being fed on free soup.
Vermont, who has always done well,
must do even better thanin the past
She must express in unmistakable
) figures her condemnation of the Dem
ocratic policy so destI uctive to her
prosperity. The nominations made
to-day should receive, and will re.
,, ceive, the hearty, aggressive, harmo
', NOUS and enthusiastic support of oul
party. The voice of Vermont will be
heard across a continent answering
that of Oregon in glad shout o
Republican victory in 1896. The
very atmosphere sparkles with signs
of our success. With protection as
=, our primal principle, the quest for 8
: leader need not be a long one; SHOULD
: our standard be entrusted to that
brave, generous hearted leader, thai
: prince of parliamentarians whose
rulings have at last compelled thu
: tardy sanction of reluctant Democ
. racy, Thomas B. Reed of Maine; OF
> to that dignifed and conservative
statesman, whose administration il
the proud Renaissance of our party
: Benjamin Harrison of Indiana; o.
: that urbane and eloquent citizen
! that successful man of business
= Chauncey M. Depew of New York; o.
that judicious, sagacious and pains
;, taking legislator, William B. Allison
= of Iowa; or that peerless champion
y of the protective policy, that magi
J cal vote-getter, that magniticen
: specimen of American manhood
!, W liam Mckinley of Ohio; or tn
. Great Unknown, from whatever sec
tion or profession he may come, onl!
be his patriotism proven and his Re
publicanism unquestioned-we shall
;, march forward to a certain and glo