Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
THE REPUBLICAN PLAN.
What the Issue OF the High Proteeel00-
lists Is Likely to Be.

What the Issue OF the High PrOteeel00r
lists Is Likely to Be.
Through reports from all along the
line it is made plain that republican
leaders intend to force the tariff qsles'
ton to the front as the overshadowing
issue of the next national campaign.
There are signs unmistakable that
some kind of a truce has been patched
up between the silver millionaires and
the tariff barons the latter to become
the direct benefaciaries OF = high pro
tective system should their party gain
control in the country, and the former
to be rewarded for the repression OF
financial agitation within their own
ranks by having the government re-
sumo the purchase of silver bullion for
storage IN the treasury. Not only
have Mckinley, Harrison, Allison and
even Morton indicated with greater or
less emphasis that the republican war
cry of go and 'e2 will be revived,
but prominent spelIbinders of the
party In almost every section are Civ
ing Htterance to the same sentiment.
Among the latest echoes of the re-
publican campaign keynote was Sena-
tor Culloln, of Illinois To the assem-.
blage of his partisans at Springfield he
said: when the republican party gets
control again, as it will next year,
with some republican for president, we
will take up the tariff act and GO over
| it item by item and make such amend
| ments to it as will give reasonable pro-
lection to American labor and Amer
lean industries as against foreign labor
| and foreign industries. The people Of
| this country never knew they wanted
| that sort OF protection; they We're never
certain of ii until the democrats, by
| mistake, got possession of this country
| two years ago"
In this brief statement the senator
| virtually tells the people of the United
States that they are fools; for it was
they who committed the mistake"
which he seeks to pervert into wide
spread calamity. Not only were they
| guilty of this mistake in 1890 when
| their reputation of high protection
4 and of its representatives was the most
emphatic on record, but two years
| later they gave an overwhelming con-
| firmation of the original judgment
rendered. During the interval they
had ample time and opportunity to
test the practical workings of the sys-
| TEN against which they had pro
nounced within a month of the time
when it became operative. They stud
/ led it with an acuteness and an earn
estness begotten of self-ipterest, and,
with full knowledge of its bearing
| upon the welfare of the country, they
| again placed upon it the seal of their
disapproval They saw that the Nc
| Kinley law was framed in the interest
of special few, that it exacted extor-
| 10 I'll lo
classes, that was responsible for the
worst political corruption the country
| has ever known and that it was rapid.
ly building up a moneyed autocracy
that would in the end usurp from the
| people their right of self government
| But it is to be hoped that the repub-
lican leaders will continue to REGARD
their most memorable defeats as a
mistake on the part of the voters.
| Democracy accepts the challenge. II
valves the charges of hypocrisy, incon-
sistency and broken faith to which
those of the opposition throw them
selves open, for when they were only
an obstructive minority they never
| ceased to condemn tai if agitation as
disastrous to the country, causing I'M
certainty, destroying confidence and
paralyzing trade. The issue will be
| fought upon its merits. It will be
| found that the fatal mistake was made
| when the INSCRIPTIONS managers OF
| the g. o. D. tried to place the democrat.
| ic administration in a false position.
| An era of reviving trade and prospect.
| ty is more eloquent than words can be
| in indicating the wisdom of democpa-
cy and convincing the people that they
made no mistake Actual results con.
stitute evidence so conclusive that
even republican trickery cannot evade
or republican cunning dissipate it.-Ne
| troit Free Press.
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