The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-03-13
AS SAYOYARD SEES 1T.
Obstacles Thrown in the Path
of the Administrations
First Year.
Hill, German, Brice 8 Co., and
Their Efforts at McKinIeyism,
and Attacks on Carlisle.
Correspondence of the courier-Journal.)

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Washington, March 3-To-day tn
Democratic Administration is on
year old. 1t has commended with NOR
difficulties than any since Lincoln
and enters upon its second year tn,
object of about as much camor as Lin
coins was, March A, 1862; but aftel
all Lincoln's Administration wa
measurably successful, and there il
plenty of time for Mr.. Cleveland'
second Administration to be complete
ly successful.
Perhaps the neblest act in history
was that of the Romans, who sold the
ground on which Hannibal camped
after Cannae-the greatest, the com.
pletest, the most signal of even Hanni-
baPs victories. We want some of that
spirit in the Democratic party, and we
want it right off, But there were no
Conservatives" among the "Conscript
Fathers" who honored Varro. Han
nibal had no friends in the Roman
Senate Of that day, no partisans there.
Unfortunately, there are some protec-
ton Democrats in the American Sem
ate.
If the Democratic party is complete
ly overwhelmed next fall it will be
the work of David b. Hill, Arthur P.
German, Calvin S. Brice and James
L. Pugh, who are bending all their
energies and all their cunning to main
tain McKinleyism in our tariff policy.
Brice is the man Hill and German put
forward, mainly because, Brice has no
Democratic character to lose. 1t is
notorious that he tipped penny with
his law partner to determine which of
the firm should be a Democrat and
which Republican. 1t is notorious
that he is an inhabitant of New York,
while posing in the United States Sem
ate as a successor of William Allen
and Allen G. Thurman. He is a
package of fiotsam thrown to the sur
face in the bubbling, boiling, troubling
and lubricating-especially the lubri-
cating-of coal oil in Ohio Democrat
ic politics in Ohio. He would run the
Democratic party as he would run
pawn shop, and just now he proposes to
put the Democratic party Sin soak"
for what the wool, coal, iron, glass,
and other tariff rings will adj
vance, at a cent per cent rates.
Voorhees,. Vest, Jones, and Mills
were busy perfecting the Tariff Bill
they were making it. better than 1t
was when it left the House of Repre-
but this did not suit the
CONSERVATIVES" Hill, German, Brice
and Company wanted Hearings !"
they wanted the Democratic tariff |
made after the same pattern the Nc
Kinley tariff was made. They propos-
ed to invite the robber barons to come |
up and write in all the taxes they
and while they were conspir-
ing against the Democratic party the
White Lead Trust, on their invitation,
implied, certainly, and express, prob
ably, swarmed about the corridors
with itching palms seeking to write
their spoil in Democratic tariff. 1t
is just such gentry as these who have
brought discredit on the United
States Senate. Conservative means
preventative, and Hill, German, Brice
and Company want to preserve Nc
Kinleyism That is what they are
after.
Brice objected to Vest, Mills and
Jones, of Arkansas, as the tariff SUBJ
because they did not come
from manufacturing States. His real
objection was because they were not
under the domination of men who had
grown rich by the taxes the Republi-
,an policy has permitted them to levy
On the people. According to Brice,
ought to make the laws
against murder, thieves ought to make
the laws against larceny and rowdies
ought to make the laws against breach
rs of the peace. Go among the crowd
Of Republican Congressman in this
own, and you will hear them say, in
speaking of the Senate sub-com-
mittee:
"What do those fellows know about
he tariff? Not one of them ever
made dollar in his life," There you
nave it in nut shell. This is rich
mans Government, and poor man,
specially ifhe is a United States Sem
tor has No RIGHT m aid In tho M kinor