Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-10-26
4 FOR THE VOTERS.
Som thing or Interest to Every
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is said must necessarily be repetI-
ton of what has already been said,
but in times like the present the
people are interested In politics more
than in anything else and to look
the question over and over again 1s
only becoming more familiar with
the subject. The people are on Nov.
6 expected to select their servants
for the management of both county
and state affairs for two years to
come and also directly and indirectly
select servants to take part in the
administration of national affairs.
We have, therefore, before us an I'M
portant election and the considera-
ton of the people is of the greatest
Importance. The last few years
have been full of experience and to a
great extent the future must he fore
cast by the past What has pro-
duced certain results in the past will
most likely produce the same results
in the future If continued.
At the present time we are con-
fr0nted with the theories, pretenses
and claims of three great political
parties. Two of these have much
history back OF theln-the third has
q very short history but is tragic In
results. The Republican and Demo-
cratic parties each take pride III
pointing to some OF the measures
brought about ny its advocates.
The Peoples party, while it has
never been in control OF the national
government, has control of several
of the states governments and has
in those states established a history
for tho party. The speakers OF
Peoples party are very careful in
their talks to the people never to
mention the result Of their manage
ment in the states where they have
been given control. They do not tell
the good people what a sad state OF
affairs the Populists Of Kansas
brought to the farmers and laboring
men of that state. They do not
dare mention the result OF their
management of state affairs in Ne
braska. They do not want the
people to know what has occurred
under their management OF affairs in
Colorado. 1t was bad enough for
ColoradO's Populist governor to
proclaim to the world that il things
did not go as the Populists wanted
he would wade in blood to his
horses bridle-but his pretended de-
sire to wade in blood to such an ex-
tent did not stop the good people
of Colorado from going into bank
ruptcy and place the state in acondi-
ton to keep the rest of the world out
and as far as possible get what they
have in that state out. What have
we then for the different claims OF the
parties ON which to make our choice
ON the 9th of November?
The Republican party goes to the
people, not only on a record OF un-
precedented prosperity that pre-
vailed for the 30 years while in pos
session of the government which is
it's history, but on q platform OF GER
tain positive claims that will stand
the test of time and that the party is
notafraid to enforce for only increased
prosperity can result from their en-
forcement. The Republican party in
it's platform makes u square stand
on tariff. 1t is not only a question
of revenue but also a question OF
protection, not protection to a
class. us political demagogues have
cried in the past and will In the
future, but protection to the
people of the United States. Our
own people are the government of
the United States and the United
States exists, not as on eleemosy-
mary institution for the dispensation
of charity ON the tQilers in Europe
and other foreign shores, but in the
4duS uCSC VI LllC plClIlOIC VI SAC C"A-
stitution of the United States "tO
provide for the common defense and
promote the general welfare" not of
the world, but of the people of the
United States. Until we are willing to
reduce the wages Of labor in the
United States to those of foreign
laborers, we are bound to levy a
protective tariff equal to the differ
ence in cost between the articles pro-
duced here and abroad and that is
the reason why the Republican
party has a point that lit is in favor
of a protective tariff under which,
upon imports competing with the
products of American labor duties
are levied equal to the differences be-
tween the wages Of labor at home
and abroad" To do this is simply
to provide for the common defense
and general welfare OF our'own toll
ing millions Of Americans to prevent
them from being reduced to thestate